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Bye-bye Barclays
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Bazza gets caught
Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostYou shouldn’t care because the whole thing’s a big fruit machine. The fact that a share went down says nothing about whether it will go up or down in five minutes, five weeks or five years time. You’ve fallen for the Monte Carlo fallacy, just like millions of others.Comment
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Originally posted by cailin maith View PostAh crap! - Can you just pretend that I was right, so that Cyber-dicksplat doesn't have a gloat?
Try RBS - they just announced the biggest loss in UK corporate history.Bored.Comment
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Originally posted by ace00 View PostNo, she's wrong - Barclays have already pre-declared 2008 profit exceeding analyst expectations.
They also announced that a dividend announcement will take place 2nd half 09 (it is currently ceased). But that was when the stock price was double what it is now.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by DimPrawn View PostAbsolutely. This is why techies make the worst traders.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by ace00 View PostWell, it was worth a try - do you work in the city?
Try RBS - they just announced the biggest loss in UK corporate history.Bazza gets caught
Socrates - "The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing."
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you guys need to look through the tulipe - Barcap are onto a winner with there recent acq from Lehman - in fact it is already making millions for them.
The retail bank has an issue from what I can tell - being honest with the right downs and also deciding how to reflect that in the balance sheet. This I beleive is the issue - but yday's short selling was largely responsible for the share price fall.
If Barclays have to do another right down of more than £10 billion - it is BYE BYE. However this looks unlikely and I would suspect some creative accounting can do well to buy time and get in the profits in the hope that they hit gold when recovery begins.Comment
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Originally posted by Liability View Postyou guys need to look through the tulipe - Barcap are onto a winner with there recent acq from Lehman - in fact it is already making millions for them.
The retail bank has an issue from what I can tell - being honest with the right downs and also deciding how to reflect that in the balance sheet. This I beleive is the issue - but yday's short selling was largely responsible for the share price fall.
If Barclays have to do another right down of more than £10 billion - it is BYE BYE. However this looks unlikely and I would suspect some creative accounting can do well to buy time and get in the profits in the hope that they hit gold when recovery begins.And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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Originally posted by Mich the Tester View PostYou shouldn’t care because the whole thing’s a big fruit machine. The fact that a share went down says nothing about whether it will go up or down in five minutes, five weeks or five years time. You’ve fallen for the Monte Carlo fallacy, just like millions of others.
I've already said that I don't own any shares, so how is it that I'm like millions of others, because I've posted the share price a couple of times on a contractor website. How can you infer from this that I've fallen for anything?Comment
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Originally posted by Cheshire Cat View PostWhat is it exactly that you think I've fallen for?
I've already said that I don't own any shares, so how is it that I'm like millions of others, because I've posted the share price a couple of times on a contractor website. How can you infer from this that I've fallen for anything?And what exactly is wrong with an "ad hominem" argument? Dodgy Agent, 16-5-2014Comment
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