Bt Share Discussion Threads

[stewart64] 11/5/2017 13:59

Careful....Equities and house prices don't always go in the same direction. Money is hard to destroy and often one performs at the expense of the other as money chases the perceived best bet.

The Equity rally of the last year has accompanied lack lustre hpi. The Bull Market of the 90s was accompanied by post war low house prices by 1996 in real terms.

Often you get a rotation out of one into the other.

[stewart64] 11/5/2017 13:50

Been a bad day for primarily domestic stocks. So BT's fall today not to be unexpected. Agree with others that the progress of the pension liability is a huge plus from these figures. My guess is the stellar performance of global Equities has helped turn the tide here.

[careful] 11/5/2017 13:37

FTSE100 keeps grinding higher because of the cheap £.
house prices still way too high.

Interest rates are set to help people with debts and assets.
A 2% rise here and in the USA would bring the whole lot crashing.

low interest rates are causing high inflation.
but only in assets.
A rich mans racket.

[poleaxe] 11/5/2017 13:33

Why not try euthanasia on the blighters that will solve the problem of pensions.

[chiefbrody] 11/5/2017 13:27

Miss goodbye to a rate rise this year.Morons at the BOE kicking the can down the road again.Wonder how many of the 9 own more than 1 house..

[toon1966] 11/5/2017 13:26

younasm - where have you been for the last 10 years or so. If think our historically low interest rate of 0.25% is a result of Brexit then more the fool you! And even more the fool you if you think they will rise by 0.5% in the next 12 months. BOE voted 7-1 to keep interest rates as they are.

[montyhedge] 11/5/2017 12:38

All we need for the pension, is gilt yields to go higher, take care of itself then.

[montyhedge] 11/5/2017 12:30

So if not for Italy £532m and fine £42m, then pre tax £2.927 billion. Its over done boys.

[smurfy2001] 11/5/2017 12:15

Last time l bought @ 308.38 and sold at 333.01.

So just bought some at 305.32 average.

Placed a limit order to sell at a modest 333.00.

[the_boy_plunger] 11/5/2017 12:12

Stephen Hawking: We must leave Earth within 100 years..........

The astrophysicist has worried before that the Earth's prospects are finite. He's mentioned that the next 100 years might be the most dangerous for our planet. The threats he saw include nuclear war, genetically engineered viruses and global warming.

......so bt still got time to turn this around?!

[montyhedge] 11/5/2017 12:11

21m shares traded already, lol I reckon out of that 20m are bears going short.

Also 4000 jobs going, be saving.

[montyhedge] 11/5/2017 12:10

Italy a one off, so next set of figures add the £532m back, what BT wrote off this time. The fine £42m was a one off as well. Looking into the figure more, not to bad.

[careful] 11/5/2017 11:51

some liabilities are exact.
any long term liability such as pensions, based upon guesses about investment performance, HMG gilt returns and life expectancy are bound to have a large potential error.

[knowsleyman1] 11/5/2017 11:45

I am pleased to advise that I have been in receipt of a BT pension for 12 years and I never worked for them. I was employed by Post Office Telephones and there are many like me. Also the Government has in place certain guarantees should thing go wrong, but having recently received my annual report the BT Pension Fund is very well managed and performing way above the median.

[ianood] 11/5/2017 11:43

Kazoom agree entirely as I have said before a small blip in long term gilt yields has a massive effect on actuarial values and of recent yields have nearly all worked against the fund.

[montyhedge] 11/5/2017 11:23

Wow 17m already traded, bears back in force.

[younasm] 11/5/2017 10:59

Things aren't that bad -- but these results show BT still have long wait before pensions are sorted.UK rates will probably move from Brexit emergency 0.25% to 0.75% within 12-months --- that will be a boost to pension provisions.

[stevenrevell] 11/5/2017 10:46

Good signal up north

[4spiel] 11/5/2017 10:30

Load up at 99p

[montyhedge] 11/5/2017 10:28

Bears in control again.