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the bigger a company gets, the less efficient it gets. one useless manager will become a mini-empire with a continual drain on a company. that 'boss' will apply for his next job as having been in charge of a number of people whereas a man who was good at the job is just one worker...? bull**** baffles brains every time. it takes a brave boss to sack the whole department but they often are just a blockage in the system.
at floor level, 75% may be skivers, masters of their art from birth, only waking when someone shouts 'overtime', the need for which, they have created.
if rr ask for volunteers to leave, they will lose the experienced 'dogsbody' that carried the rest, if they just sack the idle then the idle will scream "discrimination".
once the dust has settled then the build-up starts all over again.
give over! this is just primary school ********. give knowledge, rumours etc politely and accept them in the same way, then we might learn something. this made no change in the share price but from years of experience i can tell you that the workers that go will be those who know the job (& do it). rr will then waste time & money finding replacements, often the same people. the real wasters will remain entrenched, just like the mighty bunch of ******s at the nhs.
Strange how having to cough up for a botched job that didn't last 20 years did not affect the price? They could have claimed it was past the builders guarantee of ten years although they must have tried. Compared to the Forth Bridge, its a disaster.
Next up is the RAAC scandal, did they profit from ysing it or will they profit from rebuilding?
"interest rates around peak"? Wishful thinking or you are still a little damp behind the ears.
I would expect 5-10 years of decent rates BUT as we say every time, its never been this bad.
We are about to be screwed, unless you are in the super-rich club.
Your statement rings true in my house ie: 22 millionaires kicking a ball about, all paid(not earning) more than any highly skilled worker EARNS after a lifetime. On a par with the city of London.
When I was at school we were warned against Football as a job, pay was fixed at £15 per week but you would be out of work by your thirties. How time have changed, now they earn more in a year than most in a lifetime.
Russia is short of cash so they will snatch what they can, that ca only get worse.
Not sure about the '30s', my memory is not what it was but the rich always getting richer is a sickening fact. The recent average 16% rise for FTSE chiefs and unlimited tax-free pension contributions, a gift from the Chancellor. That should ensure him a nice job somewhere.
Derivatives? I'm sure the EU banned the after 2008? but we decided to keep trading & got lots of dodgy customers.
I do not recall such a 'great divide' but it was ever thus. The French Revolution springs to mind, although when it starts those we want will be long gone to their offshore havens!
I would expect hi-dividend share prices to fall until the payout matches inflation or other interest rates, these may have much further to rise. NAV will depreciate slowly to zilch, selling off solar farms means the loss of those assets, if the cash is then used to pay off debt(note the'if') then that makes paying dividends more expensive.
Of course if Bank rates go down the this share and the payout becomes popular.
From that it looks like a lack of forward planning, they are not alone.
"manipulating the market"? nobody would admit to that although we know it happens often. The Buyback itself is manipulation, using company cash to prop up the price. Often done when shares need to be above a minimum price ie: to qualify the board for a bonus. Just tell the Plebs its for their benefit, that keeps them happy.
Roughly the share price is inversely proportional to Bank rates which in turn are derived from inflation rates. If inflation goes higher, the share price declines. This increases the % return.
Buy or sell can be determined by the expected inflation % and the returns on cash elsewhere.
ie: if Bank rate double then your shares lose half their value, if they go down you may be going up.
The question is inflation? UK is in deep doo-doo and by allowing third-world politicians & civil servants to rule us, things can only get worse. Think Africa, South America? Spending money you haven't got makes you popular until.....? Printing cash has always led to disaster, So we rename it MMT & tell the city its something new.
One born every minute, Mark Carney new he had far more than one when he came to UK.
So think inflation, 5% or 25% = L&G price £3 or £1.
I would expect the company to keep its own stock of shares, if not they could in theory buy enough for the option demand.
If the latter, why not calculate the difference and pay it as cash? that should besimple & cheaper. If the company is feeling the pinch they might try MMT (Magic Money Tree) but that dilutes existing shares, is probably illegal unless you are the BOE who are above the law.
as i recall with british rail they issued a glowing rns which stated "all our troubles are over" causing the share price up to boom ~£14. a short time later the nationalisation was announced at the original flotation price of £2.60. this is an indication of what to expect. those who ignored the ****ty job will have had 25 years of unwarranted 'bonus' & pension payments, the crap then falls back on the taxpayer.
on flotation a utility boss was asked why his pay had trebled, he replied "last week i was running a utility co, this week i am head of a ftse 100 company". daylight robbery.