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Darth

Whats your take on the trade talks, appreciate your own thoughts and feedback on how the upcoming trade talks and negotiations are going to eventually pan out ?

On a slightly different note !

Rolls -Royce yesterday and today, International Airlines (IAG) a remarkable recovery in the UK aviation sector in profits and the share prices of both companies and are now playing a critical role in any potential future recovery the UK economy.

Of course there will be a US - UK trade deal very soon possibly without tariffs, although very much on Trump's terms.

US agriculture, taxes on US tech companies and access to the NHS by US health providers and pharmaceutical companies will be at the forefront of any agreed negotiated settlement on trade, and strongly in America's favour.

LTI

Your stating 0.8p EPS figures after exceptional costs have been deducted from the balance sheet for 2015, I'm talking about underlying EPS figures you should no the difference between the two metrics.

LTI

I will keep this short and sweet, Elon Musk's company SpaceX controls nearly two - thirds of all active satellites currently orbiting the earth, Goodnight.

Good Evening 67Sam

Yes i understand your comment no offence meant to your good self intended, your comment " now and then " difference , also worth noting and disconcerting for shareholders are the earnings per share ( EPS ) financial metrics difference.

Lloyds 2015 underlying earnings per share ( EPS ) 8.5p

Lloyds 2023 underlying earnings per share ( EPS ) 7.6p

Lloyds 2023 ( EPS ) performance figures are dreadful compared to 2015, when considering Lloyds have spent billions of pounds on share buybacks in recent years to reduce the number of outstanding shares on the company register.

67Sam

Statutory profits are legally reported numbers for financial year end accounting purposes of the bank.

Underlying profits refer to the financial performance and profitably of the bank before one off costs are stripped out of the reporting figures for the financial year in question.

LTI

" also stick to my view that the bank is now making about 5 times the profit of that in 2015 "

Lloyds underlying profit for the year ended 2015. £8.117Bn.

Lloyds underlying profit for the year ending 2023. £8.112Bn.

Am i missing something here ?

Asperger

UK regulators would probably consider and allow a takeover approach from overseas and american buyers, the problem is any new entrants into the UK retail banking sector would only be interested in emulating and copying JP Morgans ( chase ) and Goldman Sachs ( marcus ) successful start up digital only banking operations. I'm afraid the days of bricks and mortar high street retail branch banking have now sadly passed.

Asperger

Plenty of American banks are already operating in the UK such as Citibank, Morgan Stanley, Chase and Bank of America etc, it makes good sense for small and medium sized bank takeovers and mergers in order to realise cost synergies and free up cash, not quite so good for the UK largest banks where operating costs have now begun to squeeze returns on equity.

Congratulations Gate13Boy....... a regular contributer to the board and a worthy joint winner who is not afraid to speak his mind, and you too Goonerpete well done, and of course not forgetting Asperger, founder and organiser of this charity.

" Happy New Year " to all on the Lloyds board.

Rents are high in the UK because of generous taxpayer funded housing benefits, the UK now spends more on social housing benefit and housing illegel immigrants than it does on defence spending with most of the cash ending up in the pockets of private landlords.

LTI

Musk now controls two - thirds of the planets satellites, his influence in space and global communications is unmatched, even Russia and China would like to have access to his Starlink Project.

That is a lot of power for one individual person to have !

LTI

Wake up, and take a peek at his " Starlink Project " he is now the world's leader in satellite technology which can be used alone to identify guided missile targets in global military warfare and control battlefield communications has now granted him unprecedented influence with more than 50 countries now relying on his Starlink Project.

End of Subject !

Bloomers

Starmer is accountable to parliament and the UK electorate and can be easily removed from power if necessary. Elon Musk is not accountable to anybody, his ability to control global communications and manipulate world leaders and financial markets know no bounds !

Elon Musk......... a real -life James Bond villain ?

A dangerous individual who has both Trump and Farage in his pocket, and has his own agenda for future world domination.

Christmas Wishes and Greetings to all poster's old and new.

Bloomers

Firstly, the earth does not belong to the human race, we are merely custodians of this planet for a split second.

Huge innovations and challenges still lie ahead for the electric vehicle industry, as usual the global consumer trend market will ultimately decide the future success and direction for electric vehicles.

Honda and Nissan potential merger will do nothing to halt China's overwhelming World dominance of the EV sector !

A whole raft of UK company targets could be on the cards for 2025 particularly for FTSE 250 index undervalued companies from both European and North American private equity buyers.