Share Dealing Discussion Area

sabretoothtigger

Halifax will buy 1 share sometimes but they also only charge 3p for their bother, share.com charged full commission?
That doesnt happen if you already sold btw

Monday February 21 

INTERIMS 
Helphire Group, International Ferro Metals Group, Petra Diamonds Ltd. 

Q4 
Lancashire Holdings 

GMS 
KEFI Minerals, Titanium Resources Group Ltd. 

FINALS 
Devro, Hammerson, Lancashire Holdings, Mondi, Pinnacle Telecom Group, XP Power Ltd. (DI) 

EGMS 
Accsys Technologies, Athol Gold Ltd. (DI), Commercial Bank of Qatar GDR (Reg S) 

AGMS 
Commercial Bank of Qatar GDR (Reg S) 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Public Sector Finances (09:30) 

Tuesday February 22 

INTERIMS 
Dechra Pharmaceuticals, Genus, Hargreaves Services, Pan African Resources, Savile Group 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Income & Growth VCT 

Q4 
Frontline Ltd. 

FINALS 
Aeci 5 1/2% Prf, Brammer, Croda International, Dragon Oil, Drax Group, Informa, London Capital Group Holdings, Morgan Sindall Group 

EGMS 
X5 Retail Group NV GDR (Reg S) 

AGMS 
Bankers Inv Trust, Sinclair (William) Holdings 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Titon Holdings 

Wednesday February 23 

INTERIMS 
A&J Mucklow Group, Galliford Try, RSM Tenon Group 

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Downing Distribution VCT 1, Heath (Samuel) & Sons, Mid Wynd International Inv Trust, Mountview Estate, PZ Cussons, System C Healthcare 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Industrial New Orders (EU) (10:00) 
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00) 

Q4 
Yamana Gold Inc. 

GMS 
Renew Holdings 

FINALS 
Capital Shopping Centres Group, Commerzbank AG, Gartmore Group Ltd., Logica, Telekomunikacja Polska GDR (Reg S), Travis Perkins, Yamana Gold Inc. 

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Jersey Electricity 'A' Shares 

EGMS 
CMA Global Hedge PCC Ltd. EUR Shares, CMA Global Hedge PCC Ltd. GBP Shares, CMA Global Hedge PCC Ltd. USD Shares 

AGMS 
Armour Group, Dawson Holdings, Dunedin Smaller Companies Inv Trust, Optos 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
BBA Mortgage Lending Figures (09:30) 
BoE Interest Rate Minutes (09:30) 
Existing Home Sales (US) (15:00) 

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Barclays, Brunner Inv Trust, Charter European Trust, Chrysalis VCT, Domino's Pizza UK & IRL, Framlington AIM VCT, Henderson Opportunities Trust, Independent Inv Trust, Jersey Electricity 'A' Shares, Ladbrokes, Reckitt Benckiser Group 

Thursday February 24 

INTERIMS 
Ashmore Group, Centaur Media, Kier Group, Sinclair Pharma, Sportingbet, Wilmington Group 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Business Climate Indicator (EU) (10:00) 
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30) 
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30) 
Durable Goods Orders (US) (13:30) 
Economic Sentiment Indicator (EU) (10:00) 
New Homes Sales (US) (15:00) 

Q4 
London Mining 

FINALS 
British American Tobacco, Capita Group, Centrica, Filtrona PLC, Hunting, London Mining, Microgen, National Express Group, New World Resources NV (DI), Primary Health Properties, Royal Bank of Scotland Group, RSA Insurance Group, Ruukki Group (DI), St James's Place, STV Group 

EGMS 
KDD Group NV (DI), MedicX Fund Ltd. 

