Share Dealing Discussion Area

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mycar37 wrote: »

ref your reply to Vincent, I am new to this business too. I would like to invest a couple of grand in a couple of STOCKS for my grandchildren to let sit for the long term. Would not want to charged for inactivity. I know that in the USA they can invest in companies using a DRIP system - (Direct Reinvesment Plans). Do you know if this is available in the UK?
Thanks

Investing in only two stocks is risky. There is very little diversification. Even if they're "blue-chip" or "utilities", these can still go bust. Consider investing in one or two accumulating ETFs for wider diversification. For example:

iShares FTSE All Share Acc
iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Acc

That way the dividends will be reinvested in the fund, accumulating more shares. Then all you need to find is a stockbroker with no inactivity fee.

sabretoothtigger

Monday March 29

INTERIMS
BowLeven

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Mountview Estate, Quayle Munro

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Yamana Gold Inc

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Personal Income (US) (13:30)
Personal Spending (US) (13:30)

GMS
Eurovestech

FINALS
Afren, Archial Group, Dana Petroleum, Depa Limited GDR (Reg S), Lamprell, PowerFilm (Reg S)

ANNUAL REPORT
Goldenport, Henderson High Income Trust

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Fidessa

EGMS
Kenmare Resources, Petrofac Ltd

AGMS
Cenkos Securities, Chromex Mining, Creat Resources Holdings Limited, European Nickel, Minoan Group, Pinnacle Telecom Group, Temple Bar Inv Trust, XP Power

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Goldenport

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Fidessa

Tuesday March 30

INTERIMS
Nanoco Group

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Fairpoint Group, Haynes Publishing Group, Keystone Inv Trust

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Frontline

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Confidence (EU) (10:00)
Consumer Confidence (US) (15:00)
Industrial Production (JPN) (05:30)
PMI Retail (EU) (09:00)
PMI Retail (GER) (08:55)

FINALS
Aer Lingus Group, Asterand, Bloomsbury Publishing, IFG Group, JKX Oil & Gas, JSC VTB Bank GDR (Reg S), Kazakhmys, McInerney Holdings, Proximagen Neuroscience, Public Power GDR (Reg S), Robotic Technology, Rugby Estates Investment Trust, Symphony Environmental Technologies, Toumaz Holdings Limited

ANNUAL REPORT
Cobham, Macfarlane Group, Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen GDR (Reg S), RPS Group

IMSS
Domino's Pizza UK & IRL

AGMS
Aegon , Blue Star Capital, Domino's Pizza UK & IRL, Electrolux AB, Kumho GDR, Mobile Doctors Group, Phytopharm, RCM Technology Trust, United Bank GDR (Reg S)

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Babcock International Group, Cobham, Future, Macfarlane Group, Robert Wiseman, RPS Group

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Payments (09:30)
Current Account (09:30)
GDP (quarterly national accounts) (09:30)
PMI Retail (09:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Beazley Group, Caledonia Investments

Wednesday March 31

INTERIMS
Davenham, James Halstead

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Brooks Macdonald, Cash Converters, Centaur Media, Galliford Try, Gartmore Fledgling Trust, Hansard Global, HGCapital Trust, James Halstead, Jupiter Primadona Growth Trust, LSL Property Services, Maxima Holdings, Northamber, Numis Corporation, Renishaw, Share Plc, Sportingbet, Thorntons, Tristel, Waterman Group, Welsh Industrial Inv Trust, Wilmington Group

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Henderson EuroTrust, Manchester & London Trust, Smiths Group

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Premier Energy & Water Trust

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Africa Opportunity Fund Ltd., Quorum Oil and Gas Technology Fund Ltd., Torchmark Corp

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Business Inventories (US) (15:00)
Chicago PMI (US) (14:45)
Factory Orders (US) (15:00)
Retail Sales (AUS) (00:00)
Unemployment Rate (GER) (08:55)

GMS
1pm

FINALS
Chesnara, CSS Stellar, Eastern Platinum, Evraz Group GDR (Reg S), Hilton Food, Lincat Group, Motivcom, OJSC Cherkizovo GDR (Reg S), Phoenix Group Holdings, Pinewood-Shepperton, Surgical Innovations, Valiant Petroleum, Zhaikmunai GDR (Reg S)

ANNUAL REPORT
Amec, Carillion, CRH, F&C Inv Trust, Forth Ports, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, Mercator Gold, New World Resources

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Fidelity European Values, Gleeson (M J) Group, Premier Energy & Water Trust

