Share Dealing Discussion Area

TDM850

Sabretooth, the most hassle free route is to pop into your bank. If you have an account they will already know you - makes the process quicker, simpler and over the counter

shadydaz

Hi Guys,

I have been tempted to venture into the world of shares - investing and dealing, for a while. I have just set up an account and want to start trading/investing. Has anyone got any advise please?

homealone_2

homealone wrote: »

i bought shares many moons ago when they were selling gas,electric and BT shares. i only bought whatever the minimum was allowed. shortly after sold my BT shares, big mistake for something stupid like £3.40. advice from a friend who funnily enough has still got hers at the time i sold them through a department store for £15. they have now been split and some have been given from centrica. anyhow i am thinking of selling them now even though i have hung on to them for dear life i now need them more than ever so my question is, is it really a bad time to sell? and question 2 is there a similar service now available where i can sell them for a minimal cost?

is there anyone around that can offer any advice on my original post. also i have recently been told that as i hold paper share certificates that selling them will cost me even more?

Toby1990

shadydaz wrote: »

Hi Guys,

I have been tempted to venture into the world of shares - investing and dealing, for a while. I have just set up an account and want to start trading/investing. Has anyone got any advise please?

Have you read any books yet ? I would read at least one book then start reading more, I'm on my second, not on investing thought but still with stocks etc.!

dodger1

Toby1990 wrote: »

Have you read any books yet ? I would read at least one book then start reading more, I'm on my second, not on investing thought but still with stocks etc.!

But which books to start with. No doubt with this subject there will be good books and bad ones so where do we start our search when starting from absolute scratch?

shadydaz

I might get Santa to raid amazon for me!

Thanks.

sabretoothtigger

Monday December 05 

INTERIMS 
Sirius Real Estate Ltd. 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Rotala 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Factory Orders (US) (15:00) 
Goods Orders (US) (15:00) 
ISM Non-Manufacturing (US) (15:00) 
ISM Services (US) (15:00) 
PMI Composite (EU) (09:00) 
PMI Composite (GER) (08:55) 
PMI Services (EU) (09:00) 
PMI Services (GER) (08:55) 
Retail Sales (EU) (10:00) 

Q3 
OJSC Magnitogorsk Iron & Steel Works GDR (Reg S) 

FINALS 
Aberdeen Asset Management, Treatt, TUI Travel 

ANNUAL REPORT 
Diploma 

EGMS 
FRM Diversified Alpha Ltd., Integra Group GDR (Reg S) 

AGMS 
Creat Resources Holdings Ltd. (DI) 

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

Tuesday December 06 

INTERIMS 
Brulines Group, International Greetings, MDM Engineering Group Ltd. (DI), Northgate, Park Group 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
PMI Construction (EU) (09:00) 
PMI Construction (GER) (08:55) 

FINALS 
Alternative Networks, Innovation Group, Superglass Holdings, Victrex 

IMSS 
Wolseley 

EGMS 
Datang International Power Generation Co Ltd., Hellenic Telecom Industries SA ADS, OAO Omz ADR (Level 1) 

AGMS 
Bluebird Energy , Brookwell Ltd. Part Red Pref Shares NPV D, Starvest, Wessex Exploration 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
BRC Sales Monitor (00:01) 
GDP (1st release) (EU) (10:00) 
New Car Registrations (09:30) 

Wednesday December 07 

INTERIMS 
DS Smith, Kesa Electricals, Micro Focus International Plc, Stagecoach Group 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Aga Rangemaster Group 

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
3i Group, Big Yellow Group, Brown (N.) Group, Caledonia Investments, Castings, Cello Group, Chamberlin, City of London Group, Clean Energy Brazil, Creston, De La Rue, Dee Valley Group, Dee Valley Group (Non-Voting), Electrocomponents, European Residual Income Investments Cell, First Property Group, Fuller Smith & Turner, Hogg Robinson Group, Investec, London Stock Exchange Group, Majestic Wine, May Gurney Integrated Services, Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust, Norcros, Northern 3 VCT, Northern Investors Co, Phoenix IT Group, Shanks Group, Tarsus Group, TR Property Inv Trust, TR Property Inv Trust Sigma Shares, Value and Income Trust, Ventus 2 VCT 'C' Shares, Ventus VCT, Ventus VCT 'C' Shares, VP 

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
British Assets Trust, Personal Assets Trust, Real Estate Credit Investments PCC Ltd, XP Power Ltd. (DI) 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Consumer Credit (US) (20:00) 
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30) 
Industrial Production (GER) (11:00) 
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00) 

