Share Dealing Discussion Area

Sealy

In my opinion selftrade is the cheapest for medium to long term trading of lse stock. For US equities I've found that hsbcs investdirect account the best. Both have no monthly or yearly fees. When I signed upto selftrade they had a free £50 refferal scheme so me and my friend who reffered me both got £50!

Now that's a deal. Nowadays I've been looking into spread betting (I'm trying out ig index) as it is a totally tax free (albeit very risk - be warned) and zero fee way of trading - they profit by margin. This however is strictly not for the feighnt hearted!

Sealy

chrisppyy

can some one pleas help i have 1500 shares worth about 4500 and want to sell them
what is best way and the cheepest and the simplest ime confused

Alex108

I am interested in buying shares in Australia. I live in the UK. Does anyone know the cheapest way to do this?

I have found, thanks to this website, many companies who will do it for a UK or US company, but none who will do it cheaply for an Australian one. I don't do much in the way of buying and selling shares at the moment.

I would be looking at buying around £2000 worth.

I would be most grateful for any help.

Thank you.

Nick_C

I don't intend buying or selling shares on anything other than an occasional basis.

I opened an online (Vantage Share) account with HL today, and funded it with a nominal £1.

When I do buy the shares I want, I will need to overfund my account to make sure I have sufficient money to make the purchase I want. How do I get any spare cash back into my bank account once I have made the purchase? I can see how to add more cash to my HL account, but not how to take it out!

philng

I note the earlier comment from 2/4 re iii which currently do a share isa with no management account fees. Why would the spreads be wider? and is this the case?

Tooglebut456

Hi - sorry to but in on anyones topic but this seemed the best place and I'm not sure how to start a new post.

I am interested in finding the most economical way of buying shares in the US and China from the UK. I have a couple in mind at around a £1000 each and possibly more later depending on how they perform. Most people are seeming to plumb for Hoodless Brennan and Ameritrade. Can any regular traders out there give me any advice please to someone that will only trade occasionally - thank you TB456

pravin52uk

I have some share in B&B and they have send me offer to buy some more share, is it worth buying. I have no idea in share, this shares were part of the privatisation.

gt94sss2

Alex108 wrote: »

I am interested in buying shares in Australia. I live in the UK. Does anyone know the cheapest way to do this?

You could try TD Waterhouse

Regards
Sunil

gt94sss2

Tooglebut456 wrote: »

I am interested in finding the most economical way of buying shares in the US and China from the UK. I have a couple in mind at around a £1000 each and possibly more later depending on how they perform.

For US shares, you can try

1) HSBC InvestDirect Plus but you do need to open/have a (free) HSBC current account.

2) Selftrade who charge £12.50/trade but have a referral scheme where you could get up to £80 for joining them (my own details are in post 295)

Chinese shares are a but harder to invest in directly, unless you are thinking of a) buying them on the Hong Kong or US markets or b) buying Chinese ETFs/funds

Regards
Sunil

Sealy

gt94sss2 wrote: »

For US shares, you can try

1) HSBC InvestDirect Plus but you do need to open/have a (free) HSBC current account.

2) Selftrade who charge £12.50/trade but have a referral scheme where you could get up to £80 for joining them (my own details are in post 295)

Those are my reccomendations