Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[xxxxxy] 06/2/2020 08:59

The Democrats are boring. Full of ' know it alls.' Or think they do.

[wendsworth] 06/2/2020 08:53

Keyno : Like your post (060) . if your friends are right then I'm not sure stock picking is for you!!

mitchy : share price appears to gravitate and stop at the 58p level? Just right for your 10% rise back up on Finals Day ?!

[maxk] 06/2/2020 08:45

You got any more on the Thai cure mr.e?

[m4rtinu] 06/2/2020 08:44

Jordy - steady on I'm still getting used to swiping a debit card!

[bookbroker] 06/2/2020 08:42

That’s why the whole climate issue is becoming a farce, if it is not concerted and universal then why bother! Russia, Saudi, China need fossil fuels to exist, and the same for every other Middle Eastern country, it is pretty much their only source of revenue. Otherwise let’s invite them all to live over here, but this non-meat, fossil fuel exempt world is impractical and impossible to implement globally, it is what enables us to survive, heat and feed ourselves, and is not compatible with mankind. The crux of the problem is too many humans now on the planet!

[poikka] 06/2/2020 08:37

I see that Compass Group are doing well globally - except EU.

[mikemichael2] 06/2/2020 08:35

I see China is doing their bit for climate change!!!

In addition to roughly 1,000 gigawatts of existing coal capacity, China has 121 gigawatts of coal plants under construction, which is more than is being built in the rest of the world combined.

However, getting rid of our diesel and petrol cars should offset that!!!!!

[jordaggy] 06/2/2020 08:33

We need a platform based on blockchain technology and it will come. No more MM's, Nomads or brokers with visibility of trades waiting, sat on the books, just peer to peer trading, so no more manipulation. II's or PI's trading direct on the blockchain platform. It currently works very well on platforms trading crypto currencies, so why not shares.

[xxxxxy] 06/2/2020 08:33

Why is income per head so much higher in the USA than the EU?By JOHNREDWOOD | Published: FEBRUARY 6, 2020If you read the World Bank figures for per capita GDP in 2018, the last annual figures available, you will see that the USA has the highest figure for GDP per head of any of the larger countries, and is ranked 8th in the world. The EU comes in well below its levels, some 42% lower in GDP per head.The table is always  led by a few smaller rich countries with special advantages like oil and gas reserves or a high concentration of rich people or their bank accounts. The US at $62,641 is well ahead of the EU at $36,532.The UK is high by EU standards at $ 42,491. Only Germany amongst the larger countries is higher , with France, Italy and Spain below the UK.The gap between the USA and the EU has been growing in recent years, and clearly grew again in 2019. The USA has lower unemployment, higher in work incomes, lower tax rates, more successful technology companies and more small businesses than the EU as a whole.Much of the media spend their time criticising the USA and features of its economic model. Their personal dislike of Mr Trump spills over into a series of campaigns against US policies and conduct they think could be criticised. They rarely or never do the same to policies and conduct of the EU.In the interests of fair and neutral reporting they should from time to time ask what the US gets right, and what the EU gets wrong. The large gap between the GDP per head and employment results between the US and EU implies some of the US policies of promoting growth make sense and are worthy of study. The persistently high unemployment in much of the Eurozone and the slow pace of growth in countries like Italy should be matters of concern.As the UK sets out  its own policies to promote greater prosperity we need to learn from both the best in the world and from the mistakes around the world. It is clear from the figures the US has a better tax system and climate to promote innovation and small business than much of the EU manages.

[gbh2] 06/2/2020 08:19

Wash everything with Dettol, they've had Coronavirus on their label for years!


SP going nowhere fast, up in the morning sold off in the afternoon repeat tomorrow!

[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"?