Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[diku] 20/3/2020 18:44

Or they pay the final divi for 2019 but caution the market for 2020 at the AGM...

[diku] 20/3/2020 18:35

Lots of unknown names will start to appear on the payroll now...

[utrickytrees] 20/3/2020 18:22

M2, my mates a registrar he told me yesterday that the UK have half the respirators of Italy, which youd expect would double the death rate but were better organised / prepared. Hes expecting a lot of drama. I'm expecting a gigantic bill per C19 death to public purse in the order of £25-30M

[alphorn] 20/3/2020 18:18

The Americans have made an art form of putting weakness across as strength. Westminster should just stick to art.

[meek] 20/3/2020 18:17

No reason to stop divi?? Have you not been watching the news! I think it would be highly irresponsible of them to pay the divi. They should preserve every penny they can until they know the full economic impact of the virus. I think it is almost certain they will pull the dividends.

[alphorn] 20/3/2020 18:14

Minerve - I think that we are saying the same thing - to have multiple stimulus packages every 5 minutes highlights insufficient evaluation the first time. Boris is running to stand still but actually going backwards.

[k38] 20/3/2020 18:13

I was expecting you to jump Alp...

time will tell.

Lol...

[alphorn] 20/3/2020 18:11

Toilet paper is more valuable than the euro.

k38's stupid comment of the day.

[k38] 20/3/2020 18:07

You do not need to be an expert to comment when others still talking how to deal with the virus but nothing to protect business and workers. Europe is bankrupt. Toilet paper is more valuable than the euro.

[utrickytrees] 20/3/2020 18:07

Ctr, what about Italy are you also suggesting they're cooking the numbers are they also lying?? Right now this looks blown out of
all proportions to me. Saw an interesting post on LSE from Levi's this morning who pointed out that many workers in 2nd world countries (he cited Nike in Jakata) rely on 1st world economies to keep them in SMA baby milk, that's how tight everything is.
Official figures are showing 10k C19 deaths globally to date, If C19 dont kill ya the implications of the measures to combat the disease will.

[toon1966] 20/3/2020 17:58

There speaks an expert eh Minerve...?

[k38] 20/3/2020 17:56

Boris is far ahead from others government in Europe.

[minerve 2] 20/3/2020 17:55

In about 9 days we will be the sick dog of Europe thanks to dither and policy fumbling.

[minerve 2] 20/3/2020 17:54

Boris still playing catch up I see.

[k38] 20/3/2020 17:31

WELL, "some of us" don't release yet times have change and the banks are going to need massive amounts of money from now on.UtuINV"Careful about commenting on dividends as I know many that have a large amount invested in Banks to supplement their pensions"

[stonedyou] 20/3/2020 17:07

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39 new cases, 3 new deaths (2 in Hubei), and 730 new discharges occurred in China

on March 19, as reported by the National Health Commission (NHC) of China. For the

second day in a row, no new confirmed or suspected cases have been reported in

Wuhan and in Hubei [source] All new cases were imported from overseas (no new

domestically transmitted infections for the second consecutive day)

[alphorn] 20/3/2020 16:55

UI - the big risk of providing assistance is that the recipient becomes over reliant on it.
The past euphoria, as recent as last December was a fantasy (as I wrote at the time) and being hit with an economic downturn/oil wars/unrealistic trade timelines was going to come home to roost in any event. The coronavirus has burst whatever is left of the fragile balloon.

Having said all that, some action is needed. That action IMO must protect the needy and close off the avenues where the very wealthy are taking advantage of the turmoil. The trouble is that the latter does not fit with many of the 'mates' - but these are extraordinary times.

[chavitravi2] 20/3/2020 16:48

Over the week it seems to have dropped about 5% a day. I have held off buying because not only the situation but I think the crook mm's may try and hit a load of stops at 30p. We shall see, but I will like as not come in some time next week.

[gaffer73] 20/3/2020 16:39

Absolutely no reason to stop the divi and they haven't issued anything to say otherwise.

[crossing_the_rubicon] 20/3/2020 16:33

XXXXY
""So far, the new coronavirus has led to more than 220,000 illnesses and more than 9,300 deaths worldwide. But that's nothing compared with the flu, also called influenza. In the U.S. alone, the flu has caused an estimated 36 million illnesses, 370,000 hospitalizations and 22,000 deaths this season, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)."

"We really do need to get this in context"

Agreed.

Now what are China's real death count numbers???

They are not 3288 that's for sure.

How much higher are they?

No country locks down 50% of its populace and collapses the economy for a month or two for a measly 3288 fatalities. Then consider how many of them there are!!!

Doesn't make sense.

Logical conclusion. They're lying about how many have died.

[gbh2] 20/3/2020 16:27

I've been purchasing 2K every day, today's just about 31.5p.

I'm screwed if they pull the dividend but quids in if they pay it.

[utyinv] 20/3/2020 16:20

Anyone would think Banks are a charity.

I know we live in difficult times which is different to normal times. However, in normal times Banks are there to make money. If people don’t like that they can go elsewhere to get money for houses, cars, holidays etc. If they can’t access money that they don’t have, they should do without, like many of us did years ago.

Too many people want something for nothing and expect Government to give give give, rather than taking responsibility for their own lives.

The only people who should have Government help in normal times, are the very young, aged and those too ill to work.

In these times of difficulty, yes the Government should help businesses to stay open and protect jobs but this shouldn’t be an expectation that continues when we come out of this crisis.

I also wonder if after this crisis whether the Companies who are helped will be vilified as the Banks were even though all monies borrowed by banks during the crisis of 2008 - 2011 have been paid back to Government with interest plus £billions paid out in fraudulent PPI claims

[gaffer73] 20/3/2020 16:17

Same here but it seems to have found some stability around here.