Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[isis] 08/8/2009 07:27

I think there is one simple reason for that - Barclays own Lehmans and RBS don't. ;-))

[shaggy666] 08/8/2009 07:23

So I wonder then why Hester is saying that investment banking profits will be lower in the next quarter why Barc is saying it will remain strong, am I missing something here?

[jibba_jabba] 07/8/2009 20:40

Monty get yourself a bird...

[keith95] 07/8/2009 17:41

The clue I suspect is in the above report that alot of retail investors have bailed - if we believe what we read from TD - the MMs and big institutions are happy to buy knowing that the retailers will be sucked in at a higher price at some point in the future.

Short above £7.00?

[robertfaulkner] 07/8/2009 16:21

Greed and fear, it can't go up any more without a re-trace but still people are buying at 366p!!!!!!!!!

Is it the extra QE that has squeezed the shorts and caused this amazing end of week jump.

I wish I had the nerve to do a £100 a point sell with IG on Sep Barc at 367p, I would only lose money as it goes up to £4. I almost enjoy missing the boat as much as actually making any money.

Bob F

[the juggler] 07/8/2009 16:13

Capricious - that is excellent news - we won't be long getting there - end of the month I reckon.

[capricious] 07/8/2009 16:05

Deutsche bank has price target of £4 for Barclays

[the juggler] 07/8/2009 15:54

The brokers will have to revalue now - up up and up!

[diku] 07/8/2009 15:54

Prices have gone beyond broker price targets...what happens next??...

[capricious] 07/8/2009 15:34

Got to be a good bet that the shares reach £4 next week

[capricious] 07/8/2009 15:32

Rodney "this time next year we'll be millionaires"!

[shaggy666] 07/8/2009 15:29

Interesting that Barc has had most sells this week, I suppose a nice profit to be had on the way up. I still hold though from 66p average.



Record numbers of investors log in to trade bank shares
By Deborah Hyde | 14:13:32 | 07 August 2009

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Retail investors turned to the internet in record numbers on Thursday and Friday, leading to unprecedented trading levels in banking sector stocks for some online brokers.

TD Waterhouse said that web trades reached record levels on Thursday and were similarly strong on Friday morning, with Lloyds and RBS accounting for much of the volume.

Angus Rigby, chief executive officer of the execution-only broker, said: 'It's reporting season again, giving customers an opportunity for some well-timed trades, with the UK banks the pick of the bunch.'

While August is traditionally a quiet month, the surge in shares since March and a week of banking sector earnings updates means investors are reshuffling their assets.

On Thursday, nearly two-thirds (63%) of buy orders in the broker's top 10 list were for Lloyds and RBS shares – 14% higher than the number of Lloyds and RBS shares bought during the whole week to Tuesday 4 August.

And sells in Lloyds and RBS alone accounted for 56.2% of the top 10 sells; a fifth (20.1%) more sells in these two stocks than there were during the week ending 4 August 2009.

Overall, trades in the top 10 most highly traded shares amounted to just over 50% of the overall top 10 trades made during the week to Tuesday.

Ahead of earnings interim results out today, Royal Bank of Scotland led the top 10 retailers buy list on Thursday, closely followed by Lloyds.

Lloyds was the most heavily sold stock.

In the week to Tuesday, buys in Lloyds had been 25% higher than sells, as customers looked to snap up shares ahead of its results announcement on Wednesday.

But Barclays and HSBC climbed into the top 10 sells in the week as some customers cashed in on share price hikes after both reported results for the six months to June.

[isis] 07/8/2009 15:21

I'm surprised Sandy Chen still has a Chair, let alone a Job!

[xworks] 07/8/2009 15:19

Leylandie... Lol.

Monty, Madoff, Ed the business... They all don't have a clue. It begs the question.... Why do they bother posting? They've been systamatically wrong about Barc and obviously don't have the balls to take a position... They'd be broke by now if they did.

Well done everyone who has had the courage to stick with their convictions, stay long and ignore the rantings of a few who pretend to be so knowledgable.

[astol] 07/8/2009 15:14

nice plant leylandie

[leylandie] 07/8/2009 15:10

Monty's busy searching the net for further information about rights issue....

[leylandie] 07/8/2009 15:08

Good effort diku!- Thanks

[shaggy666] 07/8/2009 15:07

not noticed Ed or Monty here for a while.

[diku] 07/8/2009 15:07

it beats me too!!...Casino turned into a Circus!!!...

[leylandie] 07/8/2009 15:05

Anyone care to rationalise todays share price movement in a credible couple of sentences??

It beats me!!

GL

[capricious] 07/8/2009 14:47

If we close above 3.6, looks good for £4 next week

[wenlynn] 07/8/2009 14:21

Monty's a Redhead !

No hair !

Just a Redhead !

[capricious] 07/8/2009 14:19

This is a serious board for serious people like Monty!!