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''Inflated nasdaq about 6^''

Inflated nasdaq about 8% ?

hu
''Who says a leopard never changes its spots. Falky the boards new resident doomster having converted from ramper''

Been there before when Falk was OUT, wanting a 39.5p re entry level.
Maybe with the help of some of my posts he got back in at a much higher level to make a few more quid.
Falk - time for you to make a decision on a level of re entry.
I always make sure that I have plenty of continuous skin in the game.

s1
''US is back in a bear market. Nasdaq tanking. Bad earnings, soaring inflation, rocketing interest rates and high bond yields.''

Dow about 4% off of high
S&P 500 about 4% off of high
Inflated nasdaq about 6^ off of high
US 10 year note yield at 1.84%

If you are going to make a post, make it credible.
A bear market is a prolonged period of price declines. Normally describing a condition in which securities prices fall 20% or more from recent highs due to widespread negative investor sentiment.

A1
''Starmer has been rebranded Sir 'Beer' Starmer ''

He will always be remembered as Sir 'peoples vote' Starmer to me and possibly the vast majority of a further 17,410,741 people.

Bum
You have decided to invest in Lloyds putting the option as to what to do with profits in the hands of a BOD. All you can do is read what their policy is and then decide on your investment decision. Currently they have a progressive dividend policy, meaning that not all profits will be used on buybacks or acquisitions.

T
''By inference if the capital was allocated say to special dividend then you are saying the SP will go down?''

Are you serious?
Anyone should know that barring normal daily movements, a share price is affected when it goes XD.

F
''Well that'll ne a good few years, going off the analyst forecast''

A forecast is a forecast.
Any shareholder can if they wish sell a shareholding at any time based on forecasts or not..

Bum
Any excess capital not returned to shareholders will remain on the balance sheet and reflected in the share price.
ALL the estimated excess capital is reflected by the market in the current share price.

F
''The Employees earn a wage for doing a job, some of the older investors may be dependant on their dividend income from their Lloyds shareholding''

Gone through this already.
I refer you to the 13.41 post.
Benefits are outlined in the contract when an employee takes a position at the bank.

F
''the point was that the share buybacks aren't helping the long term investors,''

but they do - without the recent 2 (small) buybacks the share count would be pushing towards 75 Billions meaning with today's market cap the share price would be x amount lower.

F
''Touting the share buybacks as some sort of compensation for reduced dividends is clearly false''

Buybacks are a return to shareholders which can have tax benefits for some shareholders.
I have already said, that barring unforeseen circumstances Lloyds can afford a 3p + normal dividend AND share buybacks. As I have also already said we will have to wait to see when a normal dividend reaches these levels. Any capital not returned to shareholders remains an asset on the balance sheet of Lloyds. Acquisitions are another use of excess capital.

F
''I don't care about the share buybacks/Employee benefits.''

You could have fooled me, with a number of posts referencing them.

Mar
Unless there are unexpected developments re Covid or anything else in the coming years then Lloyds can afford a 3p+ normal dividend.
Time will tell how long it will be before returns to shareholders are made at this level by way of normal dividends - in the meantime some returns may come in other forms

Mar
You or anyone else can hold onto your shares for as little or as long a time as you like.
SS appears to suggest that he buys and keeps forever.
I personally have continuously held many stocks for many years, but those stocks will increase of decrease in number depending on price levels.
I worked at HSBC for many years.
Bank workers are like any other members of society and like many of the population are not interested in holding onto shares of any company, which means that many will depose of shares bought under a SAYE scheme etc, immediately.

F
''whereas in Lloyds case the share buybacks are like refilling a bucket with a small hole in the bottom.''

When are you and countless others going to realise?.
Employee share schemes are A FACT of LIFE in most large corporations and have been for DECADES.
If an investor wants to invest in such a company and are not stupid enough not to know about staff benefits , then that have ZERO rights to complain about them.
If they do complain about staff benefits then that must put them into the STUPID category.

If the recent buybacks hadn't taken place there would be 3.465 Billion MORE shares on the register than there currently are.
Simple enough to understand for those who are not stupid.

They have NOTHING to do with share buybacks.

getting closer to 87 dollars - if the economies completely fire up due to an improving Omicron situation in the coming weeks,then Brent into 3 figures is a possibility.

F
Company A
Company L

So a company spends two billion compared to another companies one billion and so ends up with less shares on the market than the company only spending 1 billion.
You are a genius.

F
The SIMPLE truth has been told - if you cannot see it you have a problem.

If the buybacks hadn't taken place there would be 3.465 Billion MORE shares on the register.
END OF

F
'''ll put it another way.''

Please don't - heard it all before from a previous 2 dozen people.
How many more times. Buybacks have NOTHING to do with share schemes.

If the buybacks hadn't taken place there would be 3.465 Billion MORE shares on the register.
END OF

f
''2.5 Billion more shares as if the buybacks hadn't taken place''

no sense in that statement i'm afraid.
If the buybacks hadn't taken place there would be 3.465 Billion MORE shares on the register.

You must have missed the posts from the previous 2 dozen people (also going in circles)