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lvader

badger38 wrote: »

Loyds Banking Group shares are down to 50p surely they're worth a punt for a long term investment??

It was a much better punt a week ago at 42p.

sabretoothtigger

Surely there is no 'surely' when it comes to banks. Could be zero for all we know, I think they're ok but cant say Ive really worked out their exact finance requirements or what default rate they could suffer before becoming insolvent (again).
I just dont think house prices will be that weak, uk currency will go down and people will still need to live in houses

Speaking of which:

On the economic front, the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee meets on Thursday to determine interest rate and quantitative easing policy.

Given recent comments - described as his most "doveish" in recent memory - by the bank's governor, Mervyn King, it would be astonishing were the committee to vote for anything other than a continuation of the status quo.

Monday July 04 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Renew Holdings 

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
JP Morgan Chase & Co 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Sentix Investor Confidence (EU) (09:30) 
Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00) 

FINALS 
Cyril Sweett Group 

AGMS 
Steppe Cement Ltd. 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Halifax House Prices 
Bank of England Housing Equity Withdrawal (09:30) 
PMI Construction (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Christie Group, Scottish Mortgage Inv Trust 

Tuesday July 05 

INTERIMS 
Low & Bonar, St. Modwen Properties 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Victrex 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
PMI Services (FRA) (08:50) 
PMI Composite (GER) (08:55) 
PMI Services (GER) (08:55) 
PMI Composite (EU) (09:00) 
PMI Services (EU) (09:00) 
Factory Orders (US) (15:00) 
Retail Sales (EU) (10:00) 

GMS 
Aggreko 

FINALS 
Harvard International 

IMSS 
Brown (N.) Group 

EGMS 
Landore Resources Ltd. 

AGMS 
Blackrock Hedge Selector Ltd. Red Part Shs (UK Emerging Co Shs), Brown (N.) Group, Capital Gearing Trust, JPMorgan Income & Capital Inv Trust, JPMorgan Income & Capital Inv Trust Units, Shires Income 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Official Reserves (09:30) 
PMI Services (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Balfour Beatty, Brammer, French Connection Group, Rolls-Royce Group 

Wednesday July 06 

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
BBA Aviation, CareTech Holding, Character Group, Chrysalis VCT, Dunedin Smaller Companies Inv Trust, ITE Group, Pressure Technologies, Sinclair (William) Holdings 

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
British Land Co, Investors Capital Trust 'A' Shares, Mercantile Inv Trust, Verizon Communications 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
PMI Construction (GER) (08:55) 
GDP (2nd release) (EU) (10:00) 
Factory Orders (GER) (11:00) 
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00) 
ISM Non-Manufacturing (US) (15:00) 
ISM Services (US) (15:00) 

GMS 
TEG Group 

ANNUAL REPORT 
Falkland Islands Holdings 

IMSS 
3i Group, Booker Group, Robert Walters 

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Panther Securities 

AGMS 
3i Group, Booker Group, EKF Diagnostics Holdings , London & Stamford Property Ltd., Masawara, May Gurney Integrated Services, Oxford Technology 2 VCT, Oxford Technology VCT, Robert Wiseman Dairies, Sierra Rutile Ltd, Ultima Networks, Westside Acquisitions 
TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Lupus Capital, Tullow Oil 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
BRC Shop Price Index (00:01) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Aegis Group, Anglo Pacific Group, Camellia, Cineworld Group, Development Securities, Elderstreet VCT, Huntsworth, Management Consulting Group, Metric Property Investments , Pace, Panther Securities, Staffline Group, Tarsus Group 

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Babcock International Group, Bond International Software, Burberry Group, Caledonia Investments, Capital Pub Company, Carphone Warehouse Group, De La Rue, Dee Valley Group, E2V Technologies, Hyder Consulting, Kiotech International, Lindsell Train Inv Trust, Lombard Risk Management, Martin Currie Pacific Trust, Monks Inv Trust, Octopus AIM VCT, Puma VCT V, Rensburg AIM VCT, Shanks Group, TalkTalk Telecom Group , TR Property Inv Trust, TR Property Inv Trust Sigma Shares, Vedanta Resources, Walker Greenbank 

Thursday July 07 

INTERIMS 
AFC Energy, Heavitree Brewery, Sandvine Corp. 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
XP Power Ltd. (DI) 

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Marsh & Mclennan Cos Inc. 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Machine Orders (JPN) 
Industrial Production (GER) (11:00) 
ECB Interest Rate (EU) (12:45) 
Bloomberg Consumer Confidence (US) (14:45) 
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30) 
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30) 
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30) 

Q2 
Sandvine Corp. 

