ICAP Share Discussion Threads

[shammytime] 23/2/2009 08:36

Highlands = you can't be serious about the banks getting nationalised!

Agree with you about the divi, nice to see it there. I think we may see iap burst through 230 today on the back of the banks. Hopefully it can form a sustained rise this time...

[highlands] 23/2/2009 08:25

Nice to see dividend in my account this morning :-)

[washbrook] 23/2/2009 07:43

RE: LCH.CLEARNET LTD

[highlands] 20/2/2009 10:19

jinx, £1 it might be (tlpr) but I still think they will be hit harder as they are less diversified and are far behind in electronic broking than ICAP. I also beleive an ICAP / LSE merger would be good for both but am not sure about the current LSE valuation compared to ICAP.

[jinxo777] 20/2/2009 08:38

I am starting to think that the ICAP LSE merge might be back in play (as reported in some papers).. just guts feeling.. LSE shares are very weak (but so are ICAP's I guess) - would it be a merger of equals?

Highlands - what do you think of Tullett at £1.20 - worth a punt if it gets to £1?

[jinxo777] 20/2/2009 08:30

Agreed - I got out at £2.42 2 minutes after the LLOY shock announcement last Friday - Pity I didn't get out of all my other financial stocks!!!! - I will buy back at £2.00.

[highlands] 20/2/2009 08:30

The London Stock Exchange has confirmed it is part of a consortium involving inter-dealer broker ICAP and about 10 investment banks that is considering making a cash offer for LCH.Clearnet, Europe's largest independent clearing house, the Financial Times reported.

...so the consortium is growing in size.

[highlands] 20/2/2009 08:25

Capitulation time today with new lows being tested. This could now easily hit £2 now.

[highlands] 19/2/2009 21:52

DOW has now fallen to the lowest level since 2002 and the worst performers were financials which means a good chance that this will tank further tomorrow.

[highlands] 19/2/2009 17:54

Funny how the really big losers who will be nationalised (RBS & LLOY) finished the day way up while IAP finished lower!

[highlands] 19/2/2009 11:44

thearticfox, you might have saved yourself from far bigger losses. Although I'm a holder, I do not have much hope of recovering my investment for a very long time.

[highlands] 18/2/2009 15:06

Looks like DOW & S&P will re-visit November intra-day lows before recovering and FTSE (the puppy / puppet) will follow. In the meantime, the shorters will have a field day.

[highlands] 18/2/2009 10:28

current assumption is that the banking system will collapse which would take down a lot of others with it including icap.

[thearcticfox] 17/2/2009 16:09

Got out this morning at a big loss... Just glad to be totally out of the sector now... The sad thing is there's absolutely no reason for the share price to be so low... Not like Icap have lost money like the banks. Just so much negative sentiment towards the whole sector. Might come back in 6 months time when hopefully there may be some stability in the sector... Good luck all those brave enough to stay in...

[wellfare] 17/2/2009 13:35

I think most people have already lost it Highlands!!!!!!

[highlands] 17/2/2009 10:58

Looks like financial sector set for a second day of battering! There is so much negative talk at the moment that even if half of it is true, the sector is headed for a meltdown. I hope you haven't invested what you cannot afford to lose.

[highlands] 16/2/2009 09:37

The capitulation of Lloyds share price to 30p has not materialised and it is slowly picking up. This should hopefully have a positive effect on the rest of the sector. Although things can change very quickly if the shorters and their press allies start attacking in tandem.

[highlands] 13/2/2009 21:28

If ICAP and co can pull of the LCH takeover it could be very lucrative indeed

[highlands] 13/2/2009 14:29

Just noticed - trading update in the middle of the day on Friday the 13th! A$$HOLES!!

[jinxo777] 13/2/2009 14:03

Lloyds trading update - not good - banking sector taking a beating (again).

[highlands] 13/2/2009 09:42

A merger between ICAP and lSE would be good for both but I doubt it will happen. The LSE share price is much lower than when the two last had merger talks but then so is ICAP's.

[jinxo777] 13/2/2009 09:36

Article on Daily Mail:

[highlands] 13/2/2009 08:42

After all those downgrades from the chaps living off tax payer's money, are we finally going to see an upgrade?