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now3d wrote: »

Not bad, 12.% up! Did you buy few weeks ago when was 21p? its now 24p.

It will be back up at 50p within year. If me, I would hold on and wait to double your money... remember, used to be consistently 500-600p price! So getting to 50p is not unlikely.

I sold today at 0.26p. I'm sure they'd go up. But I just wanted to make a profit for my first share ever.

So on £104 worth of RBS shares I made about £1.20 after all commission. Which was £20 buy/ sell and 0.5% stamp duty. Happy with this little test. I'm thinking of trying again when I find a share I like. Prob with about £500 in.

sabretoothtigger

Write down your percentage costs on that. 20% gain is about a normal good result but for that to happen in less then a year especially with big companies is not 'normal' - RBS market cap increased by 6bn to do that so lots of money and tax paid!

So you could say you got lucky, gauging you progress helps success I think

I think 29 is a decent target for RBS and still quite modest but I sold some recently in order to buy other things. Try using stockchallenge to get a free go at this kind of thing, next entry is about a week from now

Monday January 23 

INTERIMS 
City of London Investment Group 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
DS Smith 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Consumer Confidence Indicator (EU) (10:00) 

AGMS 
Alternative Networks, Avacta Group, John Lewis of Hungerford 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Dragon Oil 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Hargreave Hale AIM VCT 1 

Tuesday January 24 

INTERIMS 
PZ Cussons, Zetar 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Industrial New Orders (EU) (10:00) 

FINALS 
Chemring Group 

ANNUAL REPORT 
Sinclair (William) Holdings 

IMSS 
International Ferro Metals Group, Land Securities Group, Sage Group 

AGMS 
Evocutis, Redefine International, Siemens AG 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Playtech Ltd. 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Public Sector Finances (09:30) 

Wednesday January 25 

INTERIMS 
Ebiquity, Renishaw 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Latham (James) 

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Anite, Fletcher King, IG Group Holdings, NCC Group, SSE 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
Molex Inc., Molex Inc. 'A' Shares 

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
City of London Inv Trust, Merchants Trust 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30) 
FOMC Interest Rate (US) (17:15) 
House Price Index (US) (15:00) 
IFO Business Climate (GER) (09:00) 
IFO Current Assessment (GER) (09:00) 
IFO Expectations (GER) (09:00) 
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00) 
Pending Homes Sales (US) (15:00) 

IMSS 
Britvic, Metric Property Investments 

AGMS 
Artisan, Britvic, GW Pharmaceuticals, Invesco Leveraged High Yield Fund Ltd., Polar Capital Global Healthcare Growth & Income Trust, Renew Holdings, WH Smith 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
BBA Mortgage Lending Figures (09:30) 
BoE Interest Rate Minutes (09:30) 
CBI Industrial Trends Surveys (11:00) 
GDP (Preliminary) (09:30) 
Index of Services (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Diploma, Majedie Investments 

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Blackrock Frontiers Investment Trust, British Portfolio Trust, Compass Group, Gooch & Housego, Renew Holdings, Shaftesbury, Titon Holdings, Treatt 

Thursday January 26 

INTERIMS 
Angle 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Cable & Wireless Worldwide, Dairy Crest Group, Tongaat-Hulett Ltd. 

QUARTERLY EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Marsh & Mclennan Cos Inc. 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Bloomberg Consumer Confidence (US) (14:45) 
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30) 
Durable Goods Orders (US) (13:30) 
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30) 
Leading Indicators (US) (15:00) 
New Homes Sales (US) (15:00) 

FINALS 
Gem Diamonds Ltd. (DI), Safestore Holdings 

IMSS 
easyJet, Invensys, London Stock Exchange Group 

EGMS 
NB Distressed Debt Investment Fund Ltd. 

