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Doshwaster

Corona wrote: »

Can anyone help? I just can't find the information I'm looking for.

northerner77 wrote: »

Sorry, I cannot answer your questions as I'm a novice but would like to know where Martin's article(s) on shares are. Good luck with the long term strategy you mention.

The reason why you won't find much information on this site about Shares or read Martin's views on them is that MSE really isn't an investment website - it concentrates on money saving not money making. For that you would be better off somewhere like the Motley Fool (http://www.fool.co.uk/)

sabretoothtigger

Monday May 16 

INTERIMS 
ITE Group 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Next Fifteen Communications 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
Colgate-Palmolive Co, Marsh & Mclennan Cos Inc. 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Machine Orders (JPN) 
CGIP (JPN) 
Consumer Confidence (JPN) 
Balance of Trade (EU) (10:00) 
Consumer Price Index (EU) (10:00) 
Harmonised Competitiveness Indicators (EU) (09:00) 
Harmonised Index of Consumer Prices (EU) (10:00) 
Empire State Manufacturing Survey (US) (13:30) 
NAHB Housing Index (US) (15:00) 

Q4 
Hansen Transmissions International NV (DI) 

GMS 
Parkwood Holdings, Silence Therapeutics 

FINALS 
Cranswick, Hansen Transmissions International NV (DI) 

ANNUAL REPORT 
London Security 

IMSS 
Lamprell, Raven Russia Ltd. 

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Murray International Trust, Savills 

AGMS 
Bioquell, British Smaller Companies VCT 2, Colliers International UK, Howden Joinery Group, Kings Arms Yard VCT, Kings Arms Yard VCT 2, Manx Financial Group, Raven Russia Ltd., Sagentia Group 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Goldenport Holdings Inc., John Wood Group, Kingspan Group, Melrose, Sagicor Financial Corp., Savills, Stanley Gibbons Group 

Q1 
Planet Payment Inc. 

Tuesday May 17 

INTERIMS 
Diploma, Enterprise Inns, GW Pharmaceuticals, Optos 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Carr's Milling Industries 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Machine Tool Orders (JPN) 
New Car Registrations (EU) (10:00) 
ZEW Survey (EU) (10:00) 
ZEW Survey (GER) (10:00) 
Housing Starts (US) (13:30) 
Industrial Production (US) (16:15) 

Q4 
Canaccord Financial Inc. 

GMS 
First Artist Corporation 

FINALS 
Babcock International Group, Canaccord Financial Inc., Vodafone Group, Yell Group 

IMSS 
Aviva, Capital Shopping Centres Group, Derwent London, Paddy Power, Renishaw 

EGMS 
Beale 

AGMS 
AGI Therapeutics, Brammer, Capital Shopping Centres Group, Castle Alternatives Invest AG (DI), Cello Group, Evolution Group, Fresnillo, H.R. Owen, Harbourvest Senior Loans Europe Ltd., Hardy Underwriting Bermuda Ltd. (DI), International Power, ISIS Property Trust Ltd., Keller Group, Manganese Bronze Holdings, Paddy Power, Proximagen Group, Regus, Royal Dutch Shell 'A', Royal Dutch Shell 'B', Standard Life, Telefonica SA, UTV Media, Vipera, Xaar 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Consumer Price Index (09:30) 
Retail Price Index (09:30) 
DCLG House Prices (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Aviva, Burford Capital Ltd., Impax Environmental Markets, Kazakhmys, KBC Advanced Technologies, Phoenix Group Holdings (DI), Reed Elsevier, Serco Group 

Q1 
OAO Severstal GDR (Reg S) 

Wednesday May 18 

INTERIMS 
Compass Group, Sanderson Group 

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Bellway, Narborough Plantations, Noble Investments (UK), Titon Holdings, United Drug, WH Smith 

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Carnival, M Winkworth, MedicX Fund Ltd. 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Tertiary Industry Index (JPN) 
Construction Output (EC) (10:00) 
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00) 
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30) 
FOMC Interest Rate Minutes (US) (19:00) 

GMS 
Stobart Group Ltd., Thor Mining 

FINALS 
Blinkx, C&C Group, Experian, Gable Holdings Inc., ICAP, Land Securities Group, UK Mail Group 

