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Note on Royal Bank of Scotland by k9tas

k9tas — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:45:51 +0100

k9tas -:
The recent fall in RBS share price is making it look interesting again. the shares trade below 70% of their asset value . The discount looks justified but the shares are a buy for gamblers !! tipped 307p range 370-193p

Interesting results

Mark Carter — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 12:38:17 +0100

Mark Carter published:
Let’s see what the cat dragged in today, shall we? Some exciting results today, mostly of the positive kind. Interims Fenner (LON:FENR) +3.9% Revenues and PBT down, but dividend increased by 7%, improving order levels in “conveyor solutions” (fancy conveyor belts, to you and me) in North America, pressure in Australia, strong trading elsewhere. Personally, I thought FENR offered a mediocre trading opportunity, but it is increasingly looking like my assessment was wrong. Virgin Media Inc (LON:VMED) +0.0% 2013Q1 results out, and markets seem indifferent. Revenues up 4%, but big increases...

re. Are Barclays’ shares a good investment?

A1ex99 — Sat, 06 Apr 2013 00:19:16 +0100

A1ex99 posted:
I tend to steer clear from the banking sector but if I did invest it would be in either Barclays or HSBC

Are Barclays’ shares a good investment?

UK Value Investor — Fri, 29 Mar 2013 06:03:46 +0000

UK Value Investor published:
Despite the ongoing financial crisis it seems that bank shares are still a popular investment, and Barclays’ shares may be the most popular of all. However, there’s more to investing than simply looking for what’s popular. Of the UK banks, Barclays (LON:BARC) has –so far – coped with the crisis relatively well. It hasn’t suspended its dividend, which for income investors is at least something. But just like the other banks, Barclays’ shares have taken a colossal hammering. Before the crisis the shares were about to reach 800p, while at their...

Note on Secure Trust Bank by stevep555

stevep555 — Tue, 26 Feb 2013 08:40:06 +0000

stevep555 -:
Could be base look for big volume breakout

The problem is... no wealth is being created right now

McEssex — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 09:43:04 +0000

McEssex published:
Sometimes it is the simplest phrase that captures everything in five words that some articles of a thousand words fail to do. A private client fund manager encapsulated the challenge that everyone in the financial sector is facing at the moment when she said “The problem is no wealth is being created right now”. And the GDP figures for the UK certainly bear that out. For years banks, fund managers, intermediaries and brokers feasted on a rising tide of wealth. Some of it came from economic growth,...

Note on Lloyds Banking by bpryce1

bpryce1 — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 10:10:52 +0000

bpryce1 -:
Sell on any weakness......small holding

Opportunities abound

Edison Investment Research — Tue, 27 Nov 2012 11:24:26 +0000

Edison Investment Research published:
Secure Trust Bank (STB) has announced it has completed a £20m placement of 1.48m new shares at 1,350p, a 4.9% discount to the prior closing price. Although the group already has very strong capital ratios (H112 core Tier 1 c 15%), it has significant organic and inorganic opportunities as major banks have limited appetite or capacity to lend. STB already has surplus deposits but will also use the government’s Funding for Lending scheme to access cheap funding.

re. A Scottish Tracker would be lumpy and bumpy

McEssex — Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:02:33 +0000

McEssex posted:
Some interesting comments about executing index strategies http://www.indexuniverse.eu/blog/8677-whats-cheaper-index-fund-or-etf.html?year=2012amp;month=11amp;Itemid=127

A Scottish Tracker would be lumpy and bumpy

McEssex — Fri, 09 Nov 2012 14:05:43 +0000

McEssex published:
The prospect of Scottish independence raises a number of issues, one of which would be the merits of a passive fund to track Scottish companies. There are many uncertainties to be resolved affecting Scottish companies such as currency, banking supervision and regulatory regime. Nonetheless, working on the premise that existing listed Scottish companies (as defined by the Scotsman’s Scottish Share Index) retain their domicile in Scotland post-independence, what would the index look like? And does it represent an attractive investment proposition and a means of gaining exposure to...