AGMS 
Euromoney Institutional Investor, Impax Asset Management Group, ITE Group, Lonmin, Mitchells & Butlers, Ultrasis 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Petropavlovsk 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
CBI Distributive Trades Surveys (11:00) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Aberdeen Asset Management, Alternative Networks 

Friday January 27 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Atkins (WS), Betfair Group, Burberry Group, Dart Group, Ensor Holdings, Falkland Islands Holdings, Greene King, Halfords Group, Hornby, Micro Focus International, RPC Group, Solid State, Speedy Hire, Vertu Motors 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
F&C Commercial Property Trust Ltd. 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
GDP (Advance) (US) (13:30) 
M3 Money Supply (EU) (09:00) 
U. of Michigan Confidence (Final) (US) (15:00) 

Q4 
Samsung Electronics Co Ltd (ATT) GDR (Reg S) 

IMSS 
Aveva Group 

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
F&C Private Equity trust Restricted Shares, Income & Growth VCT 

AGMS 
Brainspark, Henderson European Focus Trust, Hot Tuna International, JPMorgan Russian Securities, Marston's, Petra Diamonds Ltd., Scottish Inv Trust, Smiths News 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Hornby 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Character Group, Proactis Holdings

homealone_2

i have about £5k in 3 well known companies that i want to sell this year. firstly i need to know where is the cheapest place i can go to sell them? and the £64000 dollar question, if at all possible would it be better if i could hold of the sale for a time in near future when they may be worth considerably worth or at this stage of the economy would it not be worth hanging on?

DireEmblem

Well without knowing the companies and being able to do some research/give much of an opinion homealone, i would suggest that in a deflated economy its probably best to continue to hold these "3 well known companies".

On the other hand, if one of your stocks was say Apple, and you would be happy now with the gain made on selling, then feel free to settle incase the UK economy strengthens, and the US weakens, which would reduce the monetary value of your foreign stocks.

Thats my 2p.

lilly2011

I'm using X-O after reading a recommendation on here. Very easy to use especially to a newbie like myself.

now3d

Hi there

I would like to pick up some Bank of Ireland shares. Just wondering if anyone knows if there is a difference between NYSE:IRE and LON:BKIR ?

The former is listed in the US in dollars, and the later is listed in London.

I've signed W-8BEN form for US shares (avoids double taxation, 30% on US shares as i recall).

I compared the performance graph, and it was almost the same expect for a few minor differences (just using google finance). So if simpler, I could buy as LON:BKIR However, they are lsited in Euros there.. dunno if that makes any difference.

Cheers

sabretoothtigger

If they look the same they probably relate to the same parts of the company. Its possible the dividend policy is different though suspended.
Somewhere theres a ratio to convert one to other and you can demand ownership most likely, hedge funds sometimes do this

Monday January 30 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Monks Inv Trust 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
Dow Chemical Co 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Business Climate Indicator (EU) (10:00) 
Economic Sentiment Indicator (EU) (10:00) 
Personal Consumption Expenditures (US) (13:30) 
Personal Income (US) (13:30) 
Personal Spending (US) (13:30) 
PMI Retail (EU) (09:00) 
PMI Retail (GER) (08:55) 

GMS 
Cairn Energy, Mecom Group, New Britain Palm Oil Ltd. (DI) 

FINALS 
Bank Millennium SA, OJSC Magnit GDR (Reg S), SThree 

ANNUAL REPORT 
Aberforth Smaller Companies Trust 

AGMS 
Weather Lottery (The) 

TRADING ANNOUNCEMENTS 
OJSC Novolipetsk Steel GDS (Reg S) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Albemarle & Bond Holdings 

Tuesday January 31 

INTERIMS 
British Sky Broadcasting Group, Filtronic, Gold Oil, Mattioli Woods 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Albion Income & Growth VCT, F&C Global Smaller Companies, Jupiter Second Split Trust Geared Shares 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
JP Morgan Chase & Co, Middlefield Canadian Income PCC 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Chicago PMI (US) (13:45) 
Consumer Confidence (US) (15:00) 
GFK Consumer Confidence (GER) (07:00) 
International Reserves (EU) (11:00) 
Unemployment Rate (EU) (10:00) 
Unemployment Rate (GER) (08:55) 

Q2 
British Sky Broadcasting Group 

Q4 
ARM Holdings 

FINALS 
ARM Holdings, Ocado Group 

ANNUAL REPORT 
PXP Vietnam Fund Ltd. 

IMSS 
Carpetright, Phoenix IT Group 

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
European Investment Trust 

EGMS 
ARC Capital Holdings Ltd. 

