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"Lloyds Banking Group has disclosed that Chirantan Barua, CEO of Insurance, Pensions & Investments and a person discharging managerial responsibilities, sold a total of 600,000 ordinary shares in the group on 10 March 2026. The disposals were executed on the London Stock Exchange at prices ranging from about 98.1p to 99.2p per share, and the bank stated that Barua remains on track to comply with the group’s shareholding policy requirements."

It does make you wonder!

https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/markets/markets-news/Tipranks/753613/lloyds-executive-sells-600-000-shares-while-remaining-in-line-with-policy/

Oil at 200 dollars a barrel, says Iran!

No debate, Iran is now calling the shots!

Prepare for your investments to tank ard the markets to go into free fall.

https://youtu.be/E8A3q4wCkJk?si=2iBXOE97cxbsvkVl

I wonder how the markets will react when the Iranians take out a battleship!

Now tapping into the 3 week strategic sticks of oil!

When that's gone, that's it!

My Trump, the clock is ticking...

Higher oil prices, stocks down and trade routes disrupted, with no end date in sight.

Iran has nothing to lose if they continue with this strategy!

We could be speaking in terms of months...

"with Lloyds shares to trigger a shock 15% slump?"

"Lloyds Bank shares have seen the wheels come off their steady upwards ride as conflict in the Middle East rages. Time to take stock."

https://www.fool.co.uk/2026/03/11/whats-gone-wrong-with-lloyds-shares-to-trigger-a-shock-15-slump/

Troublesome, the Iranians have indicated they will be targeting American interests in tbe region and this extends now extends beyond military sites to commercial entities. I think if we actually see a bank attacked, it's not going to too good for lloyfs and uk stocks generally.

Itans strategy is asymmetrical warfare, for which the US by definition has no protection.

Banking institutions in the middle east conflict have become legitimate targets!

1990 speech delivered to the Conservative Party Conference in which she stated, "You don't negotiate with someone who marches into another country, devastates it, killing whoever stands in his way. You get him out, make him pay and see that he is never in a position to do these things again".

Investors are at the global events and the next whim of Trump! Price movements for stock investors are more immediate, with interest rates and house prices being slower to respond.

Irans strategy is'asysmetric warfare', for which the US or Israel have no defence!

That is why tbe US will lose this war!

Base your stock investment decisions, on that outcome!

Companies also cancelling vacancies, anticipating a slowdown.....

"Lloyds' significant progress in digital transformation including expanding mobile first services for 21 million users, rolling out a new digital remortgage journey, and leveraging AI innovation continues to drive operating cost reductions and enhances efficiency, positioning the company to support sustained long term margin expansion and higher earnings"

"With Lloyds shares trading around £0.95 and data pointing to an intrinsic discount of roughly 47.6%, the key question is whether this gap signals an undervalued bank or if the market is already pricing in future growth potential."

https://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/lloyds-banking-group-lse-lloy-121128638.html

I wonder how many people managed to top up with basement bargain shares like lloyds before this years deadline....

This guy is a hate filled individual who's sole purpose is to disrupt the harmony we now have on this forum!

Typocally he appears, makes some outrageous, entirely made up and offensive remarks, then disappears. This is his modus operandi, so beware of his comments in future!

99p breached today and here's hoping it goes above £1 tomorrow!

Gary, I have the upmost respect for Jews!

They are part of tve rich cultural, ethnic and religious diversity that exists in the UK and I am very much a multiculturalist and I abhore racism in any form!

Just for the record, I am a Christian, not a Muslim.

What the Germans did to the Jews and other groups during WW2 was APPALLING! However, we get this constant referencing to the holocaust or October the 7th to justify unjustifiable attacks and that is my point. Reference to these historic events are used constantly to justify truly abhorrent attacks!

Jews are fine people and I utterly condemn anyone who acts against them or speaks about them in an improper way!

On lloyds, I am waiting for Trump to capitulate and lloyds will rocket!

Gray, do give over with the perpetual victimhood narrative and equaly, it is appalling what it is used to justify!

Is in the hands of the Iranians, in the current conflict. The Americans can do what they like, with all their military hardware, but the Iranians can crash the world economy! The Iranians are in a, 'nothing to lose' scenario now.

I am now thinking that Trump will capitulate this week, with stocks taking off again as a consequence!

Dubai Financial Market's real estate index has plunged by approximately 20% over the past five trading days, driven by escalating geopolitical tensions in Iran. This significant decline has wiped out all gains made by the index in 2025, which had peaked at 16,910.3 on February 27.