Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[k38] 30/10/2020 20:45

My bet on Trump!He may also surprise us with a big % win.

[maxk] 30/10/2020 20:42

"mostly reliable predictor"


Biden makes it by the skin of his teeth, at least on the SPX index




A bookies delight

[polar fox] 30/10/2020 20:31

Wall Street has just closed and, via a time-honoured and mostly reliable predictor, has called it for BIDEN, but only by a whisker.

Here's how it works.

On the SPX, the pivotal figure is the close at the end of July, 3271.12.

If the close at the end of October - tonight- is higher than July, then the incumbent will be re-elected.
If tonight's close is lower than July, the challenger will be elected.

It closed tonight at 3269.96, lower than July by just over one point. Biden makes it by the skin of his teeth, at least on the SPX index!

The bookies in the UK still have Biden at 2/5, 4/9, 1/2 - a firm favourite.

We'll see, hopefully next week and not after Thanksgiving.

[polar fox] 30/10/2020 20:30

Wall Street has just closed and, via a time-honoured and mostly reliable predictor, has called it for BIDEN, but only by a whisker.

Here's how it works.

On the SPX, the pivotal figure is the close at the end of July, 3271.12.

If the close at the end of October - tonight- is higher than July, then the incumbent will be re-elected.
If tonight's close is lower than July, the challenger will be elected.

It closed tonight at 3269.96, lower than July by just over one point. Biden makes it by the skin of his teeth, at least on the SPX index!

The bookies in the UK still have Biden at 2/5, 4/9, 1/2 - a firm favourite.

We'll see, hopefully next week and not after Thanksgiving.

[misterbluesky] 30/10/2020 20:26

Boris the Liar...

Brexit BLUFF: Ridge calls out Boris' empty no deal threat after talks 'magically restart'

SKY NEWS' Sophy Ridge has called out Boris Johnson for issuing an empty no deal threat last week after the Brexit negotiations "magically restarted" this week.


Sky News' Sophy Ridge questioned the seriousness of Boris Johnson's threat to walk away from the Brexit talks, after the negotiations resumed this week. Boris Johnson stunned EU officials last week after his spokesman said the trade talks between the two sides "was over". However, following a week-long standoff, talks over a post-Brexit trade deal have resumed in London this week.

[utrickytrees] 30/10/2020 19:32

well done freddie I'm sure most of us gammons accept that were fair game but theres a difference between sport & kettling by the far left.

[k38] 30/10/2020 18:47

Reality check.Labour is more divided today than ever before thanks to latest idiot leader and the discrimination of the Jews from the party.. or the discrimination was a play card on their hands to control the labour party?Whatever the reason they succeed.

[bargainbob] 30/10/2020 18:34

Take care all

[jl5006] 30/10/2020 18:33

Just look at the BBC homepage.
What is it with the destroyers of common sense -
They think they rule the uk - Yes
And so many beliee - may u die in pieces

