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Hi Shal, I saw the Goldman Sachs update, but surely that will not have any significant impact as they have been taking strange positions on Lloyds for a long time now. Surely they are not taken seriously when so out of line with other analysts. (The price doesn't go rocketing when the other analysts issue much more positive views on Lloyds!)

Totally mystified by this fall today on no significant news. Fantastic half year results and the price is down near 45. A great opportunity for some I guess, pity I'm already all in with spare funds.

Wrong Darth, there is a huge shortage of unskilled labour. This years peak is likely to be a crisis point for labour and is massively driving inflation in labour rates......

Agree Prime, in the words of the BOE the announced dividend was postponed as prudent, NOT cancelled. However, it looks as though it will not be paid now. Looking at it as a fresh start, it does appear that a huge amount of cash is being held back though which will hopefully start to come through at year end. (I do have a particular interest as I'm planning to take early retirement in 8 months and the Lloyd's divi is part of my plans :) )

Morning LTI, It was AHO who was talking about 70% returns to shareholders which I believe is why the quarterly dividends were put in place. Given the circumstances, I would be very disappointed if this years dividend did not return to pre covid levels at least, especially with the divi that was held back.

Morning All, Solid results for the first half , but can't help feeling disappointed with the dividend outlook on such strong capital reserves. The abandonment of the quarterly dividends that we never received is disappointing. Hopefully the good news story is being saved for Year end when the new CEO is in place, but the aim to return up to 70% of profits to shareholders in quarterly dividends previously promised seems a long way off.

I remain mystified by the recent struggles of the share price, but look forward to a return to the 50's shortly on the back of solid results and a positive dividend message for the following 18 months next week .... (Still seems a long way to my core holding average in the mid 50's :) )

Hi Asp, I think 1.10 for me.....

Would that be the same Kalvin Phillips who was England's best player over the whole tournament and plays a totally different role to Jack Grealish ?(When Grealish plays as his team ethic is doubted). Your preference in hairstyles is clearly very relevant.

Sold most at £7 and still waiting to drop back below £6.50 ....... great move :)

I think I'll be adding a few more , it looks to be great value at this price with great dividends to come .....

The other relevant point was that the 2019 dividend payment was that the PRA insisted the divi payment was "postponed" not cancelled, leading to the expectation that it would be paid out at a later date if crisis situation in the bank was averted....

Get back to consistent profits of £6bn + and strong divis and I believe it would certainly justify a valuation £1+ ....... let's hope it gets there over the next few years.......

Yes, mystified by the ongoing poor performance of this share, maybe it is waiting for the divi money to be reinvested to send it up to more expected levels .....

Hopefully they are making a quick profit from hanging on to your money for a few hours, then they can share the profits out with the rest of us shareholders...... :)

Was in early this morning from Charles Stanley Direct........

Knew I shouldn't have sold...... :)

Totally agree on stamp duty, never understood how it was in anyway reasonable to take a big chunk of money from someone because they choose to move house.....????

Ok, so Covid isn't really a risk to anyone's health and the vaccine is an attempt by science to kill us all.
Now you have let us know, please don't post again on this subject.

Wasn't expecting to be through 48p today... doubled from the low point of not so long ago and with healthy divis on the horizon ....