Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[ted73] 17/3/2020 16:02

Some people have a lot to answer for

[xxxxxy] 17/3/2020 16:01

Remember to boycott goods and product of the EUSSR. Do not visit or holiday in the EUSSR.No Deal

[xxxxxy] 17/3/2020 16:00

David Potter17 Mar 2020 3:36PMWhat is the point in extending "negotiations"?As far as I can tell... NONE.I see that the EU would desire us to continue contributing past December 31st, but to what end?As others have posted the EU will most probably be in a bigger mess than the UK.So NO EXTENSION!Silly Billy Harry17 Mar 2020 3:37PM@David Potter To pay their useless salaries. They already know their game is up.

[crossing_the_rubicon] 17/3/2020 15:58

The NHS: Covid 19 will kill this Ponzi scheme.

If the directors of an insurance company took premiums off its early customers then, a few decades later, signed up huge numbers of non-paying customers to boost their chances of being re-elected to the board, they would be in prison.

This has happened to the NHS. Those who have paid most into it, the over 70s, are now being told they must shut up and stay indoors while, thanks to mass immigration, they wait their place in a huge queue of free sign-ups.

Worse is to come. As an avalanche of bills for uncosted social welfare, housing, schooling and transport begins to fall on the Treasury’s doormat the government is running out money to pay. Up to now it has been issuing fake paper, but now the game of pass the parcel has stopped because of Covid 19, the great mountain of unsecured debt will come crashing down.

Who will even get a pension in two years time?

[gotnorolex] 17/3/2020 15:57

Steven Mnuchin to make available $3 trillion to buy paper in one of the biggest boosts in recent times!

[maxk] 17/3/2020 15:50

Here it comes, the Boris get out clause...




UK 'prepares to seek EU trade talks extension' as coronavirus crisis grows

EU sources said hopes of conducting full negotiation round via videolink had been crushed by Covid-19 outbreak


By
Peter Foster,
EUROPE EDITOR and
James Crisp,
BRUSSELS CORRESPONDENT
17 March 2020 • 3:10pm










Comment:

Martin Bennett
17 Mar 2020 3:38PM

If the top tiers in the the EU and UK government cannot use technology to conference and share data what hope have the rest of us who are being urged to work from home?

[bbalanjones] 17/3/2020 15:46

Nissan shuts production in Sunderland
“Vehicle production has been suspended today in Nissan Sunderland Plant," a Nissan statement says.

"Further measures are currently under study as we assess supply chain disruption and the sudden drop in market demand caused by the COVID-19 emergency

[mitchy] 17/3/2020 15:36

Once it gets to 5p they will do a 10 to 1 swap so it can start going down again even further.By the time that happens there will no longer be an economy and people will be starving to death.Gangs will be roaming the streets seeking food sources and the law and army will no longer exist.

[malcolmmm] 17/3/2020 15:24

Don't ask me, mind you RB bet £400 per point, bit rich for me.
He uses Spreadco spread bets so I suppose it doesn't effect the market anyway

[adyfc] 17/3/2020 15:20

hxxps://wallstreetonparade.com/2020/03/heres-why-the-fed-hasnt-yet-invoked-its-133-emergency-powers-to-stem-a-stock-market-crash/

[pal44] 17/3/2020 15:19

@Malc in that case can we now conclude that the wee shorts will be closing and the V shaped recovery is soon to be ..

[gbh2] 17/3/2020 15:09

I've moved more cash today from TW to LLOY, betting the divi here will be paid, not so sure about TW.

[alphorn] 17/3/2020 15:03

The measures that will be put to keep UK plc afloat could be very significant. The governments advisers have warned there could be a hit of over 5 per cent to the country's GDP.
When will these measures be put to parliament???

The US is talking telephone numbers too.

[bloke4] 17/3/2020 15:02

what's the position on the dividend do we get any at all?

[malcolmmm] 17/3/2020 14:52

Robbie Burns the Naked trader made £400k shorting the UK100, not bad for a few weeks work

[extrovert] 17/3/2020 14:43

It will be the yanks that are doing most of the short trades, most probably their best earner. imo

[ekuuleus] 17/3/2020 14:41

which banks have insurance arms, and which are reinsurance.

the reinsurance sector is going to be wiped out. business continuity insurance is going to be huge. That's probably why Boris told people to avoid pubs at this stage.

Closing pubs prob next week, but phasing it may help the reinsurance industry.

[alphorn] 17/3/2020 14:39

But not forex - will that draw in more trading?

[imjustdandy] 17/3/2020 14:30

Director buying now at these rock Botton prices and why not

[utrickytrees] 17/3/2020 14:30

Ladeside, look at it this way... If the uk population is 1% of the global population & we have on average 17000 deaths from flu a year globally (roughly) that equates to 1.7M! I realise the government need to plan for the worst possible case scenario BUT if C19 was this years flu strain (I dont know this btw), your numbers of 250 - 500k globally would infact make C19 a relatively benign strain? However, to draw comparisons with Spanish flu with a death toll of 50m globally on a much lower global population figure, I agree it could be catastrophic. Did they have soap 100yrs ago? Perhaps some of our more snr contributors could clarify?

[gotnorolex] 17/3/2020 14:29

I think Min postponed his visit to Cad & Dandy on Savile Row, after his portfolio wipe out!

[aljm] 17/3/2020 14:29

World Snooker at the Crucible MIGHT be cancelled, this has all got out of hand !!!