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Article on Gulf Keystone

http://in.reuters.com/article/2011/12/18/us-exxon-gulf-keystone-paper-idINTRE7BH0FV20111218

Clark80

Hi, I would like to buy some shares about 1000. I already know the company I am interested in. I expect to sell these shares in a year. So just one trade to buy and then one to sell in a year.

What is the best way to do these 2 transactions pls.

Thanks

sabretoothtigger

Monday January 02 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Rights & Issues Inv Trust Capital Shares 

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

Tuesday January 03 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Amec, Bunzl, Fuller Smith & Turner, Headlam Group, Homeserve, Next 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Construction Spending (US) (15:00) 
ISM Manufacturing (US) (15:00) 
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UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
PMI Manufacturing (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
A&J Mucklow Group 

Wednesday January 04 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Great Portland Estates, Slingsby H.C, VP 

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Albion Income & Growth VCT, Aveva Group, Bisichi Mining, Dairy Crest Group, FirstGroup, Halma, ICAP, Jupiter Second Split Trust Geared Shares, Latham (James), Micro Focus International, Monks Inv Trust, Mothercare, MS International, ProVen VCT, Solid State, Speedy Hire, Vertu Motors, Volex 

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JP Morgan Chase & Co, Torchmark Corp. 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Auto Sales (US) (15:00) 
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PMI Composite (GER) (08:55) 
PMI Services (EU) (09:00) 
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FINALS 
Sinclair (William) Holdings 

IMSS 
Domino's Pizza UK & IRL 

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European Investment Trust, F&C Private Equity trust Restricted Shares 

AGMS 
Charteris 

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Next 

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Construction PMI (09:30) 
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Town Centre Securities 

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Character Group, European Investment Trust, Impax Asset Management Group, ITE Group, JPMorgan Asian Inv Trust, Majedie Investments, Next Fifteen Communications, Proactis Holdings, Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund, Scottish Inv Trust, Smiths News, Standard Life European Private Equity Trust, Starvest, WH Smith 

Thursday January 05 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Big Yellow Group, Caledonia Investments, Hogg Robinson Group, London Stock Exchange Group, Rolls-Royce Group, Sepura 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
GlaxoSmithKline 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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ISM Non-Manufacturing (US) (15:00) 
ISM Services (US) (15:00) 
PMI Construction (GER) (08:55) 
Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00) 

AGMS 
Clinton Cards 

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

Friday January 06 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Brown (N.) Group, Castings, Cello Group, Dee Valley Group, Dee Valley Group (Non-Voting), Hill & Smith Holdings, Intermediate Capital Group, Investment Company, JD Sports Fashion, Majestic Wine, Management Consulting Group, May Gurney Integrated Services, Montanaro European Smaller Companies Trust, Norcros, Northern 2 VCT, Northern Investors Co, Plastics Capital, Sainsbury (J), Tate & Lyle, Value and Income Trust 

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British Assets Trust, Schlumberger Ltd. 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Business Climate Indicator (EU) (10:00) 
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Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30) 
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Unemployment Rate (EU) (10:00) 
Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30) 

GMS 
Anglo American 

IMSS 
Caledonia Investments 

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

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Robert Walters 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
New Car Registrations (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Avation, British Empire Securities & General Trust, Netcall, Noble Investments (UK), Origin Enterprises

lordie

Apologies if this is posted on the wrong thread.

I am currently holding around 10000 gkp shares and am trying to think of ways of avoiding a sizeable cgt bill in the future.

Am not savvy with spreadbetting but after a little research I am contemplating selling my shares and opening a long position.

My plan is to deposit around £20k and then go £100/point. I have figured that this would be enough to safeguard against a sudden drop in shareprice but would still offer a very good tax-free profit should gkp be sold for between £10-15/share.

Is my plan ok or can anybody see any possible problems?

sabretoothtigger

Sounds ok apart from expecting such a high sale price. You realise Kurdistan is regularly bombed by the Turkish Army right. I would take at least partial profits in the 200p area, then 300 and so on

Other things you might do would be to sell some GKP and buy another Kurd oil driller like HOIL who found gas instead of oil and halved in price. I prefer them but its as risky geographically I think. I would recommend being diversified, I think BP is still cheap, etc

Interest charged on your position is about £2 a day I think

I still think 100p is more likely to come sooner then 300p for GKP so I sold all mine

lordie

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

Sounds ok apart from expecting such a high sale price. You realise Kurdistan is regularly bombed by the Turkish Army right. I would take at least partial profits in the 200p area, then 300 and so on

Other things you might do would be to sell some GKP and buy another Kurd oil driller like HOIL who found gas instead of oil and halved in price. I prefer them but its as risky geographically I think. I would recommend being diversified, I think BP is still cheap, etc

Interest charged on your position is about £2 a day I think

I still think 100p is more likely to come sooner then 300p for GKP so I sold all mine

I appreciate the advice, but with respect, I think you need to have another look at GKP of late. Nothing like the animal of 12 months ago.

Fully funded with one of the most aggressive ongoing drilling campaigns of any company currently exploring or appraising onland anywhere on the planet.

