UK Stockmarket 2009 and beyond

purch

Beware though whilst transferring there will likely be a period where you cant trade

Maybe I should transfer my account, every couple of days :eek:

tradetime

Cheap fees like you say, cheaper then IB even if you do the regular investment. I bet IB doesnt timeout when their busy though which is the biggest fault, on a really busy day or a share has some news then I would expect it slow down just like all the highstreet type brokers do.
Last september I even had to submit an order to sell at best price, a couple hours later I found out the price but thats not happened since

By and large, if you're a reasonably active trader and not in need of an ISA wrapper, then IB is a no brainer, £6 a trade regardless of order type, the ability to trade just about any instrument on more or less any market. Whilst IB has a web interface, the vast majority of people will use Trader Work Station (TWS) or some other third party front end such as QuoteTracker or Ninja Trader. This is a Direct Access trading platform, there are no slowdowns, but you will get no hand holding hence they can be fussy about your trading experience, you are expected to know what you are doing, this does lead people to consider their customer service somewhat lacking, in that they do not expect to answer routine questions that experienced traders should know.

cloud_dog

uk_steve wrote: »

i want to make sure iii is better or as good as Selftrade before i do that transfer

You need to define 'better'.

I (we) have a number of accounts with Selftrade (including a self select CTF) and during the recent debarcle on changing / introducing the AMC I investigated a lot of online dealing accounts.

From my expereinces of the iii site on a daily basis as my main chat/bb useage I wasn't keen to move to them. And infact have chosen (for the time being) to remain with Selftrade.

sabretoothtigger

Another take on currency and its effects on returns for the international money


Dollar index is 76 presently with a target of 67 apparently or 12% loss

Its fallen about 7% YTD or 14% since Mar 9 and 1% gain in August





http://www.minyanville.com/articles/global-stock-markets-shanghai-average-moving-underpeform/index/a/24320/from/yahoo




Excluding all that, on the link he makes a good point about trend lines and being involved, etc

tradetime

Yes the US$ persistent weakness is a concern for my expectation of events. A persistently weak dollar will tend to maintain an upward pressure on equities. We look primed for an interesting fourth quarter.

uk_steve

cloud_dog wrote: »

You need to define 'better'.

I (we) have a number of accounts with Selftrade (including a self select CTF) and during the recent debarcle on changing / introducing the AMC I investigated a lot of online dealing accounts.

From my expereinces of the iii site on a daily basis as my main chat/bb useage I wasn't keen to move to them. And infact have chosen (for the time being) to remain with Selftrade.

Example.

Does it have lock out periods when you want to trade online but you cant due to server problems






thats the sort of thing what is important to me;)

sabretoothtigger

I cant remember it happening recently but it does happen.
Its free to try anyway, try getting a quote off them at 8am and see how they do with most stocks


They'll have separate servers for forum and brokering stocks even if they are within the same company, not sure much can be inferred between the two really.

bearish wrote:

Overall sentiment was cautious with base metals and crude oil prices dropping and investors buying the safe-haven U.S. dollar.

Some traders were citing a general atmosphere of concern about escalating trade tensions between China and the U.S.

On Sunday, Beijing singled out U.S. automotive and poultry product imports for investigation after the Obama administration decided to put steep import duties on Chinese tires.

"Any trade-related dispute and sanction between the U.S. and China, the two most important countries in the global economy, could carry significant implications," said Morgan Stanley China economist Qing Wang.

uk_steve

yeah thats true its free i will give it a go

thanks for info

uk_steve

that was easy to do

just waiting for pin to come via the post :-)



i have a feeling this week is going to be abit of a slide on the whole Uk markets

uk_steve

can anybody help

i am trying to find a chart on a company

WKP

how many shares are outstanding on this company

example
i want to look for the number of shares in circulation in 2007 and 2008 on this company


any help would be great, because i am guessing this sort of info

Kind Regards ;-)