SMARTY - No brainer - the only way is up - this must be the most scritinised bank in the world no more bad debt surprises safe as houses!!!!!!1

And just how safe are houses? :-))))

Also Lloyds being one of the 2010 Olympic games in L=ondon, how can the PR men let this one fail !

56p+ now.

         LUNCH TIME JOKE

         The future of Air travel

If it closes above 56.50p then I have a picture for the future moves ( maybe is only cristal ball )

Not far away now has tuched that price once today

US chart

http://stockcharts.com/h-sc/ui

http://stockcharts.com/symsearch/index.html?LLOY

Off Piste>

Masterif I say pretty pleasecould you paste up page 10 of http://www.sharesmagazine.co.uk/ on the BLNX threadthank you my Palestinian friend

tabasco

RE -OFF PISTE

I do try to be nice to people but I will not be able to satify you with the
pick as I am not a subscribe of Shares Mag. so I can not get into page no. 10

re - thank you my Palestinian friend

For the record ........ I am not Palestinian neither I tell lies like some
of your friends in this thread

57p+

Masterthanks for trying to be niceI thought you were subscribed to everythingLoaded.NutsFHMthey all have interesting charts

tabasco

Have you been on the bottle again?

re - Loaded.NutsFHM

Are you one of the Nuts?

I have not managed to open that Thick head of yours yet ...........

That was a bit bitchy MasterI thought we were mates?

.....but I am getting close with just the reading


re - Im snowed in with a glass of warm

.... yes you did pour too much of the Spanish Brandy
into the Hot Toddy

re - I thought we were mates?

How can we, You've never invited me to share that cheap brandy ( your words not mine ) yet

What type are you using ......Fundador, 103 Osborne, Soberano, etc


a better taste will do with Torres 10 to 20 years, Cardenal Mendoza Solera Gran Reserva,

        END-OF-DAY MARKET REPORT

Headline shares closed marginally lower, with stellar performances from Lloyds56.93p +2.34p, Wolseley and Sainsbury
just failing to tip the balance, sentiment dented by a weak US start.

Plenty of downs but UP again




Try not o fall into the trap ( shorters )

From the Daily EXPRESS

LLOYDS RIDING LENDING GROWTH ----Friday January 8,2010

HOPES for growth in mortgage and corporate lending and falling arrears pushed Lloyds Banking Group firmly into the black yesterday.

Shares in the black horse lender galloped 2p ahead to 57p as UBS told clients to buy with an 80p price target.

The broker added: New business margins are high, house prices are rising modestly and arrears are falling. We expect mortgage lending to the big banks to grow; the backdrop for corporate lending is similarly benign. Under current rules, the banks would likely see 2010 as an attractive time to put new UK business on the books.

UBS also boosted the fortunes of plumbing and heating supplies group Wolseley, up 49p to 1410p, citing the improving trends in the companys UK and Nordic operations and a possible positive catalyst from a strategic review in March.

Bid favourite life and pensions group Legal & General was 1p richer at 81p as broker Nomura argued that solvency concerns were overdone.

Vodafone Group reverse charged 3p to 138p as dealers pointed to downbeat comments from its US mobiles business partner Verizon Communications.

Despite crude prices slipping slightly from a 15-month high above $83-a-barrel, blue chip oil and gas explorers Cairn Energy and BG Group advanced 8p to 355p and 28p to 1191p.

AstraZeneca received a 35p shot in the arm to 2910p after a US patent settlement protecting its top-selling ulcer treatment Nexium from immediate generic competition.

A buoyant housebuilding sector failed to translate into gains for other consumer-related stocks such as retailers, with fashion rivals Next and Marks & Spencer dropping 42p to 2059p and 6p to 371p.

Mid-cap groups Kesa Electricals and Game Group were marked down 5p to 146p and 2p to 105p. The FTSE 100 Index eased 3.32 points to 5526.72.

Just drop my holding on this:

"Digital Look

Lloyds Banking Group is facing a loss of at least 200m after Kilmartin, an HBOS-backed property company, went into receivership. Directors of Kilmartin Holdings, a Scottish group founded by Iain Wotherspoon, the property entrepreneur, handed over the company to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the accountant, yesterday, along with Kilmartin Property Group. Annfield Assets, another subsidiary, has gone into administration, the Times reports.

Lloyds Banking Group is facing a loss of at least 200m after Kilmartin, an HBOS-backed property company, went into receivership. Directors of Kilmartin Holdings, a Scottish group founded by Iain Wotherspoon, the property entrepreneur, handed over the company to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), the accountant, yesterday, along with Kilmartin Property Group. Annfield Assets, another subsidiary, has gone into administration, the Times reports. "