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Pathetic petition by people who have no understanding of how markets operate ....
they don't realise that the big share buyers and sellers would all walk away if the transparency disappeared ...and the liquidity in the market would disappear too
a very silly idea
I cant see the technology getting improved to the point where it wont need power.
Is there any evidence to show that shorting a share makes a price drop, anymore than not buying a share makes the price drop?
Shorting is now an industry as opposed to an investment option risk, it will never get banned as 'big money' and politicians are all involved. The scale of it, the number of hedge funds now compared to 50 years ago and comparisons with other countries is easily 'googled'.
The bigger question is were shorts taken out before or after certain world events, no that would be an eye opener.
Well it looks like the MM,s failed again to get BT under £1. I do hope their shorts are smoldering. No doubt they will try again.
Benefits of short selling:
https://www.investopedia.com/ask/answers/012815/how-does-short-selling-help-market-and-investors.asp#:~:text=Facilitates%20price%20discovery,on%20supply%20and%20demand%20dynamics.
Moronic petition... without shorting ability there would be much less ability to punish junk and underperforming stocks... I personally don't place any short trades as I'm not experienced enough to manage the risks of placing short trades... short traders help keep the market healthy and can prevent ridiculous equity bubbles from forming.
Average rating still over 181
Could this be right?
Assume BT costs will increase here?
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-13264829/amp/BT-pauses-digital-phone-line-rollout-including-thousands-vulnerable-households.html
Isn't the UT the days unmatched shares, so a mixture of buys and sells, just goes through as a buy or sell based on which were the most, so not really either?
@Ecologist
A blessing in the fact that you have actually made a taxable profit - not something we are seeing on here at the the moment.
Sorry for any confusion.
Coral
Polo Tang UBS in my mind is a suspicious character with clearly a negative view of BT but strangely positive on other telecom stocks! Ignore any commentary from them.
Sorry 24 million sold and 13 million bought .....
@Kiwitwo
It depends if you believe that 14.4m Uncrossing Trade was a buy (as shown) - because the price implies it was sell.
If it was a sell then you've got 24 million shares sold today and only 9 million bought .... which wouldn't be a good sign!
Volumes sold 10 million and volumes brought 27 million, share hopefully will head north on thursday.
Find it very curious that UBS, just one broker, can move our share price in one day by 4%+ by downgrading through a communication separate to the daily Alliance News London Ratings. Next were upgraded and do appear on the Alliance News daily, but not BT !! Strange !! Consensus, which UBS admit, is contrary to UBS's "beliefs" !! I wonder are UBS buying the shares at the same time ?!!
I'm still patiently waiting for 102.5 or below. I think it'll come.
Buglet
Mobico got whacked 5/6% last week on broker comments.
UBS are quick to downgrade BT and slow to upgrade them. If I'm remembering correctly UBS were a laggard during BT's rise to over 200p in 2021. Things are a bit uncertain at the moment with the class action, hence the current short position's in the stock, so some bearishness isn't surprising.
The new tax year starts next week and I currently view BT as my most likely top up at some point following April.
You are very naive if you think this fall is due a broker downgrade. One or two percent maybe, not over 4.
Look at the other broker ratings since UBS last June - Overweight, Hold, Buy, Top Pick. Are they all wrong? Everyone out of step except UBS?
Or Drahi is finally giving up
If you think that Buglet, then you haven't followed BT during previous UBS downgrade's. UBS go to great lengths to accompany their BT downgrades with speculative negative commentary, so it's most likely UBS who are responsible for today's drop. It's also unlikely that the CAT are even close to a decision on the class action.
" I think the class action is a bad loss and those in the know are getting out."
I dont even want to go down the path that some judicial decision that hasn't even been made yet has somehow been "sold" to the City ..
you been reading too much about Ukraine ! or watching too much TV
One downgrade will not make this difference. Sorry, but do not believe that at all. I think the class action is a bad loss and those in the know are getting out.