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Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 13 8:57 pm Post subject: Raising capital...
I was recently wondering what is the best way to do this, when Barclays announced there were having a whip-round; https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-23499769

Penny Outskirts

Joined: 18 Sep 2005
Posts: 23385
Location: Planet, not on the....

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 13 9:11 pm Post subject:
Can we all buy shares then?

Rob R

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 31902
Location: York

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 13 9:18 pm Post subject:
Dexter shares? Sure. Maybe not from Barclays, mind.

Ty Gwyn

Joined: 22 Sep 2010
Posts: 4613
Location: Lampeter

Posted: Tue Jul 30, 13 9:24 pm Post subject:
Simm shares would be easier,just use your card.

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 8:48 am Post subject:
I like how they say they will raise 5.2 billion from selling shares. A bit presumptuous that people will buy them, aren't they.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 8:50 am Post subject:

sgt.colon wrote:

I like how they say they will raise 5.2 billion from selling shares. A bit presumptuous that people will buy them, aren't they.

Yes, but don't forget that they'll be sold to equally gullible city types and other banks and financial institutions.
A bit like turkeys buying shares in Bernard Matthews...

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 9:02 am Post subject:
They'll be bought, by proxy, by you and I.

12Bore

Joined: 15 Jun 2008
Posts: 9089
Location: Paddling in the Mersey

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 10:03 am Post subject:

Nick wrote:

They'll be bought, by proxy, by you and I.

Sadly.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Wed Jul 31, 13 11:54 am Post subject:
Sadly, maybe, but realistically, and by necessity, should you have a pension fund.

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