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Good morning omalley, I feel the same as you on this.

I am sitting on cash just waiting to buy more but a little afraid to buy at this price knowing what's happened in the past. I have for the last few weeks been looking at both VOD and BT and thought I will buy at 64p and £1.06 but wanted to wait for the results. Sod's law kicked in and blow me down both have now shot up and I could have made another few grand but now have to sit and wait. also want to buy back in to MCG and Card for divi. Why is it that when we are sitting on cash in our trading accounts earning nothing we want to buy something for the gamble. What a game. Anyway I bet ITV will come back down to 72p ish and I will strike.

BT sees profits drop 31%, predicts little growth this year

Press are not interested in Divi increase , it's not big news but profits drop debt higher growth slower is . !!!!!!

To maybe 72p-75p and then time to top up.

I notice there is only 167m shares on issue , and this from the RNS as a caution note.

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The high street remains an extremely competitive market for B2B sales, which has contributed to a reduction in bookings of 6% on a travelled basis since the prior year. Despite the changes made in Q4 FY23 to centralise a number of group functions, costs to serve remain high. This has driven the need for a strategic review and conclusion that a simpler operating model is required to serve the B2B market.

For the purposes of IFRS 5, we expect CCH to be classified as discontinued operations during H2 24.

Hi Pogo, all that sounds great news but in reality it means diddly squat in the next few months.

I am sure if nothing else puts ITV off it's tracks then yes it could hit the highs but maybe in 2 years. No one knows.

Has it hit the wall with this drop and will it go down to £1.25 before it goes up.

Today we have seen TUI doing well with SP up, IAG are going down so who knows where ONB will now go.

Want to buy but to hold a little longer and miss any rise or buy now and be caught in the fall to £1.25 ???

With the market at an all time high and to possibly go a little higher with ITV going maybe to 82p , I am just sitting tight now and not buying any more until the market drops.

We all know to keep pushing/buying higher and higher you get caught out when the drop comes.

Better to take any profits and to keep money / powder dry ready to buy more later.

Hi Pogo, you keep going on about posters selling their ITV holding and waiting for it to drop , but many/most of us haven't sold out and sitting on more cash to buy more when the SP drops.but if it doesn't fall we will be making money just like you.

Yesterday up from about £1.45 was / maybe the true value for OTB , so todays drop is back where it should be and maybe not such a good buy at £1.48p ish.

Once the ftse drops this could be back to £1.30 ish.

We hold shares like ITV and wanting them to go up, well I think we all believe ITV will go up to £1+ in time but when.

So we are sitting on cash in our trading account thinking I am not making money while the cash is sitting there doing nothing, but should we top up now and pay 78p ish knowing that it will come down to maybe 72p-75p as soon as the market drops. If I buy now I could lose money ,if I don't the money is doing nothing, What a game. !!!!

If you were selling your house why would you want the agent to sell it at a lower price than others in the street even though your house is in better condition and has more bedrooms, sorry but I just don't get it.

Who said their house is in better shape /condition, it's all a matter of view.

Very slow progress with debts still over £1bn and a net loss, can't really see the SP doing much apart from going down a little.

So where do they go with this very large debt pile because at this rate it will be 10 years before paid off, Maybe a cap raise at 25p ish who knows.

They look more or less what was expected but some big negatives there due to changing the business but nice to see Divi still at 4.5, I still wouldn't be surprised to see a drop in SP we all know what the city is like.

If it drops to 66-68p I will top up.

Hi Pogo,but I haven't sold the majority of my ITV shares and will hold until they hit at least £1.

I am talking about extra cash ready to put in when they fall again or spreading into more shares.we all know nothing is G/teed and over the years I have held good shares for years thinking they will all come good but some never do and there is no G/tee ITV will ever reach £1 + however much we want them to do so.you play your game all in ITV and I will spread my bets.

Hi Pogo,I didn't say that. I believe ITV will go up higher but not in a straight line now the ftse is at it's highest for years.look we all know that at some stage very soon the ftse will drop back again and ITV will drop again before it goes up much more. Now is the time to have spare cash to buy in cheaper plus look at other stocks to make more money and Divi's.

Don't we all love it when the ftse reaches another all time high which it is now and also when at long last ITV moves back up to almost 80p.Howver many will also know that these all time highs will not last and the ftse will once again move back down.

So it's not the time to carry on pushing the prices up because you get caught in the trap when they fall. So now's the

time to be in cash ready to for the fall and buy back in much cheaper, or look for others like VOD & Bt for results and

Divi's.

No multiple accounts for me. !!!!!

Yes the free tax allowance on share divi's was £1k but from this April it's only £500, so if you can it's better to make the money on your CG tax allowance of £3,000 first. Or double that for joint accounts.

Pogo, Myself I retired in my 50's some 20 years ago with No Debts etc and make enough each year for holidays and fun.

I have cash ISA'a but no share ISA as you can't have both, well you can this year.

I don't like ISA 's anyway, they are good for free interest (no tax) but everything else in my life is shared (bank accounts, savings ,Home etc) so if one partner dies you can carry on regardless but with as IAS it's individual so you can't get your hands on the other persons money without going to probate etc.

But good luck to you, we have to do what we do.!!!

Well done Pogo, it look's like you have made some good moves over the years and you should have a happy retirement where you can travel and do what you want which is what it's all about.

Keep up the money making !!!!!