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- Wednesday, April 24, 7:20 AM More on Barclays (BCS) Q1 earnings: The company missed overall expectations, but profit at its investment banking unit beat estimates thanks to the bank's cost-cutting efforts - which management says remain on track. "The Barclays thesis can't work unless the returns on the investment bank work, and we like the clear strategy," says Bernstein's Chirantan Baura. Shares -2% in London after initially popping nearly 5% higher. Comment! [Financials, Earnings, On the Move]
- Wednesday, April 24, 6:44 AM Barclays (BCS): Q1 Adj. profit of £1.79B. Shares -1.7% premarket. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials, On the Move]
- Tuesday, February 12, 3:15 AM More on Barclays (BCS) results and strategic review: adjusted income +2% to £29.04B; investment bank pretax profit +37% to £4.06B; Adjusted ROE 7.8% vs 6.6% in 2011, with improvements in most of its businesses. Credit impairment charges -5% to £3.6B. Adjusted operating expenses -3% to £18.54B; bonus pool -16%. Core tier 1 ratio 10.9% vs 11%. New lending in U.K. fell to £44B from £45B. (PR) Comment! [Financials, Earnings, Top Stories]
- Tuesday, February 12, 2:58 AM More on Barclays (BCS) results and strategy review: Job cuts: 1,800 in Corporate & Investment Bank and 1,900 in Europe Retail and Business Banking. To lower cost base to £16.8B by 2015 from £18.5B. Targets ROE of above cost of equity in 2015, which is forecast to stay at current 11.5% level. "One-time" costs of implementing strategic plan will be £2.7B by 2015. Targets common equity tier 1 ratio of above 10.5% by 2015. Aims for dividend ratio of over 30% over time. (PR) 1 Comment [Financials, Top Stories, Earnings, Dividends]
- Tuesday, February 12, 2:43 AM Barclays (BCS): 2012 pretax profit £246M vs £5.9B in 2011, hurt by massive charges for compensating customers for mis-sold products, and loss of value of own debt. Adjusted pretax profit +26% to £7.05B, in line. To cut 3,700 jobs out of 140K as part of plan to slash £1.7B in annual costs and improve standards. To take £500M in restructuring charges in Q1. (PR) 2 Comments [Financials, Top Stories, Breaking News, Earnings]
- Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 4:38 AM More on Barclays (BCS) Q3: discloses two more investigations in the U.S.: the SEC and DOJ are looking at whether Barclays violated the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The bank implies without saying specifically that the probe is related to payments to Qatar investors who helped it avoid a taxpayer bailout. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission is looking at Barclays over the possible manipulation of power prices in the from 2006-2008. Shares -3.9% in London. (PR) Comment! [Financials, Earnings, On the Move]
- Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 4:26 AM Barclays (BCS): Q3 adjusted pretax profit +29% £1.73B, in line; profit including £700M charge for mis-selling payment protection insurance -23% to £1.03B. Investment bank revenue +17% to £2.63B, underlying profit more than doubles to £937M. Retail adjusted pretax profit £794M vs £1.14B last year. (PR) Comment! [Financials, Earnings]
- Friday, July 27, 2012, 5:56 AM The U.K. financial regulator is investigating four current and former Barclays (BCS) senior employees, including Finance Director Chris Lucas, over the "sufficiency of disclosure" regarding fees paid when the bank raised an emergency £7.3B with Middle Eastern investors in 2008. Along with its H1 earnings, Barclays also discloses it's facing lawsuits over Libor. 1 Comment [Financials, Earnings]
- Friday, July 27, 2012, 2:24 AM Barclays (BCS) H1 profit before before tax rises to £4.2B from £3.7B a year ago. Sovereign exposure to PIIGS + Cyprus reduced 22% to £5.6B. Core Tier 1 ratio at 10.9%. (PR .pdf) Comment! [Financials, Earnings]
- Thursday, April 26, 2012, 2:40 AM Barclays (BCS): Q1 net loss of £337M on additional PPI provisions and an accounting loss related to its own debt. Adjusted pre-tax profit of £2.45B. Total revenue -25% to £5.52B. I-bank revenue +3% to £3.46B. Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
- Monday, October 31, 2011, 4:03 AM Barclays (BCS): Pretax profit, excluding value of its own debt and other items, +5% to £1.34B vs. $1.24B forecast. Revenue at Barclays Capital -19% to £2.25B. Core Tier 1 capital 11%. Barclays says it will continue to generate enough money for its needs and so doesn't intend to raise new equity capital. (PR .pdf) Comment! [Earnings, Top Stories, Financials]
- Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 2:51 AM Barclays (BCS): H1 pretax profit £2.64B ($4.3B) (-33% Y/Y), beats by £0.24B. Net profit -38% to £1.5B. Return on equity 9.1% vs. 6.9% a year earlier. Core tier 1 ratio 11% vs. 9.1%. Second interim dividend £0.01 a share. (PR .pdf) Comment! [Earnings, Top Stories, Financials]
- Tuesday, August 2, 2011, 12:05 AM Notable earnings before Tuesday's open: ADM, AMT, ARIA, BCS, BDX, COH, CTSH, DUK, EMR, ETR, EXPD, FE, FWLT, HCP, LXP, MRO, NI, NYX, PCS, PFE, PH, RDC, SIRI, TAP, THC, TM, VSH Comment! [Earnings]
- Monday, May 9, 2011, 6:18 AM More on HSBC's (HBC) earnings: The bank is setting aside a $440M provision to compensate customers for mis-sold payment-protection insurance, following similar moves by Barclays (BCS) and Lloyds (LYG). Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
- Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 10:11 AM Credit Suisse's (CS +0.2%) Q1 net profit plunges 45% to 1.14B Swiss francs ($1.31B) and misses forecasts as the strong franc hurts revenue and the bank takes a 467M franc charge. However, revenue from Credit Suisse's investment banking arm rose 8% (in dollar terms), unlike that of Barclays (BCS -4.4%), which fell 15%. Comment! [Earnings, Financials]
- Wednesday, April 27, 2011, 9:08 AM Forex heavyweight Barclays (BCS) noted "record client volumes" offset some of its 22% decline in trading revenue, in stark contrast to rival UBS (UBS), which yesterday noted "marginally lower" forex revenue due to lower client activity. The divergence could signal a shift in the fortunes of the top tier currency dealers, who until recently were neck-to-neck. Comment! [Financials, Earnings]
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Dividend Sheet
$AEG $BCS and $MET are the cheapest Financial Dividend Stocks - http://stks.co/bTph - 2.84% average yield at fwd P/E 8.4! $C $JPM $AFL - View all 0 replies
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Study: Megabanks may disappear. $BCS $GS $BAC $DB $CS $UBS $C $JPM TBT[JAIL] Emperor(s) Have No clothes. http://bit.ly/16k2MVD - View all 0 replies
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$PNG $CSP and $BCS are tomorrow's highest yielding ex-dividend stocks - http://stks.co/rALX - 21 stocks at 3.36% average yield - View all 0 replies
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$FE $BMO and $BCS are the top yielding ex-dividend stocks for next week - http://stks.co/qA85 - 20 shares with 3.59% yield - $F $INTC - View all 0 replies
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Metal Billionaire Plans Biggest Debt Refinance: Corporate India. $INR http://bloom.bg/ZByx4j $JPM $BAC $BCS - View all 0 replies
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BARRON'S $GOLD: Loss of 'Stickier' ETF $GLD Investors Is Greatest Risk: Barclays $BCS http://bit.ly/YWxQ4B - View all 3 replies
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x oil -field: BARRON'S: $GLD Hedge-fund Manager Paulson Moving to Puerto Rico? http://on.barrons.com/ZysoFY -
x oil -field: *Now is the time to ask yourself this question.Is the move so he can gain *a tax break while he sells you the papier-mâché $GLD? Hmm..
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BARRON'S $GOLD: Loss of 'Stickier' ETF $GLD Investors Is Greatest Risk: Barclays $BCS http://bit.ly/YWxQ4B - View all 3 replies
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x oil -field: BARRON'S: $GLD Hedge-fund Manager Paulson Moving to Puerto Rico? http://on.barrons.com/ZysoFY -
x oil -field: *Now is the time to ask yourself this question.Is the move so he can gain *a tax break while he sells you the papier-mâché $GLD? Hmm..
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MarketWatch:$GLD ETP flows set for weakest month on record: Barclays,$BCS http://bit.ly/YEYoqX http://bit.ly/Vjj63O $GLD it's papier-mâché. - View all 8 replies
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x oil -field: Budget 2013: Don't buy so much $GOLD, appeals Finance Minister P Chidambaram. $GLD http://bit.ly/XCRx4q New Delhi
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$GLD ETP flows had weakest month on record,according to $BCS,causing net metal to fall to lowest level since Dec.2008. http://bit.ly/ZK39mi - View all 1 replies
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x oil -field: $GOLD*AH L-1,564.85 http://bit.ly/nXGqkT $GLD Low-$152.15 $NUGT *Report of Zombies in the Street. http://bit.ly/Whn92u http://bit.ly/YIbCax
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Reuters: $BCS Barclays halts agriculture trading with hedge funds. $JPM $DB http://reut.rs/12zrPO4 $MS http://bit.ly/XzV6F9 $GLD $SLV - View all 1 replies
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x oil -field: Nymex crude $OIL futures plunge,large block of trades fueled rumors that a commodity fund was forced to liquidate. $USO http://bit.ly/WaOsFZ
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Seeking a reputation of not being involved in food price speculation $BCS will no longer engage in agricultural trading with hedge funds.$MS - View all 1 replies
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Michael Bryant
"Headwinds Favor Strong Banks in 2013." I prefer staying out of it, but Barclays ($BCS) looks good. http://yhoo.it/RSVJOk - View all 1 replies
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jvix: A friend in the industry told me awhile back that he sees money flowing back into Europe -
jvix: and that foreign investors are buying US equities while US investors have been moving into bonds
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Michael Bryant
"HSBC (HBC) and Barclays (BCS) are two stand-out opportunities." BCS is one of the best banks, in my opinion. http://yhoo.it/Un6rxc - View all 14 replies
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Michael Bryant
Based on this graph, one should sell Barclay's (BCS) when it reaches $18. http://yhoo.it/POSEbB;c= - View all 1 replies
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Michael Bryant
"Middle East will be an important growth area...for investment banks, including Barclays (BCS), as local wealth funds [buy] European assets" - View all 5 replies
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Michael Bryant: That is still good price, though. Before 2007, it was like $50.

