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Look what City said about PLUS
" It comes after the share price fell by a staggering 36 per cent during Thursday's trading from 1,635p" and went onto say, "The firm warned on Thursday that this, along with its decision to maintain its current level of marketing budget, would likely mean lower profits for 2019, with it now revealed that they had misled investors regarding the company's financial position"
Could of sworn it was Tuesday the 12th and not thursday the 14th-have i been misled or is it a genuine error,lol
http://www.cityam.com/273341/plus500-shares-plummet-second-successive-day-after

Foolsgold,i'm sorry you've had a bad weekend.
Here's some more for you.
"Figures out this week are tipped to indicate that Lloyds, Barclays, HSBC and RBS made a combined profit of £23.9 billion last year – an astonishing 85 per cent increase on the previous 12 months when the figure was just £12.9 billion."

Fleccy,you said "I just like Lloyds as an investment and find it baffling why the share price isn't in the 70's, or 80's "

Why have you settled for 70p or 80p.Back in 2016 before the referendum some forecasters were saying "100p just around the corner".
Ok it was nothing to do with the referendum.
Looking at the PPI,i think we will get a late rush for settlement.Like an application for an IPO,gets over subscribed in the last few days but as you say PPI is coming to and end and even if the last 3 months have a flourish up to £400-£500m prehaps another £600m more than current rate,would that make much difference to Lloyds.
Interesting dip in PPI payment starting May 2016 and ending that Dec.Could the banks have tightened up on payments a bit during the initial uncertainty and then figured there wouldn't actually be much impact on them?.
I agree, the markets need to catch up .

I don't think brexiteers will want to discuss Sir Jim but the story won't go away.
His timing is appalling,i'm betting they will start saying he was a remainer all along.
Whats the point in waving the Union Jack,subscribing to "this England" and then removing your wealth abroad,what goes through a brexiteers mindset ?

BiteTheBullet,It's only £4bn in lost taxation to UK.
Blows the theory that Brexiteers are patriotic !!

Is there climate warming,yes.Is mankind responsible,partially.
Fossil fuels will fade out of the equation as the cost of extraction rises way past renewable's.
The oceans release 100 times the CO2 of mankind and volcano's 10 times yet there is a valid argument that mankind has upset the balance.Once we start warming there is very little we can do about it,the oceans release more CO2 and the additional volumes are too enormous for us to fix.
I always find it strange how fortuitous mankind has been.When the US dropped 2 atom bombs on civilian targets the world woke up to what mass annihalition would look like and we've never crossed that line since-strange world.

Piranha,generally business will centralise within it's market.To that extent the UK has always been at a disadvantage with 440m consumers the wrong side of the English Channel acting which acts as a natural barrier and Brexit without a deal will be an additional obstacle.
If you were manufacturing a consumer product in the UK would you base yourself in Birmingham or the Shetlands. ?

Tom78 "The Q4 revenue was 155M USD with full ESMA in the EEA area so if you knock off say 30% (could be more) that's 108.5M and crudely multiply by 4 thats 434M USD in 2019/20"
I don't understand where you are getting this extra 30% from.From the first part of the para i think you have answered your question by stating the revenue after ESMA in the 4th Q was $155m so it's looking like annual rev of $620m,down from $720m(2018) approx 15%.

Even if they paid £1 ($1.28) it would still be a good divi circa sp of £10.

Tom,you got your apology at 16.25pm.
Should be good for next week now!

The hedge funds in the main did the right thing-take the profit.Then this news of $103m did the rounds and the retail shorters got in.
It could still fall to 800p but we have a nice ex divi date coming up next Thurs,something to think about this weekend.
As for PLUS they love volatility,it's good for business!

Oxo,cat has just thrown-up,not the best way to start the day.
Getting back to a crosspoint,Lloyds has come off its lows but it feels like its still not going anywhere.Just maybe with tomorrows RBS results the UK banks might start a trend.
Despite brexit and everything else the UK insurers have been trending up since the start of the year,could it be our turn next or is Black Beauty going to catch a cold?

I would say brexiteers have dropped to a new low,wheeling out crowfart,is he for real?.Clearly a below the belt weapon system.
Two can play this game.
Vee remember how you Brits were hypnotised back in the 70's with the "Birdie Song".Our Vengeance weapon 3 is an updated version which will incorporate "electronic body music".With its increased range not even your Geordie's will be saved and as for UK government it will render it inoperative !

H-hi,"young people with less opportunities shouldn’t pay for care of old folks that had better chances in life......average house prices back then were £5000 when’s salaries were £2000. Now we are looking at £280k vs £25k."
Just looked up the figures and your right,plus if we really fcuked up it was easier to get a council house.
Feeling sorry i'm here now.
Where do you want us to go.
Is there a special place for us?

Academy " not feeling the need to watch the price every 2 minutes".
I have no intention of looking at pfc share price every 2 minutes,it's no AIM.
As for the law suit,we all know share prices can go up or down,its in the small print.
And finally the bribe.It's common practice in Middle East/Asian countries to offer a sweetener-you my friend,i make you good deal etc.We all like unexpected good news to lubricate the wheels of commerce.It's a bit like finding a £20 note in the park,it's not going to change your life but it gives you a bit of a buzz because you weren't expecting it.
I'm sure the DUP had a warm feeling when they were offered £1bn for their assistance

CC,get onto Liam Fox,we need to do a deal with this Nuneaton free trade area.
Are they open 7days a week,could we sign a deal by the 29th but above all,do they sell cheap oranges?

Said "we all have to hold our nerve".

It sounds very much like the Lloyds 40p club-whatever happened to them?

Time2buy, "needs to show that customer confidence remains".
i would think most of pfc customers don't give a monkeys,apart from they are not going to be offered sweeteners,which has already been the case for several years.
As you point out the company has a healthy backlog of work so no real need to announce any further contract wins presently.
Would be nice to have a big director buy to give us shareholders some confidence but i think we'll have to sweat this one out till the 28th of Feb.
Not long.

Theresa May should be listed in the Guinness book of records for longest ditherer,alongside Toxteth O'Grady's 604 record number of marshmallows stuffed up one nostril.
[Mike buzzes in]not only for longest ditherer but for the maximum number of promises made too!.

As the price drops the risk drops.Buying pfc with a ongoing sfo investigation at 500p plus is when its risky.
The market liked the trading update on the 18th Dec and the sp rose from 447p on the 17th to 468p on the 19th.

I still think the market will like being reminded on the 28th Feb.

As you say,it just keeps repeating itself another massive overreaction.

Think of the temptation that must have gone through Lufkin's head.I plead guilty to the 11 offences with some mitigation on sentencing.Notify some hedge fund mates in the city of my intentions and sell my own stock before last thursday.
Or do i just twiddle my fingers?