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FelOn wrote: »

Probably to do with the oil price rise last week (futures & spot).

Friday's drop was more likely to be due to the poor figures given by the US government. Most stock fell due to that. Of course the increase in oil price and the fear of potential investors to pump in more fund are going to keep the stock price low.

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noh wrote: »

You can fund your halifax sharedealing account with a debit card instantly.
Thats exactly how I use mine. My debit card is issued by Nationwide.
The only thing you have to do is register the Debit Card with HSDL before you can use it, this I think is your problem. So call them and get them to send you the relevant form.

Nigel

Never even thought about using a credit card, would you get charged a cash handling percentage/be charged as cash, if not would make a great stooze weapon on to a 12month 0% purchase card?

PS i wouldnt touch british airways with a 10 foot barge pole. I wouldnt be in banks right now either.

Im invested in 8 companies right now.

My strategy is to look for solid companies first of all, esp something you have heard of or familiar with. Secondly I think about could any idiot make money in this business (important as directors are all idiots). Thirdly I look for something that has been hit bad bad news making its stock price historically low, but looking at the books still makes whopping profits and with experience of the business is still likely to make whopping profits. Esp things that are out of favour by the idiot stock dealers at the moment cos the FT aint mentioned them in a year.

Sit back and double your money in 1-2 years

My other rules, dont day trade, speculate, CFD, spread bet or get in without knowing the finances and where they are heading in the future.

noh

Its a debit card not a credit card!

bowlhead99

I'm with TD Waterhouse who have been very good, one of the most full-featured trading accounts you're likely to need. You have a trading limit so once you're up and running, (unless you're using an ISA) you don't need the account to be funded on the day you place the trade - just when it settles in 3 business days time.

Or in 20 days time, they allow you to do extended settlement deals online which is useful if you want to take a risk on how a stock is going to do over the next month... you might not even need to get the debit card out if you sell them before it's due to settle!

I have also traded US stocks, set orders out-of-hours, and all the other good stuff you might want to do at some point in the future even if you don't need it now - and each online trade is no more expensive than selftrade's.

But to be honest if you just want a more basic account, Selftrade is probably a good bet if you can get some free account credit through a referral. You could always look elsewhere when the free cash is used up.

moneylover

I use Selftrade too, have done for about 4 years and have no reason to change. Whenever I have phoned for any reason (eg I was trying on one occasion to sell some very illiquid inherited shares ) they have answered the phone quickly and been helpful. They also respond to emails promptly, normally within 24 hours.

greaserman

I want to do a one off sale of some (non-certificated shares). They are with an Austrailian Co. Rather than sending lots of paperwork backwards and forwards to Austrailia & ending up having to have proceeds paid into an Austrailian bank or accepting a cheque in Austrailian Dollars, is it possible to sell them through a broker in th UK?

1socrates1

What are your thoughts on Hargeaves Lansdown?