FINALS 
ATH Resources, Brewin Dolphin Holdings, Zytronic 

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
British Empire Securities & General Trust, Latchways 

AGMS 
Downing Absolute Income VCT 1, Edinburgh Dragon Trust, International Biotech Trust, ZCCM Investments Holdings 'B' Shares 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Carillion 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
BRC Shop Price Index (00:01) 
Industrial Production (09:30) 
Manufacturing Production (09:30) 

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
AI Claims Solutions, Associated British Foods, British Empire Securities & General Trust, Britvic, Cambria Automobiles, Conygar Investment Company, Debenhams, Diploma, Grainger, K3 Business Technology Group, Local Shopping REIT, Netcall, Noble Investments (UK), RSM Tenon Group, Town Centre Securities, Waterman Group 

Thursday December 08 

INTERIMS 
API Group, Ashtead Group, Mulberry Group 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
First Derivatives, William Hill 

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Canadian General Investments Ltd. 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Bloomberg Consumer Confidence (US) (14:45) 
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30) 
ECB Interest Rate (EU) (12:45) 
Factory Orders (GER) (11:00) 
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30) 
Wholesales Inventories (US) (15:00) 

Q2 
Ashtead Group 

Q3 
Premier Farnell 

GMS 
Finsbury Growth & Income Trust 

FINALS 
CareTech Holding, Redhall Group, Titon Holdings 

IMSS 
Integra Group GDR (Reg S), Tesco 

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
BlackRock Greater Europe Inv Trust 

EGMS 
JSC Uralkali GDR (Reg S) 

AGMS 
Baobab Resources, Egdon Resources, Kolar Gold Ltd., Madagascar Oil, Yangtze China Investment Ltd. (DI) 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
PZ Cussons, Standard Chartered 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
BoE Interest Rate Decision (12:00) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
BlackRock Greater Europe Inv Trust, Fidelity Asian Values 

Friday December 09 

INTERIMS 
MBL Group 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Balfour Beatty, Invensys, Maven Income & Growth VCT, NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund Ltd GBP, NB Global Floating Rate Income Fund Ltd USD, Pace, Printing.com, SABMiller, Stobart Group Ltd., Walker Crips Group 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
Barclays, Lilly (Eli) & Co 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Balance of Trade (GER) (07:00) 
Balance of Trade (US) (13:30) 
Consumer Price Index (GER) (07:00) 
Current Account (GER) (07:00) 
Retail Price Index (GER) (07:00) 

ANNUAL REPORT 
Carr's Milling Industries 

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Microgen, Narborough Plantations 

EGMS 
OJSC Polyus Gold ADR 

AGMS 
Air Partner, Artilium, Associated British Foods, cScape Group , Norseman Gold, Pantheon Resources, Tembusu Investments Ltd. (DI), Waterman Group, West Pioneer Properties Ltd. (DI) 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Balance of Trade (09:30) 
Producer Price Index (09:30) 
UK Trade (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Avingtrans, British Sky Broadcasting Group, Centaur Media, Craneware, Edinburgh Dragon Trust, JPMorgan Global Markets Emerging Income Trust, JPMorgan Smaller Companies Inv Trust

TDM850

Shadydaz and Toby, there is a good in-depth and free guide to sharedealing here. Some useful pointers etc. http://www.tradersown.co.uk/sharedealing_guide.html

Maverick_Money

shadydaz wrote: »

Hi Guys,

I have been tempted to venture into the world of shares - investing and dealing, for a while. I have just set up an account and want to start trading/investing. Has anyone got any advise please?

When friends ask me how to get started with investing in the stock market, I always suggest drip-feeding money into one or more investment trusts via a regular investment plan. Does your account offer this facility?

An investment trust is an example of a pooled or collective investment, which means that money from many individual investors is aggregated and invested in one or more asset classes by a fund manager.

There are a number of advantages to using pooled investments. Primarily, you can spread your risk by getting exposure to a range of underlying investments at a relatively low cost – certainly at a much lower cost than if you tried to buy the underlying investments directly yourself.
In addition, you get the professional expertise of a fund manager who manages the portfolio of underlying investments. Of course, some fund managers are better than others!
Many investment trusts offer their own low-cost regular investment plans, which you can start from as little as £20 per month.

Hope this helps ..

homealone_2

homealone wrote: »

is there anyone around that can offer any advice on my original post. also i have recently been told that as i hold paper share certificates that selling them will cost me even more?

can anyone point me in right direction please or am i really asking some stupid questions?