British American Tobacco

Question to the community: does anyone know a free API to do a backtest with Python? The idea behind it is to track a portfolio retrospectively. Example:

Purchase $BATS (+0.27%) monthly 50€ start 01.01.2020 to 01.11.2024. Listing month by month performance and dividend. Total overview at the end. Gladly by PM if someone knows a free API.

Thank you

A question for the community:

I have issued an instruction for my $BATS (+0.27%) shares for the first time to receive dividends in the form of new shares.

Is there any experience of how long it takes for the shares to be credited? The dividend payment date was already on 01.11.2024. I have no stress/panic here. I would just like to hear your experiences.

Thank you in advance.

Solution to the puzzle:

What I received in dividends:

What Trade Republic invested:

Conclusion:

I should have received €21.50 gross as a dividend. After taxes, I received €15.84. Trade Republic invested €21.50 (i.e. the gross dividend). No costs were listed in the documents.

It was an honor for me (over 40% plus). Slowly but surely I am reducing tobacco from my portfolio as an individual position. I still have $MO (+0.89%)
$BATS (+0.27%) and $IMB (-0.07%)

This would also mean that the last milestone would be reached ahead of schedule in 2024 💪

Hello everyone,

I recently started my first job (3 months ago) and have been thinking about a savings/investment strategy. Could you please comment on it (also constructively negative) so that I can learn from your shared experience?

I specifically tried to make the strategy a bit more risky/risky as I think I should do that as a young person to get slightly better returns.

Specifically:

• 200 $IWDA (+0.99%)
• 
  200 $LYPG (+1.33%)
• 
  200 $QDV5 (-0.47%)
• 
  200 $UST (+0.92%)
• 
  300 $BTC (-0.09%)
• 
  300 $BATS (+0.27%)

Is there anything else I should add/change?

Greetings to you all!

As I already started asking you for tips at the beginning of September (as I was only able to invest from then on) I would like to do it again.

My strategy is the core-satellite strategy:

After much deliberation, I have now finally decided on this strategy.

I will close my position this year at $BATS (+0.27%) [200€] this year (I am simply not convinced that the tobacco hype will continue in the future). I am now looking for a good exit opportunity to get out with less of a loss.

I would like to ask you how I am using your core-satellite strategy. Do you save your core and individual shares in a savings plan?

My idea would be to save the core [ ETF (50€) +BTC (50€)] weekly and buy the individual shares when there is a good opportunity (correction/dip).

Or would you recommend saving the individual positions in a savings plan?

The core would consist of $BTC (-0.09%) u. $IWDA (+0.99%) (70%) and 30% of the positions:

$PLTR (+0.69%)

$GOOGL (-5.23%)

$ASML (+3.19%)

I will $MC (-1.36%) , $MUX (-1.97%) , $BATS (+0.27%) in the near future (I think towards the end of the year) and will invest the profit in $PLTR (+0.69%) u. $GOOGL (-5.23%) to simply have a good basis that I can build on for 1-2 years.

I would like to add a 4th single stock to my core-satellite strategy, but unfortunately I haven't found any.

Perhaps you have small companies that have good potential in the near future that I can add to my portfolio.

Thank you very much for your feedback

Your Wiktor

It's nice when the month starts directly with a dividend. It's even nicer when it's no longer on the radar because the share has already been sold

More information here.

The lawsuit will affect the global operating business of $PM (+1.31%) and $BATS (+0.27%) hardly or not at all.

• The settlement must be paid off by the Canadian Cigarette Subsidiaries.
• The SFB in Canada will not be affected.
• The cigarette business outside Canada will also not be affected.

The nice thing about this is that the Canadian cigarette business is already practically "worthless". So it has no impact on long term growth anyway.

https://www.fitchratings.com/research/corporate-finance/fitch-ratings-neutral-impact-for-pmi-bat-from-canadian-lawsuit-proposed-settlement-24-10-2024

The United Kingdom bans disposable vapes.

Deadline for suppliers is June 1, 2025.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/articles/c079ej42y07o#:~:text=The%20sale%20and%20use%20of,children's%20health%20and%20the%20environment.

France has also recently introduced a ban on disposable vapes, which will come into force on January 1, 2025.

$PM (+1.31%)
$BATS (+0.27%)