Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[crossing_the_rubicon] 06/2/2020 08:18

"There is something very strange in the latest Chinese officials CornaVirus numbers"
What they showed is that the total number of deaths jumped by the biggest daily total since the start of the epidemic, rising by 73 to 563, while the total number of cases on the mainland rose by 3,694, surprisingly a welcome modest decline from the 3,890 increase reported yesterday, which nonetheless brought the total Chinese cases to the highest yet, or 28,018.

First, one can't help but wonder if China is goalseeking either the number of deaths or the number of news cases, because every single day, the death rate has been steady at 2.1% +/- 0.1%. a surprisingly stable relationship.

However what is far more curious is that a secondary data series which is far less popular yet is just as important, the number of people under medical observations, was surprisingly low. In fact, one almost wonders if this number wasn't fudged. What we mean is that after rising between 15,000 and 22,500 every single day since Jan 27, the number of people under observation rose to just 186,354, which is just 799 cases higher than the day before, which the China National Health Commission represented was 185,555.

Which begs the question: did China suddenly succeed in conquering the epidemic, even as virtually every official admits there is no vaccine or drug that can cure the novel Coronavirus, or did someone in China once again get sloppy with the data release, as they did over the weekend via Tencent, and were caught by the Taiwan Times.

[crossing_the_rubicon] 06/2/2020 08:01

@Mitchy

What new vaccine??? One based on HIV drugs?



"There are "No Effective Remedies" for Coronavirus, WHO Says"
Of course, this claim by the WHO spokesperson contradicts media reports that two drugs, a flu treatment and a HIV remedy, are believed to effectively treat the Wuhan coronavirus-inspired pneumonia, but CNBC's Eunice Yoon reports that the WHO is more interested in a vaccine and other remedy made by Gilead.




And why does this virus have an HIV insertion in its Rna??

And the nearest BioLab for Viruses in China is???

Wuhan. 10 odd miles down the road from the food marketplace - what a coincidence!!!!!

[crossing_the_rubicon] 06/2/2020 07:52

"Perhaps whilst we are negotiating free trade agreement we should all make deliberate attempt not to buy anything from EU. whether cars, wine, cheese, you name it -so they get very strong message if they don't play nicely. Replace by buying UK, or commonwealth or US products"

Already doing that.

Amazing how easy it is to replace most of your basket with goods that aren't from EU and still maintain quality of said.

[crossing_the_rubicon] 06/2/2020 07:52

"CoronaVirus latest"
Total Cases confirmed: 28,292 (24,607)
Total Deaths: 565 (494)
Total Recovered: 1230 (1016)

() = Yesterdays figures.

Official figures.
Who's to believe them if the Tencent leak is true.

[mitchy] 06/2/2020 00:28

73 new deaths so they haven't licked it yet.
hxxps://www.worldometers.info/coronavirus/

A vaccine has been developed though.

[keyno] 05/2/2020 22:54

Hmmm. I always think of it as being scum which rises to the top, though those closest to me tell me I'm a glass nigh on empty sort of person ;)

[poikka] 05/2/2020 22:53

“I could well imagine treaty changes should this be necessary,” Merkel said during a news conference with visiting Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz. “We are required in view of Britain’s exit to strengthen our competitiveness and to act more quickly.”

Just shows how absolutely free of all credibility the EU is: if they'd agreed to make treaty changes when Cammie went over to Brussels, there wouldn't have been a referendum. Still, it's an ill wind.

She's farting against thunder with Brussels, though. Did someone mention "act quickly"?

[k38] 05/2/2020 22:30

Bardaskar at risk losing out. High rent, expensive life, no jobs and so on... above all, a servant of Brussels. Nicola Sturgeon look out, watch and... learn!

[k38] 05/2/2020 21:39

No guilty..Not just that but they will lose the next election too.. like labour.

[k38] 05/2/2020 21:08

2035..Based on government news, no more diesel or petrol cars on the road. So I decided to go up one step or two from my usual ford love and buy a new jaguar or a Ferrari. I am not sure yet on the model but 15 years of enjoyment would worth the money. I am not sure if electrics are going to be a lot of excitement.

[m5] 05/2/2020 21:00

mikemichael25 Feb '20 - 19:28 - 292062 of 292069

If that's your bag fella.

[wendsworth] 05/2/2020 20:52

scruff1 : I well know what you mean!

No-one gets it right all of the time . The important thing is to learn and not get too carried away particularly with our 'favourites' ...'cause sentiment costs in a market driven by 'sharks'! That I've learnt the hard way !! Used to 'love' this share but not any longer . So try to make profit at key events. Finals tend to be profitable but not so Interims for Lloyds ...has been my limited experience. Caught the 2014 Scottish referendum , 2015 and 2019 Conservative election win bounces !!

[maxk] 05/2/2020 20:36

Where are they?

[xxxxxy] 05/2/2020 20:29

Robert Young5 Feb 2020 12:14PMPerhaps whilst we are negotiating free trade agreement we should all make deliberate attempt not to buy anything from EU. whether cars, wine, cheese, you name it -so they get very strong message if they don't play nicely.  Replace by buying UK, or commonwealth or US products.I am sure firm will soon squeal to their Governments if they see a noticeable pattern. They need us more to export to than we need them.

[scruff1] 05/2/2020 20:24

In my case the cream has been coming to the top since 2009 ! Must be the marianas trench

[maxk] 05/2/2020 20:19

Dont breath any sighs of relief .. watch Boris's hands, not his mouth.

[mr.elbee] 05/2/2020 19:59

good post wendsworth

[wendsworth] 05/2/2020 19:58

mitchy: Console yourself with the old maxim , 'Cream eventually comes to the top' ! It will in the case of lloyds shareholders. Not over-stretching your positions plus patience will hold you and others in good stead. As to the Finals ...I've got a hunch that CEO Antonio may well want to 'sweeten things' for holders with some sort of special dividend in the region of perhaps 2p ...in preparation for his departure. Apart from being some sort of swan song .. he's also a holder to! Wouldn't that be nice !!!