Bt Share Discussion Threads

[obmuj] 14/11/2019 22:31

Yes, just heard the Labour plan for broadband and part nationalisation of BT on BBC news.
Simon Jack, the business correspondent stated: stock market price tomorrow for BT could mirror/reflect outcome of election result for Labour.
Also what about the other players; eg Virgin et al.

[diku] 14/11/2019 22:30

Exactly what do they mean by left out of pocket?...meaning no profit and who decides the benchmark



including ensuring pension funds with investments in BT are not left out of pocket.

[chapchip] 14/11/2019 22:23

More likely a knock down

[danieldruff2] 14/11/2019 22:23

A family member of mine runs a full time business providing broadband to isolated users because BT will not do the work.

[diku] 14/11/2019 22:22

So do we get a premium tomorrow?...

[spud] 14/11/2019 22:15

Latest madness from Labour:

Labour has promised to give every home and business in the UK free full-fibre broadband by 2030, if it wins the general election.

The party would nationalise part of BT and introduce a tax on tech giants to cover the £20bn cost.

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell told the BBC: "It's visionary I accept that, but other countries are having these visions and we're not."

The plan includes nationalising parts of BT - namely its digital network arm Openreach - to create a UK-wide network owned by the government.

A Labour government would compensate shareholders by issuing government bonds. Mr McDonnell gave an absolute guarantee that no pensioner would lose out as a result of the nationalisation.

He said Labour had taken legal advice about the move, including ensuring pension funds with investments in BT are not left out of pocket.

spud

[bargainbob] 12/11/2019 21:58

Gets restricted at the kyber pass i heard :-)

[nige co] 12/11/2019 17:00

But does it reach the stables Monty? LOl

[toon1966] 12/11/2019 16:53

...and that's just ONE of his houses, remember Montyhedge is the No.1 Trader!

[djnzloop] 12/11/2019 16:09

Wow you must have a huge house to need 5 disks. You're amazing!

[montyhedge] 12/11/2019 15:43

Credit where it's due, just had Fibre installed with 5 WiFi disks, now internet all over the house and garden, superb, well done BT.

[misca2] 11/11/2019 10:08

Vodafone Inks Pact With Openreach To Boost Broadband Offering

Mon, 11th Nov 2019 09:49
Alliance News

(Alliance News) - Telecom giant Vodafone Group PLC on Monday said it struck a deal to expand its broadband roll-out with BT Group PLC's unit Openreach.

Vodafone said its Gigafast product, a premium broadband service, will be extended to 15 UK towns and cities, starting with Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool.

The service is currently available in Aberdeen and Stirling, in Scotland, Peterborough in eastern England and the southern English town Milton Keynes. In addition, Gigafast is also live in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, Coventry, West Midlands and English southern seaside town Bournemouth.

The expansion is part of a partnership with BT's Openreach, a division which maintains wiring, cables, and other telecommunications infrastructure.

The company said: "From spring 2020, Vodafone will start making Vodafone Gigafast Broadband available to customers in Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool on the Fibre-to-the-Premises network that Openreach is building. The service will grow as Openreach expands its footprint and will be available to 500,000 premises in these locations by mid-2021 under phase one of this strategic agreement."

The 5G mobile network service is already live at Birmingham, Bristol and Liverpool, Vodafone said.

Vodafone said it has made 5G available "in more places than everyone else, with 58 cities across the UK and the rest of Europe now live".

The firm added: "Together, full fibre and 5G form the foundation on which local and central government plan to create digital super towns across the UK."

Vodafone shares were 0.3% lower at 161.70 pence each in London on Monday morning. BT's stock was trading 0.5% higher at 188.09p apiece.

By Eric Cunha; [e-mail]

[lurker] 08/11/2019 16:12

Well nobody here is an idiot...I have both BT (5 years) and VOD (over 7) and have had some shares for years and years (20+)...(Apple, Intel, Microsoft, Cisco, oil majors, pharmas)
BT showing a loss, but VOD OK if you factor in all the free Verizon shares they gave me (and I still hold for their divis as well as VODs).

Both are fine; agree with Nige that value is better with BT than VOD now...

I know when I short term trade its typically 50/50...random walk, toss a coin usually, so exciting but not so profitable...

With buy and forget...when I come back years later I find 9/10 investments are better, and usually much better, than my buy price. So boring but profitable.

[nige co] 08/11/2019 14:55

Monty, you maybe mistaken, I was invested in VOD for 7 years. I bought VOD on 21/5/2009 @116p and invested all VOD dividends back into VOD, I sold them on 20/5/2016 @230p my best trade to date. I made a killing. I see better value in BT than VOD. I don't claim to be an expert, but I'm no idiot either. GL.

[nige co] 08/11/2019 14:41

I bought BT on 11/5/2018.. (15 months ago)... So hardly years.
Hows your VOD holding doing?

[montyhedge] 08/11/2019 14:05

It's a value trap you been in for years and still below your average price.But hey everyone to their own.

[nige co] 08/11/2019 13:55

Monty if 92% of traders lose money doesn't that tell you something about trading? It's a mugs game. Investing is the way to go.

I purchased BT at 117p and doubled up on Wednesday at just under 195p. This brings my average price down to 206p. Including dividends already banked, my average falls further to 194.22p happy to hold. BT are at least 50% undervalued. Slowly slowly catchy monkey. JMO of cause. DYOR.

[lurker] 08/11/2019 12:25

Dear Mr MontyPlonker

I have BT bought at over £3...I also have BT bought in the 160s...neither are a problem as the divis just keep coming and BT is NOT ever going out of business.

All my accounts (ISAs, SIPPS and my Trading Accounts) are at record highs at the moment...but I am not stupid enough to think it is because I am in the top 8% of anything...its becase of Mr Market.

Are you still shorting Apple? Was GSK a smart trading sell at £15?

No need to answer these rhetorical questions. Just tell us about your trades before or as you execute them and NOT after the share price has moved in your favour and we might think you more credible.

[montyhedge] 08/11/2019 11:26

92% of traders lose money. Nice to be in the top 8%.I bet you losers had this bow wow stock at 275p.

[nige co] 08/11/2019 11:19

Too right Lurker,...The dole queue is full of experts.

[lurker] 08/11/2019 11:04

Montyplonker is an expert trader - that's why he sold GSK at their peak this summer (I am holding and investing) and shorted Apple (also still holding) There are many other wonderful examples of his expertise I could give, but start by checking the charts on those two...

There was a time early tbis year when I used to make a (samll) proft doing exactly the opposite (for short-term trades) to what he sugested. I have given up short term trading for now and doing that was too flattering for his ego as he thought he was being followed...but he still has a high opinion of himself.

Note that I am not rude enough to call him an egotistical pillock, but I do agree with some other posters views about his reliability and credibility...he simply says he is short when a stock is going down and long when it is going up...but there is no way he could really trade that way as he would be broke.

[djnzloop] 08/11/2019 11:01

Think of montybot as just a very slow momentum alert

[montyhedge] 08/11/2019 10:37

Lol most followers on ADVFN though.

[montyhedge] 08/11/2019 10:32

That's when I was long, don't forget trader not investor one bit of news changes everything for traders. Long term to me is until after lunch, lol