Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[kenbachelor] 28/4/2017 08:03

Down 8 as I write this Portside, but that's a 20% improvement on down 10p at the start.

[diku] 28/4/2017 08:01

porty..it opened down to 214p...sort it out...

[qantas] 28/4/2017 07:58

Just a passing cloud.

[portside1] 28/4/2017 07:57

230p at this moment

[portside1] 28/4/2017 07:57

barcs up 3% it should be over 15%

[portside1] 28/4/2017 07:55

clouds when is the FCA going to charge those at the BOE of misleading the select committee , that is the most serous question . are they above the uk law
bankers in jail over libor the boe no action it stinks

[diku] 28/4/2017 07:54

Time for rotation...

[clond] 28/4/2017 07:52

Always dark clouds - that's why rbs has taken a 40 swing with bacs in last two months.

[diku] 28/4/2017 07:51

Eventually the Sun always creeps through the dark clouds...

[micronesiac] 28/4/2017 07:47

Good results but dark cloud looming of SFO and DOJ investigations

[mj19] 28/4/2017 07:46

Barclays reported that 1Q attributable profit plunged 56% YoY to £190M, pointing out: "Profit before tax more than doubled to £1,682M (Q116: £793M), with increased income and a reduction in operating expenses delivering an improved cost: income ratio of 62% (Q116: 76%). (...) The Group performance reflected strong Core results, in which profit before tax increased 20% to £1,923M, and a materially reduced drag from the Non-Core, which reported a loss before tax of £241M (Q116: £815M) (...) Loss after tax in respect of the Africa Banking discontinued operation of £658M (Q116: profit of £166M) reflected an £884M impairment of Barclays' holding in BAGL allocated to acquisition goodwill (...) Return on average tangible shareholders' equity of 1.8% (Q116: 3.8%) included a 7.2% impact from the impairment of Barclays' holding in BAGL (...) while basic EPS was 1.3p (Q116: 2.7p)."

[portside1] 28/4/2017 07:44

excellent news , all good .

johnwise you have not answered my question

[johnwise] 28/4/2017 07:23

Barclays profits more than double

Barclays says its profits more than doubled in the first three months of the year, boosted by better performance in its core business.

Pre-tax profit for the first quarter was £1.682bn, up from £793m for the same period last year.

[diku] 28/4/2017 07:19

Like this though...gap has to narrow or a bid coming...

Tangible net asset value per share increased
-- to 292p (December 2016: 290p) primarily due
to profits generated in the period

[diku] 28/4/2017 07:17

Is it good bad or ugly?...

[rickmay] 28/4/2017 07:11

EXCELLENT RESULTS !!!!!!

[johnwise] 28/4/2017 02:07

ENTREPRENEURS buoyed by Brexit have led to a surge in British business, helping a bank to grow its loan book by around £500million, according to its chief executive.

[diku] 27/4/2017 20:16

Just amazing how this just traded within 0.5p range nearly all day...

[portside1] 27/4/2017 13:48

johnwise , you sound a clever person , can you answer my question .
if a person at a company is slandered by a whisleblower but only to slander that persons name under rules that person slandered is not able to address the issue because of the whistlblower rules so how can that person protect is good name .

if he or the company can not name the person .

something is seriously wrong if he can not clear is name