Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[johnwise] 24/5/2024 13:27

The New Green Windmill Deal Update:


Energy bills are set to fall but UK families have already lost £72bn to 'staggering' prices

Do you still feel worse off in spite of energy bills falling? It's no surprise. The additional spend by households on energy over the last three years totals more than £72bn, according to the End Fuel Poverty Coaltion

But people are still paying 50% more than they were three years ago for gas and electricity, and bills are expected to increase again in October.

It means households are thousands of pounds out of pocket in comparison to where they would have been had prices remained stable.

[smurfy2001] 24/5/2024 10:07

Barclays have spent allot of the buyback cash reversing dilution .

[johnwise] 24/5/2024 07:15

Stocks and markets to watch if Keir Starmer wins the general election


The election is set for 4 July. Which markets are most likely to respond to a new government?

Conservative Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has called a general election for 4 July, roughly six weeks from today. With CPI inflation falling to just 2.3% in April, and the International Monetary Fund pouring cold water on further tax cuts, the political calculation may be that this is the best date the current government is going to get.

For context, the polls make for grim reading for the Tories — and while nothing is ever certain in politics, most analysts agree that Keir Starmer is likely headed for Downing Street soon.

Here’s the top segments to watch in anticipation.

[johnwise] 24/5/2024 06:52

Ahead of the game: 27 May 2024

Your weekly financial calendar for market insights and key economic indicators.

The week that was- Highlights

[bernie37] 23/5/2024 12:19

Historic Share Buybacks

Announcement Commencement Date Completion Date Buyback Amount Shares Purchased Average Purchase Price
Full Year (2022) 13 March 2023 14 April 2023 £500m 343,041,720 £1.458
Half Year (2022) 17 August 2022 3 October 2022 £500m 306,326,717 £1.632
Full Year (2021) 24 May 2022 16 August 2022 £1bn 625,019,884 £1.599
Half Year (2021) 2 August 2021 30 November 2021 £500m 266,987,647 £1.872
Full Year (2020) 19 March 2021 22 April 2021 £700m 377,356,751 £1.855

[johnwise] 23/5/2024 10:51

VIDEO

At today's Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) questioned Secretary of State Antony Blinken about Biden Administration's foreign policy record.

Sparks Fly As Cruz Confronts Blinken Over 'Worst Foreign Policy Disaster Of Modern Times'

[johnwise] 23/5/2024 10:40

VIDEO

FOX Business anchor Taylor Riggs and economist Todd Buchholz discuss the increase in U.S. debt interest payments and the takeaways from the Fed’s meeting minutes on 'Kudlow.'

Economist issues warning about US debt interest

[makinbuks] 23/5/2024 09:41

I see we are one of the underwriters to the NG rights issue. Nice to see a traditional old school deal

[johnwise] 23/5/2024 08:10

Hargreaves Lansdown rejects £5bn takeover bid

Financial services giant says offer from private equity consortium “substantially undervalues” investment platform



Hargreaves Lansdown rejects low-ball takeover bid

[johnwise] 22/5/2024 22:46

So this morning we’re told to stockpile, and now he’s called a general election. I wonder if he knows what’s coming. Maybe something he doesn’t want to deal with.


Panic buyers flock to emergency 'prepper' to grab essentials after ministers urged Brits to start a national crisis 'emergency kit' - as supplier insists stocking up is 'common sense'

[johnwise] 22/5/2024 21:12

"There must be more Tories threatening to cross the floor. The Tories poll ratings are likely to get worse so going now is a good idea. By September Rishi will be sipping alcohol free pinacoladas in a 10 million mansion next to Harry and Meglan .

Rishi's main and decisive failure was to do nothing about immigration, else he would be 30 points in the lead. ALL othrer aspects of life for the typical family have got worse : NHS waiting lists, education , defence equipment failures, millions of imports on benefits , a crime wave not removing that Mayor of London, highest taxation ever, a disgraceful rail service, sewage spills, inflation, potholed roads.. Have I missed anything out?"

Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves

Born Rachel Jane Reeves on 13 February 1979 in the London Borough of Lewisham, she is the daughter of teachers. She was educated at the comprehensive Cator Park School for Girls in Beckenham. While at secondary school, she won a British Under-14 girls chess championship title in a tournament organised by the now-defunct British Women's Chess Association. After sitting A-Levels in Politics, Economics, Mathematics and Further Mathematics, she read Philosophy, Politics and Economics at New College, Oxford (MA), achieving a She then graduated with an MSc in Economics from the London School of Economics.

Reeves's first job after leaving university was with the Bank of England.She moved to Leeds in 2006 to work for the retail arm of banking and insurance company HBOS.She was once interviewed for a job at Goldman Sachs, but turned it down, despite claiming that the job could have made her "a lot richer".