Bt Share Discussion Threads

[encarter] 17/5/2018 10:17

These are a good investment at this price. In 5 years the share price will be higher, maybe a bit or maybe a lot and you will have 5 years of nice divis.

[alphorn] 17/5/2018 10:17

Berny - the open interest is on a short or long term (time) basis?

[nicholasblake] 17/5/2018 10:13

Sticking to some facts, Buffett's performance over 50 odd years is absolutely extraordinary, and he deserves to be revered.

However, the performance over the last ten is mediocre, and may not even be ahead of the S & P. Seems to be backing for Jim Slater's old saying that elephants don't gallop.

Recent portfolio proliferation is probably down to his two sorceror's apprentices.

[kmann] 17/5/2018 10:08

berny, where do get your Call and Put info?

[meb123] 17/5/2018 10:07

Looks like it's not going to test 200p . Thinking of piling in more

[berny3] 17/5/2018 09:55

Call and Put contract volumes so far today have been equal - 10 contracts in total.

Open interest 29,540 Call and 37,543 Put.

[holly1000] 17/5/2018 09:54

Lots of buzz in the business about convergence the way forward. it will take a little time but people are motivated. The share price in no way reflects what is happening inside the company. Topping up at every low point as i believe it's a great company with untold future value.

[eisler] 17/5/2018 09:42

Nothing goes down in a straight line - so don't let the brief glimpse of blue delude you! Still some way to go with this drop.

[epo001] 17/5/2018 09:31

There is another pension row brewing. Had a letter yesterday which is a bit short on detail but it seems that the govt decided in 2016 that pensioners were no longer entitled to certain increases through the state pension on an element of their pension known as guaranteed minimum pension.

In 2018 the treasury said it would provide full pension increases on GMPs to public sector employees who reach state pension age between 6/12/2018 and 5/4/2021. Even though BT is a private company the treasury are saying that BTPS must cover these pension increases for Section B pensioners in this age range.

Most other private pension schemes do not have to cover these increases nor does BT's Section C scheme. BT is saying the additional costs will be significant and are going to court. On the surface this requirement seems perverse and I have asked for the court documents.

[hamhamham1] 17/5/2018 09:26

Minerve. What are your thoughts on the possibility of a comprehensive covering 5G network making the fibre to the premises obsolete? (or at least a junior partner?)





The Next Generation Mobile Networks alliance states that for something to be considered 5G it must offer data rates of several tens of megabits per second to tens of thousands of users simultaneously, while a minimum of 1 gigabit per second should be offered to tens of workers on the same office floor.

That’s all a little vague, but the signs are promising. Some estimates put download speeds at up to 1000 times faster than 4G, potentially exceeding 10Gbps. That would enable you to download an entire HD film in less than a second.

...

Ofcom for its part sees 5G as achieving real world speeds of between 10 and 50Gbps, which is insanely fast whichever end of the scale it ends up at. In short, it’s clear that it will leave 4G in its dust.

IMO, it will happen, it's evolution, and not too far away.

[the_boy_plunger] 17/5/2018 09:25

fair comment re Warren

he is patient and smart, difference?!
but not sure he is adapting with the current mkt evolution......his tesco play was dire?!
bt has struck a pivot and closing the monthly bar above 2.15 would be helpful


unfortunately will our systems cope with such fast speeds?!

[minerve] 17/5/2018 09:16

He doesn't practice what he preaches either.

Another one of his comments is something like: "people buy too many stocks, they buy two of everything and in the end they own an ark" or something like that.

Have you seen Berkshire Hathaway holdings. It's a zoo!

[minerve] 17/5/2018 09:12

hamhamham

I never said he wasn't smart. I said he was overrated.

If we all had the opportunity to buy into the US boom during the 20th century I would suggest we would look just as smart too.

Buying Coke in the 1960s is not the same game as buying Amazon today.

[1corrado] 17/5/2018 09:10

is blue so far lets enjoy it..................................

[hamhamham1] 17/5/2018 09:09

Minerve. His net worth of $84bn may suggest otherwise ;)

[minerve] 17/5/2018 09:07

Not another Buffet quote. Overrated IMO.

[montyhedge] 17/5/2018 08:58

15% loss in a few days since figures, bears were in control. Only need one good rns for a massive bounce.

[samartin] 17/5/2018 08:57

Probably just a fault on the system!

[hamhamham1] 17/5/2018 08:57

One of the most widely quoted pearls of wisdom of legendary investor Warren Buffett is: “Rule No. 1: Never lose money. Rule No. 2: Don’t forget rule No. 1”.

At first sight, this seems to contradict another of the great man’s gems: “Unless you can watch your stock holdings decline by 50% without becoming panic-stricken, you should not be in the stock market”.

However, the contradiction can be reconciled if we recognise that there’s a difference between seeing a decline in the value of your portfolio and losing money. Doubtless, if you sell out in a panic when stock markets have plunged by 50%, you’ll lose money — certainly on your recent purchases. But if you hold through the downs of the market — ideally buying more shares when prices are low — you should make money in the long run.

[samartin] 17/5/2018 08:54

What's happening? It's gone blue!

[montyhedge] 17/5/2018 08:47

From 510p to 202p incredible.Now way oversold, nearly every financial journalist jumped on the band wagon and bashed BT.But now GP taking the right action. Yield over 7% getting paid to wait for bounce in shareprice at least.

[meijiman] 17/5/2018 08:47

you are right -he gets the butler to do it for him.

[the_boy_plunger] 17/5/2018 08:13

not sure patty could run a bath.....

[kmann] 17/5/2018 08:07

Looks like BUY time!