Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[bbalanjones] 16/1/2020 10:36

A fitting tale for some on this thread?

"A pensioner drove his brand new Mercedes to 100 mph, looking in his rear view mirror, he saw a police car behind him. He floored it to 140 , then 150, ... then 155, ... Suddenly he thought, "I'm too old for this nonsense !" So he pulled over to the side of the road and waited for the police car to catch up with him.

The officer walked up to him, looked at his watch and said, "Sir, my shift ends in ten minutes. Today is Friday and I'm taking off for the weekend with my family. If you can give me a good reason that I've never heard before, why you were speeding... I'll let you go."

The Man looked very seriously at the police man, and replied :- "Years ago, my wife ran off with a policeman, I thought you were bringing her back." !!!

The Cop left saying, " Have a good day, Sir "...

[maxk] 16/1/2020 10:30

The article is so so .. but taken from the comment section:


Jonathan Tedd 16 Jan 2020 8:18AM


We are getting less prosperous. Our great energy economy is on the wane, green power is a white elephant. Dr Tim Morgan predicts a delayering, and we are at peak complexity.



The middle class are disappearing. John Lewis profits down, M&S closures. No fresh fish or meat counters at Tesco.



Our services-based (doing each other's laundry) economy reliant on house prices, and grotesque public spending, a myriad of nonsense public sector jobs with no economic value (diversity officers).



Well it's all stuttering to a stop - then down the other side we go.

[crossing_the_rubicon] 16/1/2020 10:24

"ianood15 Jan '20 - 21:12 - 5701 of 5713
CTR - Your suggestion would have exactly the same effect as continuation of PPI"

Indeed. Short term candy only as those on low annual earnings spend most , if not all, of their PPI.

"Personal thoughts are we need to stop fudging it and get a strong banking sector behind us with rates where they ought to be, but, I suppose that is politically unacceptable"

Interest rates where they ought to be means annual servicing of the national debt would be c £100-200bn at least and not the c £40-50bn currently...

A reset of entitlements is needed, and a complete overhaul of NHS, Welfare, and this country.

[alphorn] 16/1/2020 10:20

ianood - always consider the interest rate movement as a percentage of the previous rate when rates are so low.
i.e. 0.25% drop on a 0.75% rate is not the 0.25%.
Once rates go back up very eventually it becomes a huge sledgehammer; eg 0.5% on a 1.0% rate is a 50% increase in costs.

[gbh2] 16/1/2020 10:03

Brexit will be resolved one day which is why I keep buying as the price drops 1%

[gotnorolex] 16/1/2020 10:00

Being your usual obtuse self again, I was referring to your grotty affront on senior citizens as you always do!
"that is more a worthwhile cause than giving pensioners a surrogate orgasm"

[mitchy] 16/1/2020 09:48

There she goes ...down again

[minerve 2] 16/1/2020 09:48

Wouldn't be garbage if it was your kid gnr. That is if you are capable of having one.

[gotnorolex] 16/1/2020 09:45

Ringing the bell at Great Ormond Street for every kid that's beaten cancer should be what you think is worthwhile! rather than your usual garbage!

[mitchy] 16/1/2020 09:39

Brexit is still strangling the banking sector. We need some movement on that.

[m_n_tomlinson] 16/1/2020 09:39

This has been in and around the 50p mark for a decade now, excepting the Greek crisis lows and pre Brexit vote highs.

This share has been absolutely atrocious. Some investment not.

[minerve 2] 16/1/2020 09:30

Well they can give it to the NHS to buy cancer drugs for kids then. Even if it is one child saved that is more a worthwhile cause than giving pensioners a surrogate orgasm.

[gotnorolex] 16/1/2020 09:29

Min has no clue of anything analogue!
because.........
Alexa says 'I don't know that one'

[maxk] 16/1/2020 09:26

A worthy cause Brad. But half a million quid wouldnt buy the ex soldiers a cup of tea by the time the men from the ministry has finished administrating the funds.

[minerve 2] 16/1/2020 09:10

Now the Brexit morons think they know about the costs of contractors fixing one of the biggest bells in Europe.

Honestly, what a circus. LOL

[diku] 16/1/2020 09:02

I must have missed that comment/news if posted here...I skipped 90 posts from yesterday...my point being Farage should take EU money just like all the other EU guys do...




maxk
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diku

Farage has already offered to pay for it. Keep up!

[cheshire pete] 16/1/2020 08:56

"However, sales slowed in Northern Ireland and Scotland, RICS said"....Sturgeon and the SNP putting a dampener on things up there.

[maxk] 16/1/2020 08:55

Probably the wrong kind of rain Poikka.