Hbos Share Discussion Threads

[leopold555] 09/1/2009 15:37

I'm in :-)

[debbiegee] 09/1/2009 14:51

see tfnf news above 12.30ish.
Britains Brown in talks to lower the 12% interest on preference shares !

[k38] 09/1/2009 13:50

agree, and +ve news...from 12% down to 8% or even 6% will do.
GO ON GB BE A GOOD BOY :)

[number1] 09/1/2009 13:44

k38 - all we need is for DOW not to be -ve .... these are heading for the 90s DYOR .... cans of Stella may help ...

[rgolding1978] 09/1/2009 13:34

no we dont. we need positive news and cans of stella.

[k38] 09/1/2009 13:24

we need 'help' from DOW to break 80's.

[cool hand kev] 09/1/2009 13:19

Where's the upwards resistance?

[bryan2] 09/1/2009 08:19

Total Confusion at the BoE

On Channel 4 news last night De Anne Julius founder member of MPC pointed out the stupidity of the BoE charging the British Banks 12% dividend on the prefs "help" (paid out of taxed profits-equivalent to 16.7% return on assets to fund it) and then expecting the Banks to lend at 3%.
The BoE "help" to banks has severe penal rates the no other country is imposing on their Banks in this time of crisis.
John McFall MP agreed, but said the proposed "Help the Banks" package was a rushed through deal done in a matter of hours before imminent meltdown.
He hoped that there might be some way to mend the harm done to the Banks in another round of support but was unclear about the details.
John McFall is not to blame but nearly 18 months into the credit crisis who is to blame?
Its fashionable to blame all the British Banks for the present dire state of British Banking
Perhaps a more believable narrative is about the disastrous contradictory policies pursued by the BoE.
Their abject stupidity is at the heart of the near collapse of the British Banking System.
The BoE have now admitted that they had no idea of the severity of the credit freeze up.
Yet only the nations central bank has the capacity to tackle a generalised liquidity crisis.
Its now quite clear that the BoE had never Stress Tested itself with the scenario of a generalised liquidity freeze up.
The Board at the BoE have changed grudgingly policy after policy until nearly 18 months into the liquidity crisis they admit that they got it all wrong.

[number1] 08/1/2009 14:34

That 4 to 5% difference between HBOS and LLOY should narrow now....

[unicorn77] 08/1/2009 14:17

afternoon buys and girls, news out

[debbiegee] 08/1/2009 13:57

sorry typo will correct !!!

[milkygateway] 08/1/2009 13:51

come on BABY!!!! OOOOOH YEHHHHH

[number1] 08/1/2009 13:38

No objection from pension trustees now - oh YES!

Here we come the "Lloyds Banking Group" - the SUPER BANK!

[freedom97] 08/1/2009 13:31

It will go through!

[hdenandy] 08/1/2009 13:14

Why don't you think it will go through ?

[wrightey] 08/1/2009 13:13

MMM I dont think there is any fear of the merger going through !

debbiegee,
do you really mean that you expect the merging of Lloyds and Hbos to fail or is your statement a typo error?

[debbiegee] 08/1/2009 12:50

Yesterday we had parity though for the 1st time !
See tfnf news even noted it.
Dont expect it to be exact all the time.
MMM I dont think there is any fear of the merger NOT going through !

EDITED SORRY !!!!!!!

[hdenandy] 08/1/2009 11:14

Jenty - HBOS has always been trading at a discount to the Lloyds sp, since the merger was announced.
It was over 10% at the end of last week.

I bought HBOS at 61.9p a few weeks back, which equates to buying LLOY at around 102p.

Probably because of a lingering fear the merger will be delayed / scuppered.

[number1] 08/1/2009 10:52

tree shake

[jenty] 08/1/2009 10:50

Does anyone know why HBOS and Lloy SP's are not moving in tandem? There is now a 5.4% discount on HBOS share price

[dope007] 08/1/2009 10:29

Investors? More like traders. Investors as a species have been killed off by investment banks

[debbiegee] 08/1/2009 09:48

heaaven and earth moving as predicted.
Saw a media report yesteday suggesting investors were selling tech stocks and switching to downbeaten bank socks !

[number1] 08/1/2009 09:16

this baby should fly from here - 73p broken up up and away!

[hdenandy] 08/1/2009 08:59

Decided to bank some profits and sell some of those bought at 61.9p the other week at 75.2p.

Keeping watching.