AGMS 
Armour Group, CareCapital Group, Intandem Films, JPMorgan Indian Inv Trust, Vatukoula Gold Mines 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Consumer Confidence (09:30) 
GFK Consumer Confidence (00:01) 
Mortgage Approvals (09:30) 
Trends in Lending (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
European Investment Trust, Schroder UK Mid Cap Fund, Topps Tiles 

Wednesday February 01 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Brulines Group, FirstGroup, KCOM Group, United Utilities Group 

INTERIM EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Amati VCT , Daejan Holdings, Latchways, Pennon Group, Tricorn Group 

QUARTERLY PAYMENT DATE 
Mercantile Inv Trust, Torchmark Corp. 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Auto Sales (US) (15:00) 
Construction Spending (US) (15:00) 
Crude Oil Inventories (US) (15:30) 
ISM Manufacturing (US) (15:00) 
ISM Prices Paid (US) (15:00) 
MBA Mortgage Applications (US) (12:00) 
PMI Manufacturing (EU) (09:00) 
PMI Manufacturing (GER) (08:55) 

FINALS 
Piaggio & C Spa, Piaggio & C Spa 

IMSS 
United Utilities Group 

AGMS 
Imperial Tobacco Group 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
PMI Manufacturing (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Marston's, SVM Global Fund 

FINAL EX-DIVIDEND DATE 
Fenner 

Thursday February 02 

INTERIMS 
Energy XXI (Bermuda) (Di) 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
ProVen VCT, Robert Wiseman Dairies 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Bloomberg Consumer Confidence (US) (14:45) 
Continuing Claims (US) (13:30) 
Initial Jobless Claims (US) (13:30) 
Producer Price Index (EU) (10:00) 
Productivity (US) (13:30) 

Q2 
Energy XXI (Bermuda) (Di) 

Q4 
AstraZeneca, Royal Dutch Shell 'A', Royal Dutch Shell 'B', Smith & Nephew, Unilever 

GMS 
Baltic Oil Terminals 

FINALS 
AstraZeneca, Royal Dutch Shell 'A', Royal Dutch Shell 'B', Smith & Nephew, Unilever 

IMSS 
Great Portland Estates, Investec, Workspace Group 

AGMS 
Avon Rubber, Compass Group, Edinburgh Worldwide Inv Trust, Numis Corporation, Standard Life European Private Equity Trust 

UK ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
PMI Construction (09:30) 

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
WH Smith 

Friday February 03 

INTERIM DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Aveva Group, Bisichi Mining, Mothercare, Vodafone Group 

INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ANNOUNCEMENTS 
Factory Orders (US) (15:00) 
Goods Orders (US) (15:00) 
ISM Non-Manufacturing (US) (15:00) 
ISM Services (US) (15:00) 
Non-Farm Payrolls (US) (13:30) 
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) 
Unemployment Rate (US) (13:30) 

Q3 
BT Group 

FINALS 
Banco Espirito Santo SA 

IMSS 
Electrocomponents 

SPECIAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Vodafone Group 

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

FINAL DIVIDEND PAYMENT DATE 
Lonmin, Next Fifteen Communications, Schroder Asia Pacific Fund, Smiths News

DistortedVision

I've had about 10 brokerage accounts since I started trading over 15 years ago. They have all been closed now due to inactivity or introduction of management / inactivity charges.

I am planning on starting trading again and was looking at competitive brokerage accounts which do not charge inactivity or annual management fees and they are few and far between. Does anyone have any recommendations? I'm not interested in offshore brokers.

Anyone dealt with SVS Securities? They seem to be what I'm looking for.

Many thanks!

PM

I've been using SVS for 6 months and had no problems. You don't get comparative data at a glance like you may do with others such as how much it's up/down since purchase but you can easily use yahoo etc for portfolio tracking.

Thumbs up from me - especially due to low fee!

DistortedVision

I opened a Vantage account with Hargreaves Lansdown in the end. Mostly because of the £1 commission promotion. But also because SVS had the longest application form I've ever seen for a brokerage account. They were asking far too many questions for my liking and I got the impression they were going to use that information to try and sell me advisory services in the future.

Also the Hargreaves Lansdown application process was all online and took just 3 minutes with nothing to post. I was able to place my first trade within a few hours.