A thought on UK stockmarket

mzqa395

UK stockmarket atmosphere is bad. Index is low. No stockbroker branches in major city, no place people gathering inside branch exchange information. Major TV channel BBC , sky do not have phone in program for people to chat about the stock market. In contrast stock market atomosphere are better in North American, Asian.

Can anyone explain?

Lokolo

Eh? !!!!!! are you on about?

turbobob

I'm not sure, but I read the OP's comments as referring to the fairly low profile (amongst the "general public" as a whole) of the stockmarket here compared to say, the US. Maybe the fact that in the UK, in general we are lucky if a news program dedicates more than 30 seconds to it. In the US it tends to get a lot more coverage. I'm not sure about the comment on stockbroker branchs - they are about. But I suspect most investors will deal online.

GiraffeMan

turbobob wrote: »

I'm not sure, but I read the OP's comments as referring to the fairly low profile (amongst the "general public" as a whole) of the stockmarket here compared to say, the US. Maybe the fact that in the UK, in general we are lucky if a news program dedicates more than 30 seconds to it. In the US it tends to get a lot more coverage. I'm not sure about the comment on stockbroker branchs - they are about. But I suspect most investors will deal online.

Who cares?

Baz_2

GiraffeMan wrote: »

Who cares?

What a pathetic comment.

Onawingandaprayer

Forum etiquette idea didn't last long.

00ec25

why should TV channels have phone in programs, the speculation made on this board is enough to show that the majority of people do not have the first idea what makes the stockmarket tick, and the "professionals" get it wrong too. Remember that to have a market the majority lose for the minority to gain
if TV did phone ins most of what was said would be subject to regulatory concerns anyway so would probably not be broadcastable

as for your comments re stockbrokers, try looking harder! They exist where there are people with money, my friend is one and works in St Albans but his client list covers the whole of the south east

as for the stockmarket as a whole - rubbish, FTSE100 is up 30% since March, try following it closer and learning what drives it !

mzqa395

In Asia (Japan , China)Stockbrokers branches all around major city. Market particaption is higher. People can have chat at branches to exchange tips and look at the share price. Radio channel announce indices every 30 minutes. Index in New york, Hong kong are higher than UK.

Out of curious anyone know which stockbrokers let me invest Hong Kong Singapore, taiwan stockmarket.

dunstonh

In Asia (Japan , China)Stockbrokers branches all around major city.

And UK.

Market particaption is higher.

I think you will find that the UK is a mature market and saturated whereas Asia is developing and that coupled with low regulation sees greater demand for new business.

People can have chat at branches to exchange tips and look at the share price.

How boring. Isnt that what the internet is for? Thats where most share ramping goes on.

Radio channel announce indices every 30 minutes. Index in New york, Hong kong are higher than UK.

Index values have nothing to do with other countries. There are satellite channels such as bloomberg if you are really anal and fancy watching that 24/7. Most people are normal though.

00ec25

00ec25 wrote: »

as for your comments re stockbrokers, try looking harder!

for example here is a directory of 217 firms in 500 locations
http://www.apcims.co.uk/

or here is a firm spread across the UK (for whom my friend is a partner dealing with the high net worth end of the market only)
http://www.redmayne.co.uk/branch/

mzqa395 wrote: »

Out of curious anyone know which stockbrokers let me invest Hong Kong Singapore, taiwan stockmarket.

http://www.redmayne.co.uk/investment/08.05_GuideServicesandCharges.pdf

you will pay a lot for doing it though!

Overseas/Foreign Stocks
Commissions for dealing in overseas shares, other than those settled via Crest, are the same as for dealing in UK Equities, but with a higher ‘Settlement and Compliance’ charge (minimum £10) to take account of the additional fees levied by our overseas custodians. Please note that purchases of overseas shares can only be made for Nominee clients.
United States of America, Canada, France and Germany £10
Other Western Europe, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa £25

Other Countries By prior arrangement

Aegis

mzqa395 wrote: »

In Asia (Japan , China)Stockbrokers branches all around major city. Market particaption is higher. People can have chat at branches to exchange tips and look at the share price. Radio channel announce indices every 30 minutes. Index in New york, Hong kong are higher than UK.

Out of curious anyone know which stockbrokers let me invest Hong Kong Singapore, taiwan stockmarket.

Just out of interest, how has that worked out for Japan?