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Dorfan, I think you might have had that conversation about speculation with others.

But I do remember seeing a thread around the topic.

I think if you have issues with the content of the article itself, you take that up with the author of the article.

"As of this morning, Lloyds share price is holding just under 90p, modestly higher on the day but still below its recent highs. The stock sits at the crossroads of three powerful themes:

1) A headline‑grabbing digital wallet acquisition that could enhance its long‑term growth story but comes with governance controversy and integration risk.

2) Ongoing capital returns via sizeable buybacks and a solid dividend yield.

3) A shifting UK macro landscape, in which cooling inflation and a likely December rate cut could gradually reshape bank profitability from 2026 onwards."

https://ts2.tech/en/lloyds-share-price-today-20-november-2025-lloy-hovers-around-88p-as-curve-deal-buybacks-and-rate-cut-bets-collide/

ToyBoy trolling other posters on here again.

What has it got to do with you toyboy, when other post on here:?

Toyboy clearly thinks he runs the forum!

Lloyds is cheap as chips folks and at a knockdown price now.

May get a further discount on the price with the budget.

Plenty of folks on the sidelines waiting to get back in.

Troajan

Nobody saw that one coming....

In a statement, the firm said: "It is a matter of real surprise to shareholders that Lloyds Banking Group, a leading UK institution, would contemplate proceeding with a transaction that IDC believes is not in the best interests of the company or its shareholders.

"As such, IDC does not intend to support the proposed sale and does not believe that it is capable of being implemented without its support."

"After years of slogging through the post-crisis stigma, the big lenders have finally been liberated. But their success also raises the question of how far they can go from here. They’ve been boosted by higher interest rates, which allow them to boost margins, but with the Bank of England expected to cut rates policy on 18 December and possibly twice more next year, that could reverse."

https://www.fool.co.uk/2025/11/18/will-barclays-lloyds-and-natwest-shares-take-a-beating-in-next-weeks-budget/

Yes

Ahead of payrolls, Nvidia earnings."

"London stocks slid in early trade on Tuesday as ongoing worries about a potential AI bubble and jitters ahead of this week's delayed non-farm payrolls report and third-quarter earnings from US chipmaker Nvidia rattled markets."

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Folks, keep calm and carry on.

https://www.hl.co.uk/shares/stock-market-news/market-reports/london-open-stocks-slide-as-jitters-set-in-ahead-of-payrolls,-nvidia-earnings

Yes Darth, that is EXACTLY what I am trying to call!

Again, I did not go for the incremental capital gain, like many did, as the share prices rose.

My strategy is higher risk and reward, so I need to make a judgement call, when to get out...

Darth, I am a long time holder of many shares and have not sold up, but I am thinking that the market is close to its peak and it is time to sell out.

Many on here and they have posted that they have sold in increments, as the price rose.

I have not done that and I congratulate them for banking a profit!

So, my position is I need to bank my gain, 'nada mas', before the markets decide to AGAIN, go into a tailspin!

Darth, please leave out the political nonsense and just stick to Lloyds!

Agreed 'Darth', that 'Chips' has gone AWOL, since Lloyds dropped 5p.

Seems we are now split into two camps here, those that are hoping that Lloyds will fall and those that expect Lloyds to rise again. Nobody taking the centre ground that Lloyds will just hover around the price it is currently.

Notwithstanding, my finger is hovering over the sell button, not alone on Lloyds, but on my wider portfolio, as I am getting very nervous about an imminent correction.

'88' is a white supremacist numerical code for "Heil Hitler."

https://www.adl.org/resources/hate-symbol/88

LOL, back pedaling now 88!

Keep you hair on!

Wishful thinking 88.

Dream on...!

Dorfan, it was fully covered in some of the links I posted.

"European stocks barely budged in early dealings on Monday, with trade lacking impetus as investors look ahead to the end of a data blackout in the US."

Analysts at Lloyds Bank commented: "With the US government has reopening the Bureau of Labor Statistics has said the September employment report will be published (Thu). That report might seem somewhat dated though so the new weekly ADP employment indicator (Tue) could therefore get a lot of attention. The Fed minutes (Wed) and a raft of Fed speakers (mostly Thu/Fri) provide another focus, and there are likely to be further updates on the resumption of other data releases.

"Elsewhere it is an important week for inflation data with the final euro area print for October (Wed), the Japanese figures (Thu), which could influence the December BoJ decision, and the UK CPI release (Wed). In the UK the October public finances data (Fri) could skew risks to forecasts for the gilt remit revision expected at the imminent budget, and there will also be the retail sales report."

https://global.morningstar.com/en-gb/news/alliance-news/1763370201302005600/london-market-open-uncertain-trade-as-belated-us-jobs-data-looms

"The stock lies in the middle of a wide and strong rising trend in the short term and a further rise within the trend is signaled. Given the current short-term trend, the stock is expected to rise 12.24% during the next 3 months and, with a 90% probability hold a price between 96.19p and 107.17p at the end of this 3-month period."

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I settle for that forecast!

https://stockinvest.us/stock/LLOY.L

Our government are testing the water, for pinch points, to raise taxes, to balance the books.

The gilts markets have already sounded their approval of her strategy!

What is there not to like?

Mine is always half full!

Lloyds, my wider banking shares and other shares in other sectors have been very good to me this year!

Sláinte agus saol agat!