Election 2015: why a bet on Lloyds could be the best way to play it

Buying shares in Lloyds Bank could be one of the best pre-election investments you can make, says Adrian Sykes – regardless of the outcome on the big day.

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Whatever the outcome of the election, Lloyds offers wonderful value

I own shares in Lloyds, so apologies in advance for talking my book. But I want to explain here why I think buying shares in this partly-taxpayer owned bank could be one of the best pre-election investments you can make regardless of the outcome on the big day.

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Adrian Sykes was born just after WWII in Quetta, Baluchistan: now a regional HQ of the Pakistani Taliban, then in British India. Though his family lived in Calcutta until he was 19, he was educated in Britain, before joining the British Army. He served for five years, mostly in Germany and London, with tours in Libya and South Arabia.

 

He worked for 45 years, first as an analyst and stockbroker in the City, then as an investment banker based in Hong Kong; and finally, as an adviser to a major Swiss bank.

 

He is married, with four children and and lives in East Anglia. He published a history, Made in Britain, the Men and Women who Shaped the Modern World, in 2011, which is now available in paperback.