AGMS 
2 ergo Group, Electra Private Equity, MedicX Fund Ltd. 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Renew Holdings 

Friday February 25 

INTERIMS 
Asian Citrus Holding 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
ACM Shipping Group, Fletcher King, NCC Group 

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Sara Lee Corp. 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
Equity Partnership Inv Co Income Shares 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Consumer Price Index (GER) (07:00) 
M3 Money Supply (EU) (09:00) 

Q4 
Hellenic Telecom Industries SA ADS 

GMS 
Macquarie Korea Infrastructure Fund GDRS 

FINALS 
Berendsen, Brit Insurance Holdings NV (DI), Hellenic Telecom Industries SA ADS, Lloyds Banking Group, Rank Group, Rightmove, Spectris, Telefonica SA, William Hill 

ANNUAL REPORT 
Hunting 

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
International Power, Victrex 

EGMS 
Aminex 

AGMS 
Brewin Dolphin Holdings, Treatt 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ClearStream Technologies Group 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
GDP (output, income & expenditure) (09:30) 
Index of Services (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
United Drug, Victrex, Zytronic

dave30

hi, could anyone suggest an online trading site that has a simple practise account, i`ve been trying to get my head around "the share centre" practise account but i find it unusable and unintuative, maybe im doing it wrong; anyway im looking to dip my toe in this trading lark but don`t feel confident about using these sites until i can get familiar with the way they work. Regards Dave

Nikel

You can try HBOS Fantasy Trader.
http://www.halifax.co.uk/sharedealing/products/Fantasy-Trader-Account.asp

sabretoothtigger

I think selftrade have one, try bullbearings and lots others. I dont recommend any of them because they wont teach you to watch your cost to profit potential

Any site will offer a portfolio record and thats pretty much the same thing. iii has one, morningstar does shares and funds together. HL too, FT, google even has one

I would recommend stockchallenge as it records the cost of the spread and it forces all players to compete equally over a month. You buy at the start and you place at the end, if you were right you win the competition.

Its much harder to scam the game by gambling 100k on a 10% gain then pretending you are clever because you got lucky or just remaking the account if you didnt, that wont teach anything useful

Also they do a yearly one but a month is long enough and you can always keep reentering the same five stocks and total the gains yourself

dave30

thanks for the quick reply, a lot to be getting on with, just out of interest has anyone used "the share centre" practise site, and is it working correctly, cheers again Dave.

sweed73

Hi guys, can anyone recommend a desktop application that will display my portfolio of shares along with realtime price and profit loss etc.
Tried looking for one but going round in circles.
Thank you.

Nikel

Try 'Google Finance'?

cloud_dog

sweed73 wrote: »

Hi guys, can anyone recommend a desktop application that will display my portfolio of shares along with realtime price and profit loss etc.
Tried looking for one but going round in circles.
Thank you.

Wow, I'm surprised you didn't find anything, the search button is very useful.

try looking here (there are loads of threads on MSE asking the same question).

sweed73

Thanks, google is working well, I had been using Google to search!!! I am Working in Afghanistan at the min. and the company webfilters are a nightmare, they block everything.
Thanks for all your help.

sabretoothtigger

I heard guys mention iii has an iphone app for share prices. http://www.shareprice.com/ might be it

Monday February 28 

INTERIMS 
Baqus Group, Cheerful Scout, Craneware, Hays, Waterman Group 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
City of London Investment Group 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
Bankers Inv Trust, City of London Inv Trust 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Balance of Payments (GER) (07:00) 
Chicago PMI (US) (13:45) 
Consumer Price Index (EU) (10:00) 
Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (EU) (10:00) 
International Reserves (EU) (11:00) 
Pending Homes Sales (US) (15:00) 

GMS 
Max Petroleum 

FINALS 
Aer Lingus Group, Balmoral International Land, Bloomsbury Publishing, Goals Soccer Centres, Hiscox Ltd., HSBC Holdings, Keller Group, Kingspan Group, New Britain Palm Oil Ltd. (DI), Pearson, Sagentia Group, Senior, Ultra Electronics Holdings, WSP Group 

EGMS 
Findel, Insetco, NEOVIA Financial, OPG Power Ventures, SocialGO 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Associated British Foods 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Compass Group, Dunedin Smaller Companies Inv Trust 

