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Profit taking after the recent share price rally.
Current Tax Year for traders coming to a close.

fleccy

In American Investment banking comparisons, Barclays is very small cog in a very large wheel.

I don't envisage any competion concerns from Banking Regulators regarding a takeover approach or merger especially from one of the many smaller American investment banks in the sector.

fleccy / Eightyeighty88

Lots of American banks would love to aquire Barclays North American highy profitable investment banking and capital markets businesses, any future merger or takeover of Barclays would probably result in their UK retail banking operations being ringfenced or sold off completely.

Eightyeight88

Barclays Yes
Lloyds No

They certainly have the financial resources and capital to give traditional UK banks a run for their money, and will only make the competitive retail savings market even tougher.

The latest sale represents an important step in the roadmap back to full privatisation for the NATWEST, however HMG Treasury will continue to have an ongoing influence in the business and affairs of the bank until privatisation is fully achieved.

Brixton
Putin is now a war criminal, he has no good way out, the war will eventually end, Russia will then have to foot the bill for war reparations and the rebuilding of Ukraine plunging their citizens into debt for generations to come.

Asperger
Yes " winners & losers "
Expect more market volatility and uncertainty, traders will need to stay alert to deal with large swings in asset prices, particularly financial stocks.

Another topsy - turvy week ahead for investors, Ukraine, inflation and energy prices will all have wide - ranging implications for the economy, and continue to weigh heavily on market sentiment and share prices.

Russia among friends, Indonesia are about to sign off a new Strategic Partnership Agreement with Moscow.

Buybacks are creating a current level of support for the stock, however domestic and global economic uncertainty still lies ahead for the market and share price.

Lloyds must stay ahead of the curve if they are to remain competitive.

The growth in Digital Banking has been the key driver for banks looking to reduce costs through branch closures.

The average cost for Lloyds of running a bank branch is now over £600.000 per year.

China Russia and Iran " tripartite " agreement in military and economic co-operation , for a new world order poses a real danger to America's world dominance.

Covid spike and Asian Funds with Russian exposure weighing heavily on markets.

LTI
People like yourself often have misconceptions about refugees and asylum seekers. They have made a massive cultural,social and economic contribution to life in the UK in the last 150 years like the Syrian refugee living in my village a former anathetetist working in a Damascus hospital, now employed as a ICU specialist doctor at Westmorland General Hospital.

MVarawa
Opening our borders and homes to young highly skilled and well -educated Ukrainian refugees will turbocharge the UK economy.

snige

Recent figures on depletion rates, suggest UK North Sea Gas production could be on course to end by 2030.

UK sourced secure and affordable clean coal technology and carbon capture, along with renewables and nuclear power should play an important part in the UKs future energy mix.

livestock

Unlike the successful shale oil and gas revolution in North America, current science suggests the UKs geology is simply unsuitable and dangerous for hydraulic shale gas fracturing .

Clean coal technology may be worth taking a second look at, and would go a long way to offsetting the UKs future looming energy crunch.

Tread carefully Vladimir Putin.

The Russian population will already be one - third " Muslim " in 15 years time.

Positive start to trading, markets will remain extremely volatile waiting for the next tragic events to unravel in Ukraine and energy prices push potentially higher over the coming days.