Rhigos
31 Mar 2017
Explanation of recent SP rise - Action [link] above Telegraph link, read in Business section yesterday:"Market report: 3i enjoys best day in nine months on rating upgradePrivate equity firm 3i Group enjoyed its best day in nine months after Morgan Stanley singled out discount retailer Action as a “star” performer in its investment portfolio.The US investment bank upgraded its rating from “equal-weight” to “overweight” and forecast underlying earnings growth of 16pc by March 2018 backed by a robust performance from Action, which is estimated to account for 40pc of 3i’s private equity portfolio.“Action has become the key asset in the 3i portfolio,” analyst Geoff Ruddell noted.In September 2011, 3i invested around £114m for a 43pc direct stake in Action. Since then, the FTSE 100 company has recouped around five times its original investment. Morgan Stanley estimates that its stake is now worth £1.4bn."
Rhigos
29 Mar 2017
Re: Good rise today Broker upgrade I think:"StockMarketWire.com - Morgan Stanley today upgrades its investment rating on 3i Group PLC [LON:III] to overweight (from equal weight) and raised its price target to 823p (from 710p)"3i now one of my best performing shares. I used to have 3i shares years ago, 1st bought in 1995 but sold out in 2006 as they were not doing well then. Re-bought last Aug and built up holding with 3 further purchases. Proved to have been an share to buy and now my 5th largest holding by value out of 40.
Paringa
29 Mar 2017
Good rise today Anyone knows why?
II Editor
14 Mar 2017
NEW ARTICLE: Balanced Portfolio: Well-crafted balancing act pays off "The third of our professionally run £100,000 hypothetical portfolios is being wound up after three years. The Balanced portfolio has been run by Roddy Kohn of wealth manager Kohn Cougar. He discusses his choices and reflects whether, in ..."[link]
WarrenGemini
09 Mar 2017
Re: Martine Verluyten Buys 3,000 Shares of 3... There were 7 directors buys (including the one you identified) on the 6th if you look at the news tab, all at the same price. Looks like some kind of share scheme.WarrenGemini
Rhigos
08 Mar 2017
Martine Verluyten Buys 3,000 Shares of 3i Group Was wondering why on an otherwise flat day 3i went up 2.55%. Found this article though I would not have thought a modest purchase of 3,000 shares (around £20K) would move SP of a FTSE 100 company. I suppose because Martine is a non Executive Director of 3i Grouip she is deemed to have inside knowledge so others followed he lead.[link]
bezz
23 Nov 2016
Re: sold.... with a hint of reluctance Well done, the point about successful investing is being able to enjoy the benefits. Enjoy the skiing.You can always reinvest what you haven't spent.
In the dark yet again
23 Nov 2016
sold.... with a hint of reluctance Just sold 1/2 of mine, 800 odd at 664.5, not because I don't believe but because I needed some cash - dull reason but Xmas and skiing on the immediate horizon and..... well something has to give.There were alternatives but this was ahead of expectations (the profit take target went last year but I'd been holding on for more) - sometimes you should just stick to the plan!Regards,ITDYA thinking not the 700+ I was hoping for but time ran out and 6 and 2/3rds isn't so bad.
In the dark yet again
10 Nov 2016
Results I didn't think they were that bad...... nor did the market until about 9:30am! Must have been a pretty poor presentation.Regards,ITDYA, slightly confus
Rhigos
20 Aug 2016
Re: Strong Forward P/E Yesterday trawled through larger Investment Trusts, Mkt Cap > £400m, after considering topping up my substantial holding of FCS. I used to have 3i Group shares until I sold out Jan 2006. Noticed they have been performing well recently, SP +60% in the last 24 months. A dividend yield of 3.0%. PE 7.3 and trend downwards. From their company report they now vest some profits from sales of investments as dividends. This results in erratic dividends but looks like an attractive investment to me. I have placed a limit order on to buy a modest number of III shares at maximum of 623p. Will see what happens Monday. As more cash becomes available in my ISA I plan to buy more. My largest share holding in ISA is ARM and much to my annoyance ARM management are proposing to sell out to Japanese company SoftBank. If as is likely sale goes ahead will have a lot of cash to reinvest.
JR710
10 Jul 2016
The Petition is gaining support Apologies for board hopping; but !The petition is going quite well; ~5750 signatures so far. ONLY 4 weeks to go !!![link] you hate seeing buys reported as sells etc!!!!!!Has already been sent to Martin Lewis, Daily Mail, Moneyweek & Watchdog.If you follow tweeters etc, send it to them please!If this petition doesn’t reach 10,000; then imo we might as well have not bothered as it will almost certainly be filed B1N; @ 10,000 the government should respond.So – If you haven’t yet signed or indeed have but haven’t passed it on to others, then now’s the time to do so.
Misty Creamybib
16 Jun 2016
Re: Strong Forward P/E In at 504.50. Hopefully this will be better timed than the purchase of FGP!!
Misty Creamybib
26 May 2016
Strong Forward P/E Lots of buy signals here.1.. Forward P/E of about 10 based on forecasts.2.. The strong move up past £5.003.. Other technical events which can be found on iii charting technical analysis.I feel the brakes will come on about £5.50 , at which point it looks ripe to buy a pullback.As ever WTFDIK and DYOR.
thechinaman
21 May 2015
Closing the gap down of 2008? 750p anyone? Looks like sp is moving up to fill the gap down during the dark days of the crash ie 902p in Sept 08 down to 340p by Dec 08. Wont be a straight line (tho it looks like it at the moment!) but certainly seems to be heading back up to that plateau .....; )TC
II Editor
11 May 2015
NEW ARTICLE: Trends and Targets for 12/05/2015 "3i GROUP (LSE:iii) are close to becoming interesting again for the longer term. We last glanced at them in August last year (link here) and are gratified it managed to meet all our target levels. In fact, our major point of interest at ..."[link]
