Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[blackberry122] 10/7/2015 16:09

Barclays PLC with EPIC LON:BARC had its stock rating noted as ‘Reiterates217; with the recommendation being set at ‘CONVICTION BUY’ today by analysts at Goldman Sachs. Barclays PLC are listed in the Financials sector within UK Main Market. Goldman Sachs have set a target price of 330 GBX on its stock.

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[diku] 10/7/2015 08:49

porty power done the trick!!...

[astol] 10/7/2015 08:34

Having posted above share price its now warming up-positive newsflow during the day will keep good momentum.
I do like the McFarlane impact-he is certainly getting on with matters and acting after ousting Jenkins-all good stuff!!!

[astol] 10/7/2015 08:12

I am assuming the fairly muted response to the share price today so far is due to awaiting developments of the proposals being approved by the various parliaments ie Athens,Berlin etc

[johnwise] 10/7/2015 06:33

The New York Times


Barclays Faces Toughest Test in Investment Banking


Barclays faces the biggest test in retooling its investment bank. Chief executives at Barclays, Credit Suisse and Deutsche Bank have now all left, meaning new leaders will tackle their respective divisions’ futures. All three have lost market share to Wall Street over the last few years. But Barclays’ shrinking broker-dealer revenue makes it the top contender for further slippage.

Each bank has distinct investment banking challenges. Credit Suisse looks to be the weakest on capital: It allocates equity on the basis of 10 percent of the segment’s risk-weighted assets. Had it done so at 12 percent, as Barclays and Deutsche did last year, its investment bank’s pretax return on equity would have been 5 percentage points lower.

That would still have been comfortably above Deutsche’s, however. Blame its exorbitant cost base, which devoured 77 percent of the division’s 2014 revenue and 85 percent of the top line in the first quarter. If Deutsche’s cost-to-income ratio had been 69 percent, as was the case for Credit Suisse and Barclays in the first quarter, its return on equity would have been 12 percent.

Barclays could also have produced a first-quarter investment banking return on equity of that magnitude, were it not for a huge effective tax rate linked to the foreign exchange market-rigging scandal.

But Barclays has a bigger issue: Its investment bank has shrinking revenue. Credit Suisse produced more investment banking revenue than Barclays last year — a first since Barclays’s integration of Lehman Brothers. Barclays also ceded its sixth-ranked position in fixed-income trading last year to its Swiss rival, according to the research provider Coalition. Of the 14 investment banking businesses tracked by Coalition last year, Deutsche had top-three market share positions in six and Credit Suisse in four. Barclays had that in just one business — rates trading.

The good news for Barclays’s executive chairman, John McFarlane, is that Barclays’ noncore assets are easier to wind down than Deutsche’s, according to Morgan Stanley, and the bank’s first-quarter return on equity improved. But market positioning matters, especially in trading. Despite Mr. McFarlane’s recent backing for the business, Barclays may yet lose more ground in investment banking. END

[pete678] 10/7/2015 00:27

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[astol] 09/7/2015 23:30

Thanks blackberry- all bullish links!!!

[astol] 09/7/2015 23:24

Futures soaring on CAX-FTSE-DOW- looks like the proposal tabled by Tsipras matches 26 June proposal requested by ECB
Greek proposal promises tax hikes and pension cuts!!!!Looks like a deal may be in the offing!!!!

[blackberry122] 09/7/2015 23:09

No More Apologies at Barclays as McFarlane Sets Sight on Revenue

[blackberry122] 09/7/2015 22:58

Barclays sets out plans to ‘unleash revenue growth’

[blackberry122] 09/7/2015 22:58

Barclays Accelerates Eurozone Sell-Off Plan

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[blackberry122] 09/7/2015 22:57

Barclays' John McFarlane calls on board to double share price in three years

[astol] 09/7/2015 21:23

Farage on top form!!!!

[informant] 09/7/2015 19:13

Biotech

My short is hurting less than your long

[diku] 09/7/2015 18:50

Yes good speech...

[johnwise] 09/7/2015 18:18

I listened to Nigel Farages speech in the EU parliament,telling Greece what they should do. It was,as is usual for Nigel, a brilliant speech. The Greeks should take notice of him and leave the eurozone.

Video

[dr biotech] 09/7/2015 15:00

Your short hurting a bit now then?

[informant] 09/7/2015 14:28

This is turning into a PUMP and DUMP scenario.

[johnwise] 09/7/2015 12:19

Basket Case Eurozone

Barclays Accelerates Eurozone Sell-Off Plan

Barclays has kicked off the sale of its businesses in Italy and Portugal, Sky News learns a day after the sacking of its boss.

Barclays is in talks with potential buyers of its retail operations in Italy and Portugal as part of an asset disposal programme which the bank’s next chief executive will be under pressure to accelerate following this week’s ousting of Antony Jenkins.

[astol] 09/7/2015 09:52

I hope so diku anything to bolster the share price will be good.

[diku] 09/7/2015 09:17

Those US banks will want to buy Barc whilst no CEO....deal directly with the new Chairman who could also get a sweetner if the deal is done and dusted!......

[portside1] 09/7/2015 09:11

chill I have been chilling since 2008 now 2015 and would be happy to get to 350p

[astol] 09/7/2015 07:57

looking like a good blue day-China up-FTSE up-Tsipras offer will be tabled by midnight-either way on Sunday there will be a decision-ie markets don't like uncertainty-so even if Greec get ousted from Euro it will be managed-so see +++++ on Barc share price from hereon with the odd dip from time to time

[christh] 09/7/2015 07:31

TODAY
The headline index is tipped to start the day slightly ahead, according to financial websites, as Greece commits to submit its latest reform plans in order to secure much needed cash, as US markets closed lower overnight after an IT outage shortened the session, while Asian markets were mixed.