It's S*ds Law I suppose, that one of the few shares I still hold
on Ye olde Paper has taken off this week! So near Christmas with
warnings galore about simply trying to get a card from A to B in time
I'm hardly going to risk a T7 transaction with paperwork going back
and forth between me and the broker - not with the bulk of England and a
tiny bit of Scotland between us anyway!

Am I going to moan about the postal system now?
Well, it would be tempting lets face it LOL

Ears crossed for HBOS to hold it's rises into the New Year when the
bunny can seriously contemplate realising her paper profit!

:>)

Whats the Ex Divvy date please ( last day to hold to get Divvy ? )

I make ex divi date 14th March and pay date is 14th May.

If that's the case, perhaps this "sell-off" was merely a few folk selling after the record-date? ( ie they had the divi in the bag and sold)

Therefore it's possible others noticed the Sells and took fright . . . without reading the date . . . and in view of the Market woes in mortgages generally - and Bear Stearns (US) in particular.

Whilst selling shares you don't own should be illegal, as well as "borrowing" shares from an Institution ( who holds them on behalf of others who do not benefit from this "back-door" trading ) - should also be illegal.
What does surprise me is that there is no simple means of capitalising on a share that is obviously overpriced.
Existing mechanisms (SB/CFD, etc.) rely on actions to keep the position open and yet beter brains than mine should be able to come up with a new scheme - like certificates, that you can hold, or sell as the Market "twists and turns".

Hangon,

You are not for real, lol......if you are talking about yesterday's sell off....read a newspaper, any newspaper will give you a reason for the sell off yesterday.

hbos is hitting 5 quid again......and on downturn to 4.50 or even 4.

i wonder if that crook, andy hornby will make multi millions again by buying in at over 4 again.......i'm sure he set up rumours.

if anyone looks at his working career, he has no BANKING experience.....he's also too young with only some media and retail experience.....and he seems to change job position every given year in several companies.......that sounds to me like a guy thats crap at his job and gets moved around.

i think FSA and in particular the police should be investigating hornby.......certainly in generations gone by, no BANK OF SCOTLAND top man would act in such an un-ethical way

hbos down again......not surprised as building society is shit and staff are clueless with lots of wee girls.....its nothing more than a selling shop.

bank of scotland sold down the river when they were taken over / merger with crappy halifax

i hope hornby doesnt have the brass neck to show his face in scotland.

if they can only stop police protecting that olympic torch (2000 of them!!) and start investigating this crooked hornby with his insider dealing

Following the rights issue announced yesterday, at yesterday's closing price the ex rights theoretical should be 426p. After todays downgrade by Moodies, the SP is down and IMHO I would not be surprised that the SP will reach the ex rights price.This is how I interpret the SP....

Yesterday's below statement has to be read carefully and interpreted correctly.

"We are planning for a more challenging environment ahead and the proceeds of the
rights issue should ensure that we benefit from strong ratios even if the
macroeconomic environment deteriorates further. In the long term we remain
optimistic about the fundamental prospects for our core businesses"

i see hornby never even turned up at the AGM!!!! SHAMEFUL.

mind you, wouldnt expect anything less from a crook. he has no banking experience or knowledge.

he should be sacked with immediate effect along with the hbos board. as they r like politicians and wont recognise their own failings.

oh dear......more bad news for hornby.......how low can this go before he gets sacked.....as he wont resign similar to a labour politician

can we hear hornby sing....doo da doo da

cannae hear a f???ing thing

wot, no share buying from mr.devious

about time hornby etc bought shares to stop this plummeting

scot.

Never mind, you'll soon be able to buy this below the rights price.
Now that's what I call good investing!

i dont have hbos shares but cant believe hornby has not been sacked months ago. hbos need an experiencedd banker.....and one in scotland too!!

the prat is still buying construction companies....unbelievable. he has no banking experience...........u might as well get a guy off the street, it couldnt get much worse.

kiss your job goodbye, andy hornby......u r a waste of space

I think now is the time to buy they cant go any lower and it must be worth a little tickle , god loves the brave (or foolish)

wrong mojo.....going down more.

ps: god is a scottish protestant......i'm sure gordon brown would agree

hornby is finished!!

pick up your p45 hornby asap

Anybody know what the hell is going on.
Banks down 10% some builders upto 40% atm

its carnage dealer all around.....even some oilies are getting some clobber!!

cant see the rights issue taking place now.
hornby has let bank been hammered all year and 2 months ago this was more than 550p! he has yet to show his face in this country....never even attended the agm!!

he is not a banker.....and should go back to wherever he came from....he has led a chequered working life chopping and changing jobs or companies every given year.....that tells its own story i think

13M shares have just been bought in one trade,not something you would buy if you thought they will go much further.