EGMS
Lecico Egypt GDR (Reg S), Personal Assets Trust

AGMS
Amino Technologies, Clerkenwell Ventures, IRF European Finance Investments, Law Debenture Corp., Lecico Egypt GDR (Reg S), Lonrho, Moneysupermarket.com, Octopus Titan VCT 1, Octopus Titan VCT 2, Signet Global Fixed Income Strategies GBP Shares, Specialist Energy Group, Turkiye is Bankasi GDR (Reg S), West China Cement, Western & Oriental

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Carillion, Compass Group, CRH, Dairy Crest Group, Enterprise Inns, FirstGroup, Hyder Consulting, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, New World Resources, Northern Foods, Sutton Harbour, Tate & Lyle, Topps Tiles

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Alphameric, Domino's Pizza UK & IRL, Dunedin Enterprise Inv Trust, Holders Technology, Hunting, Jersey Electricity 'A', Low & Bonar, LSL Property Services, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Perpetual Income & Growth Inv Trust, Rathbone Brothers, Rights & Issue Inv Trust Capital Shares, Rights & Issues Inv Trust Income Shares, SThree, Temple Bar Inv Trust

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Communisis, Eurasian Natural Resources, Rank Group, SEGRO

Thursday April 01

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Abcam, AI Claims Solutions, Alternative Networks, Alumasc Group, Ashmore Group, Begbies Traynor Group, BlueBay Asset Management, BrainJuicer Group, Colefax Group, Craneware, Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Dunelm Group, Go-Ahead Group, Hays, Kesa Electricals, London Finance & Investment Group, Mid Wynd International Inv Trust, Plexus, PZ Cussons, Ricardo Group, St Ives, Thorpe (F.W.)

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Alpha Pyrenees Trust Ltd.

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balance of Trade (AUS) (00:00)
ISM Manufacturing (US) (15:00)
ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00)
PMI Manufacturing(EU) (09:00)
PMI Manufacturing(GER) (08:55)

GMS
Berkeley Resources, Care UK, Hansteen Holdings, Welsh Industrial Inv Trust

FINALS
Dillistone, Prezzo

ANNUAL REPORT
IMI, Logica, Savills

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Admiral Group, Alternative Networks, Independent Inv Trust, JD Wetherspoon, Moneysupermarket.com

AGMS
Bluehone AIM VCT 2, Telecity Group

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Booker Group, Hamworthy, IMI, Mothercare

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
PMI Manufacturing (09:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
All Leisure Group, Braime Ord, CareTech Holding, Cenkos Securities, Charter European Trust, Chemring Group, Computacenter, Dillistone, Domino Printing, First Property Group, Future, Greencore Group, Hansteen Holdings, IDOX, Independent Inv Trust, JD Wetherspoon, Law Debenture Corp., Microgen, Moneysupermarket.com, Monks Inv Trust, Morgan Sindall, Rio Tinto, RIT Capital Partners, Shore Capital, TF & JH Braime, TUI Travel, XP Power

Friday April 02

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
Schlumberger

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30)
Producer Price Index(US) (13:30)
Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Safestore

silvano

Hi everyone,I currently have a Halifax share dealing account. But have recently been looking at the above X-O Share dealing account which charges up to £6 per trade plus usual tax duty. As I havent heard of the company I wondered if any one had any feedback as they seem half the price to trade than my halifax.
thanks sil

far2812

Hi I have 5k to invest in shares but I really don't know where to begin but I would love to give it a go - is there a "dummies" guide anywhere? I know the shares I want to buy but just don't know how to goa bout doing it. Thanks

sabretoothtigger

The naked trader is a kind of dummies guide, google it

looks ok to me silvano

nessjw

silvano wrote: »

Hi everyone,I currently have a Halifax share dealing account. But have recently been looking at the above X-O Share dealing account which charges up to £6 per trade plus usual tax duty. As I havent heard of the company I wondered if any one had any feedback as they seem half the price to trade than my halifax.
thanks sil

Hi, lam only a beginner in shares, but have used X-O with no problems,
though l couldnt compare with any others, as X-O was my first port of call.
As they are pretty resonable in charges and easy to use, ticks my boxes

relaxtwotribes

pwinky69 wrote: »

Hey guys,

Can anyone recommend some AIM share tips for 2010?

My 2 hot tips are:

Futura Medical and

Monitise

I hold both. They are more speculative than your BP, Glaxo, Tesco, Vodafone type stocks, but they both have very good prospects. Do your own research.

cashbackproblems

pwinky69 wrote: »

Hey guys,

Can anyone recommend some AIM share tips for 2010?

