Wizard wrote:The recent strong performance of BT.A reminded me of some of the past discussion of the share. At the time this thread started I was strongly thinking of selling, but I am very glad I did not. There are frequently such discussions on shares that underperform on dividends, but they are usually very hard to assess as the question asked will always be 'what would the alternative have been?'.
That is an interesting retrospective.
Offensive?? Good heavens....
Having decided to do something, I would never wish to go back and review whether I should have done it. That way lies paralysis. As Ian says, one does what seems right at the time
However, it is interesting, in a macabre sort of way.
The closest I came to this was when I sold out of Paypoint last year... I retained one share, and adjusted the book cost to the selling price, so I can see at a glance what has happened to the SP since I sold. Happily - for me - it has been down, quite a lot.
That tells me that as regards the SP, it was a good decision.
Not that I'm operating a TR strategy, and I have no idea what has happened to the divi.
But it does impart a certain glow, to be reminded that one seems to have made a good decision, in that case, at that time.
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