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Actually I agree - They missed the 21% profit from the bonds rally - just like Goldman Sachs did! Its not a good sign at all!

I think if Stayley survives (he might not) then its worth another 10-15p here - fingers crossed! Well done Jack Bowers - called it right!

Making my uninvestment in RBS feel even more painful!

Makes me hanker for the good old days of rife insider trading - the spike up or down the day before always told you whether the results were good or bad!! PI's were even more screwed back then!

Come on BARC for once in your miserable life don't retract tomorrow or go up initially and then drop 8% on some news they tried to hide in the small print - I'm sick of that!!

Look at em go! - I've dipped in and out and was looking at them when they dipped to 219!! Arrrggg! All that debt but now better potential to keep assets and sort it out.

Agreed it does LOOK bleak, however I believe there are two pieces of good new coming 1 - IMG will agree a deal with Apple along the lines of 15cents per device sold rather than 30 as it was 2. and that they will post great results as I believe their endeavours in the China are bearing fruit. - They always knew Apple were going to do this - so they were prepared and have other gates which will now open. Buying isn't for the faint -hearted but I think 2-3 months will see a significant rise

Rise is due to - Le Penn isn't going to win but May is with longer negotiating period - American banks did well except for Goldman Sachs who bet on the wrong bonds horse - looks like Staley will stay despite corporate governance faux par. Will stabilise in the mid 2 twenties and then push on slowly towards the summer as inflation rises and then Trumps monetary policies kick in. IMHO

226 for Wednesday close? GLA

Is predicted to keep rising - can't see how this will be as good for BARC although apparently May is primarily seeking a longer negotiating period from the election win so the advantage of a softer Brexit may offset this! Hope Stayley survives to deliver a great report on Thursday.

This is also down of course because Staley is still under investigation for his witch hunt of a whistleblower and the City don't like the idea of him having to stand down.

Sterling dropping nicely at the moment - would be wary of a Friday sell off however as too much uncertainty around in geo-political at present IMO.

I'm presuming its because BARC has a large income from USD and the swing in the currency was quite large - BARC seems to always overreact to these things.

Have we found one? Seems to be bouncing off a firm bottom! - Does anyone know why sterling has jumped against USD? Can't find a rational reason for it other than the election but that doesn't make sense to me! This is why BARC IS subdued at moment.

Did very well! Just need sterling to back off these ludicrous highs!

I'm still confident of 260 for my August sale of Barc - 5 mins look at the histograms for this share will tell you what it does in terms of dips and then sharp rises even when times are good - which I think they will be increasingly through 2017-18 especially 2018. Measures to curb consumer credit will be punitive as usual and inflation will rise quickly - big profits will roll in. I managed to sell a large chunk in the mid 220s but still have 60% of my buys from 138-170. If the Dow collapses because of N Korea we may see a bounce off 190 or 200 IMO GLA Hoping Stayley doesn't have to resign however!

Sorry didn't realise there was a word limit! fox Sorry forgot an important point for IMG investors, if my prediction for the confusion regarding the timing of this technology announcement by Apple is indeed correct and designed to plicate the Trump administration's calls for Apple and Tim Cook to bring these technology jobs back to America. then Apple has been forced by a political imperative to act much earlier in making this announcement than they were ready for and before they have completed their own GPU technology, which could explain the long two year timeline for dropping IMG GPU technology and refusal to show any proof to back up these claims, which in turn might be the proof some cleaver city investors have been looking for that Apple has in fact been bluffing all along and do plan a hostile takeover? Join the dots, and it could mean a takeover by Apple is still be on the cards?

Borrowed from Techno fox on III I think he is dead right - read the following - I haven't copied it all but you'll get the gist of what he's saying... 'Whilst some might see this as insightful given no one else had even mentioned this warning before or linked a trump victory with serious problems ahead, still like most on this board even i did not think Trumps America First policy would force Tim Cook and Apple into this desperate course of action, i like many were taken by surprise by the really bad timing of this just before one of the most important iphone launches in the history of Apple, the timing of which was even more surprising, since TIM Cook and Apple risked undermining the very GPU technology inside this new Iphone 8 anniversary launch, this timing issue to me shines a new light into what is really going in at Apple, D Trump during his election campaign signaled one company and its leader out, Tim Cook and Apple were attacked for not manufacturing the Iphone in America but also not building them with US technology supplied by American workers, it was the most important one of the most important and effective parts of his election campaign, i confess i expected a hostile takeover attempt by Apple for IMG as a result of this, however it seems Apple was working on using its own technology in the background any way, this is why i believe Apple was forced maybe years ahead of being ready to make this announcement, Tim Cook Needs to show and prove to D Trump that Apple is serious about bringing Jobs and technology back to the states and so this announcement was made ahead of Apple being ready for it? If i am right this will mean other companies will also be affected by this panic by Tim Cook and Apple, however the important point to take from this is that these moves might not be technology driven but be politically driven by D Trump and his America first tough stance? These events also go to show any GPU manufacturing division set up by Apple in the UK would indeed have a very short shelf life indeed. So is IMG the very first victim of D trumps America first policy, well yes i appsolutely 100 percent do, do i believe other companies around the world who supply Apple should expect the exact same thing to happen to them you bet i do, as soon as they can re-engineer their technology in house they will be history. So we are now seeing exactly what D Trumps America first really means, think pirates, and i thought what Obama and the Americans did to BP was bad? Extract from won of my previous posts on this board on the implications for Apple and Tim Cook on IMG should D Trump win the US election and TECHNO FOX How quickly everyone forgot Trump promise to bring Apple IPhone manufacturing back to the US, He has also stated he wanted them to use American technology throughout these devices? this Trump win now gives Apple a huge problem Tim Cook like most other OEM's did not expect Trump to win an

The full article gives a very good picture I think of what can happen if Apple decide they want to absorbe you regardless of patents or IP and steal your hard work - or at least try! ' Without income from Apple, the company’s most likely future is a break-up and a sale. UBS estimates that Imagination will still need 11 cents per device sold from Apple if it is to break even. Lawyers and analysts suggest a deal is a realistic option. “There’s a lot of tech in this company, a lot of patents and capabilities,” says one person close to Imagination. Apple held takeover talks over a year ago before walking away and, on one uncharitable reading of the situation, the company has slashed the company’s value in order to secure a knock-down price. A sale to China, which is putting billions into semiconductor firms like Imagination, is more likely. Coming after other foreign takeovers of fellow chip designers ARM and CSR, another sale would lead to renewed soul searching in the industry. It would be an unhappy final chapter for yet another one of Britain’s tech jewels. ' I wonder where the first offer will come from? GLA

Yes it's BRAND newly designed and marketed products - not its legacy products!