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RBS Shares
kchristo
Posts: 3 Newbie
I have been offered a share option for RBS shares at 35p (over a period of 3 years). Is this a good deal, or are the risks too great - thinking about nationalisation etc. Don't know enough about this. 0
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Who is offering the Option ?
What does the Option cost you ?Is this a good deal
Without knowing the cost of the Option that can't be answered !!'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'0 -
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The Option is through Direct Line - which offered the share option at 35p. I was thinking of between £30-£40.0
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How much does the option cost you ?'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'0
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The option would cost me £1080 over the three years.0
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The option would cost me £1080 over the three years
How much stock is this call for ??
It's 19p out of the money !!!!'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'0 -
Why not just buy at 16.6p a share as they are now?
because an option is the right, but not the obligation to buy - buy at 16.6p and you could lose the lot. Buy an option, and you can only lose the option price, which in this case could be say 5p - less upside, but also much less downside. What we don't know is the price of the option....0 -
is it a fixed 3 years, or can you exercise the option early/sell them to someone else ?0
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Yeah at 16Pence at the moment, Interesting to learn more about the option buying though....
I prefer greater risks my self.0 -
Is this a 3 year sharesave scheme through your employer? If so this is a bit different from buying an option.0
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