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S123

that price was available not that long ago - i imagine that if the share price once again rose to that level , you will probably not sell again.

A lot of people always seem to want a price to sell at that was once available to them.

S123

silly even to use the term 'merger' - JPM market cap about 12 times greater .

why do so many investors think that their salvation is for the business that they are invested in, gets taken over or split up.

Jcb

''we have now lost £8 Billion from the market cap since buybacks started,you still going to tell me it is a great return to shareholders''

that is why an investor can now get a great return of 12%

Jcb

''We are not all as gifted or as lucky as you LTI ''

never realised that was what was needed for someone to press a buy button at 42p.

Jcb

I prefer the double digits ( currently about 12% for new purchases) returns that Lloyds are currently able to afford to make to shareholders.

Ram

''instead they are coning the f//king world m////r f//kers especially this bad boy''

Lloyds with the current level of profitability is able to afford 12% + annual returns to shareholders.

A number of stocks up.

UBS driver now looking to pick up 4.3 Billion before fuel runs out.

Dt

''IF it did happen then make no mistake this Gov would be the ones to do it..''

https://www.louisehaigh.org.uk/policy/2022/12/16/windfall-tax-on-banks/

S123

Labour will say anything to get into power, but they seem to be able to use proposed money raising schemes and spend the same money three times over, like magic.

Dt

Lloyds got an investment made on behalf of taxpayers on which a profit was made.

There are other sources to raise money.

Barclays decided to raise money from a different source.

S123

I cannot see why a windfall tax would be imposed by the current government.

Cannot have it both ways, imposing windfall taxes and at the same time wanting them to have high capital requirements to protect them in any future recession, and wanting them strong enough to continue to lend to business/individuals. Doesn't add up.

Dt

''the tax payer had to bail them out''

I don't recall the likes of Northern rock being bailed out.

As for Lloyds, after the Labour government not wanting to bail out HBOS got Lloyds to take it on instead, subsequently leading to the taxpayer lending money to Lloyds on which they made a profit. That was the route chosen as opposed to the route chosen by Barclays, getting investment from elsewhere.

What is wrong with this country, allowing politics to get involved when a business can start to make more profits when the environment is more favourable to them. Businesses are taxed ALREADY on profits. We have now had extraordinarily high taxes imposed on oil companies operating in the North sea, and I believe putting some of the smaller players under pressure or out of business. Where was the help for oil companies when the price of oil went below zero.

We now have the beginnings of calls for extra taxes on banks, after banks have had a decade + of very low rates and now benefiting (at last) to higher rates. A bank should be free to choose the level it pays savers - it is a free market supposedly. A depositor can show their disappointment with returns by taking their money elsewhere.For a start as we know Premium Bonds are offering a decent return on cash - risk and TAX FREE

Opened at 41.476

now closed at 41.843

Order in at 40.95

Opened at 41.476

Off to a good start for the share repurchase programme - currently looking like

4.3 Billion + shares maybe cancelled in 2023 at the end of the current spend

''How are AML doing?''

excellent for investors who purchased last September, but a disaster for those purchasing 5 years ago

Triggered at 41.907

Will it see the re-emergence of Putin from his hiding place?