Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[astol] 17/12/2016 07:48

Alphorn-tks for the Santa post -Ho Ho Ho or should I say for the share price Hi Hi Hi :-)

[alphorn] 16/12/2016 19:32

Posted this diku on my thread a couple of weeks back:

"So what and when is the Santa Claus rally?

Looking back at (available) history the Santa Claus rally has yielded positive returns in 34 of the past 45 holiday seasons since 1969 — the last five trading days of the year and the first two trading days after New Year.

The average cumulative return over these days is 1.4%, and returns are positive in each of the seven days of the rally, on average. Nevertheless, each year there is at least one day of declines.

According to historical data going back to 1896, the Dow Jones Industrial Average has gained an average of 1.7% during this seven day trading period, rising 77% of the time."

As for why this happens? We may never know; several explanations such as holiday-season-induced optimism, year-end tax-related adjustments, and a large number of short sellers being on vacation are suggested.

Forex should also be watched over this period - probably moves are amplified by thin volumes?

edit. btw no rally in 2015".

[diku] 16/12/2016 18:37

The so called Christmas rally saying generally starts last week before Christmas...so hopefully next week should be good on low volumes...

[astol] 16/12/2016 16:53

A bit of a tread water today range bound.Not been a bad week for the sp, ready to bounce back up to 230p and reckon 240p should be reached by next Friday close-yes bullish on the shares and believe the Dow will hit the 20,000 mark next week prompting my forecast.

[bernie37] 16/12/2016 13:40

On our Real Time Insight feature of Zacks Ultimate we discussed the Fed action on Wednesday and what that means for the stock market the rest of 2016. Right now our poll shows 7X more people expecting stocks to go higher...and I concur. In fact, this is what I added to the discussion:

"Stocks were due for a sell off and the Fed announcement was the low hanging fruit excuse. Yet truly, there is nothing shocking or upsetting about this announcement. It is back to a growth oriented investment posture which should be evident in results in the weeks and months to come."

The one industry that is having a ticker tape parade on the Fed announcement is the banks. Higher rates = higher margins for their loans = happy days are here again!

Bank insiders certainly smelt this coming which is why they were active buyers of their own shares. The good news is these folks are long term investors, which means there is likely much more upside to come. The article below paves the best way for you to invest in this surging group now.

[diku] 16/12/2016 12:41

Did I just hear Bob the Diamond recently said banks are now investable....

[338] 16/12/2016 11:26

looks to me a nice 10% - 12% upwards is being setup

[338] 16/12/2016 11:25

I am a new passenger on this BARC express train and would like introduce myself :)
Hopefully it's not too late joining the Santa's party

[bernie37] 16/12/2016 11:02

That would be nice.

[smurfy2001] 16/12/2016 10:47

Kinda hoping they restore the dividend.

[bernie37] 16/12/2016 10:43

When is the next dividend paid?

[mercer95] 16/12/2016 10:39

I'm fully invested in Barclays now, I use to have mortgage with them & now it feels like they've got one with me, I'm holding out for the 2016 full year results on the 23 February

[clond] 16/12/2016 09:44

Barclays overtook rbs for a while but today is the day rbs retakes the lead. The tortoise and the hare !

[alphorn] 16/12/2016 09:19

Yep, will let some of my Barclays get called away.

[diku] 16/12/2016 09:15

Triple witching today...

[astol] 16/12/2016 09:13

Treading water today don't mind that cause normally Friday can see profit taking and hopefully we will have our Xmas rally next week to 240p

[diku] 16/12/2016 08:53

Bet you not the only one selling out too early....its easy to press the buy button but a difficult choice when to press the sell button particularly if it keeps going up up up...and if you don't sell it...it starts to go down down down....

[smurfy2001] 16/12/2016 08:47

2Rocketman, yeah l was in TW/BDEV and made an excellent return but sold out too early.

[lrj] 16/12/2016 08:21

Copy and Paste

www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/dec/16/contactless-beer-pump-worlds-first-london-bar

[astol] 16/12/2016 07:46

Noticed that Barclays Chief compliance officer has bought shares well the ADR ones, that's a positive sign for the share price going forward.I am expecting a positive day today albeit maybe only a 3p increase by the close or better??

[2rocketman] 16/12/2016 00:25

Smurfy,

He's joking right? I may have asked you this before, but was you in the house builders Taylor wimpey etc after the financial crisis? Your user name rings a bell. If the housing market plummets again after brexit I will be buying them up! good money making times. I personally think it all may come back around.

2R

[diku] 15/12/2016 22:27

smurfy...LOL..

[smurfy2001] 15/12/2016 21:20

Alphorn, LOL!


The point that is often missed is that 0.5% to 0.75% is a 50% increase. Pretty steep.

[diku] 15/12/2016 17:41

It depends on who the borrower is....lending criteria has got tighter & is not similar to pre 2008 crisis....0.25% can easily be absorbed by the borrower...& its going to be a very gradual rise pending good stats...