Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[wenlynn] 13/8/2009 07:45

cap,
Possibly !
BTW is recession is pronounced after two quarters of negative figures !

Go BARC !

[capricious] 13/8/2009 07:27

Wow, I feel a song coming on... "If I were a rich man,
Daidle deedle daidle
Daidle daidle deedle daidle dum
All day long I'd biddy-biddy-bum"...


but do they not have to post three quartes of postive figures, just as the reverse is true for labelling a recession in the UK?

[wenlynn] 13/8/2009 07:18

cap,
The Germans and French HAVE COME OUT of recession.

Ole !

[capricious] 13/8/2009 07:15

No one seems to have commented about the German and French economies posting unexpected gains, hinting that they now may be about to come out of recession. Got to be good for the sp, unfortunately, laggard UK will not be one to do the same with Crash Gordon at the helm!

[craddo] 13/8/2009 06:53

make that as you will!!!!

[craddo] 13/8/2009 06:53

ed the business - 13 Aug'09 - 02:52 - 29296 of 29298


RBS uber-bear issues fresh alert on global stock markets
Three-month slide could hit record lows, Royal Bank of Scotland chief credit strategist Bob Janjuah predicts.


bordersboy - 13 Aug'09 - 07:04 - 29297 of 29298


Global Confidence Increases on Signs Recession Is Nearing End .

"It's clear the recession is over and some kind of recovery is underway," said Nick Kounis, chief European economist at Fortis Bank

[ed the business] 13/8/2009 05:32

Watch out, Ken lol

Taxman wins right to see details of 500,000 offshore bank accounts
The names and bank details of up to 500,000 wealthy Britons holding money in offshore saving accounts will be passed to HM Revenue and Customs after the tax authority won an important court ruling yesterday.

[20harry] 12/8/2009 21:34

where is barc heading now? 4 pound?

[saltaire111] 12/8/2009 20:33

Larry, Google has just reminded me. Yeah, he was the spread bet guy. he's long gone now.

Salty.

[saltaire111] 12/8/2009 20:25

Larry, what's this about Paul the Plumber Davidson? That's a name I recognise from somewhere but I'm not sure where.

Salty

[wenlynn] 12/8/2009 18:49

Ke,
I'm far too busy at the moment as CRAIG's stand in.
It is a full time job posting "Just topped up my DOW short", "Just topped up my LLOY short" and "I'm rogering your wife" several thousand times a day !



I'm on the case !

[ed the business] 12/8/2009 18:48

We were shell shocked.

[kenbachelor] 12/8/2009 18:47

Ed - The question is why didn't we all do it? I bought at 50p, but I sold them again at 55p and took 10% profit. The lowest priced batch I'm still holding is 11k bought at 170.82p.

[kenbachelor] 12/8/2009 18:41

You've got a job Wen. It's called writing an excel macro to backtest all the possibilities, and find out which action provides the best result from the PPoints, with the data I sent you. Don't go out looking for a job when you're busy enough already.

[ed the business] 12/8/2009 18:41

Ken - you never cease to get my approval.

Sounds like your son - whilst no doubt clever in his line of business - could benefit from a few investment pointers. If he'd invested £400k @ 60p he'd be laughing ISTR.

[wenlynn] 12/8/2009 18:36

I'm in the market for Office Professional !

[kenbachelor] 12/8/2009 18:34

Ed - That's a bit of an exaggeration: nearing my retirement? I've already retired 3 times, so now I only work part-time helping my son. He's a good lad and appreciates my support, and he's quite happy if I only do 60 hours a week.

[ed the business] 12/8/2009 18:23

Ken - whatever you think best. You are a very successful guy nearing your retirement and IMV should do things that please you, not irk you/ homework/ pointless

[kenbachelor] 12/8/2009 18:16

Wen - Larry has put me on to 3 books and I found the first of these in my local library but wading through 491 pages is very daunting, particularly when it's all a complete mystery to me.

Writing Excel Macros with VBA
Excel 2003 Formulas
Mastering Excel 2003 Programming With VBA

It aught to be quite easy because I've done a lot of Access programming, but doing even the simplest back test program in Excel is completely beyond me.

[wenlynn] 12/8/2009 17:52

Ken & Larry,
Is this the EXCEL/VBA Workbook Thingy ?

[capricious] 12/8/2009 17:39

Hi tebore, depends on you time frame really - for me, not including day or short term swing trading, then long term this is a good share. Might see 4.5 this year, and £5-6 in 2010. Next year is a bit dodgy though, as many people think the 3Mil+ unemployed and any new legislation on tier 1 ratio/risk profiles etc, might depress the share price significantly.

[trebor1956] 12/8/2009 17:01

Hi Guys,
Has the boat sailed on this share or is it still worth jumping in
even though I feel like I have missed the boat by a country mile.
Would appreciate your comments.
Regards,
trebor1956