Legal and General

[idpickering]

I am a big fan of Legal and General (LGEN) , and they form 5.2% in capital value of my (now) 29 share HYP. I hold them alongside Standard Life in the sector , and between them they form 8.35% in capital value of my HYP. Going back to LGEN though, I regard them as a valuable mainstay of my HYP. This writer for TMF seems to have a similar opinion of LGEN as mine.

Why Legal & General Group plc is set to be a millionaire-maker stock

I am a big fan of Legal & General Group (LSE: LGEN). I believe that its resilience in the UK, and ambitious expansion into the US, bodes extremely well for brilliant earnings and dividend growth in the years ahead. Its last trading statement showed group pre-tax profits booming 43% in the six months to June.

http://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2017/11 ... ker-stock/

[Darka]

One of my best performing shares, 75% capital gain (first purchase back in 2009) and paid me 36.5% of it's cost back as dividends.

[Wizard]

So, the man from TMF is a "big fan" of LGEN. So much of a fan that he owns none of their shares. So how do we reconcile these two seemingly contradictory statements? For me the answer is I conclude that the author is more a fan of getting paid for articles by TMF than he is of LGEN and is therefore say whatever is necessary to get paid. I therefore have no faith in anything else he says in the article.

Terry.
(who also happens to be a fan of LGEN and backs this up by holding the share)

[jackdaww]

So, the man from TMF is a "big fan" of LGEN. So much of a fan that he owns none of their shares. So how do we reconcile these two seemingly contradictory statements? For me the answer is I conclude that the author is more a fan of getting paid for articles by TMF than he is of LGEN and is therefore say whatever is necessary to get paid. I therefore have no faith in anything else he says in the article.

Terry.
(who also happens to be a fan of LGEN and backs this up by holding the share)

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or it could be that he just doesnt have the cash ....

i also have a substantial holding .

[Leither]

So, the man from TMF is a "big fan" of LGEN. So much of a fan that he owns none of their shares. So how do we reconcile these two seemingly contradictory statements? For me the answer is I conclude that the author is more a fan of getting paid for articles by TMF than he is of LGEN and is therefore say whatever is necessary to get paid. I therefore have no faith in anything else he says in the article.

Terry.
(who also happens to be a fan of LGEN and backs this up by holding the share)

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or it could be that he just doesnt have the cash ....

i also have a substantial holding .

Let's face it, these TMF articles are a complete & utter waste of time, their sole purpose is to lure people into signing up for some sort of useless subscription. Why on earth do people bother reading them?

Regards,

Leither.

[richfool]

So, the man from TMF is a "big fan" of LGEN. So much of a fan that he owns none of their shares. So how do we reconcile these two seemingly contradictory statements? For me the answer is I conclude that the author is more a fan of getting paid for articles by TMF than he is of LGEN and is therefore say whatever is necessary to get paid. I therefore have no faith in anything else he says in the article.

Terry.
(who also happens to be a fan of LGEN and backs this up by holding the share)

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or it could be that he just doesnt have the cash ....

i also have a substantial holding .

Let's face it, these TMF articles are a complete & utter waste of time, their sole purpose is to lure people into signing up for some sort of useless subscription. Why on earth do people bother reading them?

Regards,

Leither.

Agreed.

IF I want to read TMF articles I can go to TMF website myself. I don't see the point of quoting them on here, particularly as they are so short, one-sided and unbalanced. Is this the Lemon Fool forum or an offshoot of Motley Fool? (I could perhaps see some point, if an article added something meaningful to an existing discussion or thread).

Richfool, who happens to be a fan and a holder of both stocks, - SLA and LGEN.
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[moorfield]

http://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2017/11/26/why-legal-general-group-plc-is-set-to-be-a-millionaire-maker-stock/

Apologies if my earlier (now deleted) post annoyed anyone. The "rolling eyes" emoji (IIRC) was probably the wrong choice in hindsight.

Can I suggest to Ian that any links to TMF articles are prefixed with "TMF:" in the post title, eg. TMF: Legal and General.

There is a similar practice that goes on in our office, and enables people who want to to ignore email threads without actually clicking into them to read.

M

[Dod101]

L & G is another share which I have held for about 20 years. What these shares have in common is culture. Culture is undervalued and probably misunderstood. Like the average member's club, where you only want members like yourself, the same thing applies I think to Boards of Directors. Culture is difficult to shift and so HSBC, L & G, and of course family companies like ABF, Caledonia, and so on have a culture which is unchanged for many years. I think that is what makes L & G so successful.

Dod

[idpickering]

http://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2017/11/26/why-legal-general-group-plc-is-set-to-be-a-millionaire-maker-stock/

Apologies if my earlier (now deleted) post annoyed anyone. The "rolling eyes" emoji (IIRC) was probably the wrong choice in hindsight.

Can I suggest to Ian that any links to TMF articles are prefixed with "TMF:" in the post title, eg. TMF: Legal and General.

There is a similar practice that goes on in our office, and enables people who want to to ignore email threads without actually clicking into them to read.

M

Good idea moorfield. That's something I will pick up on.

Ian.