Royal Mail Share Discussion Threads

[oiht] 06/10/2017 19:05

" 'ardest game in the world son, 'ardest game in the world"

[encarter] 06/10/2017 17:01

None of that matters, Royal Mail is protected by the regulator. If Royal Mail struggle too much then the regulator will tweek the rules to give them more profit.

[careful] 06/10/2017 16:49

Posties have public sympathy and are appreciated.
Everyone wants them to be well paid with decent benefits.
But sometimes their militant union leaders are their worst enemies.
They want to smash the company for political reasons and end up destroying jobs.

[europa79] 06/10/2017 16:15

I'd love all these postie bashers to do a delivery round for a week. Unrealistic workloads and management bullying....sounds like fun ?
Maybe then, they would think twice before slagging off the posties. It's a bloody hard job done by decent folk who should be treated with respect.

[peppypants] 06/10/2017 15:52

£10.50

[racg] 06/10/2017 12:49

How.much do these posties get per hour anyhow?

[encarter] 06/10/2017 11:24

Looks like all of the bad news is priced in.

[encarter] 05/10/2017 19:39

Who do they use for next day delivery?

[bartram] 05/10/2017 19:39

Looks like the CWU forgot it signed up to a legally binding dispute resolution procedure in 2013. Can't see a strike taking place anytime soon.

[wipo1] 05/10/2017 19:17

If Royal mail strike near Xmas, there will be loads of people joining amazon prime.

[justiceforthemany] 05/10/2017 18:22

Royal Mail plans legal action to stop strike taking place this month

Royal Mail will now invoke the legal obligation for both sides to go through external mediation, but threatened to take legal matters to the High Court to gain an injunction to prevent what could be the first Royal Mail strike since 2009.

A spokesperson for Royal Mail said: “We believe any strike action before the dispute resolution procedures have been followed would be unlawful strike action.”

hxxp://www.cityam.com/273357/royal-mail-plans-legal-action-stop-strike-taking-place

[careful] 05/10/2017 17:33

Yes the side effect of QE is to cripple pension funds and savers income.
A stealth tax.


I see the Union have called a two day strike end of Oct.

[muffinhead] 05/10/2017 17:22

Yes

there is a but!

It is down to the Bank of England and it's "quantitative easing" program. The BOE has bought up a large chunk of the gilt market to save the banks and keep the government debt interest payment low. However in so doing, the BOE has sacrificed savers and pension funds. The BOE and other central banks around the world have created a pension fund crisis

The BOE is the gorilla in the gilt market

[muffinhead] 05/10/2017 16:30

encarter - 04 Oct 2017 - 09:00:16 - 8551 of 8610
RMG Using a prediction of pension contribtions going up from 400m to 1200m in a year to attack pensions seems like a con to me and posties know it.


This is due to gilt yields

If the living wage is to increase 5% each year between now and 2021 which it is, I can't for the life of me see how inflation is going to drop from here. This is important if inflation expectations in the economy start to increase government gilts yields which is the primary source of income to pay future RM retirees

The CPI or RPI on a monthly and quarterly basis is above the Bank of Englands inflation target of 2%. I am expecting CPI inflation on a yearly frequency basis, reported in January 2018 to come in around 2.5%

I have also noted Len McCluskey calling for the public sector pay cap to be lifted and there are various strikes starting to pop up. So living wage inflation may spread to other wage grades

Gilt yields have to increase imo which is why the following 10 year gilt chart is important for the Royal Mail Pension fund. Getting back to 2.2% should put pension planning for the RM pension trustees back at the level at the RM stockmarket debut....


You can play with the CPI monthly, quarterly and yearly graphs at this website. The direction is clear

[encarter] 05/10/2017 13:42

Lol short for yodel.

[tonio] 05/10/2017 12:15

Yes I was expecting TNT or whoever as a reply - haven't heard of Lol though :-)
Another...
'while you shareholders sit in your ivory towers eating caviar and bathing in asses milk' at least you're not selling RMG.

[tonio] 05/10/2017 11:25

'While you shareholders sit in your ivory towers eating caviar and bathing in asses milk' who's delivering the mail?

[encarter] 05/10/2017 11:10

Probably fake