Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[buccini] 10/4/2015 13:30

Here is an interesting article regarding the future share price of Barclays:



"While Barclays may not return to 790p any time soon, there's scope for the shares to double from current levels if the bank continues to cut costs and boost sales in line with City estimates."

"City analysts expect Barclays' earnings per share to rise by a staggering 70%, to 29.4p by 2016. On this basis, the group is currently trading at a 2016 P/E of 8.5, far below the banking sector average of around 19."

"Moreover, if Barclays meets these lofty targets for growth, the market should re-rate the bank's shares, giving them the growth multiple they deserve. Even a modest growth multiple of 14 times earnings would see Barclays' shares rise to 411p by 2016."

[kenbachelor] 10/4/2015 10:16

Manics - I used to be a big gambler and I sometime put as much as £5ew on Group One Racing Club horses, but we gave up our membership a couple of years ago so I don't bet these days.

[mbmiah] 10/4/2015 08:54

Trouble is the incumbent might offer 185 lol

[manics] 10/4/2015 07:58

portside1/ken: who are you having on the national?

[diku] 10/4/2015 07:17

Me thinks if BG can be bought for xyz billions then so can Barc!...only matter of time a US or Chinese Bank shows interest in a merger/taking over of Barc....No Advice Intended....

[johnwise] 09/4/2015 08:47

UK's economic performance languishing at levels barely better than before the recession.

In contrast to a solid final quarter in 2014, nearly all first quarter national indicators this year have fallen, the British Chambers of Commerce said. 'Key areas, including export and investment, which are vital for the future of the UK economy, posted weak readings for this year's first quarter,' the report added.

'Our conclusions are by no means a cause for alarm, but they are a salutary reminder that the UK still faces obstacles on the path to sustainable, long-term growth. unless support for exports and business investment is placed at the heart of any future government, consumption and government spending will continue to drive an economic recovery that is unbalanced and unsustainable.

[gutterhead] 08/4/2015 20:38

Ignore, don't waste your energy.

Think these are going to bounce around within a range 220-260 until after election.

Imo

[johnwise] 08/4/2015 19:38

Pretend money update: Bitcoin

Bitcoin Payments Company Hires Veteran of Barclays and Nike



Bitcoin is the worst investment of 2014.

[johnwise] 08/4/2015 19:31

Asset managers pose growing threat to global financial system, warns IMF

The growth of the asset management industry poses risks to global markets that have not been fully appreciated, the International Monetary Fund has warned.

The sector has risen to become a $76 trillion (£51 trillion) player since the financial crisis. Accompanied by a pullback from banks in many areas, this has meant that such funds now pose a greater risk to financial markets than before.

[portside1] 08/4/2015 10:21

share holders have been lied to for 8 years and the bank is still full of cooks
for a bank run by crooks for crooks simple as that

the bank could take me to court for telling the truth

[portside1] 08/4/2015 10:19

unlike many on here if I lived a thousand years I could not spend my money

I do not like liars and the bod of barcs are just that liars who pay postes to post fact

[informant] 08/4/2015 10:13

It's because his benefits cannot stretch that far and he probably lost all his money when he got these at £6. The drugs he is taking has cause repetitive syndrome.

[gotnorolex] 08/4/2015 09:28

"Bloated bonuses" "crooks and liars" etc. etc...Only envious voyeurs who incessantly comment on what's in somebody else's trough, totally unobtainable by their own feeble efforts, constantly squeal foul! Why invest in a company or sector you despise? Biting the hand that feeds you is not a commendable pursuit! You limit your own ambitions by trying to stifle the success of others!

[diku] 07/4/2015 18:47

KPMG warning of banks bloated cost bases...the only thing that is bloated is the bonuses!!....not rocket science...

[blackberry122] 07/4/2015 18:45

isn't that what they are doing already

[portside1] 07/4/2015 13:30

the bod are doing vey well holders not so we just pay the fines for the crooks
and Barclays is full of crooks and liars

[johnwise] 07/4/2015 06:21

BRITAIN’S big banks must slash their bloated cost bases if they are ever to return to sustainable profitability, analysts at KPMG warned today.

[johnwise] 07/4/2015 05:59

Barclays on the Iran deal last week - a risk of further delays

[canetois] 06/4/2015 23:00

Barc ordered to pay former trader about 9M Dollars in the US. Peanuts?

[grupo guitarlumber] 04/4/2015 08:52

DOW JONES NEWS


By Matthias Rieker

An arbitration panel ordered Barclays PLC to pay a former swaps trader about $9 million in back pay that he didn't receive after quitting during a regulatory investigation, according to his lawyer.

Mayank Chamadia, who joined Barclays in 2004, was placed on administrative leave from his derivatives-trading job in June 2013 because, he was told, his group was part of an industrywide investigation into alleged manipulations of interest rate swaps, according to his lawyer, Jonathan Sack.

He resigned in October 2013, and last year demanded to be paid bonuses that would have vested after his departure.

Last week, a Financial Industry Regulatory Authority arbitration panel awarded Mr. Chamadia $3.7 million in deferred compensation for 2010 to 2012 that had vested by March 2014, plus interest, according to the award posted on Finra's website on Friday. As is customary, the panel didn't provide a reason for its decision.

Finra is the securities industry's self-regulatory agency.

The award also includes deferred compensation that has vested since 2014, which the arbitration panel didn't quantify. Mr. Sack said the total award would add up to about $9 million.

Mr. Chamadia wasn't accused of any wrongdoing and fully cooperated with the investigation; he wasn't a subject or target, Mr. Sack said.

Mr. Chamadia received his base salary during the administrative leave, but like most traders he made most of his compensation through bonuses tied to his trading.

Without trades, the bonus would vanish and his chances of being hired at another firm would diminish because he was off the trading desk, Mr. Sack said. So as his administrative leave dragged on, he decided to leave Barclays to join Balyasny Asset Management. Barclays withheld the deferred compensation, Mr. Sack said.

"If somebody hasn't been charged with a criminal activity or violated any kind of regulation, how can you just take away their earned compensation?" Mr. Sack said.

Barclays didn't immediately respond to requests for comment Friday.

Write to Matthias Rieker at [e-mail]

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[johnwise] 04/4/2015 05:34

After all who has ever heard of a country without its own currency.

The beginning of the end for the EU Marxists dream

Greece draws up drachma plans, prepares to miss IMF payment

[mattboxy] 03/4/2015 21:58

Yes agreed I bought in recently at 170p after the haver sham deal was announced. Looks like they are picking up some good deals now. Sorry for the off topic everyone!

[bernie37] 03/4/2015 15:48

Matt
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