Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[informant] 14/12/2015 18:36

Ianood

If that is the case, bank would be out performing. Don't forgot stock markets look to the future.

[ball deap] 14/12/2015 17:41

My illuminati contact says there is no end in site to the bear market, reach for the door, open the door, bail out of the door. Time is beyond short to save your shirt, banks and EU indexes dead in water.

[smurfy2001] 14/12/2015 15:17

Indeed, banks were also paying record dividends back then.

[ianood] 14/12/2015 13:41

Informant - like it or not but banks profitability is greater when rates are rising. Rising interest rates are symptomatic of stronger economies, The two go hand in hand!

[informant] 14/12/2015 13:23

2007 property prices were shooting up. Now they have caught up to that level. Oil prices now are 2009 levels. Stock markets have done much gaining in past two years.

[smurfy2001] 14/12/2015 12:14

Wasn't the case prior to the recession. Look at the bull market from 2003 to 2007, rates were rising along with the stock market. Oil was not far off record highs too.

[informant] 14/12/2015 11:38

Rate hike is bad for stock markets. It moves money from stocks into high interest bank accounts. Stock markets tend to be flat.

[ianood] 14/12/2015 08:26

Good for all banks usually

[mbmiah] 14/12/2015 08:19

So a rate hike is good for Barclays right?

[johnwise] 14/12/2015 08:04

Barclays Capital expects the FOMC finally to deliver a rate hike this week.

Our forecast is for a 25bp rate hike this week, followed by three hikes next year, bringing the target range for fed funds to 1.00- 1.25% by end-2016

[smurfy2001] 13/12/2015 18:39

Savogi, to be honest you have been saying it for years so this year you are right but you were not sitting pretty when the price was 290p.

[mattboxy] 13/12/2015 17:18

Savogi that's the first time you've admitted that you are shorting. Why you couldn't before I'll never know!!!

[savogi] 12/12/2015 22:55

sr2day

LOL....Nobody said that the world is coming to an end.. You have said it... Only those who have lost money think the world is coming to an end... we are sitting very pretty...LOL...You can never really make money by believing and investing in what everybody else already knows. When everyone comes to believe something,it is bound to be fully priced,or overpriced. You can only make money by investing against it...

Most punters close their eyes to the rest of the world and hope for a swell ride....Once again the jaded but unbowed financial and so called experts are in stupid denial.

[sr2day] 12/12/2015 17:14

suddenly all the bears are coming out telling us the world is coming to an end.where were they last week.

[aussiedonnie] 12/12/2015 17:05

My view is that a crash is inevitable and one that you won't want to sit it out going long on any stock. If I held BARC I would sell and sit on the fence. We live in unprecedented times.

Good luck and may the force be with you.

[mani2013] 12/12/2015 12:48

amaretto,

It might have been 69.9 for a second, but think of all the sell-side stops it has triggered at this crucial support level. This may well tip the balance of sellers versus buyers, causing the price to drop further. If it falls, it will fall big !!

[mani2013] 12/12/2015 12:41

Ball Deap,

Jack Schwager's books are a fantastic insight into the world of trading. There are two books, 'The Market Wizards' and 'The NEW Market Wizards'. Not sure which you read, but I am referring to the second one.

I still remember, some 20 years ago, I went to see a recruitment agent near Liverpool Street in response to a job advert for traders. After a few questions, he basically told me I was not good enough to be a trader. My heart sank at these words. I had a background in IT and had a great job, but I desperately wanted to be a stock market trader ever since I bought my first shares (Bula Resources). I was fascinated by the world of trading. I asked the agent what I needed to do to become a trader. He told me if I really wanted to be one, I should read the 'NEW Market Wizards' by Jack Schwager and understand what it takes to be a trader.

It is the best advice anyone has ever given me. Hence began a lifelong passion and ambition for the world of trading, to the point where I am now encouraging my children to become part of that world, slowly handing over all that I have learnt and putting together the building blocks of an investment fund for them to continue my work.

The financial markets are like a wild horse. Once you understand and tame them, they are indeed beautiful and rewarding. I know it's hard to see that when you are losing money (I have been there too). But every loss will bring you closer to the concept of risk management (of trades), and make you a better trader.

[amaretto1] 12/12/2015 11:33

lloyds low was 69.9 hit for a second !!

CMC markets behind it ??

[ball deap] 12/12/2015 11:30

Manl2013, market wizards is a amazing book I read some years ago. Well worth reading, love the cover too /-)

[johnwise] 12/12/2015 11:15

'I paid a US cheque into my Barclays account - and became unbankable'

Daniel Head can’t take credit, move banks or even secure a new mobile contract because his bank mistakenly put a fraud flag against his name and refused to remove it

'Barclays trashed my credit rating'

[ball deap] 12/12/2015 10:35

Sorry to hear that smurfy, I think a lot of traders are on the same boat. I have traded for years especially banks and I have never known such a bad year for long trades.

[smurfy2001] 12/12/2015 09:45

Well the bears are certainly winning.

My portfolio looks terrible, worst performance in years. Luckily I'm in several dividend paying stocks so just re-invest and sit tight.

[johnwise] 12/12/2015 08:55

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