Standard life Aberdeen (SLA.L, FTSE 100, Market Cap £6.1bn, 272p, 0.0% of JIC Portfolio and 0.0% of JIC Top 10) Last week I wrote a rather lukewarm conclusion to my diary entry on Standard Life Aberdeen. I ended, “If I didn’t hold, I wouldn’t buy, and I am likely to… read more →
Standard life Aberdeen (SLA.L, FTSE 100, Market Cap £6.1bn, 245p, 2.6% of JIC Portfolio and 0.0% of JIC Top 10) Results for the year ended 31st December 2018.Where to start!There were no less than eight separate RNS releases on these results this morning. Clearly, I haven’t read them all but the… read more →
I just sold the Anglo Pacific shares which I opportunistically added at 132p on 31st October, thus reducing the position to 3.6% of the JIC Portfolio. The Proceeds were used to increase RockRose Energy and Standard Life Aberdeen to 3.0% each. Nothing to add to my previous comments on RockRose… read more →
Standard life Aberdeen (SLA.L, FTSE 100, Market Cap £6.2bn, 246p, 2.5% of JIC Portfolio and 0.0% of JIC Top 10) Further to my earlier email I have increased the exposure to Standard Life Aberdeen to 2.5%. Another director, Melanie Gee, acquired 50,000 shares at 241.61p yesterday. I financed the purchase… read more →
Returns of selected markets over one week, one month, three months, since 1stJanuary, and from 2018 high, ranked by the last week. Another difficult week for markets with the US closing down after a dire Friday. European markets fared better with, despite UK political machinations, the FTSE 100 up 1.0%.… read more →
Standard Life Aberdeen (SLA.L, FTSE 100, Market Cap £6.2bn, 243p, 1.5% of JIC Portfolio and 0.0% of JIC Top 10) New holding; main attraction is the prospective 9.4% dividend yield. I have been watching the valuations on many FTSE 100 stocks fall to levels which I think, on any sensible… read more →