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Covid, Inflation, Brexit related energy and food shortages, end of furlough scheme, hard difficult furlongs may lie ahead for the Black Horse to negotiate over the course of the next few months.

Sizable share buy-back YES......... Special Dividend NO
Regulators will continue to keep a watchful eye on future UK Bank dividend payout levels.

Goldilocks economy is fraught with danger , and the three bears prowling around the equity markets.

Some crumb of positive news.
SAGA savings accounts provided by Goldman Sachs have increased their savings interest rates from today.

Same as every day, take what profit the market gives you !

Natural gas prices are expected to continue to surge over the coming winter months, now four times higher than at the beginning of January this year, one more headwind for the UK economy to absorb.

Huge mistake by regulators allowing Centrica to close the UK and Europes largest natural gas storage facility, the Rough Gas Field leaving the UK at the mercy of international gas supply markets .... like the HGV crisis just one more prime example of the UKs never ending story of cost cutting and under investment in the national infrastructure of the country.

Falks
When the Covid pandemic finally ends i think we all need to step back and simplify our lives a little, by going Back to Basics.

livestock
Wrong type of inflation for the BoE to consider an interest rise, UK suffering from cost - push inflation i.e. rising wages food costs and higher raw material prices.

Falklands Oil
Prohibitive oil production costs and a logistical nightmare without the political consent and cooperation with Argentina

Clean coal technology and a second look at gas fracking may be the solution for the UKs future energy needs.

Although operational resilience remains relatively strong, low interest rates and dividend yields are still proving to be problematic for Lloyds share price and across the UK banking sector.

Lloyds only regaining ground over this weeks previous losses, no signs yet of a substained upswing in the share price forthcoming yet.

Plato
Sorry to hear about your past trading losses, trading AIM shares are extremely risky, they come with dreams of getting rich quick, and in the fullness of time investors often leave empty handed. Hope you have better luck with your current investments.

Plato
" one mans loss is another mans profit " always has been and always will be the case with stockmarket investment.

Many investors who loose out still fail to grasp the importance of market timing, technical and fundamental analysis techniques when investing their hard earned cash.

Adewins
Of course we should be all concerned, it adds yet more competition to the UKs already crowded banking sector.
Especially from an American giant investment bank which has over $3 trillion dollars sat on its balance sheet.

Also worth noting, JP Morgan snapped up British digital Wealth Manager " Nutmeg " over the summer as part of its UK expansion banking plans.

Food and Energy costs are behind the latest inflation rate and could now hit 4% this year, the highest for a decade. Due to current economic conditions and uncertainty any interest rate increase will be extremely limited.

mrJimV
Annual council tax rises of 5-6 % are pencilled in for the foreseeable future.
Extra funding for social care, education and policing our streets comes at a cost, after all thats what we all voted for at the last General Election.

May have been the case in the past.
Certainly bears no relevance in today's fast moving globalised automated market trading systems.

" Everyone is a winner "
Such a step would force up market rates and the cost of servicing the UK debt burden leading to further tax hikes for the UK taxpayer and business including banks.

Renewed Covid and Inflation fears, continue to weigh heavily on market sentiment !

Inflationary pressures combined with Covid and Brexit related supply issues continue to to playout on the UK economy and current Lloyds share price direction, no reason or rush for investors considering immediate dividend reinvestment in this share at present.

TFE
A grand Tory betrayal for the UK electorate.
Politicians should be held legally accountable for their broken manifesto election pledges.