Can you believe Covid19 is still around! Early on we all thought it would be gone by now! The vaccine program roll out has been a success in general and is starting to have a positive effect on the number of cases and more importantly the number of deaths!… Read the rest...
Category: For Beginners
Investment tips and guidance primarily for beginners but have a read even if you have done it all before you might learn something!!
Quarter 1 of 2021
Can you believe it is Easter of 2021 already!
Covid19 is still around unfortunately but hopefully the vaccine program is starting to have a positive effect on the number of cases and more importantly the number of deaths!
It has been a relatively quiet quarter for me so hence the prompt summary as there is not much to summarise!… Read the rest...
The year that was 2020…
… Read the rest...In Summary my overall portfolio is up by 24% for 2020 🙂
2020 is finally over and my YTD is +24% which I am very chuffed with since I was down 40% at one point in march! At one point I would even have been happy with breakeven!
Share Dealing Costs – What charges do I have to pay?
When you buy a share in your chosen company there are a few Share dealing costs that you would need to be aware of…
Namely the 3 dealing costs below
- Broker Commission
- Stamp Duty
- Spread
I will attempt to explain them briefly below…
Broker Commission
As I explained in my earlier post – Picking a Stockbroker you will be charged a commission any time you buy or sell any even if you only buy 1 share!… Read the rest...
Stock Market opening hours UK and US
Find out here what time the stock market opens at in both the UK and the USA – What else should you be aware off in terms of the timetable of Daily events as a Trader??
OPENING BELL!
Stock Market opening hours UK
The London Stock Exchange UK opens at 8am and closes at 4:30pm
Note: it is closed completely on UK Public and Bank Holidays
RNS News is released before the Market opens at 7am so you can see your company news and reports and you have a bit of time to plan any required action that you may want to take as a result.… Read the rest...
Different Trade and order types explained
In my earlier post about Picking a Stockbroker I mentioned that there was different ways to place an order to buy or sell shares…
… Read the rest...You may also want to check that they offer some different trade types apart from the standard “Quote and Deal” Buy and Sell orders.
What is a Ticker Code?
The Ticker code for a share is a few Letters and numbers that are used to identify the company on the Stock market
A few examples would be
Easyjet = EZJ
British Telecom = BT
Dominoes Pizza = DOM
Hangar Eight = HGR8
You will use these to add shares to your monitor in Advfn and to buy and Sell shares with your broker they are a bit like an abbreviation.… Read the rest...
Picking a Stockbroker
Okay so you have gathered up some funds?
And done your research??
Good – now in order to buy a share you are going to need a Stockbroker. Here I hope to help you in the task of Picking a Stockbroker
For the purposes of this post I will only be discussing Execution Only stockbrokers.… Read the rest...
What is AIM?
AIM is the London Stock Exchange’s international market for smaller growing companies. They are not only smaller but also higher risk! This Market is not as tightly regulated as the main market but if you are careful you can find some gems that give great gains e.g… Read the rest...