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Apologies!

I was trying to construct a screen of charts that keep updating, so I do not have to call for them one by one. I am waiting for LLOY to drop to 410p.

Regards
Manoj

Well I went in at 415.3 this morning - its running too cheap, so couldn't resist it any longer and decided to add it to my portfolio.

I bought extra in today, to shore up a batch I bought a few weeks ago at a higher price. If drops to 4.10 will get another lot. I need a fairly big rise overall to get my money back, however, happy to wait long term and pick up the divis which are still better than money in the bank so to speak.

I reset my limit from 410 to 415. Temptation is to buy now instead of waiting for the limit.

I don't know how much money you have to play with - but you could always use half to buy now in case it does not drop and if it does, then buy more.

(I no longer put limits to such round figures, because I find there are the resistance levels. Either they never make it, or if they do, they go straight past it! I would do 415.1 if I wanted to buy at 415.)

I don't want to panic you, but Lloyd is still going up!

I missed the boat. I am betting that it will come down as fast as it is going up. So I will await.

Lloyds still rising nicely - Ranaweeram that boat is bound to come in for you so hold your place on the dockside. I missed selling out HBOS a while back as I was waiting on a price of 815p to sell,which it didn't make, so I'm still sitting on those but they are also rising nicely last few days. Agree limits either to buy or sell are OK as 'markers' but as my experience with HBOS shows (could have sold at 812p and held on for 3 extra pennies!) they shouldn't be carved in stone! Intuition or gut instinct has to win the day. We live and learn! Stockbunny

Sold at a profit - squeezed just over 4.45 (don't know how), most charts were still showing 4.405. Phew - I'm out of here, roll on net big drop (probably go way up now, but I don't care)

Good on ya Linzimason!!

should go higher with roumers of share buybacks with proceeds from sale of newzealand bank. IMHO.

Has fallen back 6 pts on the days high with 80% of the traded volume being 'buys'

Does this make sense to anyone?

Rich

people waiting to see what the dow does price will probably go back up after 2 oclock

Transactions are only recorded as buys if they are at a price above the mid price, and sells if below. For someone to sell, someone else bought them! (I have sold shares many times which got recorded as buys because I managed to get a really good price!)

The bid & offer prices of a share is the SETS prices. If the order book for sets buy's (this is based on our sell/bid price, as they want shares)is better than the sets sells (based on our buy/offer price) the price should drop. (You need L2 to see this) This is not 100% foolproof because the prices are sometimes manipulated. Also if there is not enough dealing the prices may lowered to encourage buying, or rise to encourage selling. The SETS dealers only make money on the spread, so need to encourage trading.

Bought 100 LLOY @ 421.94.
Previous Buys (still holding):
106 @ 539.79
100 @ 479.99
100 @ 442.79

Will buy another 100 again if it drops below 410

May be I am going mad with LLOY. At least, the dividend yield is better than putting money in LLOY (or ING).

Any comments on why shares are doing poorly?

possible reasons IMHO

sale of newzealand bank is in doubt (could float on stock exchange instead)

change of executive (mike ross has been with scotish widows for 40 years) but new blood could just be what it needs

market doesnt think lloyds can keep dividend at current yield level which is about 9% at current share price. dividend cover only about 1.

even so i think lloyds is a good investment. i keep toppong up every time price drops 450 plus should come soon.

if they do float newzealand bank and new boss does wel price should soar.

good luck all (i am holding on to mine) IMHO

THE FTSE 100 PRICE MOVES HAS A BIG EFFECT AS WELL A GOOD SHARE TO BUY AND SELL FOR A QUICK BIT OF PROFIT.

Ranaweeram - great to see you did get in for some more when the price dropped again, see that boat did come back in for you! Good Luck!

Thanks Stockbunny. Yes it did come round.

Works is changing to fortnightly payment. In addition they are giving a two weekly pay (gross) as a loan, which I do not have to pay until I leave the company. Current thinking is to put that into LLOY. Only worry is I might end up being too exposed, given about 28% of my current portfolio is in LLOY.

