Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[royston6] 19/3/2020 10:39

Hairdressing shops are a haven of germs, close contact and many surfaces, you did right to ban your GF, I did the same a couple of weeks ago. My wife can do without her fortnightly visit.

This virus lives on surfaces for days, so the only surfaces that you know are safe are the ones you keep clean yourself.

[minerve 2] 19/3/2020 10:34

The really good business PEs haven't really shifted. Which suggests to me a lot of this market sell-off is driven by algorithms and shorting. If it was primarily driven by fear alone all stocks would be effected.

Just look at Spirax-Sarco engineering, for example, still on a forward PE of 31.8. WTF?

[pierre oreilly] 19/3/2020 10:33

Read some more recent literature alp. Stress contributes to the five major causes of death in the uk. From what i can gather, a little stress is good, big stress kills you prematurely.

Even if my thoughts are completely wrong, I'm very pleased the discussion is being made, and my intentions are positive, and not selfish.

I was very pleased to see the ex government health bod on qt last week, saying effectively the gov actions aren't focussing on the correct approach - and he really got a very very hard time off EVERYBODY. To my mind, he was the only one thinking of the total effects of these draconian measures, and not just the immediate with zero thought of the disastrous consequencies.

[pal44] 19/3/2020 10:27

Ahh Bill Ackman like calling for end of the world. Then adding 'I am buying ' err con merchant or what ..

[mr.elbee] 19/3/2020 10:25

dead on

Try to belittle without thought those who may raise issues currently being completely ignored.

like the pacifists in WW1

[1carus] 19/3/2020 10:24

If the virus does cause long term hardship Pierre is correct. Likely to be more suicides than cv deathes in the long term.

[alphorn] 19/3/2020 10:23

No comment other than an interesting read:


"There's this somewhat counter-intuitive idea that economic downturns are good for your health. You might expect the privation and malnutrition inherent in such times would take a toll. But during the Great Depression, mortality rates fell. And since that time, the idea that recessions are a net-positive for health has only grown.

But a new study in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health questions that idea. The researchers examined mortality rates from 114 U.S. cities in 36 states between 1929 and 1937 along with data on bank suspensions, which were used as an indicator of the impact of the financial crisis in the individual states.

They found declines in deaths due to pneumonia, flu and tuberculosis and increases in deaths from heart disease, cancer and diabetes. But none of those causes of death were associated with bank suspensions, and only the increase in deaths from heart disease could plausibly relate to the economic depression, the scientists write.

Two causes of death did correlate with the pattern of bank suspensions: suicide rates rose but motor vehicle accidents declined, so much so that they outweighed the increase in suicides".

[pierre oreilly] 19/3/2020 10:21

Ignore evidence, just play the emotion.

Loads more end up dead your way. Standing proud while you sentence many to an early death, even the ones you purport to care for. Look beyond the end of your nose. Try to belittle without thought those who may raise issues currently being completely ignored. Think of consequences rather than the immediate. Balance actions and effects.

[mr.elbee] 19/3/2020 10:14

and the complete reverse

[chavitravi2] 19/3/2020 10:08

My son and his wife, a nurse, have got this virus bad. She was telling me in Colchester where they live a lot of people have it and there has been deaths that are not reported yet. I think that is probably the case in a lot of places up and down the country.

[ekuuleus] 19/3/2020 10:03

well, I see this getting to 40p, pretty much due to £$€T. HSBC is up 30% from it's 5 day low.

Lloyds been in a tight range around 33p even when markets still going down.

Damn, MKS was at less tne 80p. Now over 120. Didn't know why it dropped so much, I thought there was a different reason as too extreme a drop just on market panic. Seems it was just market panic.

[mikemichael2] 19/3/2020 10:02

The wife and i have stopped doing 'tongues' plus it hasn't been the same with those dentures wobbling around !!

[cromw3ll] 19/3/2020 10:00

This is bottom imo. Fear & hysteria factored in now.

[pierre oreilly] 19/3/2020 09:57

maxk19 Mar '20 - 09:41 - 297161 of 297164
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Is this lloy thread on lockdown, or has the loony bin delayed opening?



Covid death rate very high amongst the very poor!

[1carus] 19/3/2020 09:49

Pierre, I have a dental booked for Monday. Now you have me thinking.
Maxk .. I was thinking the same.

[pierre oreilly] 19/3/2020 09:49

Diku. Don't see why they don't let london go on as normal, even with 'superspreader' status. Those under 35 seem to be at very low risk of any bad ill effects, and others can decide for themselves whether to venture into the 'hyperspreader' area. Those at risk should isolate themselves from everybody if they are worried, so won't meet those who've ventured in and out of the megspreader area anyhow. Then every london restaurant doesn't go belly up. (that's a metaphor btw)

[maxidi] 19/3/2020 09:45

Self isolation from the bad news on shares maybe!

[smartypants] 19/3/2020 09:41

"Looks like the machines have taken over the market"...ha ha ha
Well done...need a little humour on the board

[maxk] 19/3/2020 09:41

Is this lloy thread on lockdown, or has the loony bin delayed opening?

[pierre oreilly] 19/3/2020 09:41

Just cancelled my dental checkup booked for tomorrow. Paranoid or sensible? If it was for some actual dental work I think I would probably have gone ahead.

[gaffer73] 19/3/2020 09:33

HSBC making a good recovery, come on Lloyd's let's be aving you!