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I'm surprised the share hasn't moved up further this week in advance of the ex divi date, and also not sure how much the price will fall away after Thursday when there is a further dividend due within 4 months.......... will soon find out :)

Too true, a number of my Scottish friends living in the UK but outside of Scotland were infuriated at not being allowed to vote. Every one of them was in favour of remaining in the UK.....

Thought the JD Sports announcement may have sent the price North again, but maybe that was the news that leaked last week?

Very close to the FTSE100 now..... is that likely to draw in more funds and drive the price up further???? Any views?

Difficult to see how the trading statement could be better given the circumstances..... I suspect they will come out of this much stronger as they have had the financial strength to deal with it at the expense of many of their competitors.

Too tempting for me..... sold most of my relatively small holding at 6.90 with a 60% profit within less than a year. Hope to get back in below 6.50. Seems like there is something going on , so may miss out, but decided to take the profit. GLA

Share price rocketed again this week on no news....... strong market this week, but a 10% increase in just over a week is still a big move. I'm sure some people make a lot of money trading this share on such big swings (not me):)

I will be delighted when the share price gets back to the 55-60p range as my main long term holding averages over 50p.
I also have a decent chunk bought last year at around 32p (was a little worried for a while when they dropped to 24p :)) so 55-60p this year would be a great result. In long term for the dividend, and though last years chunk was meant shorter term may find myself locked in with more shares than I intended if the dividend is good!

Hi Asp,
Thanks for your well informed view. That very much follows my thinking on where we are, but wondered if I was being a little impatient. Becoming more critical for me as I am planning to take early retirement in a years time (or earlier) and was hoping for LLoy to produce a decent and consistent income longer term.... :)

Morning Asp, Do you think that there is any possibility of a return to dividends in the 3-4p range for the coming year and the implementation of the quarterly dividends finally in 2022......?

Great to finish above 42p !!!!!

43p after 42p..... are you sure ???? :)

Price rocketing again for no obvious news...... bizarre swings again!

This share is all over the place on no obvious news....... must be good for those trading it (I'm not)

Yes, I was thinking of a nominal half year dividend with further payments continuing to accrue leading to a significant return to more normal levels pre covid (possibly including a special dividend) in 2022 following the updated stress test reports issued late 2021. Will probably be as wrong as I was for the recent announcement, but hope not as I am planning to retire next year and Lloyds divis were part of the plan :)

Thanks Asp, Good information and seems very promising for more normalised dividends, though I suspect it may be 2022 before we see significant payments ....?

Nice to have a bit of good news and progress whilst the Tech sell off is taking chunks out of my pensions.... :)

This is a ridiculous tax and should never have happened in a free market....... a bit like not telling businesses whether they can pay a dividend or not.......

Hi LTI, Just filter him, now got 7 on filter who do nothing but whinge, moan and insult other people and it makes it a lot more peaceful and interesting ...... :)

What is the prospect of divis (special or otherwise) returning to previous levels of around 3.2p for 2021? Bad debt provisions have been made and a huge amount of capital is building up....... ever hopeful !