I did not realise that the dividend cover is so low. Even if the dividend is reduced, it is still a good investment.

Rising well today so far along with the other banks - after the last couple of poor days this is good to see!! Broker comment today that the dividend worries are overplayed useful.

Hang in there you guys.
The dividend will apparently not be reduced according to qualified sources (i.e. broker briefings etc.) which on an average rating puts the fair value somewhere in the region of 650p - IMHO of course and always DYOR.

This has got to be the most fustrating share out there! It is currently one of the highest yielding shares in the market, because the share price is so low in relation to the dividend. (So it can afford to cut dividend and still provide a good yield!)

ttt

Trading statement due on monday, hopefully confirmation that the dividend will be held, maybe even a boost to the currently flagging share price

Here's fingers crossed for positive news on Monday ((X))

Trading statement announced this morning - appears slightly positive imho in that they expect " to deliver a satisfactory trading performance in line with expectations". there appears to be no reference to the full yr dividend (disappointing) and they are now meeting with the analysts before end of Dec. Shares have bounced 9p by 8.30am, though in light of Saddam, this is nothing to write home about. it will be interesting to see whether any analysts change their stance after their meetings.

Had a good run recently until the last few days and today
WOW! its a-going-upwards!!!!!

There should be a 23.5p dividend due to holders on the 25th of Feb. Probably helping sentiment a bit?

Didn't realise one was due so soon..

Hasn't been officially announced yet but the last wed in feb is its usually date.

Thanks brian!!!!

Moneyam is very quiet on LLOY vs Advfn. Is anyone out there a regular trader? LLOY has had a lovely run up recently and (with Scot Wids) I guess it has been helped by the good performance of LGEN, PRU etc. Chart still looks good but a fair bit of resistance expected between here and 5.Any views as I tempted to sell ? (FYI my main holdings are in LGEN,RSA and LLOY so I am pretty exposed to financials !).

I have a feeling but believe me that is all it is, but a feeling that
475p may be a hurdle along with whatever their lowest price was some
weeks back when they dropped badly 390-ish (?) you would have to check
the exact figure if you were interested.

Reason for the feeling
It's a case of nice round profit margins for people...if you bought in at the low it wont be that long before you are looking at a straight 1 profit per
share and that will tempt a lot of people I am sure. AS for 475p..well
again it's a nice psychologically neat figure in a way and it did
stumble a bit at 450p another nice neat figure..

Follow your own instincts, do your research and believe in your own
judgement it's as good as anyone elses!!

LLOY is an old favourite of mine. Currently showing a very health profit, and am struggling between selling now, and hoping to buy back before the div. or sitting tight!

Exactly and I think there will probably be a lot of people
umming and ahhing in the same way! I have two small holdings
one bought for the dividend and the other when the price was
low and it is great to see it go up but there are tough decisions
ahead for me too!

Know the feeling guys - I sold this week when they breached 470p. Based on fundamentals and the departure of the FD i felt they had had a good run and that i would rather have my money elsewhere. this is not to say they won't go higher but with the dividend pressure still around and the fsa apparently fining a bank a week i decided to get out. if they do drop i will likely get back in, but good luck to all holders

They've made it clear that the company is being run for cash and will be a lean, mean UK only operation (possibly a prime target for takeover at some point - the divi yield is more than a predator would pay in interest on capital). They've little or no dollar exposure (good thing), a most attractive yield which is looking increasingly safe and which is almost forcing income funds into buying. Another 15% on the price would not surprise me and the yield ,even then, would still be attractive.

LLOYDS TSB : Heading towards 486
In the short term, look for the rally to
continue. The next up target is 486 (July
high). Key support for maintaining the
immediate up trend is 445. A break
below here would call for a slide to the
critical support at 420 (previous
resistance).
In the medium term, above 486/490,
the next likely targets are 506 & 577.
(TRADING CENTRAL)

Thanks for the info folks. I have sold my LGEN today as well as some spivvy stuff like RTD but am proudly hanging onto my LLOY (and RSA) for a bit yet. Who knows ?