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LTI,
"I suppose a WOKE person overhearing it, may report it to the police."
You report anything you don't agree with to LSE admin and then get erased , and in due course course get them barred .
One can only surmise you are also WOKE , not a real man !
LTI,
"you can fk right off"
Such ungentlemanly language , from an ex banker .
In your warped mind , where would you like me to go ?
You seem to be getting rather exasperated this evening , for no apparent reason .
Good Friday , peace and goodwill to all mankind !
LTI,
"whatever you say is a pile of siht "
You would get posters reported and banned for using such language , unethical , as an ex banker knows too well , without scruples .
Such language intones you're loosing the debate .
LTI,
Has it not dawned on you yet that buybacks are a scam ? Decisions made by bankers , who can't be trusted , to line their own pockets .
In simple terms , for our failed Mensa applicant , they are taking shares out of circulation with what should be dividend profits and then awarding themselves shares .
I don't think you'll have noticed lloy is reducing it's workforce annually . Less employees , more shares for Senior management in bonuses .
Utterly unethical face of capitalism .
Time to be cautious .
"Americans are voicing their fears for their retirement funds as blue chip shares continued to tank and concerns of an upcoming recession worsened.
Analysis published Thursday showed that - so far this year, the benchmark S&P 500 share index has dropped 18 percent.
That wiping away $7 trillion in market value from the companies in the index. The Dow Jones Industrial average is down nearly 14 percent.
Most Americans' 401k retirement funds make their cash by investing in the stock market, with any downturn in the value of shares also tanking individuals' savings.
Bonds, the traditional safe-haven of those approaching retirement age, have also fared poorly amid high inflation and rising interest rates, with Vanguard's Total Bond Market Index Fund losing more than 9 percent since the start of the year.
Since retirement savings such as 401k and IRA accounts are typically invested in a mix of stocks and bonds, the resulting losses are worrying to many savers.
'My 401k is now a 301k,' lamented one Twitter user. "
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10810299/Americans-lament-state-401k-plans-stock-market-plunges.html
LTI,
"Not sure how some shareholders would cope if they saw the share price plummet further from here, to be able to get near to 5 Billion shares (40p average) bought back - over 4 Billion purchased is looking increasingly likely - 4.5 Billion a possibility."
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10808609/Ethereum-joins-crypto-plunge-Second-largest-digital-currency-loses-20-value-24-hours.html
The correction is upon us , capital preservation should be paramount again .
LTI,
s1
''Given LLOY has plunged -90% in just a few years, ''
How many more times? - Lloyds has never had a market cap of about £290 Billion"
You're now telling us Lloy share price hasn't dropped 90% from its peak .
You also told us last month" Lloy won't revisit 49p "
No wonder folk look upon you as our resident clueless Walter .
You'll learn eventually !
Stop deceiving folks , you'll always get caught out .
Personally , Sunak is over rated .
Our recovery is slowing down , lockdown funds dwindling .
He should follow George Osborne' change of remit to MPC , maintain economic growth at the expense of inflation .
They'll cause another recession otherwise
Fleccy,
"Recent and Historical Yields
During the 90 years between 1871 and 1960, the S&P 500 annual dividend yield never fell below 3%. In fact, annual dividends reached above 5% during 45 separate years over the period.3 The sharp change in S&P 500 dividend yield traces back to the early to mid-1990s. For example, the average dividend yield between 1970 and 1990 was 4.03%. It declined to 1.90% between 1991 and 2007. After a brief climb to 3.11% during the peak of the Great Recession of 2008, the annual S&P 500 dividend yield averaged just 1.97% between 2009 and 2019.3 From 2020 onward, the dividend yield fell below 2%, ranging between 1.4-1.5%."
https://www.investopedia.com/articles/markets/071616/history-sp-500-dividend-yield.asp
A choice between 1.5- 2 or 3.5 % yield . See where history takes us .
Rinse and repeat . PI's tends to be victims if they don't stay ahead of the curve .
Fleccy,
There's a Global search for yield . Pension funds own most of DOW as they do FTSE , monies will be transferred accordingly in search of risk free yield , affecting equities .
Asset values will return to their true value in due course .