ANNUAL REPORT 
Surgical Innovations Group 

IMSS 
Wilmington Group 

AGMS 
AIM Investments, Candover Investments, Cineworld Group, Commerzbank AG, CSR, Dragon Oil, Essar Energy , Fidelity European Values, Ingenious Entertainment VCT 1, Ingenious Entertainment VCT 1 'C' Shares, Ingenious Entertainment VCT 1 'D' Shares, Ingenious Entertainment VCT 1 E Shares, Ingenious Entertainment VCT 1 F Shares, Ingenious Entertainment VCT 2, Ingenious Entertainment VCT 2 'C' Shares, Ingenious Entertainment VCT 2 'D' Shares, Ingenious Entertainment VCT 2 E Shares, Ingenious Entertainment VCT 2 F Shares, Ingenious Live VCT 1, Ingenious Live VCT 2, Interserve, Irish Life & Permanent Group Holding, Jupiter Fund Management , Lloyds Banking Group, Mercantile Inv Trust, New Britain Palm Oil Ltd. (DI), Portmeirion Group, Resolution Ltd., StatPro Group, Tamar European Industrial Fund Ltd., W H Ireland Group 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
BoE Interest Rate Minutes (09:30) 
Claimant Count Rate (09:30) 
Unemployment Rate (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
ARM Holdings, Dairy Farm International Holdings Ltd. (Singapore), Fyffes, Hongkong Land Holding Ltd. (Singapore), Jardine Matheson Holdingd Ltd. (Singapore), Jardine Strategic Holdingd Ltd. (Singapore), Norsk Hydro ASA, Rathbone Brothers, Spirax-Sarco Engineering, St James's Place 

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Admiral Group, Cookson Group, DCC, Derwent London, Dillistone Group, F&C Private Equity Trust, Fortune Oil, Home Retail Group, Inchcape, Morgan Crucible Co, ProVen Health VCT, Restaurant Group, Robinson, S & U, Sainsbury (J), Severfield-Rowen, Share Plc, SQS Software Quality Systems AG, Ukrproduct Group Ltd., Vertu Motors 

Q1 
Eurasia Drilling Co Ltd. GDR (Reg S), New World Resources NV A Shares 

Thursday May 19 

INTERIMS 
Euromoney Institutional Investor, Grainger, Marston's, OMG, Southern Cross Healthcare Group 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Gross Domestic Product (JPN) 
Industrial Production (JPN) 
GDP Deflator (JPN) 
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30) 
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30) 
Leading Indicators (US) (15:00) 
Philadelphia Fed Index (US) (15:00) 
Existing Home Sales (US) (15:00) 
Bloomberg Consumer Confidence (US) (22:00) 

FINALS 
Booker Group, Dairy Crest Group, Invensys, Investec, Investec Non-Red, Non-!!!, Non-Part Prf Shares, Metric Property Investments , National Grid, SABMiller 

ANNUAL REPORT 
President Petroleum Co, Vphase 

IMSS 
Axis-Shield, Cairn Energy, CPP Group, Premier Oil 

EGMS 
OJSC Magnit GDR (Reg S), Zamano 

AGMS 
Autoclenz Holdings, Axis-Shield, Braime (T.F.& J.H.) Holdings, Cairn Energy, Chaucer Holdings, Collins Stewart, Corac Group, CPP Group, Downing Planned Exit VCT 4, Downing Planned Exit VCT 5, Downing Planned Exit VCT 8, Downing Planned Exit VCT 9, F&C Commercial Property Trust Ltd., G4S, Gresham House, Immupharma, IS Solutions, John Laing Infrastructure, Mam Funds, Moss Bros Group, Next, office2office, Petropavlovsk, Prudential, Staffline Group, Stilo International, Telekomunikasi Indonesia (Persero) ADS, Total Produce, TT Electronics, Vphase 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Internet Retail Sales (09:30) 
Retail Sales (09:30) 
CBI Industrial Trends Surveys (11:00) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Aggreko, Amlin, Capital & Counties Properties , Evolution Group, GKN, GVC Holdings, Smith & Nephew, Tullett Prebon 

Friday May 20 

INTERIMS 
Future, Mitchells & Butlers 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Albemarle & Bond Holdings, James Halstead 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
Caterpillar Inc. 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Convenience Store Sales (JPN) 
Bank of Japan target rate (JPN) 
Producer Price Index (GER) (07:00) 
Current Account (EU) (09:00) 
Consumer Confidence Indicator (EU) (10:00) 

