Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[johnwise] 16/3/2023 12:29

UK government debt sales to surge this year

UK debt agency treads careful path to sell near-record volume of bonds

Britain is trying to limit the burden on bond dealers as it prepares to sell the highest volume of government debt since the COVID-19 pandemic against a backdrop of turbulent markets, the head of the UK Debt Management Office (DMO) said on Wednesday.

[auson1] 16/3/2023 12:18

We had 3.63% of Barclays stock out on loan at end Feb 23 ( on Euroclear ) share price between 170 and 193p Good profit for those shorts to close now.

Barclays stock on loan 3.65% end Feb 3.57% end Jan 3.49% end Dec 2.59% end Oct


Lloyds had 3.65% end Feb down from 4.06% end Jan 23

Hope this helps

[johnwise] 16/3/2023 12:17

Some 2.5 tonnes of natural uranium stored in a site in Libya that is not under government control have gone missing say UN nuclear watchdog inspectors, raising concerns about nuclear safety.

[xongkudu] 16/3/2023 11:19

Auson

Your call is as good as mine.

My gut feeling is telling me there 1 or 2 more problem banks that will be ‘outed’ soon and will lead to a further excuse for the markets to mark down the whole banking sector. I’ve bought some around these levels but have cash waiting for a further lurch down and buying opportunities that would bring.

Good luck.

[johnwise] 16/3/2023 10:43

Sell TikTok or face US ban, White House tells app’s Chinese owners

Biden administration escalates pressure on owners of popular video app over fears for national security

The Biden administration has demanded that TikTok's Chinese owners divest their stakes in the popular video app or face a possible US ban.

The move is the most dramatic in a series of recent steps by US officials and legislators who have raised fears that TikTok's users' data could be passed on to the Chinese government. ByteDance-owned TikTok has more than 100 million US users.

It is also the first time under Joe Biden's administration that a potential ban on TikTok has been threatened. Mr Biden's predecessor, Donald Trump, had tried to ban TikTok in 2020 but was blocked by US courts.

[johnwise] 16/3/2023 10:42

Hannity: Putin's thugs take down US drone and Biden has done nothing

Video

[auson1] 16/3/2023 10:22

Switzerland CB FX reserves are ~$847B USD. Also in the global top 10 nations with gold reserves of 1040 tonnes or ~$63B USD.

[auson1] 16/3/2023 10:18

Xonghudu,

You could be right but it should bounce to 160 area first no ?

[diku] 16/3/2023 09:22

Lloy still above the start of Jan 2023 level...Barc decimated is well below Jan 2023...158.5p was start of 2023...

[xongkudu] 16/3/2023 09:14

Is the small morning bounce pettering out? I might be wrong but I still think there will be better buying opportunities to come. Am therefore holding back some cash for later.

[auson1] 16/3/2023 09:05

diku,

Trying to prop up the market when its in free fall like yesterday would have been foolish. Better to accelerate buy backs when others are also buying back.. More bang for your buck.

[kogg] 16/3/2023 09:01

"Yesterday only 10mln buy backs...last buybacks they were doing 16mln..."

Sounds about right, the muppets

[diku] 16/3/2023 08:47

Yesterday only 10mln buy backs...last buybacks they were doing 16mln...

[diku] 16/3/2023 08:32

Think some of smaller UK banks/building societies will get taken over by bigger banks/building societies...maybe even consolidation/mergers between bigger banks...

[johnwise] 16/3/2023 08:32

Brits face biggest tax burden since World War Two as record drop in household income expected after Budget

[deme1] 16/3/2023 08:25

out for a meagre 3% gain.

[paulruss1] 16/3/2023 08:22

The agenda is to have everyone linked to the CBCD system by 2030 aligned with the BS climate change which intends to link every individual with annual carbon credit allowance.which by the way will enslave our children's future if we let it happen. The Banks are slowly being destroyed purposely to make way for this tyrannical society

[johnwise] 16/3/2023 08:19

VIDEO

'America Reports' co-host Sandra Smith reacts to the Silicon Valley Bank collapse and the Fed's rate hikes on 'Kudlow.'

Sandra Smith: This changed everything

[kogg] 16/3/2023 07:58

ecb get those rates higher

[johnwise] 16/3/2023 07:36

ECB expected to raise interest rates again today


The European Central Bank's governing council is widely expected to raise interest rates by another half a percentage point today after its meeting in Frankfurt.

The ECB’s move will come as the financial world continues to be rocked by turmoil in the banking sector in Europe and the United States.

Today's widely expected half point increase in interest rates would bring the euro area base rate to 3%.

It has been widely flagged.

Despite this, there has been some market speculation the ECB may not follow through by as much as half a point or even at all, given the volatility in financial markets following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank in the US and the collapse in the share price of Credit Suisse.

But inflation remains high across the euro area with many economies, including Ireland, seeing headline rates go back up in February.



Dutch Inflation Rises To 8.0% In February: CBS

[pictureframe] 16/3/2023 06:58

Bank of England in emergency talks as crisis deepens at Credit Suisse