Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[manics] 12/2/2018 07:45

MORE allegations of fraud
MORE allegations of criminality
MORE allegations this most murderous of dogs will be forced to defend
AND ALL from one of the top lawmakers in the land.

I DEMAND ALL INVESTORS OF MORALITY AND STANDING EXECUTE ACCORDINGLY. imo

[manics] 12/2/2018 07:43

DISGUSTING

Barclays' core banking business has been charged by the Serious Fraud Office over its fundraising deal with Qatar at the height of the financial crisis, adding to the charges already brought against the parent holding company and four former executives.

[bernie37] 11/2/2018 13:45

What:
Its fair to say that Barclays has had a pretty horrible year. The stock is down around 11% since January and is still trading a good 14% lower than where it was 5 years ago. Any hopes of a meaningful sustained turnaround from this bank have been dashed time and time again through the year.

Furthermore, there isn’t even a high dividend yield to compensate investors for the disappointments. Barclays is the least loved of the UK banks right now, HSBC is seemingly going from strength to strength, optimism is returning to Lloyds and Royal Bank of Scotland has rallied over 25% through the course of the year. Global banking stocks (not just the UK) have rallied in 2017 and Barclays hasn’t.

Making matters worse, Goldman Sachs have confirmed their sell rating on the stock and have even included it on their “List of sell ideas for 2018”. Goldman’s highlighted Barclays lower margins on mortgages and increased competition on deposits, which were reflected in their third quarter results, as the reason for the bearishness. Furthermore, they see those same pressures remaining in 2018.

The there is the small matter of the dividend or perhaps better put, the matter of the small dividend. Barclays dividend yield is just 1.5% which compares poorly to Lloyds, which has a yield of 2.5% and HSBC, which has a yield of an inflation busting 5.4%. Adding to the dividend woes was Barclay’s weak performance in the Bank of England Stress test.

The stress test showed that Barclays had the lowest margin of error. There are some concerns that they may see increased pressure to increase capital, which could impact on the banks ability to raise its dividend. Finally, looking at the bank’s results, earning per share has fallen in three of the last 5 years.

This included a headline grabbing drop of 60% in 2013 and another heavy 22% drop last year as a slew of one-off adjustments, write-down and charges have played havoc with the banks profitability.

How: Barclays is trading down 11% on the year although, the price has picked up in recent weeks. The share price is up 4% this month, lifted in line with a broad rise in the FTSE 100 which could present a good entry point. Barclays continues to trade below its 200 sma confirming a bearish trend.

[manics] 09/2/2018 21:28

Don't forget -I extended this once proud community an incredible 2 months warning of problems ahead of Smart Investor rolling out.

[bernie37] 09/2/2018 16:44

The share price for Barclays PLC with ticker code: LON:BARC has stepped up 1.46% or 2.76 points in today’s trading session so far. Market buyers are a positive bunch during the trading session. The high for the period has reached 192.8 dipping to 190.04. The volume total for shares traded up to this point was 17,015,279 with the daily average number around 36,766,609. The 52 week high for the shares is 244.4 around 55.34 points difference from the previous days close and putting the 52 week low at 177.3 which is a difference of 11.76 points. Barclays PLC has a 20 day moving average of 203.53 and now the 50 day moving average now of 202.09. The market cap now stands at £32,725.26m at the time of this report. The stock is traded in GBX. Mcap is measured in GBP. This article was written with the last trade for Barclays PLC being recorded at Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 12:54:32 PM GMT with the stock price trading at 191.82 GBX.

[qantas] 09/2/2018 14:40

USA Positive at open..

[johnwise] 09/2/2018 13:01

Barclays targeted by short sellers in the wake of long hedge fund support

[smurfy2001] 09/2/2018 09:09

Manics, lol true.

[extrovert] 09/2/2018 08:55

The present gov are more interested in the continual power struggle that has dogged them for many years than giving brexit their full attention. They are backstabbing each other at every opportunity and personal interest/gain is their main priority. Everyone are sick to the core listening to their petty squabbling and childish behaviour not to mention the blatant lies they all use to try to get their own way. You could walk down any high street and pick fifty people at random and they would be able to make a proper job of trying to sort out what people have voted for.

[portside1] 09/2/2018 08:23

gina MILLAR , she lied to gov she said her case against bexit was not to stop brexit ,

now she is leader of the stop brexit remoaners
SHE IS NO MORE THAN A LIAR AND A A LOW LIFE PIECE OF SCUM SHE LIED AND IS BEING PAID TO FRONT STOPPING BREXIT SHE HAS SOLD HER SOUL FOR MONEY

GINA MILLAR IS A LIAR

[manics] 09/2/2018 08:01

Ban the spoilt elderly from voting says Jeremy Paxman who also accuses pensioners of ‘exploiting’ their vote by forcing politicians to focus on their own problems

-Paxman accused OAPs of betraying young people and holding MPs to ransom
-Blames his generation for the housing crisis, saying young people now struggle




Well done Paxman for stepping forward and boldly putting out what so many think.

[johnwise] 09/2/2018 08:00

China's unwanted bitcoin miners may move to Canada

[manics] 09/2/2018 07:46

Barclays banning buying Bitcoin on credit cards would be like McCririck banning cash at the horses.

[manics] 09/2/2018 06:16

You're 98!
"Your ass! I am NOT 98 years old!"
Ya and guess what? You're still long BARC
"No, am I realy?"

[johnwise] 09/2/2018 03:21

Fury over billionaire George Soros' plot to sabotage Brexit: The man who broke the Bank of England is set to pour MORE cash into campaign that threatens to bring down Mrs May


ALEX BRUMMER: Goldman Sachs - the firm that puts money over morals - is linked to the George Soros Brexit sabotage operation

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[qantas] 08/2/2018 22:54

Be Fearful When Others Are Greedy and Greedy When Others Are Fearful”

― Warren Buffett

[clond] 07/2/2018 18:52

Might be helped by doubling the divi, making dough at theIB and ftse back to 7500

[smurfy2001] 07/2/2018 17:02

230+ target?

[smurfy2001] 07/2/2018 09:42

bigbigdave, just called smart investor now. Terrible platform.

[alphorn] 07/2/2018 09:35

The Continent is much more socialist (with a small 'c') in its culture. IMO a better view of real values.

[portside1] 07/2/2018 09:31

alp what I am saying is the eu is going to the militant left , and do away with capitalism which they hate unless its only them the rulers can have riches

[alphorn] 07/2/2018 09:17

At least Portside there is some counterbalance to Russia. You would prefer a weak Europe? Strange thinking.