Barclays is a major global financial services provider engaged in retail and commercial banking, credit cards, investment banking, wealth management and investment management services. Company operates in over 60 countries and employs over 78,000 people.

            Red = 25 day moving average.           Green = 200 day moving average.

Do we think the directors of BARC would risk imprisonment for misleading their shareholders and the markets by issuing false information about their trading position?

Hope this bounces back up tomorrow, and burns the shorters.
I cant see the Mid East investors sitting by and letting them kill this sp. Statements from barclays on financials are good. They are not in hoc to Government so no legite reason for fall that i can see.

Ask Rudd.

Nigel Rudd will not leave the board of BARC till April 2009 so he will be a director when results are announced next month,keep shorting mitzy.

I'm starting to think RBS could go to 1p this week even and all other banks to follow.

I guess BARC will be 47p Tuesday.

At the rate things are going with the banks,we'll all be stuffing our money under the mattress before much longer.That is, if there is any left to stuff!!

Its another down day for the Banks.

I would keep out of the banking sector. Soon this will be worth nothing like RBS.

I agree hjs RBS is doomed and will be worthless soon.

Agree with RBS - not IF, rather "when"

However, with Barclays, do things look better-ish, even although Markets are rarely "wrong" - could the fall be "in sympathy" - or is this Market Update not yet fully accounted? . . . they did borrow Middle-East money at a high interest-rate.
If BARC can tell us:- "it will be OK" -why can't they give us the figures? I guess it has to go through the Auditors and then printing etc. etc.

At sub-1, is BARC the bargain many thought LLOYs was a couple of years ago....?
-If so, why the further fall today. . . . . . the Market doesn't believe anything Banks tell us.

When does the dramatic fall in bank shares constitute a disorderly market and the LSE step in?

Well its fallen 25% a day for 3 days now its time somebody did something because another 25% will be final.

Halifax, can you explain "disorderly market"
-in particular how it might relate to the Banking-Sector, since other sectors appear OK.
Mitzy, what do you mean by final...a sp can halve again... and again....

I still think BANKS are down as shareholders realise there can be no dividend for the forseeable future - maybe 1p just before 2012....?

hangon if you don't know what a disorderly market is please go back to school.

Barclays is going into freefall again for relying on Arab money. Dubai in trouble now.

Is this worth buying back at some stage for a mini rebound ?, gone from 200p to 55p in freefall !.

I don't know about you but, I've got the bid higher than the offer...this on BARC...incredible !.

You never know, but Mr Warren Buffett might step in on one or two banks !.

At some point I would think a mini rebound will happen, but would have to be nimble to take advantage. I'm looking at lloy because I most stupidly still hold some, and may see some weakness here like yesterday, but same could apply to barc.

I'm waiting for 40p and a 40% bounce to 56p.