National Grid Share Discussion Threads

[mornington crescent] 05/6/2015 11:30

will break 820 first

[lord gnome] 05/6/2015 11:25

LOL - when you are already fully loaded, the last thing you need is yet another buying opportunity.

[4spiel] 05/6/2015 09:25

buying opportunities today too - maybe more to come - let's hope it gets nastier quickly for another bite at the cherry ? with normal interest rates - or gilt yields as O'Grady says - they are only worth 625! how many years dividends do you need to tuck away at 860 to tread water ?

[gbb483] 05/6/2015 08:28

Investment analysts suggested the sale is “plausible” - that doesn't sound like 'will happen' (unless your Imagine-ation is running a little awry).

[lennonsalive] 05/6/2015 07:52

hxxp://www.utilityweek.co.uk/news/national-grid-set-for-metering-sale-reports/1134432#.VXFG5dJViko

This will happen

[gbb483] 05/6/2015 07:40

No, yesterday's drop was a buying opportunity.

[lord gnome] 05/6/2015 07:37

Exactly PO, safe and boring. So yesterday's drop was a nasty one.

[pierre oreilly] 04/6/2015 18:16

Not sure why anyone expects anything spectacular either way. The returns are set by the regulator in a large part; they are told what to invest and where; they are given government subsidy when the investment isn't commercial etc etc. It's a strange mix of an almost totally government control public company. It'll probably move in line with gilts but with a higher return and no end date. It's a boring safe highish yeilder with almost guaranteed divi growth at or slightly exceeding rpi. Don't expect to make or lose a fortune overnight imv. Risk almost the same as gilts, reward higher.

[redips2] 04/6/2015 16:32

Sorry, posted on wrong thread !

[4spiel] 04/6/2015 15:06

it's a nice share to hold with low interest rates - will they ever go up again ? when they do I expect this is like many nobody will be wanting . well but there is growth - yes but is there sufficient -it's easy to keep up with inflation when there is none ? next div - long time to December What might happen before to get in cheaper - don't think it will be Greece - Fed steps on the gas?

[bountyhunter] 04/6/2015 12:25

I've not researched this but it does seem to drop by more than the divi on xd day more than 50% of the time - maybe I will check out in more detail. Of course today is a falling market day but even taking that into account the initial drop seemed overdone, and of course following the initial xd drop the share price often picks up a little fairly quickly in my experience. Of course dealing charges need to be taken into account, as well as the spread and stamp duty so it would be a bit of a gamble to sell and buy back I agree.

[pierre oreilly] 04/6/2015 10:09

It probably happens half the time, with the other half of the time the price dropping less than the divi. These things are easy in retrospect, but if it were that easy we'd all be billionaires.

Anyhow, imv guessing the short term is just gambling. High diiv payers have the advantage thast the price drop on xd (whch on average equals the divi I'd expect) changes the valuation ratios to make the company cheaper (by all ratios calculated on price, like the pe, ppe etc), so attracts more buyers xd than lower yeilding on zero divi companies.

[bountyhunter] 04/6/2015 09:22

I've seen this quite a few times before, may be a good plan to sell the day before final xd date and buy back at the open the next day!

[ridicule] 04/6/2015 09:13

I sold other stock and bought here this am on the basis of the fall being so great. My view is this will recover.

[ianood] 04/6/2015 08:20

Must remember for next divi. Always seems over egged in this stock!

[redips2] 04/6/2015 08:13

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Great looking chart, with a lovely gap that will fill in due course .

[lord gnome] 04/6/2015 08:05

Ouch! Expensive divi this morning.

[bountyhunter] 29/5/2015 17:32

xd Thu 4 June (28.16p) - see header for financial timetable

[bountyhunter] 28/5/2015 08:08

...and we all missed out on at least 0.5% p.a. in the bank ;-)

[pierre oreilly] 28/5/2015 07:59

Made my 150% so still in.

[simongn] 27/5/2015 16:09

Made my 3% so I'm out, onwards and upwards for those that hold :-)

[gutterhead] 25/5/2015 13:00

They prob all said same in 2010 at 500p.

[lord gnome] 22/5/2015 07:51

I'd say that's about as Neutral as you could get,Skinny!