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Seems to be a big swing in SP today? Went up to 125.05 early on and then nose dived to current 122? The FTSE is still well ahead so any particular reason?

https://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2020/06/12/danger-ahead-2-ftse-100-stocks-i-wouldnt-touch-with-a-bargepole/

Here's a post from another "Fool" today painting a gloomy picture for UK banks and singling out Barclays saying he would not touch with a bargepole!
https://www.fool.co.uk/investing/2020/06/12/danger-ahead-2-ftse-100-stocks-i-wouldnt-touch-with-a-bargepole/

Which one of the Fools do you listen to? Some say buy, some don't buy!

Well I think I have just confirmed this morning that I am jinxed with investing. Decided to go for it this morning and hit the buy button at 37.214 and look where we are now!

I've just invested here today for first time, so expect the SP to drop as always seems to happen with me! And true to form, SP when I invested was 251.854 and am down already!

How do you know when Donald Trump is lying?
His mouth opens!

Falkland: I'm going of-piste from the Lloyds subject, what are your views now on Royal Mail? Your predictions last year on the Royal Mail BB seemed to have played out as you were forecasting at the time. They hit a low of £1.23 in March but now seem to have recovered somewhat. Do you think they have turned the corner or still problems to come further down the line?

Velo: are you still in or have you sold up?

Not many comments on here today? I would be interested to hear what peoples views are?

Can't be right all the time :-)

Falkland: "bought another 82k (approx) shares.......hoping to hold 250k shares before the SP hits 35p"

The 82k and 250k figures you have quoted, are you referring to the cost/value of purchase or the amount of shares bought and held?

"this share hasn't done bad since bottom it's rallied 20 per cent".
There was a small rally when directors bought in; however the dynamics for the major part of the rally was a "leaked rumour" that BT was in negotiations to sell of part of Openreach. Now that this has been dismissed by Openreach and BT as not going to happen, can we expect a retrace of SP back to where it was before the rumour was leaked?

Jatw; Thanks for the information. I'm in two minds now if this is worthwhile if it is uncertain if they will be able to maintain the dividend going forward.

I am considering investing here for long term for the dividend but am concerned that in 4 of the last 5 years EPS did not cover the dividend. Can someone explain how they manage to pay the dividend when EPS do not cover it. I believe that only once in the last 5 years EPS exceeded the dividend in 2016. The other 4 years EPS did not cover the dividend paid?

Barclays Brokers rating on BT yesterday......reiterates underweight with target price of 115p!

Management happy to announce normal service is resumed!

When directors purchase or sells shares in their company, is the company not obliged to announce this via an RNS on the same day as the transaction?

Can someone give any explanation why the big drop in EPS from 2018? EPS 2018 was 11.6, and EPS 2019 -1.89. That is a big drop?

I have been following this board for a while contemplating investing. One of the most used phrases used when others users have posted an opinion is DYOR. So I have been following the advice given, and came across The Economy Forecast Agency which gives predictions on returns from various asset classes over 1, 2 and 3 year periods. BT was one of the companies it covered along with Lloyds, Barclays, RBS, Glencore, Tesco, Taylor Wimpey as well as different currencies. The forecast it gives for BT for the next 3 years is not encouraging but I am not sure what methodology is used to make these predictions. Are they based on pure mathematical algorithms? Can any of the more experienced members of this board make any comments on this website and the forecasts it is giving? Should I just be taking this with a pinch of salt? Appreciate any comments. Follow the link
http://poundf.co.uk/bt-share-price-forecast