Royal Mail Share Discussion Threads

[exotic] 24/10/2015 17:00

Getting-On-Minerve, not that I read your posts. But per chance you were complaining Royal Mail have CCTV surveillance in their sorting offices, I see nothing wrong or surprising in that. As an investor in CCTV I know that, for example, major John Lewis stores have our kit installed, including CCTV monitoring checkout staff and linked to the EPOS, so the price and description of every item scanned appears as text in the video, unusual activity causes the video stream to be duplicated onto the main control centre display. The amount of fraud this reduces makes the system pay for itself within two years.

If per chance you also spread fear and doom regarding the working wage. The competition are surviving thanks to the trickery of "self employed employees", zero hours contracts, low wages, poor terms and conditions, etc etc. I can tell you the competition have far more to fear than relatively higher paid and incentivised RM staff.

You may or may not be right to exit RM, I am not questioning that.

Again, I still don't read your posts.

;)

[minerve] 23/10/2015 13:09

Sorry tonio. I missed that one! :) Had my serious hat on!


Oiht

I don't view my opinion as superior. It is just a view that's all. Come back and tell me I'm wrong, I could be. What makes you think this is going to grow? Continue to grow the dividend? Engage in debate and conversation. This is what the thread is all about isn't it? OR, is this the RMG viewing gallery! :)

[oiht] 23/10/2015 12:57

Yep, has also worked for me too over the past twenty five years Tonio - no more wage slaving for me. Notwithstanding that, it still doesn't stop folk offering me their superior wisdom. It's a funny old world. GLA

[tonio] 23/10/2015 12:35

Well thanks for the un-necessary concern M - I realise my dry humour isn't always appreciated!
I'll take your 'secret viewing galleries (allegedly)' revelation with the same grain of salt!
'Fraid I'm not a dealer, I just buy, hold and accumulate. Works for me. RMG is solid, freed of HMG at last!
Good luck.

[minerve] 23/10/2015 11:35

tonio

Definitely No.

It concerns me that you even think that. Electronic mail is here to stay forever. There are things called encryption which are ultra safe. So safe now that GCHQ have trouble deciphering. You need to research how unsafe post is. RMG, allegedly, even design in secret viewing galleries into their buildings so they can watch their own staff at sorting offices.

All

About fuel costs. Cheap fuel means cheap fuel for competitors too. This could just mean more aggressive pricing and no improvement in margins at all. The impact of the living wage is going to hit RMG - probably - worse than parcel competitors because of how their infrastructure is set-up. I cannot see growth here, apart from perhaps their European division. Increasing earnings via efficiency drives and selling-off property is no sustainable way to grow a company. Take the yield, but there is serious downside risk to your capital. Amazon is just getting stronger and stronger. I am out of this stock and purchased shares in a company that is actually showing true growth. I will get back in when & if this starts to do the same.

IMHO & DYOR

[tonio] 23/10/2015 08:52

.. and here's a mischievous thought, could it be that mail may become to be perceived as safer than electronic transactions!

[muffinhead] 22/10/2015 13:37

and the lowest interest rates in 500 years


I thinks it's probably been the roaring Chinese and EM economies keeping the price of oil high that has negated a lot of the benefit of low interest rates. That could change now with the price of oil dropping like a brick

[muffinhead] 22/10/2015 13:34

The price of Brent crude should be putting a fire under the UK economy...
a major benefit for Royal Mail fleet

[undervaluedassets] 20/10/2015 15:38

In a year's time this share will not be judged on whether there are a few more shares in issue but on the performance of the underlying business. .

[isis] 19/10/2015 16:07

More stock available to short I reckon.

[minerve] 19/10/2015 14:11

I was saying weeks ago this share was likely to drop because of overhang activity and no drivers and this is what seems to be happening. Hopefully head towards 400.

[11_percent] 16/10/2015 15:01

Ha, ha, ha, here we go.

[wipo1] 14/10/2015 16:19

Yes I will do but lower down

[11_percent] 14/10/2015 16:01

Don't worry, the share price ALWAYS goes below the placing price.

Full yer boots.

[wipo1] 14/10/2015 15:07

Undervaluedassets :- I think Osborne sold at a fair price, you have to take into account the amount of shares and the stamp duty costs.I was looking at buying but I heard Royal mail parcel business was a lot quieter in the summer due to amazon logistics.It will probably not effect Rmg in the run up to Xmas. So I would take a nibble lower down around 430p ish.

[essentialinvestor] 14/10/2015 10:01

Thanks for that, very useful.

[muffinhead] 14/10/2015 09:58

Questor update

[undervaluedassets] 14/10/2015 08:48

very cheap.

The government 'gave' the last tranche of shares away in my view.

[essentialinvestor] 13/10/2015 16:37

I got some some down to 444, the low appears to be 441 but I did not see that price.

[tonio] 13/10/2015 16:22

Yeah, weird comments when the price even the most simple investor has to pay is presently less than the 455 'professional investors' paid.

[essentialinvestor] 13/10/2015 15:52

Most of them probably think of PI's as pond life LK - but then again I paid
less than 455 today )

[liquidkid] 13/10/2015 15:41

(ShareCast News)
"Royal Mail was in the red on news the government has sold its remaining stake in the postal service group to professional investors."

Is that what they call themselves these days?
What about us poor unsophisicated investors

[essentialinvestor] 13/10/2015 15:13

Aberrant is apparent )