Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[diku] 04/5/2021 16:22

Hope nobody got mugged at 179p this morning...

[manics] 04/5/2021 16:14

...should be some action at 167p imo. Nasty day today.

[jordaggy] 04/5/2021 15:23

Never mind the BoE selling down bonds, they need to adopt the FED's strategy of deploying a full on plunge protection team.

[prbshares] 04/5/2021 15:01

Manics : looks like 167 could be in range ... markets having a howler of a day.

Trying to see where the next level of support / bounce may be ...thoughts ?

[portside1] 04/5/2021 14:42

578000 more shares in issue today but no mention of who are what they are for

[prbshares] 04/5/2021 14:15

Certainly not Barcs finest days trading ... so far we have lost 10% from the 29th April... so at what point does barc bounce ?

[manics] 04/5/2021 14:09

Fair play to the City gents, they worked hard and kept the FTSE above 7k for a whole four hours.

[portside1] 04/5/2021 14:06

Today a share issue up 578000 but no mention of who or what the extra shares are. The buyback was a gimmick for bankers bonuses It was a fraud to say it was for holders benefit it was not They lied to investors

[portside1] 04/5/2021 14:02

Jes allowed a buy back knowing the results would hit the share price What f uki g plonker we have as a ceo and a dead mute chairman

[smartypants] 04/5/2021 13:59

It's just a normal trading day here
So BARC gave up two months gains in two days...so what?

[manics] 04/5/2021 13:50

167p coming into play.

[johnwise] 04/5/2021 13:32

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[johnwise] 04/5/2021 13:12

Bank of England: How QE could be reversed and what are the market implications

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[manics] 04/5/2021 13:07

PRBSHARES: the big difference between us and the US is we don't have an ocean of Fed asset purchases taking us above and beyond.

FTSE at 7k needs oil, banks and pharma to all play in unison. There is next to no unicorn tech in the FTSE100.

No Tesla.
No Alphabet
No FAANG.

[manics] 04/5/2021 13:03

China military going into Taiwan? Hitting futures...

[johnwise] 04/5/2021 12:58

As each day passes, another comany goes bust and lives ruined. The buck stops at Boris and his friend Communist China.

Daily Mail
'We can't lose ANOTHER summer': MPs, pubs and restaurants urge PM to speed up end of restrictions as even 'Professor Lockdown' says third wave threat is 'diminishing' and vaccines ARE working - after UK records just ONE Covid death in a day

[maxidi] 04/5/2021 12:31

rasl5

Patience! I don't sell unless there's a profit to be had. My LLOY is in profit but 'I WANT MORE' :o)

[diku] 04/5/2021 12:20

Welcome to the club...pressing the buy button is very easy decision...pressing the sell button is a difficult decision...

[rasl5] 04/5/2021 11:56

jordaggy:nice one "Also as I've bought back in, the share price will now struggle." this also my problem ,when i buy it go down ,bought thurdsay 177,when i sell it go up,

[prbshares] 04/5/2021 10:34

and lloy up nearly 2% .... come on barc

[jordaggy] 04/5/2021 10:26

If Barcs gets the bad loan forecast wrong, it will be costly...Mr Market knows this. So it's a wait and see. Also as I've bought back in, the share price will now struggle.

[extrovert] 04/5/2021 10:22

The London stock market has for generations played host to some of the biggest and best-known companies in the world.

Yet the UK cannot boast a single name in the superleague of the world's top 20 most valuable businesses, which were ranked in the FT last week. This should be a concern to millions of savers.

Putting money into the FTSE 100 index or a tracker fund has been considered a gold-plated option for British small investors – now it has a distinct air of second division. Stashed as it is with 'old economy' banks, oil companies and mining conglomerates, the Footsie no longer looks a good choice for a stake in the new world order.

The blue chip index is up by more than 18 per cent over the past year. But the popular Scottish Mortgage investment trust, heavy in US tech stocks, has increased by more than 90 per cent over the same period – and that is after some recent setbacks.

The pandemic threatens to make the UK's leading share index look even more outmoded. Post-Covid, there is likely to be even more of a tilt towards fintech, green tech and online shopping, all of which are fairly conspicuous by their absence.

The lumbering UK banks, with their legacy branch networks, look unappetising, as do the oil giants, BP and Shell, which are re-inventing on greener lines. Miners have bounced back because of the demand for commodities but they also face multiple challenges on the now all-important environmental, social and governance front. The UK's most valuable listed business is Anglo-Dutch consumer goods giant Unilever. Soberingly, we almost lost that company because it wanted to shift its primary listing away from London to Rotterdam.

One of the motivations was that, after fighting off a hostile takeover from Kraft Heinz, the management wanted greater protection from unwanted bidders.

It is a mercy the move never happened, as it would have deprived the FTSE of one of its best constituents. Only a campaign prevented the defection.

[prbshares] 04/5/2021 10:02

Manics : Questions for you ... in your opinion, why is the ftse struggling to break through the 7000 level when the economy is gaining momentum...it seems odd being that growth forecasts are high and trade levels too ? Are they waiting for specific news that will push the index higher ? I see europe beginning to win against covid and the vaccines taking grip which will be healthy all round...

[diku] 04/5/2021 09:40

Notice Barc market cap now lower then Lloy once again...last few months Barc was outperforming with higher market cap then lloy...before Covid Lloy used to trade near £10bln higher in market cap then Barc...Lloy still lagging behind...