Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[shazzieb] 17/4/2009 10:28

dow in positve territory now good luck all

[smurfy2001] 17/4/2009 10:22

LLOY taking off!

I'm happy on both counts!

[christh] 17/4/2009 10:20

AGM is next Thursday.....the 23rd April....St.Georges day!

[gerryl] 17/4/2009 10:15

Rubbish, Results will be good and AGM will confirm their longer term strategy.
This is heading upwards on a consistent long term basis.
Insts agree too otherwise why would they be buying in to such an extent.
Fill your boots now .

g

[rncaine] 17/4/2009 10:13

GB: thanks for view on Dyson, but after a quick scout around I am struggling to see why this share is rising. They expect to make a loss again this year, have high debts and their market is very, very tough.

do you have any other info or view ? thanks...

[nickjoseph] 17/4/2009 10:11

Steeplejack. True, I got in at 69p and got out at £1.50 thinking I had done well. I thiink they have gone up too quick now and have gone short. A colleague of mine works in South East of England Risk Team and a high percentage of cases have gone to the Debt recovery unit and a majority of the others are over exposed due to property prices falling. This is definately due a fall back when this comes out. If if the same for the north of the country, profits will be hit big time.

[steeplejack] 17/4/2009 10:06

I've been overcautious with this one.Barclays is different from the other UK banks.For one thing it picked up Lehmans US for sod all and has been less foolish in it's UK lending policies .That said , i've missed a quadrupling in the price from the well aired 51p and that's hard luck.I'm not buying at this price because the road ahead is far from easy.

[gordonbrown] 17/4/2009 09:58

guys don't normally make suggestions however something good is happening to Dyson Group (DYS) you might want to have a look / punt. I have reinvested £5k this morning and its gone up 20%

[christh] 17/4/2009 09:57

To cut a long story short.
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The hedge funds are investing aggresively in Barclays and shrewd investors like C.F.Odey when they are saying this is the begining of a new bull market and this is the time to pick up cheap stocks then this is the time to take notice and listen.
After all they are the experts in these field and know better, more than me and you, the ordinary small time investors.

So go with the flow!

My own target price for today is 230p!

[hillbrown] 17/4/2009 09:53

Madoff,

I agree yr sentiments regarding banks and the general mkt. Barc is different and the one and only share I presently hold amongst a mass of bear fund, gilt, and gold.

It hasnt taken taxpayer money, as you imply, on the contrary it got a 'clean' bill of health (relative in my view). Barc has been and will continue to be early out of the traps and thats a very good reason to hold and accumalate with longish stop losses in place.

imo

[smurfy2001] 17/4/2009 09:44

mad, FSA gave BARC a clean bill of health.

I'm not nervous to have a large holding in BARC, neither LLOY whom are protected by the APS.

[madoff with cash] 17/4/2009 09:41

i don't want to sound cynical. but remember that northern rock shareholders held their shares since de-mut and saw it went up all the way to tenner. but what happens eventually when fundamentals are not sound? the same goes with many banks now. these banks are insolvent and are on life-support machine and sucking up the resources from tax payers. just look at the health of their potential customers base. jobless rate, poor business prospects with less m&a deals, cuts in consumer spending all indicators are pointing to uncertain future. i don't buy bob diamond's comment about banking sector profit.
the trouble is rational arguments don't reach far. there are both bullish and bearish arguments/analyses. punters take to bullish argument when they are long and vice versa. learn from the facts. delve a bit deeper than bankers' comments.

[olly1962] 17/4/2009 09:31

All about CITI and GE today, just said on CNBC that CITI has Short all over it!!!! They are concerned over credit Card defaults and the Retail Banking arm of the business.

Interesting couple of hours, this could cause UK Banks to "Fly" another up Leg OR its an opportunity for the Shorts to re-coup some money, toss of a coin, not a time to buy in, OK if you are in at lower levels but buying now is risky awaiting news.

GE could be a good share to buy, so low now, if its making money outside of USA it could see upside in share price

Forecasting negative open at present DOW -43

Good Luck all

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[wc1] 17/4/2009 09:25

Been sitting quietly for a few months - and, wow, improvement. Now just 50% of the stake money down. Things are getting better. BillC

[christh] 17/4/2009 09:22

Good morning all,

a slight adjustment to my shareprice expectations.
My target price for today is 230p (I sometimes get it wrong)!

A strong momentum in the banks and specifically in Barclays as the balance sheet is very healthy, passed the rigorous test of FSA and improved the cash flow with the sale of Ishare.
Institutions and hedge funds are coming back to Barclays with confidence.
The dividend for this year is secured and covered so another incentive to Buy,
and buy big time as the yield is higher than the interest that you get from a bank account (ISA,SAVINGS...etc).
The Pension funds and income funds also will be buying into that because of the high yield dividend.

[adg] 17/4/2009 09:22

depends on timeframe, if you are happy to buy & forget for a year or so then I think that 10 or 20p ifference on your entry point will be inconsequential.

[qantas] 17/4/2009 09:22

Dorset64 montyhedge has to say what he wants to say.
The price is the price does not change anything and it makes this BB more fun.

[adg] 17/4/2009 09:18

ah!
thx.

[bammbamm] 17/4/2009 09:17

End of options

[dorset64] 17/4/2009 09:17

monty, I have bought and held all the way up from 66p. In that time all I have read are your incessant blubbings about why this share is going to crash. With every post you post even someone of your thick skin must realise by now that everyone and their dog are laughing at you & your stupid posts.

honestly pal if I were you I would eat that humble pie and say well done to those that bought around my level & even lower, and accept that you have called this one horribly horribly wrong.

[adg] 17/4/2009 09:16

anybody know what all that was about? most banks were indicating auction for a few minutes there