Royal Bank Of Scotland Share Discussion Threads

[leedskier] 24/5/2013 13:33

It is the same in the USA.

Bernanke before Congress... Premature tightening could derail the recovery ...

Q. But what if the outlook continues to improve?

A. If it does continue to improve perhaps ... maybe ... we could ease back.

Bang! 200 points off the DJI.

[ramco] 24/5/2013 13:33

One of the important lessons that investors of all colors, shapes, and sizes should have learned over the past four years, is that gains in the market can be fleeting. One minute the economy is good and stocks are rallying nicely, and the next, well, not so much!...;

[leedskier] 24/5/2013 13:27

add:

Is the glass half full or half empty?

[ramco] 24/5/2013 13:26

German Q1 GDP (second reading) +0.1% Q/Q (flash +0.1%) vs -0.6% in Q4. On year, -1.4% (-1.4%) vs +0.1%. Private consumption adds 0.4 percentage point but gross capital investment cuts 0.3 point.

German Ifo index of business confidence rises to 105.7 in May from 104.4 in April and tops estimates of 104.5. Current conditions 110 vs 107.3 and 107.2. Expectations static at 101.6, as forecast.

[ramco] 24/5/2013 13:23

Stock index futures are shaky after an ugly session in Japan. Following its 7.3% plunge on Thursday, shares bounced nearly 4% as the yen resumed sinking. This soon reversed and shares plunged anew - dropping about 7% from their session high. The Nikkei eventually eked out a small gain as the yen (FXY) closed stronger again, dollar/yen falling 0.6% to ¥101.46.

[highland terrier] 24/5/2013 13:09

RBS customers locked out of online accounts following app glitch

[cfc1] 24/5/2013 12:46

careful - well we all make our choices. Maybe I should be more careful at times but I grew up with excitement, thrill and a tad of danger so I like taking risks.
IN THIS CASE I think the 'mean' from £2.9 and then recent run to £3.5 is around 3.25ish so I DID close an open T20 at 3.51 on mon (because I couldn't afford to take them up! but netter £2600) and just reopened another today.
Core remains - and its a big core!

Im off for a big reunion.....

Have a good one !

[careful] 24/5/2013 12:39

cfc.
yes i got scared.
fear can save me money sometimes.

i admire your 'courage' cfc.
tough and gutsy even when the markets may crash.

i am he sort who would panic to get on a lifeboat on the titanic.
...not you.
a cool customer.

[cfc1] 24/5/2013 12:27

just bought more at 327......

[chinese investor] 24/5/2013 12:22

That Chinese Investor is Good !

Chinese Investor 23 May'13 - 07:41 - 109980 of 110034
Sorry Lads but 310p Coming !

Chinese Investor 22 May'13 - 11:49 - 109943 of 109979
I'll be Selling at 349.9p.

[cfc1] 24/5/2013 12:21

careful - you got scared....fair enough...

[isis] 24/5/2013 12:03

I don't think the Public plays much of a part in the day to day fluctuations of the markets - it's all down to Hedge Funds and the like mainly.

Something like 70% of trades now are from Bots and Hedgies which severely distorts the markets. imo

[portside1] 24/5/2013 11:58

M/C 20b and will be making over 5b profit for this year ,

[careful] 24/5/2013 11:34

yes i have sold out.
lloy also.
(i see things clearly when I have no interest.)

looking closer at lloy profit.
a big chunk was for selling HMG gov bonds at a profit.
you have to laugh.
HMG make them buy the bonds, then buy nearly all of the rest themselves through QE.
even more QE to keep the yield further down and the value up.
then lloy sell at a profit.

the shares then rise on this financial alchemy.
..that was my signal to get out at a good price..

[sarahbudd] 24/5/2013 11:11

have you sold out careful?

[careful] 24/5/2013 10:53

on the question of banks.
a rout in the government bond markets where QE has kept values artificially high, yields and interst rates low will cripple banks balance sheets.

[careful] 24/5/2013 10:50

I wonder if we are reaching the point where everyone gets scared and make for the exit.
all must be tempted to book profits, 15% since the start of the year on the ftse100 plus dividends is excellent.

this afternoon will be interesting ahead of the long weekend.
next week even more so.
the mood of the markets is changing.
confidence has been snapped.

[jwe] 24/5/2013 10:43

Hi Leeds-I assume you are referring to the Morning Star article which i read.There was nothing in there that is not already known iee a lot further down the road to recovery than RBS,hence there relative market caps

[highland terrier] 24/5/2013 10:40

portside,

You keeep saying buy buy buy but they keep going down down down.

The range today is 330p to 345p admittedly on low volume and as long as this share is so easy to manipulate it will struggle to rise to a descent level.

As leeds has constantly posted this is a day traders share.

Add: I've been a holder off rbs shares for nearly two years and i'm currently in profit although if i took my money out and waited for days like yesterday and today my profits would be a lot more.

[leedskier] 24/5/2013 10:36

jwe ... I posted a link overnight.

[leedskier] 24/5/2013 10:36

Order-Order.com

McAlpine Wins

High Court rules that Sally's tweet was defamatory both in its natural and 'innuendo' meaning...

[jwe] 24/5/2013 10:31

Is there any reason why RBS is doing so badly today compared to its peers?

[portside1] 24/5/2013 10:21

have just added more and will keep adding .