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livestock

Stagflation from distorted markets and bloated asset prices, and years of UK PLC putting cost -cutting ahead of much needed investment........ now the bill is coming due !

jcb208

Barclays certainly appears to be bucking the Market Trend at the moment in early morning trading, probably due to initial buyback euphoria by investors.

CNA shares in steep fall as jitters over Windfall Tax persist.

TopCat81

The curse of old fashioned " Gazumping " is back with a vengeance.

Surely it will all end in tears ?

Barclays Smart Investor, paid on time along with my Aviva capital return cash.

Late dividend payment problems usually occur as a result of pooled nominee account arrangements most investors use.

If you recieve dividend payments from overseas listed shares, you may have to wait up to six days before payment finally lands in your trading account.

In the meantime output of UK productive industries including manufacturing continues it's slow steady long decline.

To be fair to David Laity he lost out on a development of four luxury properties due to criminal fraud by Lloyds Bank employees attempting to defraud him of his assets.

In times or turmoil, defensive stock is one that is well positioned and holds up when the market falls.

But which precise stocks these will be depend upon the reason " why " the market is falling.

High street banks are increasingly becoming over reliant on rising interest rates for margin growth instead of increased lending while at the same time bank operating cost ratios remain stubbornly high, all against a backdrop of the biggest income sqeeze in nearly 50 years on UK household budgets and company operating margins and profits.

one step forward, two steps back.

a " real kick in the teeth " for Lloyds longterm shareholders.

Market jitters over a potential looming global recession.

Sorry saver's, Banks don't want your money.

Don't expect a bidding war to breakout anytime soon for your cash. They already have more money than they no what to do with it.

Profit warnings issued by UK listed companies soared by 44% year on year in the first quarter of 2022.

Inflationary pressures and the prospect of further interest rate rises continue to put pressure on UK company operating margins and household budgets.

It would be a technically and extremely complex costly task to do so.

The bank has been walking on a geopolitical and legislative tightrope for far to long now, particularly between the US and China.

Decent set of results, however nagging and persistent fears of a deepening slowdown in the UK economy have hit the NWG share price hard this morning.

Certainly won't be a cake walk for " Macron "

Hard right national populism politics are rising up around world, a shock " Le Pen " win can't be ruled out and would hit stockmarkets as hard as Brexit, and would bring more political chaos and uncertainty than Donald Trump's unexpected win at the American polls.

How will European stockmarkets react if France does the unthinkable in today's Presidential Elections and elect far -right and pro - Russian and Putin supporter candidate, " Marine Le Pen " plunging European politics into an uncertain future and delivering a punishing blow for both Ukraine and Nato.

Future earnings will depend on what the FED does with interest rates.

This company is one of the crown jewels in Warren Buffet's Berkshire Hathaway's financial empire, he holds 19% of the company and made a $8 Billion Dollar gain on American Express in 2021.

livestock
By contrast, manufacturing sectors struggled to achieve higher production levels in March amid rising input costs and supply chain challenges partly driven by the impact of the war in Ukraine.

livestock
Yes, nearly every senior economist is warning that the risk of a recession in the UK has risen sharply, amid the the cost of living crisis.

skier1
Valid point, better running a balanced growth and trading portfolio and banking capital gains.

To many investors make the classic mistake of confusing yield for return.