Lloyds Banking Share Discussion Threads

[cocker] 24/3/2024 16:57

Why Yump, banging put 5.5billion profit and if buy backs carry on for the next few years, we might actually have a decent share price Coupled with that the housing route they are taking and the cashless system being implemented every where only adds to their corporate earnings.

[hey50] 24/3/2024 14:58

I bought into Lloyd's on Brexit vote result. Been clinging on ever since but I think it's been worth it

[yump] 24/3/2024 13:44

Be interesting to see what happens on ex div day. If you bought at 43p and its at 53p that would be an easy sell if it only drops a bit.

Unless the market view is that its worth a fair bit more - but if so, why ?

[xxxxxy] 24/3/2024 09:01

Reform may start to do just that...No hope under ConLabour

[xxxxxy] 24/3/2024 09:00

Who will rid us of these hopeless "independent" bodies?MARCH 24, 2024 14 COMMENTSPoliticians of all parties have this century been in a hurry to shed responsibilities for anything difficult. There has been a rush to create more arms length bodies from government and to transfer more powers and money to the many quangos we already had. The politicians thought that this would remove them from responsibility for outcomes, and  would improve outcomes. Neither of these ideas came true.The Bank of England is responsible for monetary policy and inflation. It has a prime aim of keeping inflation to 2%. It let it go to 11% by debauching the currency but most politicians declined to criticise or comment. The government got blamed for the inflation, and the government joined the Bank in  blaming  the Ukraine war.NHS England with its high paid CEO and large Board and top management team is responsible for running the NHS, for recruiting, grading, rostering  and paying all the many staff. A series of strikes hit the NHS. The executives denied all responsibility for staff relations, pay and grading and said the dispute was a matter between Ministers and the Unions. It is difficult for Ministers to resolve the disputes when they cannot hire, promote, regrade, alter shift patterns or reward anyone in the NHS as all that is controlled by senior executives.Whatever goes wrong in the NHS the senior executives  always blame a lack of money, however much extra  the government provides. The government gives large sums to get the waiting lists down only to see them go up.The arms length Post Office is regulated and monitored by UK Government Investments. They approved senior management, paid them large salaries and bonuses and just watched as they lost a stunning £1400 million as well as sending many innocent staff to prison for fraud and wrong accounting  they did not carry out. Ministers intervened to try to get criminal charges quashed and compensation paid, only to find the Post Office was still holding back in many cases.The Rail Regulator, HS 2  and the nationalised Network Rail run by well paid senior executives have presided over a big loss of passenger numbers and revenue, and  have racked up huge losses for taxpayers .Parts of HS 2 have had to be cancelled owing to the absurdly large overruns on cost and timetable. Ministers are blamed for the results.This could be a very long list. Many cases would reinforce the obvious points of these first three. High pay is a  reward for poor outcomes. No-one makes the senior managers responsible. Opposition parties have no interest in criticising the managers or holding them to account before they go so wrong, but delight in blaming the government when they do. Government is too cautious about intervening, fearing the Opposition would complain if they did. Both sides mouth the doctrine of independence, with the Opposition contradicting it often in the same interview by blaming Ministers for failures.  So overpaid managers get away with disaster after disaster and the taxpayer ends up with a huge bill.Parliament and Ministers need to go back to accepting responsibility. They need to monitor, influence and if necessary change these top managers before disaster strikes. If someone wants private sector levels of CEO pay to run  the railways or the Post office they should expect private sector levels of surveillance and should expect no bonus or the sack if they make big errors. Ministers need to institute regular review meetings and proper reporting to them as shareholders or leading stakeholders in these bodies, so they see problems as they develop and require fixes before they get out of hand. Those few of us who warned of the likely inflation or sided with the sub post masters were ignored....John Redwood

[utrickytrees] 24/3/2024 08:46

Don't know Diku but here's the link from accounting and business magazine.

[diku] 24/3/2024 08:21

Ut...post 393783...report by global consultancy Mercer...those percentage figures of 45%, 61%, 43% are based on how many people actually surveyed?...based on say 100 and multiply by 10,000 or 100,000 on statistics probabilities...these people who are surveyed give out all their information...expat employees going there just for the lifestyle...

[gotnorolex] 24/3/2024 08:12

What would happen if Earth's magnetic poles flipped?
The earths magnetic pole polarity has flipped 100's of times since the whole rigmarole began!
What's next?
Well, we've seen all common held values in society flip. Now we're witnessing a shift in the world order, causing irreversible demographic changes!

[pierre oreilly] 24/3/2024 07:31

He missed out the word 'diy' in dentists for all. A one-off payment of 2 quid for everyone to buy a pair of pliers.Always read the small print.

[jordaggy] 24/3/2024 00:29

Providing the divi continues year on year, I'm a happy bunny. The Gkids will inherit the shares through my sipp.

[carpingtris] 23/3/2024 20:22

I'd be happy with 10% here.. currently getting that with HFEL.

[chiefbrody] 23/3/2024 20:09

And yet at least the div is 6 ish percent now. Should be 10% in a few years for buyers at these levels.

[chiefbrody] 23/3/2024 20:07

Fear they're wrong but pray they're right!!

[carpingtris] 23/3/2024 19:02

A shovel maybe more apt 🤔

[skinny] 23/3/2024 18:45

Hmmmmm - all very rosy :-

[hardup1] 23/3/2024 18:42

gipps/chiefbrody......this outfit is forecasting Lloyds will get back to 92p...there will be plenty happy bunnies here if these are anywhere near close!