Not sure if this thread will catch on, because no-one here seems to have much to say about individual british banks, but thought i would add this header to see if we could discuss dividend yields, exposure to sup-prime, good ones, bad ones, take-over targets, when the crisis will end? do you think they have learnt their lesson? I, for one, as a property developer have seen first hand how much stricter they have become with lending habits, struggling to get decent rates for re-mortgaging, basically they appear scared to lend to anyone.

Fed is running out of cash otherwise I feel they would bail Lehman out.

We better hope that this does not get any worse..!.

dont worry it will with GB in charge ..

The American taxpayer probably has cottoned on that their great grandkids will be paying for these bail outs !

Some bargains to be had today !!!

At this rate all the windowledges will be booked in the city well in advance, you will have to queue up to jump out !.

HBOS is falling to 200p who would have believed in 12 months ago.

Fed had to allow Lehmans to fail, this is how a capitilist system should work. Will be a very volatile few weeks, but I wonder if we will look back and see this week as a low point but also a turning point in this economic cycle.

Can see Bradford and Bingley getting snapped up by another foriegn bank at these levels, and I bet all Alliance and Leicester holders wish they'd got there fingers out ant got the Santander offer sorted. Some good news will surface before the days out. But not be before the big institutions fill their boots at our expense :-(

mitzy - just seen hbos why they taking such a battering in relation to the others - looks a bit overdone to me.

Yes nord Hbos down 17% today I reckon they could fall another 25% due to the Lehman crisis.

am in LLOY. have a little spare cash and wondering whether to top up or pick one of the other banks. or should i wait a day or two and see if they keep falling. they will all go back eventually. i am only investing small amounts monthly so ave down isnt a problem but trying to get most for my small investment.
anyone care to share their tuppence worth.
Alex

Banks what a day bought HBOS at 180 wish I had bought more now at 213

I,ve been in and out of BB. all day - nearly doubled my holding for same amount of money, still got a few days of this I should think, just keep increasing by selling off half when it blips up and buy a shed full more when it drops back down - Will have a field day when it turns.

always the time to buy, when you and everyone around you is crapping them selves... headlines are that the earth is going to implode... lol

Some people will have made a lot of money today !!! I feel sorry for Joe Soap who will get home tonight and check is nest egg to see its plummeted while he's been working all day and not been able to do a thing about it. God knows what we did before computers :-)

This is better than horse racing !

anyone care to speculate which way the banks will go tomorrow?

I sold my lloy and hbos to protect a very small profit[more by luck than judgement] My intent was to hold for long term but got a bit concerned by the seriously fluctuating markets.

I still like lloy and also barc as I think they have managed to pick up some bargains but not sure when to get back in. ie do I wait until the dust has settled and pay a bigger SP or gamble now and hope I choose the right bank?

anyone care to chuck their tuppence worth in? [opinions only]

Alex

I'm not being funny but "gamble now and hope". If thats part of your thinking have you considered premium bonds?

To have a reasonable chance at this game can I suggest you firstly work out a strategy that doesn't have "gamble and hope" in it. That way you will have a better chance of being successful.

Probably a contentious view but I think in the long-term the HBOS purchase by Lloyds will be considered one of the deals of the century.....