Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[smurfy2001] 11/3/2009 09:57

Take any post as just an opinion, NEVER buy or sell without researching yourself.

Just because a member is registered does not mean they have any credibility.

[frome] 11/3/2009 09:56

BLAP, Smelgy - close whilst you can. Bear rally on financials coming to a stock market near you!

[primrose] 11/3/2009 09:54

74.1p "on the up" ! doh !

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10 years experience. How long has "on the up" been around.... ? Fool.

Smelgys gone very quiet.................................................................. ;)

[monkey puzzle] 11/3/2009 09:53

The more I look at the 6 month chart the more I can see just how far these could travel with some positive sentiment instead of all the negativity they have had to suffer. Oh and thanks again Sandy Chen, couldn't have done it without you.

[on the up] 11/3/2009 09:52

re: Primrose et al...here we are almost eight years ago....and he's "still on the case" ;->



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[frome] 11/3/2009 09:52

Don't know if already posted - from last nights Telegraph Credit Suisse upgrade Barclays and Nomura tone softens.



Jonathan Pierce, a Credit Suisse analyst, said Barclay's 6.4pc equity tier 1 ratio at December 2008 "now looks well below the peer group". Lloyds' was 9.3pc and RBS' 9.4pc.


Moreover, while he believed Lloyds and RBS would respectively have tier 1 ratios of at least 6pc and 7pc in 2011, even if the downturn worsens, a similar "stress test" left Barclays' ratio at just 3.1pc.

Although Barclays had a better quality loan portfolio and was trading profitably, "we think there will be growing pressure to improve its equity tier 1 ratio," Mr Pierce said. This would lead to "pressure on Barclays to issue capital".

He still upgraded the shares to 'outperform' arguing that, even if Barclays issued B shares for Government insurance or tapped strategic funds, the stock was too cheap.

Barclays shares rose 6.1 to 67.5p amid a general rally of financial shares. Lloyds jumped 7.1 to 50.8p, HSBC was 50 higher at 399p and RBS up 2 at 21p.

Robert Law, an analyst at Nomura, said: "I think Barclays will want to raise their capital ratios. The APS is one way of doing that."

A Barclays spokesman said the bank unveiled only last month a £6bn pre-tax profit.

"Our capital ratios are well ahead of regulatory requirements," he said, adding that any participation in the APS would be "based on a thorough evaluation of the economic costs and benefits to our shareholders recognising the terms and conditions applied by HM Treasury".

Barclays chief executive John Varley is this week expected to open talks with the Treasury and Financial Services Authority over potential participation in the APS.

[zoo123] 11/3/2009 09:51

Wenlynn - Well it`s.........like this.......errr........well I ......try....

.....but.......erm.....it gets well.........in the......way of.....

.....unconventional thinking.......and all......sentences .....do..

[crystalblue] 11/3/2009 09:50

That bear emporium has been repo'd, a herd of bulls trashed it, LOL.

[on the up] 11/3/2009 09:50

I think the customer relations department at the FSA are doing an amazing job dealing with primrose/safari7.

For sanity...filtered.

Cheers all, OTU

[monkey puzzle] 11/3/2009 09:50

How much has BLAP made today peeps?

We should open a daily book, I'll start with £25,000 for his fantasy trading portfolio.

[wenlynn] 11/3/2009 09:47

zoo,
So what do you know about..................sentences ?

[primrose] 11/3/2009 09:47

He is probably flying away in one of those "helicopters" Wenlynn... ;)

[zoo123] 11/3/2009 09:45

Fair and smelly........shouldn`t be in the same sentence...........

[wenlynn] 11/3/2009 09:44

To be fair to Smelgy he didn't say "80p IS UNATTAINABLE" this morning !

[jarvis4] 11/3/2009 09:37

rollo
Oooooooooohhh! Mandy Rice Davies - what a gel.

[jibba_jabba] 11/3/2009 09:36

This is hard work watching my nest egg and keeping an eye on the shorters..

[crystalblue] 11/3/2009 09:36

70 is clearly a firm bottom now imho.

hopefully a late seventies intraday with the ususal 4pm dip with a 75 close.

[chiva20] 11/3/2009 09:36

Recommended filter list. Lots of noise you just don't have to put up with .. Problem solved.

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[rollobolo] 11/3/2009 09:34

A bank has just said that banks are a great investment

think Mandy Rice Davies here.