Re: Deregulation, casualisation and low pay: how will it wor : Sat Oct 05, 2013 4:05 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Initially the price will rise but it will settle back within a month to somewhere close to the offer level

Indeed, just when your average punter can trade, after the city have flogged off their shares and pocketed a short term gain.

Re: Deregulation, casualisation and low pay: how will it wor : Sat Oct 05, 2013 8:37 pm  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Initially the price will rise but it will settle back within a month to somewhere close to the offer level - let's see where the share price is in a year when the true reality of running this business - outside of state ownership final hits home and the hedge funds cannot justify the value of their holding.

Bugger me, have you got any idea how these things work?

The vast majority of the initial offer will have been resold within 24 hours. The institutional investors will probably play a longer game but the spivs of hedge funds will have gotten out and clear away without handing over a red cent.

Is this our brave new world?

Re: Deregulation, casualisation and low pay: how will it wor : Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:23 pm  

Can't afford to pay NHS staff 1% extra but MP's get 10%?

Re: Deregulation, casualisation and low pay: how will it wor : Sat Oct 05, 2013 9:37 pm  

100% Wire wrote:

Can't afford to pay NHS staff 1% extra but MP's get 10%?

There's only 650 odd MP's mate.

Re: Deregulation, casualisation and low pay: how will it wor : Sun Oct 06, 2013 7:22 am  

Aye, I did think about that, still seems a little bit unfair though

Re: Deregulation, casualisation and low pay: how will it wor : Sun Oct 06, 2013 9:37 am  

100% Wire wrote:

Aye, I did think about that, still seems a little bit unfair though

"We're all in this together."

Re: Deregulation, casualisation and low pay: how will it wor : Sun Oct 06, 2013 11:21 am  

Sal Paradise wrote:

Initially the price will rise but it will settle back within a month to somewhere close to the offer level - ....

Glad to see you recognise how short-termism affects the price.

Re: Deregulation, casualisation and low pay: how will it wor : Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:56 pm  

Mintball wrote:

"We're all in this together."

Must be, Cameron DID start this years Conference speech by saying that the last year has been 'really tough'. I assume he meant for him too and not just us poor lot

Re: Deregulation, casualisation and low pay: how will it wor : Sun Oct 06, 2013 1:57 pm  

Mintball wrote:

"We're all in this together."

Must be, Cameron DID start this years Conference speech by saying that the last year has been 'really tough'. I assume he meant for him too and not just us poor lot

Re: Deregulation, casualisation and low pay: how will it wor : Sun Oct 06, 2013 5:24 pm  

have to love it when those that can't bemoan that cant moan about those that can

POE, as is always the Sin Bin way