Tuesday March 01 

INTERIMS 
AI Claims Solutions, Dawson International, Eleco, Ricardo 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
DS Smith, IG Group Holdings, Puma High Income VCT 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
JPMorgan Claverhouse Inv Trust 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00) 
Unemployment Rate (EU) (10:00) 
Unemployment Rate (GER) (08:55) 

FINALS 
Cookson Group, CRH, Development Securities, Elementis, Fresnillo, GKN, Hydro International, IP Group, Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, Lavendon Group, Meggitt, Molins, Moneysupermarket.com Group, Persimmon, Promethean World, Provident Financial, Rotork, Share Plc, United Business Media Ltd., Xchanging 

AGMS 
Artemis VCT, Driver Group, Servoca 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
British Portfolio Trust, OMG, TUI Travel, Wichford 

Wednesday March 02 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Cohort, Stagecoach Theatre Arts 

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Anglo & Overseas, Aquarius Platinum Ltd., Carclo, Casdon plc, Colefax Group, Diageo, Downing Distribution VCT 2 , Hansard Global, Hargreaves Services, JPMorgan Mid Cap Inv Trust, Jupiter Primadona Growth Trust, Kesa Electricals, Kier Group, Oxford Instruments, Park Group, Ruffer Investment Company Ltd., Stewart & Wight 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
M&G Equity Inv Trust Income Shares 

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Canaccord Financial Inc. 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00) 

GMS 
Berkeley Resources Ltd. (DI) 

FINALS 
4imprint Group, Admiral Group, Amlin, BBA Aviation, Cape, Capital & Counties Properties , Carillion, Fiberweb, Fyffes, GlobeOp Financial Services SA (DI), Goldenport Holdings Inc., International Personal Finance, International Power, Irish Life & Permanent Group Holding, LSL Property Services, Macfarlane Group, Oxford Biomedica, RPS Group, Serco Group, Unite Group 

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Beazley 

EGMS 
Chaarat Gold Holdings Ltd. (DI), Infrastructure India 

AGMS 
Aberforth Geared Capital & Income Trust Capital Shares, Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust, Holidaybreak, Impax Asset Management Group, Innovise, Sage Group 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Gooch & Housego 

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Electronic Data Processing, Income & Growth VCT , LPA Group, New Europe Property Investments, Rights & Issues Inv Trust Capital Shares, Rights & Issues Inv Trust Income Shares, Rio Tinto, RSA Insurance Group, Sanderson Group, St James's Place, THB Group 

Thursday March 03 

INTERIMS 
Frontier IP Group 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
ECB Interest Rate (EU) (12:45) 
ISM Services (US) (15:00) 
Retail Sales (EU) (10:00) 

GMS 
Anglo & Overseas, Astaire Group, Evolve Capital, Moss Bros Group 

FINALS 
ACTA Spa, Amec, Aviva, Balfour Beatty, Cobham, Communisis, CPP Group, Grafton Group Units, Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd. (DI), Howden Joinery Group, IMI, OAO Severstal GDR (Reg S), Psion, Taylor Wimpey, Total Produce, Trinity Mirror, Vitec Group 

IMSS 
DS Smith 

EGMS 
Atlantic Coal, e-Therapeutics, Gitanjali Gems Ltd. GDR (Reg S), Premier Foods 

AGMS 
IDOX, Jersey Electricity 'A' Shares, Local Shopping REIT, LPA Group 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Kazakhmys, Liontrust Asset Managament 

Friday March 04 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Clyde Process Solutions, CPL Resources, Daejan Holdings, Latchways, Mattioli Woods 

FINALS 
Charlemagne Capital Ltd., Just Car Clinics Group, Quadnetics Group, WPP 

IMSS 
SThree 

EGMS 
IGas Energy, M&G Equity Inv Trust Income Shares, MeDaVinci, Optare 

AGMS 
Noventa Ltd. 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Asset Management Investment Co, Treatt