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I think you might do bettering terms of bias than reposting an article from the Guardian!. maybe the Socialist Worker has bit more to add? lol

are a bunch of clowns."Markets are expected down because likelihood of a no deal Brexit have weakened the Pound." Markets are expected to be down because the possibility of deal has strengthened the Pound" duh? No wonder the kiddies investing money for the pension funds are confused. you could not make it up- hedge funds must be well short and paying handsomely to put this C4ap out across the media outlets

of course it may just be coincidence that the Euro has been rallying hard agains sterling and the dollar making EU ( `german) exports less competitive. - Never smile at a crocodile? Its sad that the Brussels "elite" believe us to be 2 sandwiches short of picnic. They appear to have learnt little from history. dipsticks the lot of them. Its good we now have freedom of expression with JF in rehab ( well for the time being at least as he /she has rent to pay) happy days

"Iclapriim is a novel investigational antibiotic....Hello FDA here is something that not only works but is more efficient effective and more easily tolerated than the current go to AB

Its OK . Mood music from Brussels seems to be changing within the last hour. So take your meds and a go quietly with the two chaps wearing while coats as they you back to your room. Nothing to see here now for you move along please.

looks like Barnier's "willingness' to offer Britain a very "special " deal has caught our friends shorting Sterling against Euro with their pant around their ankles. Tomorrow might be interesting if this latest manoeuvre appears genuine. Month end holiday trading nonsense notwithstanding we might even see a positive day in Lloy for a change. fingers crossed

I think you make some valid points. Our BoD seems quite content to sit back and watch shareholder value being destroyed. They think by throwing out some bread a couple ofttimes a year its job done. Its a real shame we seem unable to attract an activist shareholder and have hime/her take a seat on the board. It should be obvious to all that market is no longer satisfied with glib statements about meeting easy performance targets. Cant imagine institutional holders are happy to sit back and watch their value being eroded. Write to the company and make your thoughts clear to them. They might be surprised to see how far the SP has fallen as its quite difficult to keep an eye on the company when you are out on the golf course being shmoozed by suppliers.

The BOD see it alright but then they just award themselves more shares to compensate.

at the end of the day the net change in shares outstanding has been reduced to virtually nothing. We have share awards press,,able at the same price or a discount to the current share price which is good for recipients and sucks for us. We perversely see the price rise once UBS has finished I certainly don't believe that the repurchase programme propped up the share price for one second. I mentioned this in the past thanks to the FCA and UKFI Lloy is now a uk centric banks so its not rocket science to connect the dots and link Lloy to the prospects of this country over the next few years ahead. This of course makes it excellent shorting fodder for the hedge funds which have their algos focussing on the constant dubious mood and gloom messaging as spouted by the Brussels puppet remoaners and the media sidekicks. It therefore matters not how well Lloy is actually doing as to would be shorted as a proxy for UK plc. To some extent one could argue that Lloy could go to a PE of 1 and it would still matter not as it continues to reflect the poisonous bilge pumped out be the Remain camp. Computers as yet cannot distinguish between truth and fiction, which seems a point worth remembering. Rightly or wrongly Lloy has been made thanks to UKFI and The FCA a poster boy for the Brexit process and such will reflect progress or the lack of it over the months ahead. I would venture that the current sp reflects the media's growing obsession with the "no deal - armageddon scenario trumpeted by the architects of Project Fear Mark Carney, George pay check Osborne and Philip Hammond. Project Fear has been discredited time and again and will be so again. Said before the EU has more to lose than we do and to assume they have not clocked that is naive. They have beens stoking the divisions in this country the same way as Russia fomented unrest in this country in the Seventies in an effort the break the resolve of the people and the democratic process which has brought us to where we are now. For the EU the price is high, very high as our departure will mean the departure of a set of "broad shoulders" needed to continue to carry a collection of close to bankrupt Member States. Its very clear that when the collection plate come round nest time France will pretend not to see it while Spain, Portugal, Italy and Greece will be taking buttons of their shirts hoping that no body will spot it. That leaves good old Germany- call it Karma

oh right thank you. who was the buyer?

yeah 900 approvals what a calamity. Nothing said about the total value of new mortgages which was up. Nor the distribution of the decline. How many in London and SE vs how many in Beaconsfield or Milton Keynes. As I said its the bell ends that are running the show at the moment which is very frustrating

don't forget its August bank holiday coming up so the lunatics are running the asylum in City as the good and Great are on their golfing package holidays in the Algarve along with our BoD no doubt. Looks to me like pair trade involving shorting the builders and long the miners. We will have to see when the US opens shortly and what Powell says in his eagerly awaited speech at Jackson Hole. Many including former Fed board members seem to feel that rising interest rates going forwards may stall the US' economic growth prospects already beginning to feel the effects of the tariff exchanges so far. trump has made his irrational with the Fed already clear. so whilst the Fed sees itself as fiercely independent they don't want yto held accountable for inverting the yield curve and fuelling talk of recession. A benign rate outlook is deemed bullish for house builders.

well you have certainly blown the attempt by JF at a BB romance with that point of view, JEEZ this is Love Island on steroids.! The art of flirting and wooing must be dead after all. speed dating is here to stay

RNS about the Amp sale? Sure the II should have to declare? Maybe after the market has closed today for the long WE and an offer or partnership deal at the same time maybe for good measure. ever hopeful

kicked around by the prop desks as it is every day. Its fallen 2% or next to no volume. They know that Redfern and his mates don't give a toss so they just manipulate the price day in day out with C4appy little trades and make a couple of pence over the day. For many institutions this kind of volatility is off putting which again suits the day traders. Would be nice to get some VC outfit in and turf out the current management team and put some people in who care more about creating true shareholder value rater than issuing glib statements to that effect.

Poll out today puts a Corbyn Government as the next biggest threat to the UK economy after Brexit. Fancy that I guess that did not come from the Guardian.

Numerous times every day "Britain will have ti pay more for" in the event there is no deal. Hellooo its two way isn't it? We will pay more for EVRYTHING, "but don't worry our European brothers we won't make you do the same because we are OPEN for business!" yeah right. Dream on Jean Claude.

BBC lefties positively foaming at the mouth. Clueless overpaid morons.

Well at least you won't need suppositories on Independence day

too many questions Googling takes time!