Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[johnwise] 24/8/2015 08:32

Barclays boss drives silver service with new limo line-up

[manics] 24/8/2015 08:18

Who was it looking for 240p...?

[informant] 24/8/2015 08:03

Let's all short and make some money on this one. 55p target

[informant] 24/8/2015 08:02

Global sell-off to continue


London's FTSE 100 index is expected to open down 236 points at 5951, Germany's Dax is called 451 points lower at 9673, and France's Cac is called 168 points down at 4462.

[johnwise] 24/8/2015 01:57

CBI Governor: 2 Iranian Banks to Open Branches in UK




Donald Trump Reacts to President Obama's Iran Nuclear Deal
Video

[pennstreet] 23/8/2015 23:17

Tin hats on day tomorrow (in addition to nappies and bicycle clips) !!

[triktrak] 23/8/2015 08:31

A snippet about the Plevin case from the Mail:



The banks have all warned that the impact could be ‘material’ but there is some scepticism in the industry as to how far the judgement applies.

While Plevin was sold a PPI policy by a broker, most products were sold by the banks direct, with no commission paid externally.

Any attempt to break down how the banks accounted internally for PPI payments and to say what was appropriate would amount to ‘regulating bank profits and margins by the backdoor’, one source said.

Car finance providers, whose sale of products mirrors the Plevin case more closely, are eyeing the FCA’s moves particularly nervously.

[johnwise] 23/8/2015 07:54

BTL is a slightly better return than higher yield investments with the bonus .. No-one seems to mention the non paying renters or the condition in which property is often left. Also, those with BTL mortgages often lose money whilst being vilified as evil landlords by wastrel tenants. At least Councils have to update their properties, many BTL Landlords don't bother. In many cases they also rely on the Benefits system (Tax Payer) to pay their inflated rents.

[manics] 23/8/2015 07:42

Housing returns are not guaranteed.

Government can act and is acting within the parameters of capitalism (taxation) and in its core role to protect and promote society -capitalism and society the two keywords from your post.

Once upon a time (some of) the wealthy invested invested in African slave ships. Government acted. Then those wealthy couldn't spend their money on African slave ships. Today we have slave tenants. Government is acting.

[informant] 23/8/2015 07:19

Governments can do nothing. It is the wealthy that spend their money on what they want. We live in a capitalist society and where else can we get a guaranteed 6% per annum return on our investments? Gambling in stock markets? Some obviously missed the boat.

[informant] 22/8/2015 16:50

Re: Above article

It goes on to say 'So very wealthy landlords who do not need mortgages are untouched.'

Therefore people like myself are not affected. I can keep my three rental properties without panicking. Scaremongering at its weakest.

[johnwise] 22/8/2015 16:20

Death of buy-to-let: landlords wake up to Osborne's 150pc tax

Buy-to-let investors paying more than 100pc of their profits in tax are already selling up

[informant] 21/8/2015 20:36

The miners have been shorted since last October. This is similar to 2008 when the banks were shorted. The markets look like they are heading in bear territory. We are due another crash.

[mbmiah] 21/8/2015 19:07

The China slowdown is just an excuse for a massive market correction - the country can't keep growing at brake speeds

[smurfy2001] 21/8/2015 17:41

Looking at the FTSE it's like the market just collapsed. Just WTF is going on.

[johnwise] 21/8/2015 17:38

Tom Hoskin leaving Tesco's media relations team for Barclays

[blackberry122] 21/8/2015 15:04

because litigators cannot get enough money out of individuals, who may already have carved off the money into trusts etc...easiest way is to sue the company where the payoff is worth the work...better that governments take criminal action against them and lock them up for a while, that would be the biggest deterrence for others

[bookbroker] 21/8/2015 13:23

I find it baffling that managers like Bob Diamond, Jerry De Messier , Rich Ricci, etc., etc., can not be implicated in any of the litigation concerning the recent class action, irrespective of their involvement in decisions taken within the bank, this constant litigation against banks such as Barclays are becoming so weary. Many of these guys are no longer involved with Barc., but the bank itself pays the price for past indiscretions! Are all these guys immune to all this!

[mj19] 21/8/2015 09:08

Barclays: A US judge ruled that the Bank's shareholders could proceed with a class action in suing the Bank for allegedly inflating its stock price by manipulating LIBOR rates (understating its borrowing costs).

[blackberry122] 21/8/2015 09:02

well touched the bottom at around 2.62, but could be anything down to 2.57 for an intraday. noticed the ftse touched 6200 over night which would be a triple bottom from oct and december last year. is the the end of the correction or the start of a bear market?

[blackberry122] 21/8/2015 07:36

looks like it's going to test the bottom of the upward channel today

[johnwise] 16/8/2015 23:58

Broker ITG fined $20m for Flash Boys-style dark pool misuse



Bloomberg View
Making ITG's Secret Dark-Pool Trading Desk Even Murkier

[blackberry122] 16/8/2015 23:09

typical Moodys. Saying something, but saying nothing...they cause more trouble by telling risks, which are obvious, but don't focus on whats actually happening. Nothing more than a Moody's advert to get their name about.