ANYONE KNOW WHY THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND IS SHOWING A SHARE PRICE AROUND THE 6.59 MARK WHEN IT WAS 18.00 OR SO THE OTHER WEEK OR AM I GOING STRANGE?????????????

HSBA LLOY RBS still in auction.

RBS adopted the same lending strategy as the present government. Can the loan be repaid? No? OK give them the money then!

i scarcely think that my short of 7k will have much effect on a company that trades a zillion a day!

10k just gone through @273 - someone very happy or very sad!

edit uncrossed @11.6

just noticed thats down 66.6% - spooky

"i scarcely think that my short of 7k will have much effect on a company that trades a zillion a day!"

Imagine the chaos if they had all been in certificated form! Modernisation has it's benefits!

I was referring to the number of shares traded today by the way!

I think anyone still buying shares (long) in this should be certified. Sorry couldn't resist.

:o)

posted video before ref. why banks will fall, but didn't work.

all b

I predict 2.5p tomorrow just a bit of fun.

I hate banks, and love to see them suffer but as we all know they bring the market down when suffering.

went in long yesterday albeit slightly over the 10.5 mark and just got out now at 13.6. Bit of profit in going long as well ! Althogh somewhat risky...

Its getting worse by the hour my stockbroker in the City Peter has told me they are openly talking this down to 1p or 2p by Friday... 40 years experience I listen.

But doggedly staying in double digits in the last 10 minutes - quite amazing!

Yes amazing skinny can it survive.

Tell us if Gordon nationalises RBS would he gain more votes in Scotland or would such action help the SNP?

32.6 million shares uncrossed @10.3 - mitzy - it doesn't bode well!

and IG still have a full book so no new position possible

Hedge funds may have missed out on bank share slump
Tue Jan 20, 2009 1:06pm EST

LONDON (Reuters) - Hedge funds may have missed out on sharp falls in banks' shares in recent days because few rushed in after the UK's ban on short selling financial stocks expired on Friday, data shows.

According to figures from research firm Data Explorers, the amount of stock out on loan -- a good indication of how much a stock has been sold short -- did not increase on Friday in Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS.L) and actually fell in HBOS (HBOS.L).

Stock out on loan in HSBC (HSBA.L), Lloyds TSB (LLOY.L) and Barclays (BARC.L) rose only slightly.

While data for Monday and Tuesday is not yet available, the results indicate hedge funds may not have made money out of the plunge in bank stocks over the last two days -- Royal Bank of Scotland slumped 67 percent on Monday after falling 13 percent on Friday, while Barclays dropped 10 percent on Monday after a 25 percent fall on Friday.

However, the amount of stock on loan in Aberdeen Asset Management (ADN.L) rose to 9.22 percent on Friday from 8.58 percent on Thursday.

Aberdeen's shares have outperformed the FTSE All Share .FTAS index by 20 percent and the sector by 24 percent over the past month.

Last month the firm bought part of Credit Suisse's fund management arm, while it has also been widely reported as a potential bidder for New Star Asset Management (NSAM.L).

The Financial Services Authority (FSA), which imposed the short-selling ban on financials in September, has said it would reintroduce the measure without consultation if needed.

(Reporting by Laurence Fletcher, editing by Will Waterman)

black hole everywhere