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"edged upwards by three points to 47% in May, according to the latest Lloyds Business Barometer, indicating tentative stabilisation after the decline seen in April."

https://www.marketscreener.com/news/lloyds-banking-business-confidence-sees-modest-rise-amid-continuing-global-uncertainty-ce7f5ddad08df721

Dorfan, I respected Tony Blair as he did great good in NI and the key role he played in bringing a lasting peace there.

However, I can never forgive him for Iraq!

He should keep out of the discussion about the future of the party and I notice that both Andy and Wes have had a pop at him!

88 you must have got your giro today then!

Try and not blow it all in one go!

Remember its supposed to last you a couple of weeks or something...

Great news folks, another 60 day ceasefire about to happen.

Question is if we'll hit 18 tomorrow by close...?

On talk of a 60 day extension to the 'ceasefire'.

Lloyds to rocket tomorrow.

Hang on to your hats!

"Net income up 9% to £4.79 billion

Pre-tax profit up 33% to £2 billion

Capital cushion, or CET1 ratio of 13.4%, up from 13.2% in late December"

"Positives

Ongoing focus on cost savings

Attractive dividend (not guaranteed)

Negatives

Uncertain economic outlook

Lacks the geographical diversity of some other banks

The average rating of stock market analysts:

Buy"

Return on Tangible Equity (ROTE) up 4.4% to 17%

Ongoing share buyback scheme of £1.75 billion"

Key point folks is we have a buy rating on Lloyds, so we can expect further movement upwards!

https://www.ii.co.uk/analysis-commentary/ii-view-lloyds-bank-shares-rally-strategy-update-looms-ii539174

I think a deal is getting baked in to the Lloyds share price now!

Folks which I find very encouraging. We have both global and domestic 'ongoing issues' and Lloyd's appears to be rising above them! Oil is off its recent peaks, but still has a long way to fall for prices to get to their year open levels..

"British banks are reassessing the value of legacy consumer brands as competition shifts from post-crisis reputation management toward selling customers a broader range of products. Lloyds Banking Group is considering dropping the 173-year-old Halifax name, while Santander is planning to phase out TSB, highlighting how consolidation is becoming a more practical commercial strategy in UK banking."

https://tradersunion.com/news/financial-news/show/2141821-uk-bank-brand-consolidation-halifax-tsb/

18.00 now within striking distance in the coming days and 19.00 achievable with an outbreak of peace in the middle east!

Folks!

As pointed out by Skier yesterday, it looks like the impending football world cup has become a driver for the Lloyd's share price recovery!

Small matter of £5,000,000 donation, that was just 'resting' in his account!

Nothing withstanding he is funded by those plotting the downfall of the UK, to boot!

"fall amid mixed signals on US-Iran peace deal"

"Japan’s stock market surges to record high on hopes of an end to US-Israel war on Iran."

"Oil prices have fallen sharply amid tentative hopes for a deal to end the US-Israel war on Iran.

"Brent crude, the primary benchmark for global oil prices, fell more than 5 percent on Sunday"

"Brent futures for July stood at $97.94 a barrel as of 04:00 GMT, down about 9 percent from a month ago but still up by more than a third compared with before the start of the war."

"Japan’s benchmark stock index, the Nikkei 225, surged more than 3 percent in morning trading, hitting an all-time high after closing at a record peak on Friday."

Looks like Lloyds and London will fly on Tuesday when markets reopen!

Folks and on a Friday afternoon!

Asimpleinvestor, it's fairly obvious from the content/style of the posts that 88 does that they are all AI generated! He posts about every other stock under the sun on here but nothing about Lloyds.

No denied about using AI to generate your posts then 88.... It's been fairly obvious for a while!

88, do you use AI to generate all your posts?

Https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/lloyds-nationwide-uk-biggest-bank-branch-b2980994.html

"Lloyds to lose title of UK's biggest branch network"

Have spiked to their highest levels in nearly two decades. For example, the 10-year Treasury note has frequently traded with yields around the \(4.5%) range, while the 30-year U.S. Treasury bond has surged above (5%) due to investor concerns over accelerating inflation and broader global market movements.

Not looking good for the US folks!