Royal Mail Share Discussion Threads

[irenekent] 24/2/2018 13:26

If the Marx bros. get in and nationalise the Royal Mail I wonder if the posties will go on strike over the loss of their shares? As many workplace pensions invest primarily in 'safe' utilities stocks what will happen to them when their core investments are seized by the Corbyn/Momentum mob for peanuts or in their dreams for nothing. Sounds like a revolution on the way.

[neilyb675] 21/2/2018 12:34

6 pound coming

[encarter] 21/2/2018 08:19

Flying now.

[riskvsreward] 18/2/2018 10:01

"Royal Mail to raise cost of stamps from end of March: Royal Mail is increasing the
cost of First and Second Class stamps by 2p from the end of March. The postal
service said that while it understands that many companies and households are
struggling in the current economic environment, the changes are necessary to
ensure the sustainability of the service."

That will counter some of the letter volume decline.

[bartram] 18/2/2018 07:51

Sunday Telegraph:

Recently relegated Royal Mail is also poised for an instant return to the big league after finally striking a deal with unions over its bitterly disputed pensions scheme.
After sinking to its lowest level since privatisation in November, its share price has soared 47pc amid hopes that increasing parcel volumes from online shopping can displace declining letter deliveries.
Royal Mail could take the place of security outsourcer G4S or United Utilities, which have also slipped towards the FTSE 100 exit since the last reshuffle in November.
The reshuffle will be based on companies’ market capitalisation at the close of play on Feb 28 with any movers between the two indices confirmed the following day.

[piehunter] 16/2/2018 11:25

Great chart!

[bartram] 16/2/2018 10:10

Oiht... Correct, the Marx Brothers are the main long term threat to RMG - why don't they just emigrate to Venezuela and ecperience the real deal.

[oiht] 16/2/2018 09:49

Too late for me as I'm out now, but good to see RMG sticking it to all those 350p ne'er do wells, and think of the spring it must put in the steps of all those shareholding posties :-) One thing that might put the brakes on though is Comrades Corbyn and McDonnell's poisonous words. GLA

[riskvsreward] 16/2/2018 09:40

This was over 600p before all the issues of pensions, strikes and letter declines kick ed in while the market all over the world soared (even ftse has gone up by more than 20%). Now a lot of these issues are resolved, there is now reason why it should not reclaim its all time high at some stage, especially with the momentum trading and the immediate reentry into ftse100 which will lead to some forced buying by some funds.

[yump] 16/2/2018 09:06

It must be creationists buying - I don't think they believe in gravity do they ?

[grahamite2] 16/2/2018 08:45

Stone the crows!

Did someone repeal the law of gravity?

[encarter] 16/2/2018 08:43

Plenty are already doing it hence the steep rise in the chart. Maybe it will continue for weeks. Bumper Divi next time around so still undervalued IMHO.

[yump] 15/2/2018 23:51

So, the next step in playing the market is to forget charts and fundamentals and work out how to spot the automated algorithm at work that controls the bot trading for the trackers and funds.

In fact I think I know a geek who can write an algorithm to identify the activity of the algorithm.

If you can spot the change in trading patterns when it kicks in at a bottom or a top...

[bartram] 15/2/2018 18:11

Suspect that pension funds and the like are piling in prior to FTSE 100 rebalancing date of Feb 27th. At current price RMG is about 85th. by market cap signalling automatic re-entry.

[grahamite2] 15/2/2018 15:28

Not so bizarre, I suppose, considering how labour intensive the business is. I'm put in mind of the Chairman of J Walter Thompson who once said, all our assets walk out of the building at 5 o'clock.

[yump] 15/2/2018 13:54

So the business is now worth about 50% more than it was towards the end of 2017.
Bizarre really. Is it just bots buying as the trend is steeply upwards so they're just doing what they did last week ?

I wonder where the top is...

[encarter] 13/2/2018 20:57

Lol. The union have agreed the deal and are recommending a yes vote. Postie's have no choice but to vote yes and when they do it will give the share price another boost.