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Posted by: Michael Ixer
Date/Time: 28/03/24 12:57:00

An interesting question, Andy. Noone was ever going to get rich from the handful of shares made available to the oversubscribed public privatisation floatations. I'll be honest, I had a handful of British Gas shares, the main benefit from that now is I get to attend the shareholders' meetings and get to see the Just Stop Oil floor shows - and chat with some interesting people from the Netherlands who represent organisations owning shares in Shell and attend to make serious challenges to Shell board's "greenwashing". (Some from activist organisations using legal approaches and the courts, others serious financial investment companies with strong ethics.)

I must admit back in the 1970s my knowledge of how stock markets, pensions and other non cash investments worked was minimal. However, if one wants a personal or company pension it's impossible in a capitalist society to avoid stock market investments and unless you invest in a SIPP there's little control over where that money is invested (at least, that's my perception). So you can't blame pensioners if they've benefited from privatisation shares via pensions unless you're suggesting they should rely on the meagre state pension and live in penury? Let's hope the pension company's analysts saw the high gearing and potential disaster, pocketed the dividends and sold out when the shares were high - at least some in the UK might benefit!


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Toxic Thames.27/03/24 10:31:00 Barbara Stevens
   Re:Toxic Thames.27/03/24 10:35:00 Barbara Stevens
      Re:Re:Toxic Thames.27/03/24 11:02:00 John Kettlekey
         Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames.27/03/24 12:25:00 Michael Ixer
   Re:Toxic Thames.27/03/24 12:37:00 Philippa Bond
      Re:Re:Toxic Thames.27/03/24 12:42:00 Barbara Stevens
         Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames.27/03/24 12:52:00 Philippa Bond
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames.27/03/24 13:46:00 Andy Pike
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames.27/03/24 14:03:00 Barbara Stevens
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames.27/03/24 16:51:00 Andy Pike
   Re:Toxic Thames.27/03/24 15:01:00 Ivonne Holliday
      Re:Re:Toxic Thames.27/03/24 17:01:00 Richard Carter
         Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames.27/03/24 21:51:00 Philippa Bond
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames.27/03/24 22:04:00 Philippa Bond
         Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames: even worse than I rhought28/03/24 07:20:00 Richard Carter
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames: even worse than I rhought28/03/24 09:26:00 Alexander MacLeod
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames: even worse than I rhought28/03/24 09:30:00 Alexander MacLeod
               Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames: even worse than I rhought28/03/24 10:32:00 Richard Carter
                  Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames: even worse than I rhought28/03/24 11:11:00 Philippa Bond
                     Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames: even worse than I rhought28/03/24 11:25:00 Philippa Bond
                     Reply28/03/24 11:25:00 Michael Ixer
                  Reply28/03/24 11:24:00 Richard Carter
                     Re:Reply28/03/24 11:46:00 Philippa Bond
                        Re:Re:Reply28/03/24 11:52:00 Philippa Bond
                           Re:Re:Re:Reply28/03/24 11:56:00 Andy Pike
                              Reply28/03/24 12:57:00 Michael Ixer
                                 Re:Reply28/03/24 13:07:00 Andy Pike
                                    Reply28/03/24 13:24:00 Michael Ixer
                                       Reply28/03/24 13:29:00 Michael Ixer
                     Re:Reply28/03/24 12:13:00 Ivonne Holliday
                        Re:Re:Reply28/03/24 12:46:00 Richard Carter
                           Re:Re:Re:Reply28/03/24 14:12:00 Philippa Bond
   Re:Toxic Thames.28/03/24 15:17:00 Fross Walters
      Re:Re:Toxic Thames.28/03/24 16:48:00 Richard Carter
         Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames.28/03/24 17:27:00 Alexander MacLeod
            Re:Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames.29/03/24 07:52:00 Richard Carter
   Re:Toxic Thames.29/03/24 16:18:00 Vic Condon
      Re:Re:Toxic Thames.30/03/24 08:09:00 Richard Carter
         Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames.30/03/24 12:13:00 Ed Robinson
   Re:Toxic Thames.03/04/24 08:40:00 Richard Carter
      Re:Re:Toxic Thames.03/04/24 10:26:00 Barbara Stevens
      Reply03/04/24 10:48:00 Michael Ixer
         Re:Reply03/04/24 11:12:00 Andy Pike
            Reply03/04/24 11:28:00 Michael Ixer
               Re:Reply03/04/24 11:47:00 Richard Carter
               Re:Reply03/04/24 13:55:00 Philippa Bond
                  Re:Re:Reply03/04/24 14:03:00 Barbara Stevens
                     Re:Re:Re:Reply03/04/24 16:10:00 Philippa Bond
                        Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply03/04/24 16:19:00 John Kettlekey
                           Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply04/04/24 14:14:00 Philippa Bond
                              Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply05/04/24 14:20:00 Richard Carter
                                 Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Re:Reply07/04/24 07:48:00 Andy Pike
   Reply05/04/24 15:27:00 Michael Ixer
   Re:Toxic Thames.05/04/24 23:32:00 Philippa Bond
   Re:Toxic Thames.06/04/24 22:30:00 Canice Valentine Kelly
      Re:Re:Toxic Thames.07/04/24 16:51:00 Philippa Bond
         Re:Re:Re:Toxic Thames.11/04/24 07:48:00 Philippa Bond
   Reply13/04/24 08:30:00 Richard Carter
      Re:  It really should list ALL of those companies who are guilty of this!17/04/24 15:58:00 Philippa Bond
         Re:Re:  It really should list ALL of those companies who are guilty of this!19/04/24 15:38:00 Philippa Bond

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