Rumoured to be on the shopping list of Exxon(£8/share) and Chevron(purported £13.50/share), with the Chinese national oil companies waiting in the wings to gazump them both. A bidding war looks inevitable and pretty imminent. FTSE listing may not happen now. Hence the need to protect against a large cgt bill.

Heritage may have their day, but not for a long time unless they happen to hit oil, the black stuff is where it is at in Kurdistan at the moment. Gas is of very little interest as the infrastructure needed is a long way off.

sabretoothtigger

Private investors are biased to a lottery ticket type approach, I hope a deal goes ahead but it never seems to be that simple

Monday January 09 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
Alpha Pyrenees Trust Ltd., Land Securities Group 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
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Consumer Credit (US) (20:00) 
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Retail Sales (GER) (07:00) 

AGMS 
Cambria Automobiles, LXB Retail Properties 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Hydrogen Group, Persimmon, XP Power Ltd. (DI) 

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Barloworld Ltd. 

Tuesday January 10 

INTERIMS 
Ilika 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Creston, TR Property Inv Trust, TR Property Inv Trust Sigma Shares, Whitbread 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
XP Power Ltd. (DI) 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Factory Orders (GER) (11:00) 
Wholesales Inventories (US) (15:00) 

IMSS 
Debenhams, Development Securities, Marks & Spencer Group, Smiths News 

AGMS 
Carr's Milling Industries, Debenhams, Topps Tiles 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Dunelm Group, Rathbone Brothers 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
BRC Sales Monitor (00:01) 
RICS Housing Market Survey (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Conygar Investment Company, Waterman Group 

Wednesday January 11 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
3i Group, 3i Infrastructure, Anglo Pacific Group, De La Rue, Ventus 2 VCT 'C' Shares, Ventus VCT, Ventus VCT 'C' Shares 

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Umeco, Workspace Group 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
Africa Opportunity Fund Ltd. 

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
British Land Co, F&C Commercial Property Trust Ltd. 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
National Accounts (GDP) (10:00) 
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30) 
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00) 

IMSS 
Brown (N.) Group 

SPECIAL EX-DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Juridica Investments Ltd. 

AGMS 
Fenner, Ottoman Fund Ltd. 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Game Group, Greggs, Hays, Michael Page International, Sainsbury (J) 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Balance of Trade (09:30) 
BRC Shop Price Index (00:01) 
UK Trade (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
AI Claims Solutions, Northamber, RSM Tenon Group 

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Dewhurst, Dewhurst (Non-Voting), Dunedin Smaller Companies Inv Trust, Lonmin, Paragon Group Of Companies, Schroder Asia Pacific Fund 

Thursday January 12 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Cable & Wireless Communications, Mckay Securities, Morgan Crucible Co 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Bloomberg Consumer Confidence (US) (14:45) 
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Manufacturing Inventories (US) (15:00) 
Retail Sales (US) (13:45) 
Retail Sales Inventories (US) (15:15) 
Treasury Budget Statement (US) (19:00) 

Q4 
Sandvine Corp. 

FINALS 
Sandvine Corp. 

IMSS 
Booker Group, Halfords Group, Home Retail Group, Luminar Group Holdings, Namakwa Diamonds Ltd. (DI) 

EGMS 
Polski Koncern Naftowy Orlen S.A. GDR(Reg S) 

AGMS 
Cardiff Property 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Ashmore Group, Cape, Computacenter, Hilton Food Group, JD Sports Fashion, Mothercare, SIG, Tesco, Thorntons 

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BoE Interest Rate Decision (12:00) 
Industrial Production (09:30) 
Manufacturing Production (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
K3 Business Technology Group, Sportingbet 

Friday January 13 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Alliance Pharma, Babcock International Group, Caffyns, Cropper (James), Electrocomponents, Kewill, Marks & Spencer Group, Northern 3 VCT, Severn Trent, Shanks Group, Telford Homes, UK Mail Group 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
Yamana Gold Inc. 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Balance of Trade (US) (13:30) 
Import and Export Price Indexes (US) (13:30) 
U. of Michigan Confidence (Prelim) (US) (15:00) 

GMS 
Beowulf Mining 

AGMS 
Bellway 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Spectris, Ted Baker 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Associated British Foods, Debenhams, Renewable Energy Generation Ltd.

sabretoothtigger

HL offer

Wally75

Good evening guys

From the thread it looks like x-o is a good starting point for a newbie investor, but the HL offer of £1 per trade seems tempting.

As a toe in the water, I'm going to take advantage in the softness of Tesco, so only want to trade one stock. If I go with HL, will I only pay the £1 deal cost? Are there any ongoing costs with HL? x-o looks like it is only £5.95 per trade then nothing more, or am I missing some admin type charges?

Thanks

Wally

marvin

Wally75 wrote: »

Good evening guys

From the thread it looks like x-o is a good starting point for a newbie investor, but the HL offer of £1 per trade seems tempting.

As a toe in the water, I'm going to take advantage in the softness of Tesco, so only want to trade one stock. If I go with HL, will I only pay the £1 deal cost? Are there any ongoing costs with HL? x-o looks like it is only £5.95 per trade then nothing more, or am I missing some admin type charges?

Thanks

Wally

x-o £5.95 and that's it.

HL, I thought they used to charge an inactivity fee but no now according to their website.