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Congratulations to Broadland for winning the Competition and once again thanking Asperger for running the Competition. It is also worth noting despite £1 Billion pounds being spent on the share buyback this year, today's year end closing share price of 62.50P was also reached on the 27th February of this year, nevertheless a 22% overall rise in share price for 2019 was achieved.

I would like to take this opportunity to wish all Lloyds posters and contributors past and present and also Admin staff, A Happy and Prosperous New Year. Stagecoach.

john46, The world is changing faster than we may think. Artificial Intelligence is already changing the World and shaping our future daily lives, it will also be soon running the Global Financial and Banking Industry.

TheFarEnd, Agree Global trading carbon emissions system is seriously flawed. Capitalism and Climate do not make ideal bed partners. A system which allows Norway to aquire solar farms in Africa, and China to construct and own wind farms in Argentina, in order to offset domestic carbon emissions in their respective home countries.

I move in the same circle's as Norway's $1tn sovereign wealth fund divesting from oil and gas exploration, and Saudi - Arabia's decision to start selling off its state petroleum assets.

A lot of the world's largest investment banks also think the writing is now on the wall for the oil industry.

After the recent managment shenanigans at Tullow Oil, I'm out of this sector. BP and Shell must now recognise climate change and if they continue to spend Billions chasing new fossil fuel supplies they are indeed doomed.

New Blocklisted shares will have been offered and auctioned off to institutional bidders at the start of trading this morning.

Biggest threat to Lloyds, is Lloyds itself .... amid stiff competition coming down line from the Challenger Bank Sector.

livestock, I would expect a limited share buyback to commence in 2020 which would reflect a defensive move by the bank, despite PPI provision falling away from the balance sheet Lloyds still face a challenging year, continued Brexit uncertainty, low interest rate environment, wholesale funding costs and relentless pressure on NIMs will put a question mark on Lloyds future forward earnings outlook for 2020.

Livestock, there are over 70 Billion reasons why Lloyds are the top traded share on the FTSE 100 ( share volume only ). I cannot think of another company or institution on the planet who remotely have as many shares in circulation as Lloyds do.

Asperger. Thank you for posting the current and previous share buyback programme data, it also reveals the shocking size and scale of Lloyds bonus reward scheme, add in the extra 352 million new bonus shares hitting the market on Monday it will give a grand total of approximately 1.6 Billion new printed bonus reward scheme shares being added to share register since the buy back programme was introduced in 2018.

Wids. A sea of red displaying on my stock trading screens, markets reacting to Brexit vote, testing time for Lloyds share price on Monday when 352 million new printed additional Block Listed shares hit the market.

What a difference a week makes. Election euphoria and spike in share prices are now fading, including Lloyds which now appears to be falling back into its original pre - election trading range.

Wids Cryptocurrency revolution is now unstoppabble and here to stay, it is a change in the way we exchange value, a shift in the established system, and a radical alternative monetary policy, and is becoming more aligned with the mainstream currency mechanism.

Speculative activity and volatility will slow down , giving serious and long - term investors an opportunity to consider it as a buy and hold type of investment.

Cryptocurrencies may be solution, they are seen by many as a safe haven and alternative to gold, and are now becoming an important player in the cross - border Global payment system.

Reducing military spending and reversing Trump tax cuts will be a good starting point for reducing the US budget deficit.

Agree Wids, Even in an environment of low interest rates, debts are still accelerating to unsustainable levels. Only solution is to raise taxes to rein in deficits or face the inevitable, defaults and bailouts.

Investors and Labour constituencies who voted for Boris in the GE still need to wary and keep a open mind to exactly what the " Boris Bounce" will mean for the Economy, Brexit, and future prosperity for the Country. Boris is an unknown quantity, the Nation now have high expectations of this man, lets hope he can make good on his promises, failure to do so will come back to bite us all.

Latest financial data suggests Emerging Markets including China pushed their borrowing to a record £42 trillion pounds last year marking an eight year surge, that is the largest, fastest and most broad - based in nearly five decades.

Only one possible outcome here ! Bankruptcy for the borrower and a sudden loss of wealth for the lender.

eccles04, Warren Buffet is in a position " to have is cake and eat it too " he is simply leveraging other peoples money. We are both gambling in the lagest casino on the planet but on different trading strategies. I am a high frequency day trader looking for rapid compounded capital gains, and you are probably a passive investor looking for a steady stream of dividend income, and i respect you if that is the case.

City Institutional investors will always ensure small individual investors are late for party and last to leave party, despite using a fairly sophisticated up to date trading platform, it still took me three attempts to execute my Lloyds sell order in early trading last friday.