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echelon101

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Self made comparisons.

For trading overseas stocks, I want to be able to buy on the NYSE, will be making one trade per month. Any other suggestions. Currently considering either

Share Centre or iii

redken99

Hello
Hope this is in the right section.
Astra zeneca shares are they £2757.00 a share ,as I know nothing about the stock market.

jebervic

redken99 wrote: »

Hello
Hope this is in the right section.
Astra zeneca shares are they £2757.00 a share ,as I know nothing about the stock market.

£27.57p a share

rictus123

Im intrestead in getting into stocks and shares. Could anyone kindly point me in the right direction about learning what im dealing with?

jebervic

rictus123 wrote: »

Im intrestead in getting into stocks and shares. Could anyone kindly point me in the right direction about learning what im dealing with?

go to www.advfn.com join and read the discussion forums, as a word of warning, most people who dream of wheeling and dealing in shares (daytraders) tend to lose money (around 90%) there is also spreadbetting, www.igindex.co.uk

rictus123

Spreadbetting a safer bet? What sort of financal position would you think i should be in before entering into shares? Can i ask how much you have invested and how you have done personally?

jebervic

rictus123 wrote: »

Spreadbetting a safer bet? What sort of financal position would you think i should be in before entering into shares? Can i ask how much you have invested and how you have done personally?

spreadbetting is a guatanteed way of losing any wealth you have, 90% lose their cash.

As for your financial position, well never risk more than you can afford to lose !

for share dealing, try www.selftrade.co.uk you can also do a self select ISA

rictus123

How long should i expect to have my money tied up for?

sabretoothtigger

rictus123 wrote: »

How long should i expect to have my money tied up for?

On stocks 10 years or maybe forever if the company never comes back like Rbs went from pounds to pennies, that money will never return.

On the other hand if lucky you could get the money back the next morning. I have bought 4pm and sold 9am and made 20% in those few hours but that is rare on big stocks


Spreadbetting is not quite that bad, there is always random good luck.
Just turning up on a stocks thread and expecting to make money would be similar to making a bet to place 5 mins before a horse race but theres always luck

Spreadbet is leveraged which means they lend you 9/10 of the cost and if you lose (badly) then you owe them the balance.
Most of the time your'll only lose the original stake but theres always a chance if you bet 100 you could owe 1000 or more. And vice versa

Biggles

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

Spreadbetting is not quite that bad, there is always random good luck.

Actually, spread betting is that bad, I believe those are the actual figures (ie 90% lose). There is random good luck, but you certainly can't rely on it!

Most of the time your'll only lose the original stake but theres always a chance if you bet 100 you could owe 1000 or more. And vice versa

Most of the time you will lose a multiple of your original stake, not just the stake. That's the point of spread betting, if you win you can win maybe 100 times your stake but if you lose, the reverse applies. It's only in fixed-odds betting that you can expect your loss to be limited to your stake.