Investment tips and guidance primarily for beginners but have a read even if you have done it all before you might learn something!!
Excuse my post title – its not really black monday I don’t think… but the title hints at the fact that I got hit today by a profit warning on one of my holdings today.
That was ARC Arcontech Group PLC – they were already on shaky ground for me with my decision to hold on to them back in September at the time of their final results coming back to haunt me!… Read the rest...
Well Friday was a choppy day on the markets alright! Fears from the new Covid variant seeming to spook the market. My YTD figure promptly dropped back to around 23% from 30% at the start of the week so quite a hit.… Read the rest...
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...
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...
… 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!
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
I will attempt to explain them briefly below…
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...
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??
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...
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.
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...
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...
