Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[k38] 13/3/2020 15:16

Eat well, sleep well, do some simple exercise at home, plus the already advice you know...(Don't forget, one fresh onion per week)Avoid travel and if you can work from home next two weeks..maybe three.

[chesty1] 13/3/2020 15:14

Going red nothing can stop the drop

[xxxxxy] 13/3/2020 15:14

The death figures are not meaningless. And about 10 dead from a population of 60 million seems excellent odds for getting over it. So my view this is a good time for investment at Bargain prices of quality stock.

[k38] 13/3/2020 15:10

...349Yes I have but even so, they do expect the numbers to go upUK government: testing will now ONLY focus on identifying people with the virus in hospitals.

[asdb9] 13/3/2020 15:07

Not sure if you caught it in the speech, but future testing will only be carried out on hopitalised cases. So all future figures will be meaningless.

[k38] 13/3/2020 14:56

I do believe 10k to be the true numbers but these numbers are unknown so far...not confirmed.

[asdb9] 13/3/2020 14:47

Could be voluntary

[xxxxxy] 13/3/2020 14:46

Mark Jackson 13 Mar 2020 11:19AMAll the economic analysis in the world ignores the key point. The EU is a political not economic project, creating an illiberal, undemocratic, bureaucratic empire in which the elites who run it are shielded from the consequences of their actions by their obscene salaries, gold plated pensions, lack of democratic accountability, docile and servile populations, and (coming soon) the EU army. 

[ladeside] 13/3/2020 14:44

I'm not seeing ANY good news out there to justify a market rise.

Things going from horrendous to complete nightmare.

The Economic fallout from this will be felt for decades.

[xxxxxy] 13/3/2020 14:43

John Eley 13 Mar 2020 1:09PMWhat Lagarde and the ECB seem to be saying to the leaders of the Eurozone countries is to further the political union that UK voters were repeatedly told, between 1975 and 2016, was not even on the menu.  "Collective" fiscal action including sharing of debt leaves very little meaningful independence in the hands of national governments.  There is even less meaningful democracy to control the elite that would have all the extra power that transfer of economic controls implies.

[pierre oreilly] 13/3/2020 14:39

Yes, we're week or two behind wuhan. Once there's clarity that wuhan has it controlled, the market will surge, even though we know uk case will continue to rise for several more days.

The market anticipates.

[asdb9] 13/3/2020 14:38

True estimate from Boris's chums is 5k to 10k

[gotnorolex] 13/3/2020 14:36

"There is almost a case to deliberately infect"..........
Prescribed convid infection to control a pandemic could only be imposed on its younger citizens in an authoritarian state like China. It's a perfunctory obligation in a western democracy like ours not to renounce one group to favour or save another, sobeit a larger one.

[k38] 13/3/2020 14:25

There are 798 cases of Covid-19 in UK up from 590 yesterday...

[pierre oreilly] 13/3/2020 14:20

You mean like 8 new cases in Wuhan, down from thousands.

[asdb9] 13/3/2020 14:09

My bet is red. Any news over the weeked will be negative

[k38] 13/3/2020 14:01

Black Monday or Red Monday...Coming up next.

[asdb9] 13/3/2020 13:53

There is almost a case to deliberatly infect young fit esential workers to a rolling schedule, then when they have done 2 weeks they are free to go out and keep the country running

[gotnorolex] 13/3/2020 13:52

ASDB9 Min just being his derisive self! Referring to decision on schools, here's the left hook!......
"They need to remain open as long as possible and the virus be allowed to spread amongst the kids and teenagers"

[pierre oreilly] 13/3/2020 13:42

Boris is quite surprisingly becoming quite a statesman imv. No longer a bumbling idiot (who's not really).

I disagree with his approcah to the virus. It is scientific advice considering only the spread of the virus, and not the wider social implications. To me, the implications of what's being proposed are a case of the cure being worse than the disease.

I think the stress many will face due to the financial situation millions will face will increase deaths due to stress (and extra suicides). In my guess, the deaths from stress will be greater than those saved by having a flatter infection curve.

What;s obviously best for the spread characteristics of the virus isn't necessarily best for society as a whole in my view.

Remove all restrictions, get back to normal, get exposed to the virus as we will anyhow, and get it over with asap. The frail should isolate themselves as best they can. The nhs may be overstretched more, but millions will be less stressed financially.

[asdb9] 13/3/2020 13:39

MinIll start by saying that i have not agreed with any of your posts before now. But this one i agree with 100%. What Boris is doing is give the virus a controlled free run. That way young fit workers can do thier 2 weeks isolation post infection and then be free to keep the country running. If you have a complete lock down for a month or 2, when you release it you are back to square one

[pierre oreilly] 13/3/2020 13:33

Shorting makes normal people monsters as they try their best to steal money off genuine investors (usually in micro caps, where shorting gangs sometimes work). Fine, if you hold the shares to short that number - that just comes from different views on different timescales. But naked shorting for pis is terrible for everyone except those who provide the service and take a big juicy cut. Naked shorting is basically destructive whereas investing is constructive. Anyone who thinks evil effin wotisface is doing society a service is mad imv. The liquidity argument is just absolute nonsense.

Ban naked shorting - it destroys lives, every time something makes a shareprice rise, like a takeover or speculation, then some shorters have their life ruined. Usually those who've made a few hundred quid successfully shorting. Losses are unlimited of course.