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Wouldn't that be construed by some overseeing authority as a deliberate distorting of the market for gain? If I end up making a few £k then of course it's a splendid idea but I can't imagine it's that obvious or easy.

It's the most erratic share, every time I've held - look at the intraday chart this afternoon: a sudden dive and recovery within minutes; I gave up on logic re the market many years ago, gambling in retirement now, but this lot are particularly twitchy.

I hope so, I've got 25k @ 513p from last year when the scribblers were talking about 700p, but the divis have been terrific and it just seems to be in difficult times for lenders so I guess it's a keeper. Unless there's a bid from one of the majors - the p/e is low enough but then it's been run well enough.

? On a day when most are swept upward with the mkt - this is, I think, the 4th time over a couple of years I've dabbled with WTB and, ok, made a bit each time, but it's never been straightforward with them, much more quixotic than the mkt generally, and, typically, after great figures and an IC 'buy' they backtrack to zero from +2%; and there's, I think, over 1% in shorts so, as before with WTB, the predominate thought is: what don't I know here?

Yes, very positive: 'unjustifiably low' 'future looks bright' etc, nice to read they own 56% of their properties unlike a lot of the opposition and their occupation figures compare well. There's a note about the costs of converting the restaurants to hotels impacting the bottom line but that's a given and what with a £150m cost cutting exercise and the buyback they seem to be in good shape and a 'Buy' with a median analysts price of 4100p - not a great fan of brokers notes but I'm happy to accept this one.

I don't understand some of these RNS statements - is this director buying or selling share options? If he's selling, maybe that explains to some degree the SP drop.

I don't get it either, I'm back where I started two days back, I should know by now how illogical and whimsical the mkt is: trendy online fashion outfits that have never made a profit on a p/e of 60 etc. Hang in there.

I'm surprised this didn't jump this morning with all the positive news plus I believe, sooner rather than later, they'll be bid for, so I bought 2000 @ 3060. Can't go wrong, can I?. Hmm.

I totally agree with that, I had the same nonsense with AV., where it had no effect on anything except an earnings per share stat and made no difference to the SP whatsoever. Gimme the money.

I've got 25k at 513p, whoever comes in can have them for a fiver each. It's been a well managed company I feel but has been unlucky once too often for me. And could the financial directors leaving have anything to do with spooking a fragile mkt?

These figures are flat, as expected, and not tragic. One of the major brokers went in there just 3 weeks ago, presumably on a rigorous exercise and not just to have a light lunch and came out upping his forecast from 650p to 700p. We're they kidding him or him us?

From just a superficial look at the RN, and it has to be because I don't fully understand some of it, the profits are higher than I'd read were estimated (tho' maybe by those who know little more than me), a large buyback programme and increased (total) divi even if the imminent divi is only maintained at 21.8.p, all seems ok to me but I'm happy to read comments by anyone more versed in company accounts than me.

Surely she bought shares to scotch rumours of discussions with a suitor. And because, in a volatile market, AV. is a great buy anyway. IMO.

Everything seems excellent about this share - divi, performance, management, recommendations - except the SP. It's just the economic climate isn't it? I can hear whistling.

The Motley Fool, the tipster who might be just that for all I know, says yesterday that on any (his) logical calculation AV. should be around £8 a pop. Well, having 20k of them I'd, we'd all, be thrilled with that but certainly on the figures he quoted they're oversold and I'll be hanging on for my 7% till they get north of my 448p, they seem, at least, fundamentally sound in a market that's resembling a casino these days.

That's two of us choking and laughing, - 'sorted everything out.. a dream to live in' .. any level of socialism has never, ever worked, anywhere in the world; ok, it took the longest example 70 years for the smoke and mirrors to dissolve but it has always left this country worse off virtually bankrupt once. I can't claim the present incumbents have covered themselves in glory but that post is surreal.

The £500m proceeds of the ABSA sale will not generate any kind of special dividend to shareholders Barclays announce. Which might have been an appropriate conciliatory gesture having wasted much more in cash and goodwill in the beginners clerical blunder earlier this year.

H&L all over the place this morning, showing 4p spread just now. Unimpressed.

If I thought these forums had even the tiniest effect on any share price I'd keep my trap shut but they don't, so I can say I totally agree - on any rational common sense level based on current economic and political prospects why would mkts rise?.. maybe.. I think, particularly the last 20yrs, stock markets are not driven by rationality but are a tad whimsical - for instance why are the p/e's traditionally low, divis high, debt low or absent in some sectors, eg builders - but then periodically an external event triggers reality and a correction; if only we knew when - and let me get out of Barclays first please.

I notice there was a RN after hours yesterday that tells me that the re- buying bonds figure of $1.27 billion has been upped to $1.3b - apparently their original calculations were incorrect and a different type of bond has to be included too. It's hard to overstate how incredible the mis-management of this enormous corporation has been - the business model is fine, it works at least as well as any other bank but with sheer negligence with such enormous amounts of our money, virtually typos, I can't wait to get out at 173p. But I'll probably have to now.