Tesco Share Discussion Threads

[ladeside] 02/3/2020 11:54

FTSE has now gone from +150 in early trading to negative territory which doesn't augur well for the near future....

[alphorn] 02/3/2020 11:40

………;...or keep them and write call options against them.

[ladeside] 02/3/2020 11:08

Hopefully it will stabilise around the 2.30 mark as Tesco themselves are in a very strong position regarding the balance sheet.

The Central Banks are also stepping in now in an attempt to halt the carnage although it will inevitably have a serious impact on the currency markets and potentially lead to inflation.

It is of course a fast moving and ever changing picture and I wouldn't say we're out of the woods yet as regards the markets falling, however with any luck those in the SAYE will get their contracts sold at a decent price before any further bad news spooks the markets.......

[supertag] 02/3/2020 10:32

Thanks Ladeside, it's just a waiting game now to see what price the SAYE shares are actually sold for!
Volitile again today.

[vaneric1] 02/3/2020 10:25

A lot of the swing is due to computer programming rather than human action, they set their stuff to sell if the price drops x amount and it will keep on doing that until s human intervenes and puts a stop to it, should all turn the other way now the people have woken up.

[ladeside] 02/3/2020 09:59

Rarely do wild swings occur in a blue chip, as such I don't think you can call giving your instructions for your SAYE a "gamble" as under normal circumstances you'd be looking at 5% max either way.

[supertag] 29/2/2020 13:52

Not always!

[steve4003] 29/2/2020 12:13

A month is a long time in shares, to sell at any price in a months time is a gamble and gamblers tend to lose.

[nathdani] 29/2/2020 10:18

Yes they could but SAYE people are not normally traders or investors but shop workers topping up their wages .

[steve4003] 29/2/2020 09:18

You can always buy them back, duh

[supertag] 28/2/2020 11:09

Wacky, yep my missus in the same boat! We would have changed the decision and took the shares and waiting for the inevitable rerate...sometime.
£3.5k down on a week ago!

[nathdani] 28/2/2020 10:48

I agree I don't like the way your are treated with SAYEs ,it treats with distain like you should grateful for their poor service.

[wacky1walker] 28/2/2020 10:27

I've tried to retract my instruction to sell my shares but apparently you can't!! How fair is that!?

[nathdani] 28/2/2020 10:13

My old work colleges have lost 9k profit of next weeks 5 year SAYEs ,thank goodness the 3 year ones matured last month.

[supertag] 28/2/2020 08:08

What a bloodbath FFS!

[nathdani] 27/2/2020 13:58

don't know about face mask ,tin hat maybe .Logan nice piece.

[loganair] 27/2/2020 10:10

Walmart is in talks with private equity firms about selling a majority stake in Asda. The US retail giant confirmed the talks in a statement, although it also said that “an IPO is an attractive long-term objective for Asda”. With Asda valued at around £5bn on a standalone basis, a full takeover would probably require a consortium, with a stake sale to a private equity house seen as a stepping stone to a flotation in a few years time. KKR is one name in the frame.


The original £7.3bln that Walmart valued Asda at at the time of the take over bid by Sainsburys would now value Asda approximately the same as Sainsbury's and M&S combines which is just a ridiculously high valuation.

What I see happening is the following:

1. Private Equity firm takes majority stake in Asda.

2. Private Equity firm asset strips Asda and loads Asda with a huge amount of debt paying a huge dividend to both the Private Equity Firm and Walmart.

3. Private Equity firm lists an over valued Asda carrying a huge amount of debt - shares being bought by the Private Retail Investor because they think they are buying a safe company - This is what happened with Woolworths and Debenhams etc.

4. In the end Walmart get the £7.3bln they wanted for Asda and the Private Equity Firm also makes a huge amount of money, doubling there original investment with in a few very short years.

[philanderer] 26/2/2020 17:31

Walmart in discussions to sell stake in Asda

[ladeside] 26/2/2020 12:59

The drop has nothing to do with Tesco specifically it's the macro events such as the bloody Coronavirus !!!

[eentweedrie] 25/2/2020 17:34

Maybe it would be healthier for her losing that amount in weight?

[vaneric1] 25/2/2020 17:11

It could be a reaction to the sale by one of the directors of his holding and should recover as soon as that's sunk in.

[supertag] 25/2/2020 17:00

Bloody falling off a cliff with only one week until the Wifes SAYE matures.
She has lost £1200 in the last two days of its value.
Bad timing

[alphorn] 25/2/2020 15:26

Tesco has revealed 1,800 jobs could be cut in an overhaul of its bakeries as Britain buys less bread. The supermarket giant said that customers are buying fewer traditional loaves of bread and turning to wraps, bagels and flatbread instead, denting its traditional in-store bakeries.
Tesco announced today that it will change its bakery space and range from May to meet changing demand - including less fresh bread baking from scratch in-store - and up to 1,816 workers could lose their jobs.