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barnyards
What the hell are you talking about ?
Re: good luck selling your shares on Wednesday (expecting dividend payment) and buying back on post record date Friday as on Wednesday you haven't qualified for the dividend and on Friday the market is closed
aspers
When you say " I knew I should have waited to see what today would bring " Do you mean you know you should of waited because now they are only 3 quid. LOL. That is called Hindsight, it would be a great tool to have.
These will probably fall more that the 8.4p divi next Thursday. I will probably try sell the ones I bought today if I can get a bit of profit befor Thursday. I paid 299p, I would like to get 325 to 330p. Lots of times I hang on for the Dividend and then watch the price fall much more than the Divi on the Thursday and Friday. This time I will try selling on Wednesday and buying back more shares on the Thursday or Friday.
Gate13Boy
Do you have HSBC shares ? what do you think to them cutting the final 21 cents Dividend weeks after a Record date has passed ? is that not like cancelling someones wages weeks after they have turned up at work ?
Gate13Boy
I agree the Dividend needed to be cut and it hadn't already reached the ex-dividend date.
Unlike HSBC who cut the final dividend after pressure from the BOE, the share had already passed Ex-dividend date and record dates on the 27th/28th Feb. This was the same as bouncing a cheque. HSBC made profits of £2.8 billion in the first quarter of 2020 which is 38 times bigger than Lloyds £74 million.
Djones21476
https://www.ft.com/content/ee832198-024b-4a0f-a61d-de767a1e6d6c
Royal Dutch Shell has secured a new $12bn credit facility as it seeks to safeguard dividends amid “significant uncertainty” spurred by the coronavirus pandemic.
The Anglo-Dutch energy group said on Tuesday that the arrangement, which follows a $10bn facility obtained in December, had boosted its available liquidity to more than $40bn.
Djones21476
Shell, which paid $15 billion in dividends last year, prides itself on having never cut its dividend since the 1940s.
Do you really think they will start now because of this virus ? this won't last for ever.
Djones21476
Quote:
Right now, investors are scared the economy won’t recover. If you’re thinking about buying Shell and BP shares, you may be worried that these firm’s 11% dividend yields will be cut. I don’t think this is likely. In my view, both companies offer good value at current levels.
BP and Shell have both announced short-term financial measures which should protect this year’s dividends. These companies routinely plan for many years ahead and have managed many market crashes. I think Shell and BP shares could perform well in a recovery.
Around one-in-three FTSE 100 companies have now suspended their dividends for this year. Some have even cancelled planned payments for 2019.
So far, Shell and BP shareholders have been spared. Both companies have announced spending cuts and substantial unused loan facilities. These should provide the liquidity they need to operate normally this year and pay unchanged dividends.
https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/shell-bp-shares-time-buy-073639072.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly9tYWlsMi52aXJnaW5tZWRpYS5jb20vYXBwc3VpdGUv&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAG9ObAKJLcXTaDSJSyogc9tntb4LZeUqJIqFsro0NKQGqSznFugjOr3qmevJ2AX-HQI5-s4UrReH5MaxHJkQVOjJy1cp9zH2Io0PDQWNpputRcidS3HhilLsQyiJiDEFJLLgkqUw-d4cO8eLKXG-pOTKduQjbOAVN6BCIPoErWLX
Djones21476
What planet are you living on