barclays will ge coming out with trading update on 07.05.2009 It is expected to report profits higher than market expectations.

A good Buy Medium to Long term

mna .is statement i am pleased with our performance well as a holder i am not
the only people getting anything out of this bank over the last 5 years is the
directors . and the SP was 700p now 218p if he is pleased he must be a nutter

and the divs are rubbish .

I will be at the AGM with a lot of other unhappy holders ,

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I have spoken to barcs who phoned me . and they could NOT answer any of my questions . and said they have never seen any of the board never met any one .
and agreed with my views

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yes

did you no as holders we do not have much rights to chalenge the board .
so what is cameron and cable telling holders to take action we have no rights
only a vote

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Tanker,

You are entitled to your opinion and broadcast them. (( I do.)

But it maybe wise to put a modifier before some of your statements,

(ie. I think, in my opinion, or perhaps., etc)
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You are less likely to end up in court.

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todays tele BARCLAYS CAPITAL , says banks need to raise more cash barcs 4.1b
so who do you believe them or diamond he stated that the bank did NOT need any more cash

Credit Suisse note on all UK banks:
UK banks will kick off Q1 earnings season on the 26th April with Barclays reporting first. In this note we preview all of the UK banks, where we think the main area of focus for the market will be the outlook commentary, especially surrounding the revenue environment, as well as further development of cost savings/restructuring plans. We believe capital and funding will take slightly second stage at this time.
Having given back some performance recently UK banks have seen a relatively strong performance YTD up 14% relative to the European banking sector +4%. We would expect this relative out performance to be maintained within the sector, but with the sector being largely impacted by Eurozone developments
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Barclays – With a constructive revenue environment in Q1, especially
in fixed income, we expect BarCap to have been a major beneficiary. Having
said that, we are more cautious for the rest of the year and believe all focus
will be on the outlook comment. Barclays remains our top pick in the UK.
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RBS – Having seen a strong performance YTD we were disappointed by
the scale of the announcement of GBM restructuring. Since then the debate
has moved on to discussion surrounding government exit strategies, which
will likely support the stock in the short term despite sub-sector return profile.
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Lloyds Banking Group – Focus will be on the pace of NIM compression
and whether there has been any change to guidance at FY results for 2012
FY NIM of 192bps. As important will be any updates on the Verde disposal
and progress on deleveraging. We remain Neutral.
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HSBC – With a strategy day on 8th May we think Q1 IMS will not be
about outlook. We will look for a continued improvement in US provisions
and focus on CI which has been tracking well above group target of 48-52%.
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Standard Chartered – We expect a strong start to the year, especially
for wholesale activity. Longer term, we see profitability headwinds with
capital consumption (credit RWAs) running at a multiple of loan growth. "

harry have you read the telegraph today on banks .

What did it say?

No. Will try and have a look on-line.

barclay capital says uk banks need to raise more cash barcs 4.1b
diamond stated in the results and reconfirmed this in the last month
the bank does not need any more cash the bank is rock solid .
so who do we believe .and they are both from barcs

harry go to goggle news and look at UK BANKS NEED 20B

RNS . barcs makes a pre agm statement .
and about time too. they have listened at last
we should now get a orderly agm

we should now see buyers moving in to lift the sp.