FINALS 
Scottish & Southern Energy 

ANNUAL REPORT 
Alexander Mining 

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Edinburgh Inv Trust 

EGMS 
SVM UK Active Fund 

AGMS 
Alliance Trust, Derwent London, DM, Energetix Group, Intertek Group, John Menzies, Michael Page International, MTI Wireless Edge Ltd., OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works GDR (Reg S), OJSC Polyus Gold ADR, Premier Oil, Red Leopard Holdings, Tribal Group, Ukrproduct Group Ltd. 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
BG Group, Chesnara, Costain Group, Dunedin Enterprise Inv Trust, Fresnillo, Glanbia, Greggs, Hellenic Carriers Ltd., International Personal Finance, Johnson Service Group, Millennium & Copthorne Hotels, Molins, Norish Units, Paddy Power, Petrofac Ltd., T Clarke, Tullow Oil, Vitec Group 

Mr_h

Hi

I'm fairly new to share-dealing myself.

I would perhaps suggest that you first read The Naked Trader by Robbie Williams, to decide if share-dealing is right for you. I'm still a newbie to this, but I think it covers off a lot, and it's fairly easy to read imo.

I suppose it depends why you want do share dealing. If you want to be a day trader, then use an execution only service. If you want to build your shares gradually up over time, then maybe Halifax Sharebuilder??

There are many comparision sites out there that lets you quickly compare different share-dealing accounts.

I like x-o.co.uk who offer trades at £5.95.

For International trades, I would maybe use Halifax sharedealing, but their commission is a bit pricey..

I like Halifax's research web-site www.halifaxmarketwatch.co.uk.
HL research faciilties are also very good imo.

Hope this helps

Cheers

sabretoothtigger

For International trades,I would maybe use Halifax sharedealing, but their commission is a bit pricey..

It was reduced recently same as LSE dealing but they increased the currency conversion to 1% at the same time I think

maypole

I have some shares which are just "lying" in an account with TD Waterhouse, they were transferred over from Hoodless Brennan, I don't do trading but I am charged £10 per quarter where at one time it used to be free. How can I get these put back to a paper certificate, it's just a waste of money at the moment.:o

Biggles

maypole wrote: »

How can I get these put back to a paper certificate, it's just a waste of money at the moment.

What did TDW say? It shouldn't be a problem, though probably a one-off charge.

maypole

Biggles wrote: »

What did TDW say? It shouldn't be a problem, though probably a one-off charge.

oh well of course I thought I would ask here first:o

thanks for reply

enabler

Hi all

I'm looking for some advice on how i can sell shares that are held for me by a Danish bank. I was given these shares when i worked for a company that is owned by a Danish firm. I have trawled through UK brokers but none seem to deal on Danish stockexchange. Hope this makes sense !!

Thanks in advance.

marka87uk

Hi,

Today I bought shares myself for the first time. I bought a small sum through The Share Centre.

I'm slightly confused though as to some of the terminology.

The prices for NEW are Bid - 5.00p, Offer - 5.50p, Open - 5.25p. It also says there has been no change today but the day high/low is 5.25p/5.13p...

So what do these terms mean?

When I bought some it found the 'best price' at the time which was 5.14p (the same as listed on Google Finance). When I come to sell them do they also sell at the rate listed on Finance websites?

Thanks!

marvin

marka87uk wrote: »

Hi,

Today I bought shares myself for the first time. I bought a small sum through The Share Centre.

I'm slightly confused though as to some of the terminology.

The prices for NEW are Bid - 5.00p, Offer - 5.50p, Open - 5.25p. It also says there has been no change today but the day high/low is 5.25p/5.13p...

So what do these terms mean?

When I bought some it found the 'best price' at the time which was 5.14p (the same as listed on Google Finance). When I come to sell them do they also sell at the rate listed on Finance websites?

Thanks!

Bid = the price you will get for them
Offer = the price you have to pay for them
The price quoted on may sites is the mid price (halfway between the bid/offer quotes) although many sites quote the last traded price so if it was a sell it would be the bid price and if it was a buy then the offer price (shareprice.co.uk does and if the price you paid = the price quoted I think Google finance does (as they get their prices from shareprice.co.uk this is no surprise) is quoted.

If it says no movement it means the difference between the opening (mid) price and the closing (mid) price. It does not mean the price has not moved throughout the day just that it finished where it started.

Yes and no in regards the price you will get depends on the liquidity of the share and if it moves a lot and if the last traded price was a sell and not a buy.

Hope this helps a little