Any advice on good shares to buy?

cashbackproblems

Would appreciate any safe ftse share recommendations which have good growth prospects + dividends e.g. Vodafone and Aviva (but aviva has hit the top). I currently hold Barclays but they are only paying small divis and with talk of breaking up banks feel it isnt worth the risk.


thanks

kyusho

Have a look at National Grid

Farway

I would agree with National Grid

You need something that just cannot be moved overseas and has to be used by everyone, even if they hate it

And should wind or wave power really get a hold, even they will need new pylons & distribution system supplied by NG, unless the providers decide [unlikely] to provide a complete duplicate of the grid network

C_Mababejive

kyusho wrote: »

Have a look at National Grid

What for?

The company bought assets in the US which are now looking iffy due to the large investments needed and also regulatory difficulties.

It lied for months then suddenly launched a big rights issue.

It has big capital spends in the UK and USA

If it cant maintain its divi,they will be toast.

I recommend fiberweb(FWEB), VOG and FTO for a penny share punt, VOD except they have suddenly leapt in price so not now,NFDS..cheap and they produce food for chavs and people who eat out of packets i.e most of the UK, CNA.

MacsReturns

Wouldn't overlook BP either, if you can face a couple of years rollercoaster.... but after that I reckon pretty safe. Mind you it's back up over £4 again today. Still I'd reckon on £5+ within two years, and I bet they're just itching to reinstate the divi after the end of this year, they've kowtowed enough to bruised American pride, IMHO

I'd also agree on NG - I was all set up to buy a few weeks ago but managed to get into an 'unsafe to use the internet mode' and screwed up the order. SP rose about 10% immediately after I failed to buy :mad:

VOD have grown a pair recently.. (legs, I mean, they're on the move ) and Aviva still have good divi yield. I wouldn't necessarily agree they've topped yet. I'm also keeping eyes open on AstraZeneca and GSK. Oh, and NG aren't the only utility - cast an eye over UU and Severn Trent, too.

GL on your hunt.

All the above... entertainment only... not advice... DYOR ... up/down/sideways, who knows?... yadda yadda :cool:

cashbackproblems

C_Mababejive wrote: »

What for?

The company bought assets in the US which are now looking iffy due to the large investments needed and also regulatory difficulties.

It lied for months then suddenly launched a big rights issue.

It has big capital spends in the UK and USA

If it cant maintain its divi,they will be toast.

I recommend fiberweb(FWEB), VOG and FTO for a penny share punt, VOD except they have suddenly leapt in price so not now,NFDS..cheap and they produce food for chavs and people who eat out of packets i.e most of the UK, CNA.

Not a fan of NG, iv looked at them in the past and i remember there was some kind of price review/cap by the govt looming which is never good and also talk about another RI and the sp has already increased from 490 to 540 in only a few months.

Am currently in penny stocks sxx and pmk so dont want to risk anymore, victoria oil and gas has been recommend for the past few yrs by ppl, whens the company gna find oil!?

Cheers for the suggestions keep them coming, am leaning towards VOD, wish id topped up more of Aviva over the summer, a very solid stock. All my dividends get reinvested automatically so building for the future!

Thrugelmir

Tuck away some HSBC. Will be a sound if unspectacular holding in the difficult times ahead.