Bt Share Discussion Threads

[careful] 10/10/2017 09:02

there are many shares 30-40% off their peaks of recent years.
RMG, CNA, BT.A, TSCO,SBRY, and many others.
Amazing the ftse100 is close to its all time high.

Brexit and the resulting collapse in the £ is one answer.
Things will get much worse, Brexit has not even started yet.
Only the currency lets us know what the money markets think it will be like.

All of those lorries at Dover taking goods out, bringing immigrants back.
What is to become of this once proud but accident prone, bungling nation of ours?

[essentialinvestor] 10/10/2017 08:54

Tempted to have a small amount of CNA, not sure we have seen the low yet.
However would put CNA in a higher risk category than BT.A, just my take only.

[toon1966] 10/10/2017 08:51

Diku - in terms of Centrica the share price is down 42% over the last five years and has not been helped recently by the Governments proposed price capping.....

[diku] 10/10/2017 08:17

I don't know about others but household names are down & going down for the year....BT down... Barc down...Centrica down...etc etc and don't mention strong or weak pound...2 tier FTSE...Miners up!......

[essentialinvestor] 10/10/2017 08:16

Friday was not even a blip in the share price Although it did let me sell my Thursday trade).

[dmf] 10/10/2017 08:08

Agreed, this will drop much further

[montyhedge] 10/10/2017 08:06

Massive stale bull positions built up, everyone seem to pile in 380p to 385p. Spreadbetters with Daily funded positions and are long, holding these positions work out expensive. Capitulation as not taken place yet, in my opinion.

[diku] 09/10/2017 21:41

They mugged the punters with a buy upto last Friday...today neutral stance...punters locked in..stop this share recommendations across the Plc casino markets...



Also downgraded by Citigroup ... 'buy' to 'neutral' tp from 360p to 310p

[philanderer] 09/10/2017 20:49

Government faces EU scrutiny over 'illegal state aid' of BT in push for ultrafast broadband

[montyhedge] 09/10/2017 17:37

That 3rd quarter better be decent, otherwise I see 255p.

[willoicc] 09/10/2017 16:02

What is it about the government, and Ofcom, that they think the best way to provide a cost effective service for customers, is to divide the profits between 3 or 4 'competitors' rather than regulate one provider?

What sort of competition allows 'competitors' to charge exactly the same line rental?

It seems to me BT is charging its line rental customers more than they should, solely to recover the huge sums they are paying for Premiership football, whether the customer wants it or not.

What capital investment does SKY make in the phone network?

[careful] 09/10/2017 16:02

why have Goldman given this a high target price.
what is their thinking?
BT cash flow is important thought by some to be important.

One worry is aggressive regulation.
The utilities are soft targets and with Corbyn waiting in the wings, the Tories will be radical and beastly to prove the privatisation/regulation model is good for consumers.

[ny boy] 09/10/2017 15:56

A while until next ex divi date 28 December.

[ny boy] 09/10/2017 15:52

On the chart technicals lost support at 283p, really needs to regain control and f that level, it's where the Director/s bought a shed load in June, surely they must know, in order to buy at that level?

[minerve] 09/10/2017 12:49

Watching, waiting and learning more.....

[minerve] 09/10/2017 12:48

Careful

Some of those broker notes are indicating increased competition and capital investment particularly with respect to FTTP. BT are having to compete in an increasingly crowded space. Has all that been factored in to the SP? Who knows? I generally believe that the results might offer some light at the end of the tunnel - and so brief share price respite - but there is a good chance this still hasn't found its bottom. Having said that I don't think buying now is wrong if you are medium-term and timing the bottom is a fool's errand.

[careful] 09/10/2017 12:36

BT's so called monopoly on Britains broadband industry does not prevent the collapse in the share price.
In a few weeks we should get a clearer picture.

I am surprised that institutions or insiders are not buying at these levels.
Do they know something, or is it the usual rigged market where the aim is to massage it down.

[pacemaker1000] 09/10/2017 12:29

Is it that obvious?

[essentialinvestor] 09/10/2017 11:56

Pace, do you work for BT ?.

[pacemaker1000] 09/10/2017 11:53

Today 11:52A proposal from BT to spend up to �600 million connecting a million homes in rural areas with faster broadband has been attacked by rivals as a "secretive" backroom deal that risks cementing the company's monopoly grip on the industry.
On the eve of an appearance before the Commons' culture, media and sport committee by Sharon White, chief executive of Ofcom, opponents have angrily criticised the plan, which ministers have been discussing since July. Damian Collins, chairman of the committee, said the issue was "certainly something we will ask about" when Ms White attends a hearing tomorrow. "We want to make sure the deal is good for consumers as well as BT."
Though new rules were introduced this year aimed at forcing telecoms companies to connect every home in Britain with a minimum speed of ten megabits per second � fast enough to stream movies or browse the web � a fierce debate is under way about how to achieve and fund the upgrade to a minimum standard, or universal service obligation (USO). A government consultation on the issue ends today, with a final decision likely by Christmas.
Most of BT's competitors favour a regulated model, under which all broadband providers would invest, with costs recovered from consumers via a levy on profits or another funding mechanism set by Ofcom, the industry regulator. Vodafone, Sky, Talk Talk and smaller broadband providers such as Gigaclear and Hyperoptic will submit their views to government today.
BT has been lobbying for an alternative under which it would make the improvements itself, with the costs of between �450 million and �600 million passed on to its wholesale customers. BT's Openreach division controls the cables that form the backbone of Britain's internet network. The company says that such a deal would allow work to start immediately.
Talk Talk spokesman said: "Government should reject BT's attempts to wriggle out of a formal USO and insist on a transparent, legally enforceable option."
Dana Tobak, chief executive of Hyperoptic, which provides broadband to housing and office developments, said that if ministers acquiesced to the BT plan, "it would really be against the spirit of infrastructure competition that Ofcom and the government have been fighting for". She said that the deal would "further strengthen BT's monopoly" on Britain's broadband industry.

[dmf] 09/10/2017 11:17

Otherwise 200 will be here, together with GP future in doubt

[dmf] 09/10/2017 11:16

Results need to be satisfactory,coupled with no dividend decrease, to have any chance of getting investors/market trust back.

[essentialinvestor] 09/10/2017 10:46

Also a risk of a fat market down day if NK proceed with a long
range test this week.