shares and getting dividends.

scottburke

just a question. it prob may sound silly. but after hours of looking on the internet me and my dad have decided to invest some money in 2 stocks. Royal Bank of Scotland and GEM Diamonds (GEMD). does a dividend come from these shares (prob not RBS). if yes when, and how does it work??

Lokolo

Neither have ex-dividend dates on Yahoo.

Have you looked on the investor relations pages of the 2 companies?

scottburke

yeah but dont really know what i m looking for or where to look.

G_M

after hours of looking on the internet me and my dad have decided to invest some money in 2 stocks

If you have not found the answer to your Q during your 'hours of looking', how on earth did you come to make your decision to invest in these?

There are 1000s of stocks out there. Understanding each one in full is fundamental to deciding to invest in it. I suggest you either do a whole lot more research, or stick to investing in funds where your risk is spread between multiple stocks for you.

jem16

scottburke wrote: »

Royal Bank of Scotland

Yes it does.

http://www.rbs.com/global/faqs/investor-faqs.ashx

and GEM Diamonds (GEMD).

None - it favours growth over dividends.

http://www.gemdiamonds.com/im/files/d/GEMD_circular_apr09.pdf

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those two are companies to speculate in but not strictly to invest in. There are much better prospects out there

Lokolo

jem16 wrote: »

None - it favours growth over dividends.

http://www.gemdiamonds.com/im/files/d/GEMD_circular_apr09.pdf

http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/echarts?s=GEMD.L#chart1:symbol=gemd.l;range=1y;indicator=volume;charttype=line;crosshair=on;ohlcvalues=0;logscale=on;source=undefined

Success!!!

scottburke

G_M wrote: »

If you have not found the answer to your Q during your 'hours of looking', how on earth did you come to make your decision to invest in these?

There are 1000s of stocks out there. Understanding each one in full is fundamental to deciding to invest in it. I suggest you either do a whole lot more research, or stick to investing in funds where your risk is spread between multiple stocks for you.

divideds werent really our reason for investing.

scottburke

kittie wrote: »

those two are companies to speculate in but not strictly to invest in. There are much better prospects out there

like?? seems that many people on here have many different opinions.

with his interest rate cuts. seems mr darling has got us doing what he wants us to do. drawing our savings out..... and investing in stocks

ses6jwg

If you didn't know that RBS weren't paying dividends and didn't know where to look I would say you aren't ready to invest just yet.

I have only started in May this year and there is a lot of learn I have made some mistakes but I am beginning to understand.

I reccomend you read Robbie Burns "The Naked Trader" before investing and play with a virtual 10k before investing any real money just yet.

scottburke

ses6jwg wrote: »

If you didn't know that RBS weren't paying dividends and didn't know where to look I would say you aren't ready to invest just yet.

I have only started in May this year and there is a lot of learn I have made some mistakes but I am beginning to understand.

I reccomend you read Robbie Burns "The Naked Trader" before investing and play with a virtual 10k before investing any real money just yet.

read previous. ive read for hours on the net. but thanks.

we didnt invest for dividends. thought rbs at a low point and gemd. quick return. just didnt understand how dividends worked. just asked the question. seems few on here think we shouldnt be investing cause i havent got economics A level.