Anybody selling in April?

tansorboy · Post by **tansorboy** » 05 Nov 2016, 17:52

I am....

Post by **aiden01** » 05 Nov 2016, 17:55

Jefferson Starfish · Post by **Jefferson Starfish** » 06 Nov 2016, 01:49

Nor me.

koolishy67 · Post by **koolishy67** » 06 Nov 2016, 06:43

worktotime · Post by **worktotime** » 06 Nov 2016, 08:06

no , why April ? , they will still take there 32% of them.

Post by **TrueBlueTerrier** » 06 Nov 2016, 08:11

I think he means the tranche of 116 which are due to become "conditional" in April.

mark.cup · Post by **mark.cup** » 06 Nov 2016, 11:33

I would think that the same people who sold the 1st lot the minute they were available will do exactly the same as each lot reaches the 3 year stage!

And us that decided not to will hold them till 5 years or keep them as a long term rainy day fund and pocket the dividends along the way

worktotime · Post by **worktotime** » 06 Nov 2016, 13:33

TrueBlueTerrier wrote:I think he means the tranche of 116 which are due to become "conditional" in April.

oh right sorry I didn't know , lol

Scotland1 · Post by **Scotland1** » 06 Nov 2016, 14:08

It isn't 32% either, guys at my office only got £650 off their £3k not bad if I do so myself

BadPostman · Post by **BadPostman** » 06 Nov 2016, 21:55

Hell yeah

Will continue to sell at the earliest opportunity

MAN OF STEEL · Post by **MAN OF STEEL** » 08 Nov 2016, 18:36

You only pay tax and Nat ins on the first £3.55 of each share. Any value over that figure is tax free.

Surreypostie · Post by **Surreypostie** » 10 Nov 2016, 08:25

mark.cup wrote:I would think that the same people who sold the 1st lot the minute they were available will do exactly the same as each lot reaches the 3 year stage!

And us that decided not to will hold them till 5 years or keep them as a long term rainy day fund and pocket the dividends along the way

Assuming the company doesn't go bust in that time and they become worthless. Obviously, I am not expecting that to happen but anything is possible in stocks and shares. It is a gamble either way. Seriously, in the last month I have never met so many experts who have never had a share of anything and that includes me in my life. If you seriously think you are going to get rich by keeping hold of 600 shares in Royal mail you are deluded mate.

If you sell now it's 2 grand, if you sell in two years it may be 3 grand, it may be more, it could be less. The only thing I know is, we will continue to get shafted to pay for it.

toomuchcoke · Post by **toomuchcoke** » 11 Nov 2016, 16:48

Surreypostie wrote:Assuming the company doesn't go bust in that time and they become worthless. Obviously, I am not expecting that to happen but anything is possible in stocks and shares. It is a gamble either way. Seriously, in the last month I have never met so many experts who have never had a share of anything and that includes me in my life. If you seriously think you are going to get rich by keeping hold of 600 shares in Royal mail you are deluded mate.

Unless you have a better investment to put the money into (which would have to be rather significantly better to overcome the "drag" of that money you lost in tax), selling the shares isn't going to make your rich either!

Surreypostie wrote:If you sell now it's 2 grand, if you sell in two years it may be 3 grand, it may be more, it could be less. The only thing I know is, we will continue to get shafted to pay for it.

Never planning on selling ... My estate can sell them and donate the proceeds to charity when I pop my clogs. (Alternatively if I discover the secret to eternal good health then I guess I'll just be keeping them!

) In the meanwhile I'll keep raking in the dividends, which I'll use to (help) buy shares in other companies which will give me even more dividends which I'll use to (help) buy even more shares in even more companies ...

ted_e_bear · Post by **ted_e_bear** » 11 Nov 2016, 17:08

No, going to keep them for a 'rainy day', hopefully as a boost to a lump sum to get out of here in 10 years time when I'm 60, never know what's round the corner though !

Post by **fly-catchers** » 12 Nov 2016, 15:30

Shares are always just as likely to go down as well as up. I remember my Halifax shares which peaked at almost £10 ended at 42p before recovering to 71p!