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

Who would have thought that banks shares were only good for short term trades now.

Thats all I do with them now, in and out quickly, slowly regaining my money after I was stupid last year buying Lloyds.

well thats victor blank fault as he was at dinner meeting with gordon when hbos in trouble and within 2 days lloy merger was announced......blank has been assured of a lordship or perrage for saving hbos but cos of the bad publicity this will be put off for a few ears i think

is a crap bank anyway, it was an easy short from last year

this is THE one that could be nationalised soon

Don't you feel that with many of the retail banks coming out with good results over the past month or two,that sentiment is beginning to change ?
Certainly recent price increases are suggesting just that.

Mark to market rules being over ruled (originally instigated post Enron) will allow banks to be very optimistic about the value of underlying assets. The results may have no bearing on reality

But ,then again they might.

Good movement up today, with more sells than buys it still goes up. profit today, we can eat again.....

alot of short covering going on --be careful--market makers are not fools!!--this share will be coming off again sooner rather than later!--i am keeping my powder dry for a bad day before buying any more!

Thanks for that BF, will be taking profit before close.

Made a nice profit on this one today more than enough to pay for our entitlement of LLOY new at 43p.

Took the profit from barc and lloy, better than working!! Halifax, is the entitlement instead of div?

bb proceeds of entitlement to LLOY new shares is to repay pref shares issued to government, instant profit at todays sp.

Think it might be better than that....The new ordinary shares will be issued at a price of 38.4 pence per share. Can't be bad..:)))

Obviously,the avoidance of having to be in the government debt programme has been the key issue in the price rise.-off to another good start today.

WHAT about the taxman??could be a BIG PRODLEM later on down this road/

Great performance (not in), but can't help feeling that some profit taking will be coming with this one !.

Yes,it does look as though the party is over at the mo.
One key question in all of this banking turmoil is ,how do you value a state controlled bank against a private one?

Barclays has been downgraded to sell from hold at SG Securities, target price cut from 100p to 46p.

I also saw that, but I can't find any others to agree with them. Also I can't find many short selling disclosures to support their stance & the few I have found are only small.
Tuesday should be interesting.

Surprised there hasn't been more discussion on this:
http://www.investegate.co.uk/Article.aspx?id=200903311609538474P

BARCLAYS PLC
31 March 2009

Response to press comment

Barclays notes recent press comment regarding a possible sale of iShares. As announced on 16 March, Barclays has held discussions with a number of potentially interested parties.

We now have a preferred bidder, CVC Capital Partners. If these negotiations reach a satisfactory conclusion, it would lead to a sale of Barclays iShares business without the attributable securities lending business. Earlier speculation assumed the sale of both iShares and securities lending.

A further announcement will be made in due course.