Sirius Exploration (SXX), dyor.

stoneyboycool

Hi,

I'm new to investing and want to buy shares in a company i work for that is listed on the italian stock exchange. I'd prefer to feed in a fixed monthly amount.

Can anyone tell me the easiest and cheapest way to do this?

Thanks

sabretoothtigger

Ask your company maybe or TDW would deal there I think

[COLOR="Blue"]Monday April 05[/COLOR]

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
ISM Non-Manufacturing (US) (14:00)
ISM Services (US) (15:00)
Pending Homes Sales (US) (14:00)

FINALS
OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel GDR (Reg S)

AGMS
Turkiye Petrol Rafinerileri GDR (Reg S)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Brewin Dolphin
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Tuesday April 06[/COLOR]

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Carclo, Diageo, Phoenix IT Group

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Confidence (US) (21:00)
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (20:30)
Leading Indicator Index (JPN) (05:00)
PMI Construction (EU) (09:00)
PMI Construction (GER) (08:55)
RBA Interest Rate (AUS) (00:00)

GMS
Avisen, Egdon Resources

FINALS
Brightside, Novolip Regswi GDS (Reg S)

ANNUAL REPORT
Bovis Homes Group

EGMS
Infrastructure India

AGMS
Just Car Clinics Group, Xploite

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Printing.com

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
BRC Shop Price Index (23:01)
PMI Construction (09:30)

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Phoenix Group Holdings
[COLOR="Blue"]
Wednesday April 07[/COLOR]

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Pennon Group

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Anglo and Overseas Trust, Skywest Airlines

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE
British Land Co, Investors Capital Trust 'A' Shares, Schroder Income Growth Fund

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Credit (US) (19:00)
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (14:30)
Factory Orders (GER) (11:00)
FOMC Interest Rate Minutes (US) (19:00)
Gross Domestic Product (EU) (09:00)
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (11:00)
PMI Services (EU) (08:00)
PMI Services (GER) (08:55)
Retail Sales (GER) (07:00)

FINALS
Shed Media, Speymill Group

ANNUAL REPORT
Highcroft Investment, Hydro International, Interserve, Parkwood Holdings, Prudential

EGMS
Liberty International

AGMS
IG Group Holdings

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
British Airways, Chloride Group, Highcroft Investment, Hydro International, Marston's, Prudential

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Index of Services (08:30)
Industrial Production (08:30)
PMI Composite (09:30)
PMI Services (08:30)
Producer Price Index (09:00)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Electronic Data Processing

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE
Arriva, Bluehone AIM VCT 2, Bodycote, Herald Inv Trust, Holidaybreak, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, JPMorgan American Inv Trust, Logica, Mithras Inv Trust, Omega Insurance Holdings, Pearson, Prudential, Resolution, Rotork, Stanley Gibbons, The Hotel Corporation, Tikit, Ultra Electronics Holdings, WSP Group
[COLOR="Blue"]
Thursday April 08[/COLOR]

INTERIMS
ClearStream Technologies Group, Matchtech

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
JPMorgan Mid Cap Inv Trust, Oxford Instruments

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE
GlaxoSmithKline

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Consumer Credit (US) (20:00)
Continuing Claims (US) (12:30)
ECB Interest Rate (EU) (11:45)
Industrial Production (GER) (11:00)
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (12:30)
Retail Sales (EU) (09:00)
Unemployment Rate (AUS) (00:00)

FINALS
International Public Partnerships Ltd., Rotala

ANNUAL REPORT
Balfour Beatty, Yule Catto

IMSS
Hays, Misys, Robert Walters

AGMS
Low & Bonar, Matrix European Real Estate Investment Trust Ltd., Scottish American Inv Company

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
Balfour Beatty, easyJet, Marks & Spencer Group, Victrex

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
BoE Interest Rate Decision (11:00)
Industrial Production (08:30)
Manufacturing Production (08:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Thomas Cook Group
[COLOR="Blue"]
Friday April 09[/COLOR]

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Cassidy Brothers

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Wholesales Inventories (US) (14:00)

GMS
Gladstone Pacific Nickel

FINALS
Zhaikmunai GDR (Reg S)

ANNUAL REPORT
Chesnara, John Menzies, Mercantile Inv Trust, Morson Group

IMSS
Michael Page International

AGMS
Hygea VCT, Vatukoula Gold Mines

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS
John Menzies, Michael Page International, X5 Retail Group GDR (Reg S)

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS
Producer Price Index (08:30)

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE
Foresight 2 VCT, Foresight 2 VCT 'C' Shares