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Marcus,

Try buying ETFs instead of single shares, popular index and sector ETFs make more sense. European utility ETFs has return over 30% gain in the last two years while Cna which a constituent has lost over 60% excluding the fake divis.

Toff,

MMs make money by trading huge volumes daily, a sideways or falling market is the best for them as more trades keep flowing. Trump talks about the stock market, the FED talks about the stock market.......our useless pub landlord / landlady PMs have no clue along with the dumb Canadian BOE guy. Anyway in order to distribute wealth, you can’t give it away for free but stock market is a way to give smart people a chance to make some money. As long as the companies get access to cheap financing, investors will reap rewards. The U.K is a dumb country where only old fashioned entitled bastards are running listed companies. If S&P falls 50% from current high, it would still be higher than pre-crisis high.......the FTSE100 on the other hand would be almost 40% lower than pre-crisis high. We underperform when in bull market then outperform in a recession!

D955uk and Toff,

You guys are right but wrong.........the U.K is the number 1 shorter’s paradise. Too many CFDs are used by retail traders. Easy money for big banks to trade against retail traders with little funds and short timeframe. Also both U.K. and foreign buyers are not buying u.k equities......Woodford got burnt buying u.k equities while those funds who bought crazily priced amazon and Tesla are laughing to the bank. The U.K market is not normal, wealth is not being created here unlike in America.

I think this whole move is about making 300p offer acceptable, saw same thing with GKN and others. The analysts never mention EE when knocking BT down.........OR also has huge value. EE, BT and OR together must command a much higher value even with the debt level.

Rico will blame Coronavirus and the union for his lack of leadership. First rule is never confront unions if you are an entitled fat cat. It just gets worse because unions have a major advantage (strikes). IAG did well during their strike, Rico is weak.......too weak.

Stay in cash, start your own business........find an alternative if you don’t like the stock market.

WGR,

Best option for you my friend is to trade ETFs......iShares and Vanguard (U.K, Ireland or Germany domiciled ones). You can trade sectors and broad indexes that way (zero stamp duty). The worst thing about Centrica is that european utility sector has been gaining double digit for the last two years. Conn is a bastard........anyone here can compare iShares Stoxx Europe 600 utility with Centrica. Nothing short of a scam.

Don’t buy BT, buy the whole european telecoms. Sector etf play of the year is iShares Stoxx 600 telecoms - (ticker - EXV2) Zero stamp duty....priced in euros though!

Thank me later.

Solley1,

You are a joker, how can BBC be a worry for ITV? BBC is the worst organisation in the world when it comes to offering value for money. £1.5 million for football highlights show presenter........come on! Only David Attenborough shows make the cut so don’t sweat it. The faster the dame quits for a job in airline the better. We need a media exec from America........simple! ITV needs to merge with channel 4 and 5 in order to pool advert money and cut costs.

150p coming soon but the brand is good. the only problem is its useless management and slow workforce.

Must be about the tower unit merger with telecom italia

Market makers value shares on a demand level. Every single U.K asset manager is buying American stocks. The ones that bought U.K stocks are being shorted out of business. There is no real demand from heady investors for CNA shares so MMs will do their job. The new competition in energy supply is rubbish but the number one problem is Ofgem.......if Boris and his sidekick go after Ofgem like they did with Javid......who knows we might get an ex-Cna exec leading Ofgem in the future. The dumb big six should have lobbied hard and donated to Theresa May in order to influence Ofgem.

By who? What a joke........VOD can’t be bought as it is a debt servicing monster. It needs to restructure first but my hope is that the European regulators come to their senses and allow telecoms to make more money by coordinating price hikes and allowing greater consolidation.

BT is being prepped for a takeover, latest account has been opened up for easy due diligence. If DT can issue €35 billion 1% - 1.5% bonds and the ECB is happy to buy them in the secondary market.......why not?

not a fan of rupees anyway.......Vodafone should invest more in EU (over 500 million people), lobby hard to get rid of the socialists in the EU commission. Only problem in EU and U.K is regulations.........

Not everything , housebuilders are doing great!

Customer numbers looking stable and about to increase......that is the only positive here. Ofgem is our bogeyman.

“ If BT were really being screwed, I'm sure they would scream”

Haha, what if BT likes to be screwed? BT spent money of football rights instead of spending it on telecom upgrade / fibre or tech innovation. See Ocado spent money of tech innovation (functional robotic warehouse) that other supermarkets want. The market is punishing BT for not getting much return from capital employed.
To value BT, add Openreach, EE and BT business / consumer (sports & TV doesn’t count).

Anybody compared FTSE100 to Euro Stoxx 50 lately, the U.K is a tiny country (getting old too) and not big enough for too many competition. Consolidation is needed in the U.K telecoms sector in order to reduce cost, improve service and be able to increase prices every year in line with inflation just like rail fares and council tax.
No recovery here unless DT comes in hard, Jansen can’t do anything different but to pay debt, manage dividend cut, borrow more debt to invest in fibre that ofcom won’t allow it to make money from.

In a country ( a continent) like America they now have just 3 major players. I think it’s time to end BT’s misery and for a strong global company like DT to make an offer. Telefonica would be better as they can merge it with O2 and scrap the BT brand.