Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[y1phr] 17/10/2010 20:49

i will pay 2.50p for this one.

[bobp] 17/10/2010 18:49

Capsi,

I dunno, I can't see the banks getting away scott free

Off to London tomorrow. Always take the train. Now hit 55 I get to travel there and back ( Exeter to Paddington ) 1st class for only 40 quid. Used to knock me 86.
Brilliant!

Shan't be around so good luck barkers

[capricious] 17/10/2010 18:38

But not even Osbourne would be that stupid to hit the one sector that is keeping this country afloat.

[bobp] 17/10/2010 17:48

Evening folks.

Have a read of this. Doesn't bode well....



I think that came out Friday evening

[robertfaulkner] 17/10/2010 17:30

I think the rules in US are, if you have a mortgage and you can't or won't pay the repayments you lose the house to the bank, but you don't owe the bank for the difference between the mortgage and what house sells for.

Does anybody know what happens in US if the house sells for more than the loan????

I know very unlikely in today's market

[robertfaulkner] 17/10/2010 17:20

Purp, to think you are lower than Monty of the "Fat Lady Singing" cartoon

Was it closed in March 10, do you remember what the Barc share price was then

Looking at the header chart it looks just under 400p.(285p on Fri)

[pal44] 17/10/2010 16:47

tell you some thing Vince Cable will be out of office by spring next year .. Britain needs good banks ..

[isis] 17/10/2010 12:56

.What do you think happens in a country when the citizens realize they don't need to pay their debts?"

Which is why it won't happen.

[thetatrader] 17/10/2010 12:51

theHangman

So you don't think the Forecloser issue will drag BARC down some?


See post 18311



"This is a major, major crisis. The Lehman bankruptcy could be a spring rain compared to this hurricane. And if this isn't handled right...and handled right quick, in the next couple of weeks at the outside...this crisis could also spell the end of the mortgage business altogether. Of banking altogether. Hell, of civil society. What do you think happens in a country when the citizens realize they don't need to pay their debts?"

[thehangman] 17/10/2010 12:46

KEN
Sorry Ken---went over my head (more parecetomol required) will i ever learn keeping up with the 20 year olds,into the wee hours.
GL with your GGs

[thehangman] 17/10/2010 12:40

ken
93p ? sorry not with you on that one---------heavy night.

[isis] 17/10/2010 11:31

These analogies to Stockmarkets in particularly Banks are getting ever more ridiculous. Shareholders are either in Pain, Control or a Bloodbath after being flogged to death on the Rack.
Cable is now putting the Thumb Screws on the Banks before torturing them with electrodes before making them walk the Plank in front of a firing squad.
The terminologies are laughable!

Cable puts thumb screws on the tight-fisted banks
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Vince Cable, the Business Secretary, will step up the pressure on the UK's high street bankers tomorrow morning when he confronts them at the first meeting of the Small Business Economic Forum.

Mr Cable is expected to tell bankers from the Royal Bank of Scotland, Lloyds, Barclays, Standard Chartered, Santander and HSBC that they must listen to the needs of small businesses which are still suffering from funding difficulties brought on by the crash. They will also debate the new £1.5bn Business Growth Fund, unveiled last week by the Bank Taskforce to plug the funding gap, and the Enterprise Finance Guarantee which underwrites lending.

Behind the scenes, Mr Cable is urging the bank bosses to show restraint in the upcoming bonus season, particularly at such a sensitive time when jobs and pay in the public sector are being slashed. Privately, he has warned them that if they do pay out big bonuses again, they will face new bonus or windfall taxes. Bonus payments worth more than £7bn are expected to be paid out to the UK's bankers this year.

Mr Cable is chairing the forum which is headed by Mark Prisk, the Small Business minister. Also attending will be members of the Institute of Directors, the CBI, the Federation of Small Businesses and the Bank of England.

One of the criticisms being levelled at the banks is that the fund will lend to companies with a turnover of between £10m and £100m rather than to the smallest companies, and start-ups, which find it tougher to raise funds. The taskforce has promised to improve relations with SMEs in 17 areas, ranging from access to finance and the promise that banks will be open about why they turn down loan requests.

[kenbachelor] 17/10/2010 11:17

Hangman - I make that about 93p. I hope you've got something wrong somewhere.

[purple sound] 17/10/2010 10:59

It looks like I'm going to win the End of Year Competition.

[thehangman] 17/10/2010 10:56

roadwalker
Apart from AA GILLs very descriptive comments on the sound of the Overfinches engine in the "in gear" magazine today.
Im looking to buy one.

My TRISTEL share share price should lift tomorrow on results.Still worth getting into..imho

Long on Barclays,when Diamond shows he doesnt need more capital we should be pushing the £3.50 / 3.75

[roadwalker] 17/10/2010 09:53

Nothing in the Times today

[nofool] 17/10/2010 08:44

Does anyone here read the Motley Fool Stock Advisor?

[robertfaulkner] 17/10/2010 08:31

I don't suppose there will be much movement on Barc share price until Wednesday's spending cuts announcement!!!!

Anyone found useful articles in Sunday press?

[wenlynn] 16/10/2010 15:11

rainfall,
I thought you'd be sectioned.

[rainfall] 16/10/2010 14:52

wellit has been a wet day here in malta.

[layer cake] 16/10/2010 11:21

ThetaTrader.

outstanding video.

What is scary is also the fact that most citizens do not realize that the sole reason why they work is to simply offer an incredibly comfortable life to politicians who to date remain unchallenged.

[kenbachelor] 16/10/2010 07:39

Theta - I think I've already suggested that it would be helpful to compare results. If you are using a different method of calculating the open to me, it would be even more useful.

Always providing that you do intend running the trades on a regular basis, would you consider e-mailing me something like I have above in a spreadsheet so that I can post it with mine for comparison?