Is anyone on ROYALMAILCHAT going to buy extra shares.

[RTP]

Vultures ,,,,, makes ya sick

I was thinking more along the lines of Magpies

[fishtank]

Vultures ,,,,, makes ya sick

Indeed.
Plenty other shares you could buy if you want to dabble in the markets without buying shares in this company then obviously hoping they pay plenty of your colleagues off to keep the dividends rolling in.
Poor form.

[DavidUK]

Yes, almost certainly. The dividend is especially attractive when other investment returns(PSBs, Interest rates) are so low.

[dvbuk55]

Vultures ,,,,, makes ya sick

I've been trying to calculate how much money I can make if I buy £5000 worth at say £2.70 and then sell them @ £3.30 a week or two later sans expenses, it could be a grand for a fortnights work...........well not work really, could spring to £10k or so without breaking the bank, the more I think about it

[Mr Incognito]

Is anybody on here considering buying more shares?

What?... on my wages?

[cloherty1976]

I've been trying to calculate how much money I can make if I buy £5000 worth at say £2.70 and then sell them @ £3.30 a week or two later sans expenses, it could be a grand for a fortnights work...........well not work really, could spring to £10k or so without breaking the bank, the more I think about it

It could be a couple of grand in a few seconds with that kind of cash..

[dvbuk55]

Yes, almost certainly. The dividend is especially attractive when other investment returns(PSBs, Interest rates) are so low.

I'll say, the interest rate on savings is abysmal, I'm just too lazy to look at alternatives but when it's on a plate with potential high earnings, well...........

[dvbuk55]

I've been trying to calculate how much money I can make if I buy £5000 worth at say £2.70 and then sell them @ £3.30 a week or two later sans expenses, it could be a grand for a fortnights work...........well not work really, could spring to £10k or so without breaking the bank, the more I think about it

It could be a couple of grand in a few seconds with that kind of cash..

No,No I'm prepared to be a responsible shareholder for a fortnight, I don't want to appear to be dancing on the grave so to speak

[DavidUK]

Vultures ,,,,, makes ya sick

I've been trying to calculate how much money I can make if I buy £5000 worth at say £2.70 and then sell them @ £3.30 a week or two later sans expenses, it could be a grand for a fortnights work...........well not work really, could spring to £10k or so without breaking the bank, the more I think about it

No one knows if the shares will appreciate as you have suggested. If not, you could have a large sum 'tied up' for a while. If you're comfortable with that, then fine.

[pinstripe]

You all do know that the minimum spend is £500.

Or
a week and a half pay

or

two and a half weeks pay for your average part timer

0r

a quarter of your DOM's bonus.


Try as I do, I never seem to have that much spare cash, what with life and all.

[TrueBlueTerrier]

I personally could not stomach buying any extra - how comical would it be you spend £500 on extra shares, the ballot result causes the price to plummet, and the ensuing strike action exacerbates the problem. All of a sudden your £500 is worth £50 (perhaps more perhaps less). If the strike action keeps going for a while, or there is continued industrial unrest it would take ages for the share price to get back to the offer price.

Then institutional share holders wanting to make a profit on their investment ask for savings. They dismiss 40,000 as one article suggested and if you are one of them, your £500 quid which could have been gaining interested in an ISA or high interest account is worth a fraction of its value, and because you, or others, have been protecting your T&Cs you effectively have invested in a scheme which is going to cause job losses, and the stinger is that you lost money and your job doing it.

Not very comical, but if you have to decide if you want to protect your T&Cs, or buy shares to make a profit - in the short to medium term I don't think you can sit on both sides of the fence.

[ivan frankfurt]

Skint

[aiden01]

Skint

likewise

[RobertT]

I personally could not stomach buying any extra - how comical would it be you spend £500 on extra shares, the ballot result causes the price to plummet, and the ensuing strike action exacerbates the problem. All of a sudden your £500 is worth £50 (perhaps more perhaps less). If the strike action keeps going for a while, or there is continued industrial unrest it would take ages for the share price to get back to the offer price.

Then institutional share holders wanting to make a profit on their investment ask for savings. They dismiss 40,000 as one article suggested and if you are one of them, your £500 quid which could have been gaining interested in an ISA or high interest account is worth a fraction of its value, and because you, or others, have been protecting your T&Cs you effectively have invested in a scheme which is going to cause job losses, and the stinger is that you lost money and your job doing it.

Not very comical, but if you have to decide if you want to protect your T&Cs, or buy shares to make a profit - in the short to medium term I don't think you can sit on both sides of the fence.

I’ve read the views of various financial experts and they all have different opinions on whether privatisation will be a success. Some say it’s a good short term investment, some say the dividend is high therefore it’s good long term thing, while others say it’ll be a disaster. And people on this forum think they have insider knowledge (both for and against) because they work for the company.

Ultimately shares are a gamble and putting your faith in the success of one company is a very risky thing to do. So anyone thinking of buying shares should only really spend what they can afford to lose should the worst happen and should ideally treat investing in RM shares as part of a balanced portfolio.

I appreciate that most people won’t be buying more shares and I respect the reasons given, whether that’s lack of money, on principle or they just think they won’t make money. Although you also have to remember that if you have AVC’s, a personal pension or other equity based product, you may well be investing in RM shares without really realising it, and you will be affected by the scenarios you describe aswell.

[borders]

without stating the obvious there is a cost to buying and selling shares. you have to pay your broker’s fees and also Stamp Duty to the Government. You’ll also need to take into account the bid-offer spread (the difference between the buying and selling price of shares) as this can eat into profits too.
I am far from an expert , but the stock market is another form of gambling and nobody really knows what is going to happen , do they really ? hence the gamble !!
I do like a punt but I like to know my fate within a shorter time scale , so I am taking my £500 and placing it on Fleetwood to beat Exeter City today @ 3/4.
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