Barclays Share Discussion Threads

[montyhedge] 13/8/2011 12:17

12th August, BUY recommendation for Barclays from Soc Gen. TARGET 400p.
That will do nicely.

[carl79] 13/8/2011 11:48

hahaha...i may be too young to know what a Tandy was but the image is amusing... not sure why people go to such lengths to mess with people who post on bulletin boards though...surely there are more interesting pastimes!

Money is just a means of creating wealth - it is not the wealth itself. When people appreciate this, they tend to have more fulfilled lives. Enjoy the weekend, next week will be fun.

For those who seek even more risk than BARC offers, GGG may enjoy a strong run next week! ;-)

[purple sound] 13/8/2011 10:27

I created "purple sound" as a tribute to the legendary "purplesound" (aka "dnroberts").
Purp ran an investigation company and his company could identify any ADVFN poster easily.
He would then command his underlings to hunt down and kill posters who disagreed with him.

Purp told us he also headed a Trading Team based in the City.
Unfortunately his true identity was found.
Purp had an Employment History with Dixons, Tandy and Burger King.

[right honorable lord lucan] 13/8/2011 10:18

purple, you always added a bit of fun during these bad times

[ak47high] 13/8/2011 10:15

My trading portfolio was down £100k this year at the start of the week now down about £80k. Since I started trading (investing) overall I'm up around 50%. I only ever invest money that I would be comfortable writing off.

I also buy into a managed equity income fund every month to which I pay costs of £50 for my £800 investment.....overall its down 20%, so much for the pro's.

[barnes67] 13/8/2011 09:52

purple sound

I think some might believe you if you posted confirmation of that claim deleting all the sensiive info of course, also why are you not a validated blue member on advfn. I choose not to as I subscrible to other feeds?

[cat100] 13/8/2011 09:37

Not Tenby. A 250k loss can be bigger than a 2m loss to some. Even a 25k loss to an old person can be a killer. The loss I had wasn't an easy come easy go loss. I did well through hard work and lost it easy so the easy go part is correct. It's rare you get people that are honest about losses on message boards but you can bet there are many. I got wiped out in 89 big time but had my comeback many years later. It's always possible to turn things around all you need is youth .

[manics] 13/8/2011 09:27

I bought BARC at 300p and promptly paper-lost £20k.

[wibbler007] 13/8/2011 09:18

Yup Cat100 has been around for a long time and has discussed those losses way back. They are not alone as my losses were £250k in the bank crash. Again it was all paid up stock and did not break me. Although it was hard to see such losses on my savings which basically killed any chance of early retirement. Have manged to recover £60k of it back and reduced my mortgage by £50k in the last 3 years and continue to work hard at it!!!

[kenbachelor] 13/8/2011 09:15

Purple - Of course we believe you. As I told Overzeal, we've missed you and your postings

[theftsetrader] 13/8/2011 09:10

ak47high

I work for a company that supplies the NHS and provided some equipment for a child from Kuwait. It seems that with all the other equipment he or she needs the weight and oxygen requirements of the patient exceed the limits of what the commercial airlines can handle. The Kuwait Health Office is sending a private jet from Kuwait to fetch the child.

As Ken says what is pin money to some is a fortune to the rest of us.

[purple sound] 13/8/2011 09:10

As most of you will remember I always made around £10 million a day trading Barclays.

I no longer post on this thread because some didn't believe me.

[agipanther] 13/8/2011 09:08

Can't even think what it's like to have 2 mill/is it easy come,easy go!

[kenbachelor] 13/8/2011 09:02

Two million's pin money to some people and an absolute fortune to others.

[ak47high] 13/8/2011 07:07

Can't even begin to imagine what it feels like to lose 2 million.

[larry laffer] 13/8/2011 06:50

Unfortunately "shorting" can dramatically improve an equities liquidity.

A knock on effect of that is keener prices and opportunities for holders to reduce/increase their equity holdings more easily.

It also flushes out the weak holders.

I still don't believe they should be able to borrow shares without the true holders express permission - Nominee holders wouldn't know if their shares were on loan or not.

Its not perfect but it does have some positive aspects to it.

[leopold555] 13/8/2011 06:08

I think short selling will prevail. As the yanks are saying they tried banning it over there and it didn't work. It will not work in Europe as traders find ways around it in a very complex market with so many different financial tools & products.

[leopold555] 13/8/2011 06:06

cat100 are you "Tenby Deckchair" used to be on another forum?

[smurfy2001] 12/8/2011 23:10

zimzoot,

Are you German?

[zimzoot] 12/8/2011 23:00

Ops...well i live and learn...and have to adjust my thinking :]

There a lesson in here somewhere re risk taking and leveraging?

[cat100] 12/8/2011 22:28

yes my own money every penny. Still own my own home a holiday home and have cash in the bank . But for what I lost I can live with. A lot of friends and acquaintances didn't . I have attended 9 funerals of people I knew and loved that took their lives over losses they couldn't live with.So Zen your wrong there. Many on advfn know me and can vouch for me I dont tell lies

[zimzoot] 12/8/2011 22:03

"laughing at people losing money"

you make the assumption....the problem with assumptions is....THEY ARE NEVER TRUE :)

I was replying to the coment made by monty ""Barc went from 50p to 350p last time."

I have not read the whole tread...and was not responding to folks who have lost money :)

I never make personal assumptions...thats one thing i have learned in life :)

ps Losing £10 or £1M+ no big deal...no one died

[clodpool] 12/8/2011 21:56

cat - you lost over £2,000,000 of your own money?