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Your predictions have been lacking lately.
Https://www.poundsterlinglive.com/markets/20293-lloyds-bank-and-natwest-set-to-benefit-from-robust-economic-conditions
The above should apply to most banks
The reality of the boom is the us is borrowing vast sums to fund an unwinnable war, as well as malinvest in batteries and windmills. Once this extraordinary rate of borrowing stops and subsidising totally inefficient industry stops a huge bust will of course inevitably follow in the late 20s. Whilst they can borrow and print without excessive inflation this of course looks ingenious, when it's actually ruinous.
I think this will have a test of £2 by the end of the weekend. US is still climbing and chronically overvalued imo. we all know when the US has a bad day the FTSE follows along like a lost puppy. I think everything is overbought and needs a big correction if you ask me.
I think it is time to sell Barclays and bank profits. US inflation is not as bad as imagined so money is going back to US equities. Until the beginning of this week FED cuts were not expected at all this year so the money was moving out of US equities and coming into FTSE but with todays inflation figure, money is going out from FTSE back into US so is the drop in Barc, LLOYDS, IAG and few others IMO
Bit surprised by the move this afternoon - The US numbers didn't seem that shocking.
Barclays in Focus
Based in London, Barclays (BCS) is in the Finance sector, and so far this year, shares have seen a price change of 37.56%. The financial holding company is paying out a dividend of $0.26 per share at the moment, with a dividend yield of 4.82% compared to the Banks - Foreign industry's yield of 4.37% and the S&P 500's yield of 1.57%.
In terms of dividend growth, the company's current annualized dividend of $0.52 is up 40.2% from last year. Barclays has increased its dividend 4 times on a year-over-year basis over the last 5 years for an average annual increase of 12.05%. Future dividend growth will depend on earnings growth as well as payout ratio, which is the proportion of a company's annual earnings per share that it pays out as a dividend. Barclays's current payout ratio is 39%. This means it paid out 39% of its trailing 12-month EPS as dividend.
Earnings growth looks solid for BCS for this fiscal year. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2024 is $1.60 per share, which represents a year-over-year growth rate of 15.94%.
Bottom Line
Investors like dividends for many reasons; they greatly improve stock investing profits, decrease overall portfolio risk, and carry tax advantages, among others. However, not all companies offer a quarterly payout.
For instance, it's a rare occurrence when a tech start-up or big growth business offers their shareholders a dividend. It's more common to see larger companies with more established profits give out dividends. Income investors must be conscious of the fact that high-yielding stocks tend to struggle during periods of rising interest rates. With that in mind, BCS is a compelling investment opportunity. Not only is it a strong dividend play, but the stock currently sits at a Zacks Rank of 3 (Hold).
Barclays has always suffered from negative sentiment, and also Investors feel , the board is not interested in the shareholders....
That's has changed with the Barclays review where shareholders are the main beneficiary
That's why the rise in share price
Also I think the US Inflation report is out tomorrow, hit figures will hit Barclays hard, soft inflation will help leap Barclays beyond £2.20
I think we will be seeing how much resistance there is at 220 shortly, the hope is there's not much due to all the positivity around inflation and the likelihood of low interest rates.
Good to see it push through 215
I for one am holding Mavis - I think the sentiment has changed for the better with Barc - also capital returns promised going forward should continue to lift the sp.
I am sure others on here have a different view and obviously only time will tell but if you dont need the cash now it might be worth holding on ....
It depends on your entry price really,Mavis.
The majority seem to be bullish on Barcs (meaning think it will rise)
I myself think it’s got to be near its top but I said that at £2.05 and I’ve been wrong so far.
Only you can make that decision and none of us really know where it’s heading.
The charts show it is overbought and due a cool off(pull back) but again they are just a guide and can be wrong aswell.
If you’re in profit I personally think it’s a time to sell. You could get another 10% max in my opinion and there are much safer ways to make half that on your money.
GL whatever you decide
In short term, BARC seems over bought in many technical indicators. But for long term, there is a long way to go. You should cover your short position whenever there is a pull back. Nobody knows where they will push this stock to.
Using Graham's valuation formular sqrt(22.5*EPS*TNAV), the value is £5.06/sh. BARC may not hit that high, but many US stocks are trading in fashion or even more.
Please help I have been holding these shares for so long
I am no expert I know you can't guarantee anything but what is everybody doing selling or holding
Any advice ?
Getting there 🙂
I need to start looking at this another way I think, a non realistic kind of way. Madness if you ask me!
Looks like I’m the only person shorting this!
Nice rise today
Trying to tiptoe past 215 as we speak.
Needs to close above 215🙏🏻
i don't think it will deal with it. it simply increase by time. i recall ppl saying silly thing about russia being a petrol station with nukes, does that make the west a *** club with nukes and windmills? ultimately anyone who grew up in the west can see how it's deteriorating in terms of culture, language, quality of ppl. the period of us dominance is ending rightly so because it's so utterly aggressive and so totally mediocre.
It is definitely struggling with 215 - can it push through?
* their, not they're
True it has a big debt.
But it's very capable of dealing with it, over time.
Stop the money printing and see how strong they are. They just keep raising the debt ceiling one day it has to stop or people realises it’s a rigged system with no actual value, which is exactly what it is.
If it wasn’t for cheap mexican Labour it would collapse tommorrow.
$34 trillion in debt and adding billions by the week.
I think the dollar will continue to be a strong currency.
They're economy is having a bit of a wobble as institutions get ready for another unsettling Trump presidency.
But they're contry and economy will stay strong.
America have some of the best universities in the world. It has a young energetic, educated population with lots of access to cheap labour.
Easy access to materials and business from South America and Canada.
It'll be a major player for our lifetime at least.
Gap watch Barc -
2nd-3rd Nov 23 - 133.4p
19th-20th Feb 24 - 150.46p
20th-21st Mar 24 - 175.98p
17th-18th April 24 - 181.1p
19th-22nd April 24 - 185.9p
22nd-23rd April 24 - 190.04p
24th-25th April 24 - 193.44p
3rd-7th May 24 - 203.4p
11th-12th Aug 15 - 278p