UK Investor Magazine podcast – Taylor Wimpey, China and UK Banks with Alan Green

Alan Green joins the UK Investor Magazine for a broad discussion of UK Banks, China and results from Taylor Wimpey. We discuss Natwest #NWG, LLoyds #LLOY, Taylor Wimpey #TW. and Mode #MODE. Natwest and Lloyds reported after we looked at Barclays results on last week’s podcast and where largely similar in terms of earnings growth […]

Ken Baksh – UK and US financials a hot sector for 2018?

by Ken Baksh Ken has over 35 years of investment management experience, working for two major City institutions between 1976 and 2002. Since then he has been engaged as a self-employed investment consultant. He has worked with investment trusts, unit trusts, pension funds, charities, Life Fund,hedge fund and private clients. Individual asset managed have included direct […]

Lloyds Loses Robustness in Quarter Three

Lloyds Banking LLOY produced what it describes as a robust underlying performance during the first nine months of the year with underlying profit down by 4% and operating costs down by 2%. Statutory profit before tax surged by over 50% and earnings per share rose from 1.8p to 2.5p. Third quarter figures however could in […]

Lloyds Claims “Robust” Profits Fall & “Operating Jaws” Success

Lloyds Bank LLOY claims to have delivered a robust first quarter performance with underlying profit down 6% and statutory profit before tax down by  46% – you can’t get more robust than that. And then just to illustrate  how banks are prepared to show their teeth when necessary it does not seek to hide the fact […]