Gsk Share Discussion Threads

[montyhedge] 17/5/2021 10:28

June dividend policy review, I think dividend policy will be the same 80p. With Elliott the hedgie breathing down directors necks, any negative rns, they will be in there demanding GSK broke up, sell off bits, must be valued around 2000p a share.
Pfizer who bid for Astra a couple of years ago, would be straight in there

[tradermichael] 17/5/2021 09:58

Agree! LOL ..... ;0)

[abdullla] 17/5/2021 08:06

This good news deserves a share price drop.

[bountyhunter] 17/5/2021 07:13

Mon, 17th May 2021 06:57Alliance News
(Alliance News)

Sanofi SA and GlaxoSmithKline PLC's adjuvanted recombinant Covid-19 vaccine candidate achieved strong rates of neutralizing antibody responses, the companies reported on Monday.

The interim results showed 95% to 100% seroconversion following a second injection in patients from 18 to 95 years old and across all doses, with acceptable tolerability and with no safety concerns. Overall, the vaccine candidate elicited strong neutralizing antibody levels that were comparable to those generated by natural infection..

[sturichardson] 16/5/2021 22:23

Chuff off.

[williamcooper104] 16/5/2021 20:59

You do indeed get paid for lending out shares - U.K. brokers pocket all of that income for themselves - most American brokers split it with the holder

[williamcooper104] 16/5/2021 20:19

Plus if you are a long term holding then worst that happens is that there's a little extra volatility but you get paid for it

[abdullla] 16/5/2021 20:17

The UK regulator FSA Will never put a ban on shorting,they say they allow this as it provides liquidity in the market for a faster stock movements .

[williamcooper104] 16/5/2021 19:53

But it's a bit stupid not to

[williamcooper104] 16/5/2021 19:53

You don't in the US - hence why GME got to well north of 100 percent short coverage

[dplewis1] 16/5/2021 18:59

I guess that's because you have to have a locate broker in place with the shares before you short in the US so I guess everyone makes more money from the process?

[williamcooper104] 16/5/2021 18:46

I was getting 35 percent borrow fees on one of my US positions - I get peanuts on U.K. stocks

[williamcooper104] 16/5/2021 18:46

It wouldn't - the FTSE is nowhere as heavily shorted as the far more successful US indices are 10 percent short cover is heavily shorted in the U.K. whereas as it often gets up to 30-40 percent in the US

[williamcooper104] 16/5/2021 18:44

My broker allows me to consent and splits the borrow fee with me 50/50 - it takes about 10 percent of the cost of my margin loans

[williamcooper104] 16/5/2021 18:42

Be careful there - there's not one Blackrock entity - it's entirely possible that one Blackrock vehicle is short and another one is long

[spud] 16/5/2021 18:39

It is thought that Elliott could take aim at the drug maker's chief executive Emma Walmsley over concerns about her leadership and lack of a scientific background.Fire away as far as I'm concerned! spud

[whatsup32] 16/5/2021 18:33

Activist investor Elliott warns GSK investors ‘change is coming’

[spud] 16/5/2021 17:59

Euro. I tried that a few months ago but II disallowed it. I believe their max is circa 25% above the prevailing price.

Most dealing platforms are the same, probably to facilitate stock to lend out.

spud

Edit: I guess 25% above current price is about £20! But you get what I’m saying.

[netcurtains] 16/5/2021 17:44

Thanks eurofox - clever idea! Although if most people do not bother to do it, shorters will still have a field day. a checkbox is much easier!

[eurofox] 16/5/2021 17:26

Just put all your shares from your long positions on sale at a limit price of say £20, and that will ensure that those shares are excluded from the "pool" of shares from which brokers can lend out for shorting activities.

[netcurtains] 16/5/2021 16:53

Toffeeman: shorting is based on immorality.
Unscrupulous brokers lend the shares of longs to shorters without
the longs permission - so in a sense its a form of theft.

If Labour get into power they should introduce a law that forces
your online broker to have a checkbox that allows you to specify whether you
are willing to allow your shares to be borrowed by shorters.

I suspect if such a button exists the FTSE 100 would rise considerably
as most people will say NO

That would be true shareholder democracy. I doubt the conservative party
would allow it.

[toffeeman] 16/5/2021 16:31

Shorters do not destroy shareholder value, they merely exploit the destruction of shareholder value by management.