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Do you think it will go that low when they're announcing final results? I'm expecting a raised final dividend and a further buyback program to be launched. The final dividend will be paid in May followed by the first quarter dividend in June. Then dividends every 3 months. I think that will make it a more attractive share to be in.

That was a good interview. I like Jes Staley and he seems very confident about the future of Barclays fortunes in the UK, the US and Europe. Let's hope the fourth quarter gives some strong results from the investment bank to support the strategy of being a 'Universal Global Bank'.
If they do half as well as the American investment banks then they should be good.

Broker target prices are what they believe should be the share price today and into the near future. They are usually reviewed twice a year, or following a significant change in a company's fortunes or strategy.

A broker covers a company and then carries out research to come up with a target price based on what that broker thinks the company should be valued at. Obviously there can be a significant price difference between the target price the broker thinks the company is worth and its actual market valuation.

Whilst we now know that Brexit will happen there is still uncertainty around what deal will be agreed if any during the transition period. I think that is what is still holding UK Bank Shares back. But I also think the worst is behind us and banks like Barclays and Lloyds are hugely undervalued and will offer decent capital returns and dividends over the next couple of years. If a good deal is achieved with the EU then we could see a return to the golden times for UK Banks as we have already seen with banks in the USA.

Jefferies has this morning raised it's target price for Barclays from £2.44 to £2.52 with a recommended Buy.

Jefferies has today cut Lloyds target price from 88p to 78p and retains it's recommendation of Buy.

I used CFD's a few years ago with Barclays Stockbrokers. They stopped doing them for some reason. What's the difference between that and spread betting. I'd always assumed they were the same thing.

@eccles04 - You've clearly demonstrated you have no idea how the EU functions nor how EU laws are created.

The USA is in a completely different continent :-(

@Richard - what a well thought out post. I completely agree.

This is like an amateur broker ratings list :-)
I'm a 'Strong Buy' for Lloyds....

Cherry-picking/DBC - 39.5
John46 - 48
Wids - 51
Tranter - 53
Snige - 62
Everglade - 64
Jamesroo - 67.5
Greenwich - 70
Utrickytrees - 71
GOODJOB - 72
Italdo - 72
Pat2014 - 72
Martin1 - 73
Zoros - 74
Wideride96 - 75
Broadland - 77
QuietlyCautious - 80
Boldboy - 81
Ericd - 83
Chrisw01 - 84
Motbuck - 85
Gino73 - 88
Pantherax - 89
GRBfromYorkshire - 90
TheFarEnd - 90.5
Scrum - 91
Betterupthandown - 93.33
SP61GHT - 94
Oxo42 - 101
Onelongrunner - 123
Paulislong - 134
Asperger - 135

@Asperger - Apologies for the delay - I've just made a donation. Can you put me down for 89p.

There couldn't have been a better result for banks today. I'm finally back in profit on this share and quite significantly in Lloyds. I think we're in for a good year in 2020 - fingers crossed.

p.s. Where's the multiple personality posts gone? I read some earlier but they seem to have disappeared.

It stayed on long enough for Jack to put his short on.

I've just looked through my screenshots on the GOD Jack that multiple accounts seem to worship.

Lux - you mentioned unlucky777 tonight? Was there a particular reason?
Jackbowers16 asked the exact same question on 24th August 2017. Who's unlucky777 and why do you and Jack ask about him? Curious?

I did some research on a bunch of accounts back in 2017 based on grammar, punctuation, use of the same words etc. It's always easy to spot if someone who posts regularly is all of a sudden posting under a new name. I just never understood why they would do it. It's like the shy people you look after in the pub (or don't look after).

But I did put a group of names together back then that I never shared. What do people think of my findings back then? I only spent an hour on it so probably wrong but I thought these people were the same person and one of the key words linking them was donkey:
Ggerard, jackbowers16, klimehouse, walter, unlucky777, nighthawk, chandler76, thomastank, knowhoww, JB Thomas, BruBrook, OhNoltsJackBoner

I'm either going to upset someone (1 person) or everyone hahaha. Please tell me this is a chat board and it's not only me and another person posting under 20+ names. It's like I'm talking to myself.

On a more serious note:
If any of the above accounts wants to reach out for some support I have lots of contacts that can help with mental health issues. I've suffered from Anxiety myself and know people that work in mental health. It's good to reach out.

Lux - hello my friend. I don't know anyone on here. I'm genuinely an individual poster who comes on here to see what other people think about Barclays. I'm heavily invested, down on paper but confident about the future.
The only account I remember, and people I work with who also use this site is wolf something or Mr Wolf??. He used to speak positive about Barclays and I liked that. I vaguely remember unlucky as a handle on here.

Never heard of barbedwirekiss. Someone actually chose that as a name on this board? hahahahaha.

I will have been on here for 10 years in January. I don't often have the time to look in on these boards. I was probably more active when I joined shortly after the financial crisis. I've probably posted tonight more than ever and it's only because I'm off work this week.

Passive aggressive - totally agree but then you don't and try to bring me on this. My name is Dean. I've only got and only ever had one account. If you can't tell that from my frustration on my earlier posts you're one of the perpetrators. I DO NOT GET anyone who would have more than one account.

I am not the person who has Dean on their handle - who has posted on this site. Pantherax is the one and ONLY account I've ever used. If anyone played Ghost Recon back in the day I was EKS[Pantherax] and my brother was Tigerax who was number 1 in the world back then (when gamespy was popular). Not me. I don't need or take credit.

On a serious note - you must have a way of checking how people register rather just an email address. Otherwise you might as well be on the dark web catering to pedophiles. The people that post on here with multiple Id's are satisfying their own existences and making this site less valuable as less people take part.

I've got screenshots that I'd forgotten about from March 27th 2017.

Posted by Jackbowers16 on Barclays Mar 2017: "Jack Bowers is wrong, I believe the stock will climb to 2.65 in the months following March results"

I mean this guy just got in from the pub and was posting on the wrong account. He was criticising himself from the wrong account. Sad bar steward (UK people will get that). He didn't realise.

My view - Once Brexit is sorted this share will rise above £3. You will get your money back - so delete the alternative Id. And if you are gambling on this share going down (because only institutions can actually short a share - stop losing your money. Get help.

For anyone who thinks I'm talking rubbish and picking on one incident. On the 3rd April 2017 Jackbowers16 posted this:
"I disagree with Bowers.
I agree with Hottentot and asflicker in that Barclays will climb to £2.80 after Feb results.
I disagree with Bowers that Barclays will fall after Feb results.....right barbwire?"

So, after the Feb results the shares dropped. Which is bad because the share has been horrendous since. But keep faith - this share will recover - stop ruining this board for everyone else though please.

Confused... Are you asking yourself a question? Is this multiple ID a real thing? Does this website allow multiple registrations? I don't get it. I've been on this site for 10 years. Lloyds is nothing but a Brexit debate among numpties and this site talks about nothing but Jack - who I'd never heard about because I don't post that often; until I got attacked by someone called Bru. And when I clicked on his posts nearly every article he's ever posted mentions this Jack. I mean if it's not the same person I fear for Jack as he's got a stalker. I can't wait for Brexit to be done and we get some educated people back on these boards rather than social media addicts that need to get someone to click on recommend by creating alternative accounts. What do you do in the real world?

The downward pressure on bank stocks might not come back anytime soon. They've gone up on the prospect of no deal being taken off the table. Sky news have just issued a bulletin to say that Boris Johnson is prepared to ask for an extension if he can't get a deal over the line by Saturday. I could be wrong but I think this message will be well taken by the markets.