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BadgerV,

FCA is enabling all this shorting while in America it is easier to pump stocks than short them. We need ex SEC guy to take over from the lame fat guys at FCA. Ban retail CFDs and spreadbets, ban directors and insiders from shorting own shares via dodgy options thatis fixed by MMs. Independent shareholders should appoint auditors and sit on remuneration board with pay linked to SP performance.

the Conn guy must have hedged all his purchases, his purchases up to date has not had a positive effect on the SP. This could be a tactic to send fake confidence to retail investors to keep buying.........i just pray that I am wrong.

Kitsz,

Market makers always discount divi if they think it’s unsustainable so the next divi will be discounted. CNA needs good news before the SP stops plunging. MMs will be looking at buying and selling at favourable prices that can tempt more buyers ($uckers). Just as we saw in Glencore and Anglo American...........something good has to happen.

1) Ofgem head gets replaced by an ex-CNA exec or a free market person
2) politicians stop using energy bills as election stunt to get poor people’s votes
3) less regulation and M&A friendly regulators
4) customers stop switching
5) CNA gaining customers instead of losing them
6) cost cutting plan delivered ahead of time, debt reduced below target
7) hive becomes cool and Amazon makes an offer
8) worthless Nuclear stake gets a higher bid from the dumb Chinese
9) Spirit Energy is bought by BP.
10) electric car charging to increase demand and profit
11) conn gets sacked and replaced by a capable human being
12) BP offers 220p per share

All dreams that may never come true!

TLW,

The government is spending money advertising brexit, leave / remain are spending money too. Some companies have actually moved their head offices back to the U.K. In F1, it’s either you are the most talented footballer or entitled (family fortune, huge ad money / sponsorship). This is the same with American startups, we need a CEO that is connected to ad-buyers and content buyers.
Most people here think Facebook is doing a great job so ad money keeps flowing in - nope, Facebook is highly connected and intertwined with the big boys. We need a connected CEO.

100p has to be the buy in price and I recommend buying after the ex-date. The SP will drop way below the divi anyway so no need to rush in unless the CEO is replaced or the market thinks a takeover is possible. The current competition in energy market is like cancer to old ex-monopoly like British Gas (can’t be cured)

new ISA year may be the start of another plunge. The bloody MMs can easily force retail investors to book losses.

1) our 20% nuclear stake is worth nothing so a huge write down
2) we are losing customers like crazy
3) Ofgem has made Cna no.1 enemy because of the cap challenge
4) hive was always a money losing business and will keep losing if not sold
4) zero organic growth but debt will increase for the next 3 years
5) bond market is not happy with poor performance so refinancing will become more expensive.
6) so many expensive / wrong acquisitions to be written off.

The brand has value, CEO needs to go and new focus should be about making Ofgem and moneysavings expert look useless by cutting costs and offering customers competitive rates along with simple but great service.

Ivap,

Careful with buying international ETFs of countries with dodgy currencies as you will lose money even if the local companies rallied. Useless fund managers always fool people to buy EMs but look at Turkey and the rest. Add japan to the mix, China will devalue one day. A pound earned here is a pound but I fancy euros and US dollars when looking abroad.

Dividends from highly indebted companies is known as slow liquidation...........

Ofah,

I am sorry, can’t give any advice but will tell you how. You can easily trade FTSE100 index via ETF and the volume is quite good. I trade ISF.L - blackrock Ishares ftse 100 on London stock exchange. Quarterly divi, it moves just like the index and with no leverage. Currently at 717p, 4.2% divi yield, 9% below all time high, 14 P/E, no stamp duty tax.
Why buy one stock when you can buy them all.........low risk of 50% - 90% plunge but you can also forget 30% gain in a year.
I only need 20% in the market so I am done with getting stuck in single shares that plunge down by 40%.

After watching DEB saga, my aim is to move into IG bond trading and index based ETFs only. Bondholders own the company while shareholders hold the baggage. Buying VOD’s new MCBs makes more sense than buying GILT.
I still think divis should be covered by real cash profit.
Hedgefunds would load up on the MCBs then short VOD shares heavily.

Ofah,

Your average at high 150s is great, many of us have been buying since 200p. My average is a lot higher but can’t bring it down if I don’t throw in some heavy cash.......nah, staying in ETFs for now (trading range suits me).

I thought I found the bottom. Only if I had put all my money on Ocado last year.

Since shell has dipped its toe in energy supply business, BP would be looking at the margins that can be achieved if managed properly. BP has an energy trading business already so they will do better than CNA. BP is big in America so they would do better, spirit energy is better in the hands of BP too. My only problem is the dumb plumbing business, hive and nuclear power stake which are all worthless.

Comcast even overpaid just to wrap it up quickly, keep blaming brexit instead of focusing on the quality of ITV. Ocado has rallied more than 100%, ETO has done almost 200%..........brexit is not affecting ITV, the CEO is a joker and a bbc voyeur with cheap flight experience.

Still no news, no rumours.........it seems something positive is happening.

Shell Energy’s strategy is going to alert BP and Total to buy CNA on the cheap and sack the useless bod.

T.May and Corbyn needed to win votes, the poor voters are easy to fool. I blame energy companies for being dumb and careless. They need to raise energy prices based on postcodes, richer and affluent areas don’t mind increase in bills as they earn more. Poor folks cry to the newspapers and MPs once they see their bill.
CNA, SSE, EDF, NPower, EON brought this upon themselves.

65% premium on 125p is the target so between 205p - 210p will be acceptable.

Just hoping and dreaming, been in this cesspit too long.

If the bond market is willing to lend below 1.5% then BT should buy ITV to bolster their quad play credentials. BT as a tv brand is just not cool, so itv branding for their sports will sound better.
BT should offer 240p and sack the CEO.