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Putting stocks in the Bottom Drawer is a classical investment mistake, investors sitting on negative positions in the hope one day they will come good, not only drags on a portfolio's value, it ties up capital that is better deployed elsewhere.

LuckyLuciano
UK Taxpayers " face a multi - billion pound bill " propping up Energy and increased Defence Spending.
Defence Spending will have undoubtedly moved near the top of the Chancellors priority spending list, the era of the so - called European cold war " Peace Dividend " is now truly over.

Blocklisting of new shares 57.000.000. ( to be added to the Share Register )
Share Buyback 36.644.604.
Sounds Familiar !

Falky
60Bn barrels of UK owned oil in the Falklands, I think Argentina may think otherwise.

luckylurker
" War Games " Russia and China " thick as thieves " they have a grand joint Global strategy plan in the making.

seany 123
Lloyds will need a set of stellar financial results and dividends to restore confidence and boost the flagging share price for Investors.

American electorate and taxpayer are war - weary and broke.

Washington knows none of the Europeans are willing to fight for Ukrainians sovereignty and Europeans know Washington won't either.

Win Win situation for Putin !

Lloyds CTI level is currently well in excess of PRA capital requirments, credit impairments are presently more than manageable.

No valid reason why full year end divindend should not return to pre -covid levels at the very least.

Boris, don't bait the Russian bear, we may become its prey.

NATO can take Russia on in its own backyard......... Think Again !

Investors face another turbulent week, there is now a real " distinct possibilty " Putin will invade Ukraine in the next 48 hours.

American stockmarket closed Monday.
" President's Day Holiday "

cookoo
National Grid Live Status web site friday 3.40 pm.
Wind generation is currently producing 27.3% of the entire UK nation electricity supply.

Come on Eunice , " lets be having you "

Current forward power prices are falling, stormy windy weather across the UK and Europe is helping to drive some of the highest electricity output from Wind Turbines ever recorded.

Reporting season kicks of to a disappointing start despite Nat West beating consensus profit forecasts.

Investors should expect the same mixed market reaction next week for Barclays and Lloyds results.

calisto
Give me the old City's " Barrow Boys " any day compared to the present lot, these days its easier to get traders and analysts to talk about cocaine than Insider trading.

Boris and Partygate back under the spotlight again !

FTSE100 down 1.72%
Not quite the ST. Valentines Day Massacre some were predicting at the start of trading today.

Bubble
Lloyds clearly no nothing about the private rental market. The worst thing you can do is buy flats, its such a risky business if things go wrong ( future regulation and rent controls ) shareholders will pick up the bill.

Wealth Management is now the only way forward for Lloyds.

With EUR 18Trillion of financial assets held by individuals, Europe represents one of the largest " Wealth Management " opportunities in the World .

Markets braced for a test of nerves

Time for Investors to play " Russian Roulette "

Theosus
Not just Oil and Gas.
Russian coal imports into Europe made up 67% of the regions total coal imports from Russia, any disruption would hit Germany the hardest.

mrJimV
The Beijing Olympics could effect the timing of any planned Invasion by Putin, until then Ukraine will hang around Global Stockmarkets like a bad smell.

Theosus
There may be no going back to " normal " however the time has now come..... " The World must learn to live with Covid "

Many people working in the Banking sector " including shareholders " believe that if current Bonus packages were halved, Senior Executives and Bankers would still be overpaid.

Those taking decisions on Remuneration in the Banking Sector and elsewhere need to understand, the free market economy rests not just on incentives, but on the acceptance that the " Distribution " of rewards is fair to all.