Quote Originally Posted by bryndlefly View Post
i bought into them last September when they were uptrending, i was actually looking at their sliding shareprice wondering if i should sell. They're now worth almost 10% less than what i paid for them, but they do pay a decent dividend, so hadn't made up my mind. i've held onto falling stocks before though, so wondered if i should try this whole stoploss limit thingy. As you can probably tell I'm fairly self-taught with share trading and am working it out by trial and error (mostly error... although i've had the occasional good investment too).
That's exactly the point - they pay you a 'dividend' which is actually a return of your capital and that is reflected ion the sp going down.

You go nowhere but they charge you the management fee to do the illusion of giving you a return.

Humbug.