GMS 
Dealogic Holdings 

FINALS 
Begbies Traynor Group, Heath (Samuel) & Sons, NCC Group 

IMSS 
Metric Property Investments 

AGMS 
Alexon Group, Aveva Group, Babcock International Group, Boussard & Gavaudan Holding Ltd. EUR Shares, Boussard & Gavaudan Holding Ltd. GBP Shares, Chaarat Gold Holdings Ltd. (DI), Downing Planned Exit VCT 2, Downing Planned Exit VCT 3, Great Portland Estates, Man Group, MCB Finance Group, Pivot Entertainment Group 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Charlemagne Capital Ltd., Dunelm Group, Hays 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Industrial Production (09:30) 
Manufacturing Production (09:30) 
BoE Interest Rate Decision (12:00) 
NIESR GDP estimate 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Aberdeen New Thai Inv Trust, London & Stamford Property Ltd., Stobart Group Ltd. 

Friday July 08 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Associated British Foods, Britvic, Daily Mail and General Trust, Debenhams, Topps Tiles 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
British Assets Trust 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
M2 Money Supply (PJN) 
Current Account Total (JPN) 
Bankruptcies (JPN) 
Balance of Trade (GER) (07:00) 
Current Account (GER) (07:00) 
Bank of France Business Sentiment (FRA) (07:30) 
Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30) 
Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30) 
Wholesale Inventories (US) (15:00) 
Consumer Credit (US) (20:00) 


GMS 
JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust , Nasstar 

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Spirax-Sarco Engineering 

AGMS 
Aurum Mining, JJB Sports, JPMorgan European Smaller Companies Trust , Value and Income Trust 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
SIG 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Producer Price Index (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
3i Infrastructure, Booker Group, Cello Group, Corin Group, First Derivatives, Hill & Smith Holdings, M&C Saatchi, Marshalls, Morgan Crucible Co, Octopus Apollo VCT 1, Octopus Apollo VCT 2, Octopus Eclipse VCT 2, Prezzo, Tesco, Yule Catto & Co 

frothy-coffee_2

Hi,
I found a certifcate for 400 of these in a draw, I think they were issued as part of a building society conversion.

How do I sell them?

Ark_Welder

lvader wrote: »

It was a much better punt a week ago at 42p.

And even more so three years ago when they touched 16p

nearlyretired2004

I last dealt 5 or 6 years ago in shares of the company I was working for, using a low cost service organised by them.

Want to start dealing again but probably infrequently.

I'm looking at an account with x-o.co.uk but have also seen iii mentioned on here

Does anybody have any recommendations for the cheapest and easiest account to operate and/or any views on x-o.co.uk in particular?

Sorry if this is a boring post for all you regular investors but really would be grateful for any answers!

sabretoothtigger

Either is fine, iii is slightly easier

nearlyretired2004

Greateful for the reply - but easier in what sense?

As far as I can see iii are cica £4 per trade more expensive - are they worth that ?

sabretoothtigger

xo you might have to email them, iii have a callcentre or live chat even and iii will deal for 1.50 if you dont mind them taking a week. I always say halifax or iii are best for anyone fairly clueless

padington

padington wrote: »

10-04-2011, 1:26 PM

This story has only started, Murdoch's team have been planted with undercover journalists for months, a whole TV expose will be coming to your screens soon. Dump your Murdoch related shares, it will all have massive consequence. This broke this morning and its going to get much much worse for the Murdoch empire.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2011/apr/09/phone-hacking-rupert-murdoch-gordon-brown

Happy days.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jul/07/shares-rupert-murdoch-companies

sabretoothtigger

To think I doubted you. hrm, how did you know

Questor said to buy trinity mirror shares (jokingly I think)