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S100

BT have a large capital expenditure rolling out infrastructure for the benefit of the UK

S100

''There should be a ban on such practices. ''

where would the BT and Vodafone share prices be without these increases.

Salary increases of above inflation do not help

Core inflation at 5.1%

S100

''I have noticed food prices have come down quite a bit,''

that prevented CPI from being higher 4%.

Junior doctors want a 35% pay increase

Brix

''says my cash position is Silly Billy''

I get a very good tax free amount of about 10% paid monthly from my SMIF investment.

Based on my average price Lloyds are returning about 30% per year to me etc etc etc

Order in for 41.95

Triggered at 42.703

Law2

I think you will find that APPLE shareholders have done very well out of share buybacks over the years as a way of return, as have shareholders of many other companies .

Law2

''In my many years investing, buy backs have never had their intended effect. Been involved in many blue chip companies who’ve engaged in several buy backs and they have never increased the sp as intended.''

You are misguided - they always do as intended, which is to reduce share capital.

Buybacks for cancellation would increase the relative value of each remaining share to what it would have been without the BB and cancellation. However the market determines the value of a business on a daily basis.

NC

''Investors state side have us down nearly 6% now.''

US after hours price equivalent to UK closing price.

Lloyds available once again at a 13% + return level .

I would not say that wage growth of 6.6% (above inflation) helps with the speed of base rate reductions

At 6.1p

JCB

''Im waiting for 44.9 ''

''I will have to lower my buy from 44.9 ''

''Order in 42.95 ''

''Order in at 30p''

''Small order triggered 42.95, next order 41.95''

All adds up to total BS - I for one will completely disregard such posts

S

Jcb

''Small order triggered 42.95, next order 41.95''

stop the B

Dan

''Or are you getting a bit confused? To divi, or not to divi, that is the question?''

I think it was you who appears confused . Quite straight forward. Not paying the dividend would save about 11% per year of the current market cap per year . Using the money instead to buyback and cancel shares would quickly reduce the share count on which future dividends when resumed would have to be paid . If the money allocated to buybacks was restricted to about 9 cents per share at the start of a yearly programme, that would mean a reducing amount spent on buybacks over time.At the same time a reducing share count would be reflected in the relative price per share.

I am happy for a maintained dividend or zero dividends with an alternative of buybacks for cancellation,or a cut in dividend with a buyback as well.

It just seems a good opportunity to purchase and cancel shares whilst at a very low price.

She

''This will still be sub 60p in another 4 ''

Great if there has been 4 times £3 Billion buybacks

She

''This will still be sub 60p in another 4 ''

An alternative to a dividend payment would be an amount equivalent to 9 cents per share outstanding being redirected to share buybacks. Each subsequent year, 9 cents X shares outstanding would be a decreasing amount, allowing for monies to go elsewhere - investment or debt reductions.

The percentage saved on dividends would be far greater than the percentage interest paid on debt.

G59

''what about the €33.4bn of net debt weighing down its balance sheet? Will this eventually force the dividend to be cut?''

down from 41 Billion the year before