Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[ben658] 03/9/2015 14:41

Robert Sutherland-Smith asks whether now is the time to buy into Banks? - Spread Betting Mag August Edition page 47 check it out at

[davew28] 03/9/2015 11:40

savogi,

What is your position with this share?

You're arrongance is astonishing "Let me give you some advice". How exactly are you qualified to give advice? Are you an IFA?

[cmillar] 03/9/2015 09:18

Hmm - Speaking of the last 8 or 15 years - remember the technological innovation and advances in computing???

Flat revenue but reduced costs due to tech advances and increased productivity = increase in Corporate profitability.

[savogi] 03/9/2015 07:19

davew28 2 Sep'15 - 11:23 - 112894 of 112897

Amazing eh? A few days of turbulence and the whole lot is going to implode! Beware of the above posters as they are no doubt heavily shorting. Do not make investment decisions based on such views
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LOL.. Where have you been for the last 8 years or in fact last 15 years?

Let me give you a bit of advice: The surge in corporate profitability despite a lack of revenue growth since 2009 did not come from organic growth...In order for profitability to surge,corporations have resorted to using debt to accelerate share buybacks.

As a result...everything in the world is overvalued.. stocks,bonds,derivative commodities. Too much money printing and debt expansion drove the prices of all asset classes to artificial,non economic levels. The danger ahead is a drastic downward re-pricing of inflated financial assets.

For now the only players left in the market is the ‘buyer of last resort’, i.e. the Fed and its minion entities.. trying very hard to maintain the ponzi system and overvalued stocks.

But hey,next thing you will hear would be downward re-pricing of derivatives and Bond market! And guess who has got exposure to derivatives? Correct the big banks...I believe big banks that each have more than 65 to100 trillion dollars in exposure to derivative.

The market needs to drop by 50% to get to more realistic level.

[sk02457] 02/9/2015 22:00

Yes, in fact i'm buying in big time

[smurfy2001] 02/9/2015 12:05

Shut up tools.

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Ball Deap 2 Sep'15 - 09:05 - 112892 of 112894 0 0

Get the hell out, you have been warned !!

Nick9013 2 Sep'15 - 09:24 - 112893 of 112894 0 0

Out

[davew28] 02/9/2015 11:23

Amazing eh? A few days of turbulence and the whole lot is going to implode! Beware of the above posters as they are no doubt heavily shorting. Do not make investment decisions based on such views

[ball deap] 02/9/2015 09:05

Get the hell out, you have been warned !!

[informant] 02/9/2015 08:17

Bear market imminent

[johnwise] 02/9/2015 07:05

The UK’s banks have massively overstated their profits -

New accounting rules could force Europe’s top banks to recognise an extra €61.5bn in loan losses, new analysis shows, as a major UK pensions group has warned that bank accounting is not fit for purpose.

Analysts at Barclays have calculated how 27 of Europe’s biggest banks would fare under new global rules governing how much lenders should set aside for potential bad loans.

[nick9013] 01/9/2015 23:25

Not looking good crash imminent

[ball deap] 01/9/2015 23:24

Time is short now, reach for the door, open door and bail out of door. If you don't get out soon prepare to lose your shirt. Barc to face a Armageddon in share price.

[johnwise] 01/9/2015 15:55

Bank of America to Participate in the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference on September 17

[johnwise] 01/9/2015 12:08

BARCLAYS: Nobody thinks stocks will go up but they will


The world's stock markets have been on a wild ride recently, driven down by fears that the Chinese bubble will burst and take global growth with it.

But what's really changed since the start of this year to make shares worth less than before?

Nothing, according to analysts at Barclays — apart from a general feeling among investors that stocks aren't where it's at anymore.

"We think the 10.2% decline in global equities since 21st May has more to do with a shift in sentiment towards the asset class rather than a substantial change in fundamentals," said Ian Scott and his team at Barclays in a note today.

They've been counting up all the different bulls (analysts who think stocks will go up) and bears (analysts who think stocks will go down) and found the level of optimism is the lowest since the end of 2012.

But before you rush out and sell your portfolio of shares, the analysts say that this indicator often means stocks are going higher (emphasis ours):

Our favourite measure now signals a degree of bearishness that, at least since the Financial Crisis, has consistently seen the market higher on a 6-month view.

Outside the US, and especially in Continental Europe, we believe equities offer both value and economic and profit cycles at very different stages from the extended US cycle.

If anything, this shows just how effective central banks have been in propping up shares with cheap money policies since 2009. No matter how many people over the past few years thought stocks would fall, they've always done the opposite.

[r ball] 31/8/2015 11:52

the banks are the whipping boys. difficult to exact punishing fines whilst at the same time despairing over lack of lending to business. the PPI gravy train needs to stop.

[smurfy2001] 28/8/2015 16:51

Terrible day :(

I need 279.

[smurfy2001] 28/8/2015 08:30

> Johnwise 27 Aug'15 - 06:20 - 112879 of 112880 1 0


Fantastic news! But that share price reaction is massively disappointing given the massive drop after the news was announced :(

[johnwise] 28/8/2015 06:09

Barclays Seeks Japan Research Edge

Barclays plans to add about six analysts in Japan in the next three years to bolster coverage, the equity research chief said. Yet the bigger task is to add the kind of creative twist to research that clients can’t get elsewhere.

“The challenge is not to widen coverage, it’s to dig deeper and provide insightful analysis that can be of use to clients,” Hashimoto said. Barclays ranks as the third-best overseas provider of equity research in Japan this year, according to a Nikkei Veritas survey.

[mrcravat] 27/8/2015 00:05

Hope so after topping up with £10K worth on Monday but doubt it,in for the long run :-)

24 Aug 2015 BUY BARC LSE 4,039 246.05 9,999.98 20VZDZ7

[moneysage] 27/8/2015 00:00

Only if LIBOR case gets kicked out too!