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

mn - definitely not happy with herself - maybe a brain?

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true we all have faults - still its her choice i spose

just not nice to look at

Excellent record and I cant believe its over 20 years old - Nobody's Perfect - Mike + the Mechanics

And the lyrics might hit home for the "bronzed" lady.

barcs could snap a bargain bank soonor bulding soc

ICB report now looks sick by the down grades most of these are just high street bank or b/s rip the report up crap

greece is going to default fact the sooner the better french banks in big trouble .
the eu have dragged they feet for to long and these muppets are telling the uk how to run it . what a bloody joke ,greece to leave the EU.

the meeting of the G20 back in 2007 have done there jobs .
this finacial crisis was allowed to happen to bring the middle classes back to earth
and stop pensioners handing down to there children ,and make them grateful to have
a job or hand outs and now all around the world the working classes are back
are back to bottom rung .how could the rich allow these working class think they are middle class . a job well done now to cut these benefits so bring the 10k before paying tax will cut the benefits so the gov WILL annouce this in nov

apart from rbs who was destoyed by goodwin for is own power and greed .
all the banks in to trading investments are solid banks . 7 b/s downgraded .
hbos n/r dunfermline b/b are and that went bust did not
so it just shows that 15 months of the ICB report was a waste of tax payers money but the icb committee made a lot of money . jobs for the boys . it is the same as global warming a load of bollocks

Nationwide downgraded by 2 nothces is your money safe with them and with some accounts paying less than 0.25% is it a risk loosing your life savings..?

mitz quite correct i moved all my money into barcs and hsbc it would take months to get your cash if or when they go tits up.

i ment have put all my money in to the shares

Nationwide pay crap interest rates so I will transfer all the monies to HSBC in the coming weeks I cant take a risk of them folding.

mitz barc is a better bet. 3 weeks monday till q3 update and the shares will fly

good news here helps - keep an eye on banks...

October 07, 2011 11:21 AM Morgan Stanley, Citigroup Credit Swaps Fall on Europe Optimism
- cost to protect the debt of Morgan Stanley and Citigroup Inc. declined as optimism grew that Europe's leaders may be able to prevent a sovereign debt crisis from infecting bank balance sheets.

Credit-default swaps on the owner of the world's biggest retail brokerage fell 56 basis points to 474 and those on Citigroup 45 basis points to 300, the biggest one-day decline since May 2009, according to data provider CMA. Swaps on Goldman Sachs Group Inc. eased 23 basis points to 374, the data show.

Investor confidence in bank debt is rebounding as European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet said the ECB will resume covered-bond purchases and reintroduce year-long loans for banks. The European Commission is pushing for a coordinated capital injection for banks to shield them from the fallout of a potential Greek default.

This is a rally off the bottom that reflects a greater degree of confidence that there will be a constructive solution for the banks in Europe, said Allerton Smith, senior director of the capital markets research group at Moody's Corp. For Morgan Stanley, whose default swap levels surged as high as 650 basis points on Oct. 4, according to broker Phoenix Partners Group, market participants have come to the conclusion that the extra wide spread levels were an overreaction to some half- baked facts, Smith said.

Contracts on Charlotte, North Carolina-based Bank of America Corp. declined 52 basis points to 399, according to CMA, which is owned by CME Group Inc. and compiles prices quoted by dealers in the privately negotiated market. That's the biggest one-day drop on record on a closing basis, according to data compiled by Bloomberg that goes back to 2004. Contracts on General Electric Capital Corp., the financing arm of General Electric Co., fell 31 basis points to 302.

The average credit-default swap on the six biggest U.S. banks had climbed for five trading days through Oct. 4 as concern intensified that Europe's debt crisis will contaminate the global banking system and halt already slowing U.S. economic growth.

Index Falls

The Markit CDX North America Investment Grade Index, which investors use to hedge against losses on corporate debt or to speculate on creditworthiness, declined 5.8 basis points to a mid-price of 139.3 as of 5:01 p.m. in New York, according to index administrator Markit Group Ltd. The index, which typically falls as investor confidence improves and rises as it deteriorates, reached as high as 154.1 on Oct. 4.

Bonds of New York-based Morgan Stanley have dropped since August and the cost to protect its debt has surged amid concern that sovereign defaults would spread to U.S. banks.

Both capital and liquidity nearly doubled from pre-crisis levels and should be sufficient to manage through current market conditions, CreditSights analysts led by David Hendler in New York wrote in a report yesterday. The market reaction was mainly due to undue perceptions of its exposure to European sovereigns and banks, they wrote.

Credit swaps pay the buyer face value if a borrower fails to meet its obligations, less the value of the defaulted debt. A basis point equals $1,000 annually on a contract protecting $10 million of debt.

i wouldnt wanna be outta barc monday morning!!! lol

i have justt added quite afew more . looking to make a million

only the fools are selling