[xxxxxy] 30/10/2020 18:28

Many can see the Brexit future's bright, we just need to step outsideOctober 30, 2020By Jonathan SaxtySO MUCH NOISE gets made about the ongoing negotiations between the EU and UK we forget the enormous economic benefits Brexit offers Britain in the years ahead. According to Joe Mayes, Deirdre Hipwell, and Lucy Meakin for Bloomberg: "The case for Brexit" which "leaned heavily on the purported long-term benefits of being outside the now 27-member EU" includes "new regulatory freedoms, an independent trade policy and a stricter immigration system to reinvent the labor force."  According to the authors: "The UK will have more power to shape its regulatory environment and cut taxes. It already has one of the lowest rates of company tax in Europe, but the country could go further. The government could also expand the "patent box," which reduces taxes on profit from patented inventions to foster research and development. It was constrained by EU rules on state aid." They quote Mark Price, former deputy chairman of John Lewis Partnership, who said that "Europe is worried the UK will set up near-shore competition to the continent". The right tax regime would make Britain more attractive as a base to export to the EU, he said. Meanwhile, according to economist Julian Jessop, Britain can take a more permissive approach in emerging industries such as genome technology. Mr Jessop "noted data protection and regulation of the Internet as other areas where the UK would be able to diverge." Meanwhile in the airline industry "Britain would have the ability to cut air passenger duty on the return leg of domestic flights, which is currently prevented by a European Commission ruling."  Another area in which the UK could benefit enormously is financial services, where the UK already has a huge edge, since "insurers may soon fall outside European rules known as Solvency II". According to Steven Findlay, head of prudential regulation for the Association of British Insurers, insurance companies could, in the future, invest in a broader range of assets while allowing them to take more risk. Meanwhile, according to Andrew Chapman, head of investment banking at Peel Hunt, Brexit could boost the market for initial public offerings by removing the €8million ceiling on the amount companies can raise from individual investors without having to issue a prospectus. Turning to fishing, according to the Bloomberg writers: "Though it accounts for only 0.12% of Britain's economy and employs 24,000 people, the industry is symbolic after membership of Europe's single market precipitated its demise. For a sense of how Britain could make the most of its fishing gains, Iceland provides a model. Fish and associated industries make up 6% of the Nordic country's gross domestic product, with fish left-overs being used in pharmaceutical and beauty products while fish skin is used to treat injuries."  Currently, we don't even talk about fishing by-products. Aside from cutting tariffs on products which protect the interests of other European countries, British industry could source more inputs locally, according to Andrew Underwood, a Brexit supply chain and procurement consultant at KPMG. That will particularly apply to just-in-time manufacturing, he said. Given Britain's world-class university network – putting the UK in pole position for growth technologies like 3d printing (and given that Germany risks falling behind in growth technologies) – Brexit could offer enormous potential for British manufacturing in the years ahead. Meanwhile, according to Bloomberg: "To help develop domestic production, the U.K. will be able to set its own state-aid rules, meaning it could expand the amount of financial support it gives to promote specific industries." This appears to chime with what Wolfgang Münchau argued, when he said that Brexit "gives Britain an opportunity to decide how it helps new business", and that maybe "there could be a fund that protects new venture capital-backed start-ups?"  The positive case for Brexit must keep being made and expanded as we recognise new opportunities that were not at first apparent.  As the coronavirus crisis continues – and the cure looks set to have further-reaching implications than the disease – it will be crucial for Britain to remain as agile as possible as it navigates this economic obstacle course. Utilising its network of world-class universities as well as CANZUK, while remaining Europe's leading light in areas like fintech, Britain's future is bright if it has the ambition to grasp the opportunity. 

[jl5006] 30/10/2020 18:24

Jim Bull
u got a tick up for ur puerile comment? How?

[k38] 30/10/2020 18:21

Sick behaviour.. empty heads. I agree with M2.

[bargainbob] 30/10/2020 18:06

Inbreeding with Derby to blame M2

[jimbull] 30/10/2020 18:05

That clip is shocking!

Why cant they see that this covid virus is being spread by empty headed youngsters.

[goldfinger16] 30/10/2020 17:56

Yes Gecko, I am 100% traceable because I pay for Level 2, but it's all tax deductible

ADVFN have requested that I don't make idle threats against Gecko the Thicko.

They said either carry them out and get rid of the moron and don't keep us all in suspense.

[alphorn] 30/10/2020 17:45

"No Deal. WTO"

It has been broken for years - will it exist in the future? The US is doing what it had said it would do and effectively blocking the choice of a new WTO head.

[minerve 2] 30/10/2020 17:42

I'm glad he recovered. I think it should be a 'wake up' call for those who thought like him at the beginning/now. Just look at his behaviour, he knows he has been fortunate to recover from his stupidity - he knows he nearly lost his life over it. Lesson learned, for sure.

[jl5006] 30/10/2020 17:26

BB - how do u find a doctor 185?