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Hardup

Coincidence or not, your email to the BOD appears to have done the trick, daily buyback update data much appreciated

ATB.

Lloyds lame duck excuse for suddenly halting the current share buyback programme will not wash with the market for long, half year financial reporting figures due out in a few days time, will they reveal further financial provisioning on top of the £450m already set aside to cover potential costs for overcharged car financing loans. ?

SUF

" I have a bad feeling about this " If car finance mis - selling report rules against the providers, total compensation redress including compound and statutory interest on the loans interest could run into billions for Lloyds.

Lloyds and the market appear to continue their uptrend in share prices, but come with a real sting in the tail risk, timing the market at these levels, are a real headache for traders.

............ and weak indecisive government in Bonn and Paris, Putin and his allies will be having a bellyful of laughs over the current state of western political leadership and democracy !

Hollybean

Yes dividends are not free money, in today's fast moving and unpredictable financial markets, a fine balancing act for investors who must consider dividend income against capital gains from share sales.

Setting aside FCA car loan outcome, all eyes will now be firmly fixed on Lloyds half year reporting results ( 25th july ) which will probably set the tone for the share price for the remainder of the current financial year, investors will be sincerely hoping to avoid a repeat of Lloyds Q1 results where pre - tax profits fell 28% on the back of higher wholesale funding costs and mortgage margin squeeze.

Temporary pullback rather than a correction at present despite recent bullish sentiment, financial markets are still trying to identify Labours future policy agenda for the banking sector.

Who's back in the frame to bid for Metro Bank's revised £3bn mortgage book portfolio sale, Barclays Santander anyone ?

SMEs now account for over 99% of all UK business, huge challenges lie ahead for Labour such as reducing prohibitive regulation and red tape and ready available access to finance and dare i say, a new radical plan to give UK business seamless access to the single EU Market.

Onlyif

Angela Rayner is by far the most decisive unpredictable politician in the new Labour Westminster line -up, with a huge power base within the party Rayner is more than capable of launching a left -coup against starmer and ousting from power if he fails to deliver on the Labour party election promises.

Muted response so far, not long to wait now before Labour finally unveil their secret tax plans and true financial cost to the taxpayer to rebuild Britain.

Transaction buyback price will probably cross the 52p threshold mark later this week.

I still can't wrap my head around the fact, i will be waking up friday morning to find Angela Rayner will be Deputy Prime Minister of the UK ...........the times are certainly a changing !

Labour will need to act quickly to implement tax reform and plug the fiscal gap in the UKs parlous state of public finances, or risk the wrath of the global bond markets.

Asperger

Two more key dates that may worth pencilling into your diary.

FCA Car Finance mis - selling investigation report 25th Sept.

Labour emergency Budget date has yet to be decided ?

ATB

Early headline GDP figures look encouraging, although still very much subject to revision particularly for the all important construction and manufacturing sectors.

UK taxpayer faces a toxic combination of Government high debt interest payments and low growth expectations.

Labour will face tough choices and some very difficult decisions to make, with large future tax rises particularly for the wealthy hard to avoid.

Labour victory now fairly well factored into financial markets, however a huge Labour majority and re-emergence of the new Labour left could give markets the jitters.

UK public sector borrowing requirement third highest may borrowing figures since records began.

Most likely down to April's large inflation - linked increases in state pension and working age social benefits..... Ouch !