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..BA are not like by their staff , pilots , cleaners , let alone the majority of their customers. Fuel costs are high and not worth hedging against as if they go higher customers will not pay surcharges and simply look elsewhere or not fly. Most business deals that were done in the past needed people on the ground , ie. they needed to fly , with IT and offices being opened up in the hey days across the world , the need to travel speedily and in comfort at a high price has gone , hence the goodbye to concord. Business class is dwindling and jop blog is happy to go via a charter with like minded people at low cost. Unless fuel comes down , I see many airlines folding up. I have not even enetered into the fact that aside from the disney land crew , most europeans dislike america due to it's alienation of the rest of the world , god bless america and all those that fly BA is what I say , as they are both in need of serious rehab , a bit like me , so I will no go and watch Leon with a pot of tee.

... as a result , they have not paid a dividend for years and their shares have collapsed. Yes their slots are worth a few billion and so is their infrastructure , but hey , if BA goes bust or carries on heading into wind, nobodey needs to pay , they simply only need pick up the pieces. Iberia linked to BA , makes me laugh , you have the spanish buying the airports and their airline clients rumoured to buy out the spanish routes , what fun. If BA went for Iberia , BA's stock will fall like a stone as they can't even manage their own.

Oasis Airlines went bust today and had little support from other airlines aside from the cream , ie. Singapore and Cathay , ie. they just did not take off or land as to where they were meant to be going. T5 was a disaster for BA , but their biggest disaster , imo , was to focus on long haul and not look at their domestic market when the 'Open Skies Agreements' were due to come into play. T5 is what BA has and has to fight to maintain. Airlines are folding and passengers rarely give a monky who they fly with aside from price as they have accepted bad service before they even arrive at the airport. The Uk has sold off many of it's airports to some spanish outfit , so good luck to all. The problem for BA is that if the likes of Naomi model head can be thrown off , skies the limit. All passengers get the same , being my point. So , the rich paying routes accross vast oceans are now a free for all under open skies which equals less monies for the prime routes that BA operate.

...if anybody starts playing banks for what they are , ie. the most played with stocks, they should get to know their banks , like friends. Investors can treat them in the same line that the market dictates on an intraday basis or hold and invest for the future on their lows. I do not treat banks as an investment , or any stock , longer than intraday and milk them continually. I have no long term interest , only what gives on the intraday play, up or down and always both. As I do not hold any banking stocks for growth long term , if I did , I think that HSBC , Barclays , Standard Chartered and at a push RBS and in that order , could deliver growth earnings this year , the rest in UK listings will fall short , jimo.

I trade HBOS many times a day , depending on the flow state side and general FTSE 100 movements during the day. Both up and down , even played for the dividend.

... I only trade CFD's and rarely for longer than a day.

... to me , if someone with a little exoperience can't make monies on HBOS , intraday , then , they need to learn the basics again. HBOS is a killer day trade. I have frequently posted that double digits can be frequently gained from intraday swings. I cannot afford not to keep with HBOS , I know it so well and have never lost. I get distracted , sometimes , with other stocks , but only as the challenge with HBOS gets lost , not the profit. I have upped my stake monies continually with HBOS and have never , ever , been dissapointed.

HBOS , to me , is one of the most traded stocks in the UK and remains , to me , one of , if not the , most profitable intraday trading stocks of all.

..HBOS is my daily bread , yes I continue to dabble with HBOS , many times a day.

..does anyone buy into the fact that I believe that the the british pound is being led by slight of political hand and that £1= 1 Euro in the not too distant future and that the UK government will then force the UK via a no refo into getting rid of the £...? Only another 25% slide , we have seen 20% in a short space with no media coverage of concern other than the odd financial spreadsheet comment? All comments appreciated as I am selling euro investments to place as cash in the UK as I have little else to do and see it aqs a good move. However , I also have investments in the UK and whilst these are debt free , I am tempted to get euro loans on these and bank the monies in sterling... any thoughts?

..I am extremely close to shire and will dig up what I can re RNVO.

DonAce , if you reco that BAY is not a strong sell , why have you got an order in to buy at £1.80. If that is not a strong sell from 228 , what is? heyhey , I have been a shorter on this stock for a while. I take the monies when it bottoms out and then look again to buy in when , imo , it has outdone itself , again. I will never long BA as I have no faith in BA and look at any rally in it's stock as a false dawn ready to close at anytime. With regard to dividend , should BA not pay it's first dividend for years , you can safely say BA will be grounded , so , you may get your long awaited dividend , in part. Long term , yes DonACE is correct and if you have the monies , why not buy in for the long term , but equally why sit on a stock that is in a downward spin , surely pull your monies back out and buy in later , but as a shorter , I would say that , but hey , heyhey , do your own thing. If DonACE is happy at 180 and I am saying sub 200 , I doubt anyone will say that BA will rally over the next few months , so do as you will.

...go for it.CU.xx

got to go and pack my bags , good luck.

air to ground , selous , salt of the earth..

... alot of sioux scouts and other memos that I need to let go..

I have been waiting for years to get back in , I really hope that there is no bloodshed , but this will be my focus if all goes well over the next few weeks..

I study banks like you would not believe , I am calling operation 'Sub-Prime' a political play against organised crime that was overdue and that is the only explanation I can give , aside from a bear rally , which I have now rulled out , much to my annoyance.

... charade , one or the other , buy in or sell , I love day trading banks...

...buy in as banks will shake it out and those that remain weak will be snapped up , imo. The liquidity squeeze was an act against organised crime. New standards will come in on the back of this , as in previously written off balance sheet negos.