HBOS shares

sabretoothtigger

hbos is more akin to be bought like Merrill lynch not Lehman, you would receive shares probably, like a&l will. However an entire take over is unlikely I think, they might sell their Australian operations, etc

Never act on what the market has done, act on what you think it will do next

poppy10_2

Down 40% at one point today! OMG

Nick_C

altyfc wrote: »

Commission aside (since it doesn't really impact much on overall %s), wouldn't the amount you invest be irrelevant to the % profit you make? ie. you'd still make 25% whether it was £1,000 or £1,000,000.

Incidentally, had you bought at around 12pm and kept them, you'd now be down by down from a share price of approx. 157p to one of approx. 138p. So yes, that kind of "investing" is extremely risky.

The commission element is precisely why I said if you bought £1000 worth. Assuming commission of £11.90 for buying and again for selling, the profit on a gamble of £1000 would have been 25%, on £10,000 would have been 27.4%, and on £250 would have been 16.8%. The share price moved 28.3%. I know its a bit pedantic, but knowing some people on this site pick you up for the smallest detail, I thought I had better be precise!

Risky, yes, but I did OK yesterday thank you. The bigger the risk, the greater the potential reward (or loss!).

I'm a bit miffed as I use Halifax for share dealing, tried to buy at lunchtime today for 150p but their dealing site was down all afternoon. (On line banking was working fine though.)

esbo

The good news is that the worst is over for HBOS :j

They have lost 82% of their value so only 18% to go!!!! :dance:

fatpig_2

Will it lose another 20% tomorrow?

superstar_2

I think most of you guys are being too negative about HBOS. I am not saying they're good, they ARE run by a bunch of !d!ots but your post would costs a lot of panic which may be unnecessary!

MoneyTown

superstar wrote: »

I think most of you guys are being too negative about HBOS. I am not saying they're good, they ARE run by a bunch of !d!ots but your post would costs a lot of panic which may be unnecessary!

I think saying that HBOS is being "run by a bunch of idiots" is a panic starter also lol.

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$463 million Aozora Bank (Japan)

$289 million Mizuho (Japan)

$275 million Citibank (Hong Kong)

$250 million BNP Paribas (France)

$231 million Shinsei Bank (Japan)

$185 million UFJ Bank (Japan)

$177 million Sumitomo Mitsubishi Bank (Japan)

$140 million Svenska Handelsbanken (Sweden)

$100 million KBC Bank (Belgium)

$93 million Mizuho Corporate Bank (Japan)

Largest UK creditors

$77 million Standard Chartered

$75 million Lloyds Bank

Source: Reuters

More lies being spread, HBOS isnt affected by Lehmans, Llyods TSB is affected by peanuts.

superstar_2

MoneyTown wrote: »

I think saying that HBOS is being "run by a bunch of idiots" is a panic starter also lol.

lol .........

pizzagirl

Yant1 wrote: »

$463 million Aozora Bank (Japan)

$289 million Mizuho (Japan)

$275 million Citibank (Hong Kong)

$250 million BNP Paribas (France)

$231 million Shinsei Bank (Japan)

$185 million UFJ Bank (Japan)

$177 million Sumitomo Mitsubishi Bank (Japan)

$140 million Svenska Handelsbanken (Sweden)

$100 million KBC Bank (Belgium)

$93 million Mizuho Corporate Bank (Japan)

Largest UK creditors

$77 million Standard Chartered

$75 million Lloyds Bank

Source: Reuters

More lies being spread, HBOS isnt affected by Lehmans, Llyods TSB is affected by peanuts.

This is a nonsense post. No-one has suggested that Lehmans owed money to HBOS. The reason why HBOS' share price has dropped so much is because of the way HBOS has to raise money from the retail money markets. It has to do this more so than other UK banks and that is why it has been affected more than other UK banks