Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[astol] 27/3/2017 22:18

Yes bernie37 you got it in one decent rise across the pond should give good boost to share price tomorrow ?

[bernie37] 27/3/2017 22:04

Should see some movement on the up tomorrow , fingers crossed .

[bernie37] 27/3/2017 22:02

Nice little rise, over the pond.

[astol] 27/3/2017 18:08

Should see a good bounce back tomorrow as Barc ADRs now above Fridays close $11.26 so expect + 3-4p?
The thing is the pullback was just a Trump sentiment set back,the fundamentals of a strong US economy are still in place and a dip on Barclays share price today beckons a good rise tomorrow and positive brokers targets in the 270s in recent weeks

[astol] 27/3/2017 15:23

spoole5 - support for Barc is v strong at 221p so forget 200p.These are a bargain at the current level so close yr short and climb on board.They will be back to 230p and re- iterate forget 200p

[andrewbaker] 27/3/2017 14:15

The drop, probably due to the recent publicity regarding the 2008 Arab loan connection and FCA looking into things, is a good opportunity to buy or add, IMHO.

Disclosure: long BARC.

[fearnwood] 27/3/2017 13:25

New set of stress tests for the UK's retail banks:


Banks must show they can cope with a recession in the global economy and in the UK, interest rates peaking at 4%, and with house prices falling by a third. The second scenario assumes weak global trade, UK interest rates being cut to 0%, and increasing competition for the major lenders from smaller, challenger banks.

[spoole5] 27/3/2017 08:18

2 quid coming. No help from trump as he clearly won't be able get anything through the house and uncertainties mount.

[astol] 25/3/2017 15:06

bernie37 that's great happy with 265p

[astol] 24/3/2017 08:04

Spoole5 you are obviously short but this will be short lived good start on the share price up 2p or 1%.As soon as we get the Qatar resolve and Doj sorted these will fly

[davew28] 23/3/2017 21:03

About time this one was put to bed. That's the trouble with investing in Barclays. Staley promised to clear the decks of all the bad news but it still goes on

[bernie37] 23/3/2017 20:03

We always tend to hold Barclays (BARC) in slightly less contempt than the other two retail banks, simply due to the strength with which it recovered from the shambles back in 2009.

Alas, as history shows, "how little did we know..." For a giggle, we've given two charts below, one showing Barclays in recent times, another with a bunch of overlays featuring other banks' comparative performance since 2009.

One 'amusing' aspect of this exercise comes from Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) (gold line on the chart), as since the market did its 1/10th trick with the share price, movements are proving volatile and useful, whereas Lloyds (LLOY) - shown in teal - are as boring as heck.

One funny aspect comes from Standard Chartered (STAN), a share which has more than doubled in price during the last year from its low of 378p. Barclays has almost doubled, RBS gained 70% and Lloyds has gone up a bit.

We've been fascinated with STAN for some time, due to it outperforming other sector members. For now, it has fallen back into line, but next time the share betters 800p we'd suspect it'll be worth close attention.



And so, Barclays remains tarred with the same brush as RBS & Lloyds, though it consistently outperforms each. The magic number for the share to now better is at 254p, something we've written about repeatedly and something the share has failed to attain.

It's fairly critical, as should Barclays manage to close above 254p, it joins STAN in the outperforming club and enters a phase where 323p becomes the next major point of interest in the longer term.

The immediate drop cycle is calculated with a bounce point around 220.75p, this being a fairly key point. The danger with any excuse to move below 220p is of coming weakness in 20p dollops.

The important 'however' is the 'red' uptrend since the Brexit vote manipulation, as this is currently at 219.414p and just a few days from coinciding with our bounce point potential.

As a result, Barclays is probably worth keeping an eye on as usually, when a software projection matches a 'red' line, a bounce is indeed justified.



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[bernie37] 23/3/2017 19:45

Barclays PLC (LON:BARC) (LSE:BARC.L) has a P/E of 17.8 using 2016’s EPS. In my view, this can be justified by investors because of the double-digit EPS growth forecast in FY2017 and FY2018. Barclays has a strategy which I believe could be good news for its share price. I like its continued focus on financial strength and in reorganising the bank in order to become more financially flexible in the long run. I also feel the banking sector could be undervalued, which may lift the Barclays share price in the long term.

[johnwise] 23/3/2017 18:31

Barclays: Hold Onto Your Stocks as Global Economy Grows, Trump Agenda Prevails

The world economy will grow steadily over the next two years and that means investors should stay invested in equities, according to Barclays Capital Plc.

[astol] 23/3/2017 15:44

There was an RNS on 20 March about Barclays Chief Risk officer selling nearly 1m shares is there something he knows that we don't. And if he does then would this not be deemed as Insider trading?

[johnwise] 23/3/2017 09:02

Video

Farage: You can't have open-door immigration without terror

[astol] 22/3/2017 20:11

Good recovery on the Dow more or less flat at close,expect to recover 230p tomorrow

[bernie37] 22/3/2017 17:30

Can anyone clarify the beta, for Barclays ft showing 1.14, digitlook showing 2.14