Time and a place Stan. Like you, I am entitled to express an opinion. Seems pretty simple to me.

Me me me eh.

Can't agree with 30p Claret ,however i'll be back if i'm wrong .

I hope I am wrong too. Just get the feeling that any slight wobble and we start getting any problems with debt default and its curtains.

http://invezz.com/news/equities/21956-Lloyds-share-price-rallies-as-Barclays-remains-confident-on-dividend?utm_source=Alert&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=LON:LLOY:19012016&aruid=MA==


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CD I think the UK banks are in better shape than their EU counterparts as regards to debt and debtors.
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I hope so too. Just my gut feelıng that the another mess ıs unravellıng.

Deutsche Bank today reaffirms its buy investment rating on Lloyds Banking Group PLC ORD (LON:LLOY) and cut its price target to 83p (from 91p).

JP Morgan Cazenove today reaffirms its overweight investment rating on Lloyds Banking Group PLC ORD (LON:LLOY) and cut its price target to 90p (from 98p).

Got to take the brokers recs on any company with a block of salt, the vast majority are next to useless as a guide on where the sp is going, imo.
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FTSE down 50 points abd the banks get hammered ,why ?

This and Barclays down around 5 percent .

They have been naughty boy's Jimmy.


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Britain's big banks were lower on Monday after reports that they are likely to have to set aside more money to cover the cost of payment protection insurance mis-selling.

Shares in the sector fell on news that the UK's four listed clearing banks and Santander UK were set to reveal a combined bill of at least £5bn when they report earnings for 2015 next month, according to Sky News

I did know that but not to that extent 5 billion ! . Thought most of it was out in the open .

Selected from dc tips thread.

When Lloyds publishes full-year results on 25 February, JPM expects to see a 2p dividend, including the 0.5p special, and adjusted EPS of 8.2p. That puts the shares on a PE ratio of just 8 times.

"We believe that Lloyds is best positioned within the sector to complete its balance sheet transformation and become a dividend growth story," says the broker. "We view any pull back as a buying opportunity. Lloyds remains our top UK bank pick."
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Also from post 4893 looks like RBS to be hit the hardest.

From that post----''Analysts believe that the Lloyds PPI bill will pass £14billion next year.''

As it currently stands @ £13.9billion I reckon that's a racing certainty.
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The 2p dividend would be very nice but I'd prefer the share stop falling. Never thought I'd see it back here again

Bloomberg are reporting that G. Osborne has commented that the sale of LLOY shares to the public will only happen when the markets have stabilized. Not yet found anything to support that on the usual press web sites.

it was on bbc news
interesting that he is being castigated for selling lloyds shares last year at 81p when they now languish at 64p