Share Dealing Discussion Area

hobbesandco

This is in response to tony2toes. Hmmm...interesting name.

Anyways, I just bought some shares on NASDAQ with Squaregain. They charge £12.50. There are some you can buy on-line but with mine I had to buy through a broker but no extra charge there. They're pretty good. Just remember to have the W8-BEN tax form signed BEFORE you make any trades.

CTT_2

I have just joined Squaregain via a link from the nakertrader website and by going this route, Squaregain will credit £50 to my account after only 1 trade.

CTT_2

I have today signed up with Hoodless and they have offered me a free months trading.
Now what shall I buy.......

Ratchet

Just a question for Hobbesandco, whats the purpose of the W8-BEN form and why's it advisable to fill it in before trading on NASDAQ shares?

hobbesandco

The W8BEN Form is for US Inland Revenue Tax Purposes and is compulsory if you're purchasing US shares. You cannot be a resident of the US for tax purposes (i.e. citizen or green-card holder).

plumb1_2

CTT wrote:

I have just joined Squaregain via a link from the nakertrader website and by going this route, Squaregain will credit £50 to my account after only 1 trade.

You could have got £75, via this route
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=91587

young

Is Squaregain a good option for a one off trade?

TDM850

HRS you'll find a useful list of shareholder perks at Sharecrazy
http://www.sharecrazy.com/resources/perks.html

They also have a lot of other data on each company, if you click on the company names they are highlighted

yoyo42

Hi,

I have about £3000 worth of shares in an Australian bank (following various demutualisations and mergers) which I'd like to cash in. I haven't done anything but cash in a few Abbey shares before...

None of the 'usual' sites (Squaregain, Hoodless Brennan, etc) mentioned on here seem to cover the ASX market, just UK/US.

I did try a while ago and found one of the big names (Barclays I think) who said they'd do it for £100 or so, but they never actually sent me the forms to open the account...

So what are your recommendations for selling them? I have an electronic certificate for the shares.

A possible route: I have a stepsister who recently emigrated to Australia. She could possibly do it if I gave them to her and send (most of) the money back, but I have a feeling I'd fall foul of all sorts of nasty tax and money laundering issues... I'd rather find a UK broker to handle it!

Looking forward to your replies

Paul

batty_2

the best site to see is advfn . and the best stockbrockers are self trade 12.50 flat fee itrade over 50k a day and here is one for free buy eme you missed the boat a bit last friday but a long way to go EME.