[Noble.]

(Original post by Maccees)
Who's that with? Unless you mean share.com but I didn't really like that platform, who else was cheaper?

JPJShare, X-O are both £5.75/share.

[Maccees]

(Original post by Noble.)
JPJShare, X-O are both £5.75/share.

Do you use them...what are they like?

[Noble.]

(Original post by Maccees)
Do you use them...what are they like?

I've used both, currently using JPJShare though. They're both execution only, but they both work fine and the customer service is good with both (I mean, you'll get a reply very quickly over email). I have also used Shareprice, who are really good, however, I was with them when their fee was £8, and given I wasn't trading at £500 it wasn't a big deal. However, recently I've been topping up GKP at £500 or so every month and the brokerage fee soon adds up so I just literally use the cheapest out there.

[Maccees]

(Original post by Noble.)
I've used both, currently using JPJShare though. They're both execution only, but they both work fine and the customer service is good with both (I mean, you'll get a reply very quickly over email). I have also used Shareprice, who are really good, however, I was with them when their fee was £8, and given I wasn't trading at £500 it wasn't a big deal. However, recently I've been topping up GKP at £500 or so every month and the brokerage fee soon adds up so I just literally use the cheapest out there.

Ah will give them a look, cheers bud

[Trader2012]

Might as well close off today now - poor day on the markets all round.

SUS peaked today at 792.5p representing a rise of 2.25% on yesterday's close.

I did not sell my shares in them today, but will dispose of them next week. There were no big trades in SUS today, and I suspect profit takers took hold as the share price is at 6 month highs.

Unfortunately, had I sold at 792.5 I would have only made a sum of circa £69, minus charges representing a small loss of £11.

So not too bad today considering the FTSE was down well over a percent, but certainly not great despite them announcing record results.

Will post my proposal for tomorrow later.

[Trader2012]

My Proposal for tomorrow:

After the expected jittery markets today, tomorrow could bring about a slight bounce. Having failed to make a profit today, I have chosen an incredibly volatile share of late for my pick - CPP.

Following an FSA investigation and a suspension of trading over the last year and a half their share price has collapsed, with them experiencing further steep falls having resumed trading this week.

Assume you had purchased £10,000 worth of CPP today at 54p. They currently are trading at 54p.

I reckon tomorrow it should rise at least 3.7% to 56p with scope for a larger rise. A bounce will come tomorrow I reckon, the extent to which it rises is debatable. Alternatively it could continue its fall, but people will be looking for the bounce and after heavy falls the risk/reward looks excellent for a day trade.

This would net you at least £370 minus charges so £290 assuming the minimum expected rise on my behalf.

NB: I will NOT be setting a limit on this one so any profit that is made will be not necessarily be at 56p.

Trader2012

[Trader2012]

Why exactly was I given a negative rating.

Please expand upon the negativity - don't be a coward and neg people for no reason.

[Trader2012]

(Original post by Trader2012)
My Proposal for tomorrow:

After the expected jittery markets today, tomorrow could bring about a slight bounce. Having failed to make a profit today, I have chosen an incredibly volatile share of late for my pick - CPP.

Following an FSA investigation and a suspension of trading over the last year and a half their share price has collapsed, with them experiencing further steep falls having resumed trading this week.

Assume you had purchased £10,000 worth of CPP today at 54p. They currently are trading at 54p.

I reckon tomorrow it should rise at least 3.7% to 56p with scope for a larger rise. A bounce will come tomorrow I reckon, the extent to which it rises is debatable. Alternatively it could continue its fall, but people will be looking for the bounce and after heavy falls the risk/reward looks excellent for a day trade.

This would net you at least £370 minus charges so £290 assuming the minimum expected rise on my behalf.

NB: I will NOT be setting a limit on this one so any profit that is made will be not necessarily be at 56p.

Trader2012

Where is everyone lol. Anyway pleasant weather again today and a decent stock market.

Today's results.

CPP preformed well today with a decent sized bounce, and certainly not reminiscent of a dead cat.

It closed at 54p yesterday.

Today it peaked at 61.25p up circa 13.4%.

It closed the day slightly off its peak at 60p up 11.1%.

Therefore had you invested £10k into CPP yesterday you would have net a sum of £1,110 minus charges therefore giving a profit of £1,030.

Thats the largest profit this week and a nice way to go into easter half term.

Im off on monday morning to Tenerife for 4 days so will be back on friday in time for easter weekend.

Will continue to post predictions for the following week and will post my proposal for monday later.

Well done to all investors and hopefully you'll have a nice set of share price rises next week.

Trader2012

[Maccees]

Been putting up bloody curtain rails all day haha.

Nice little holiday money for you there, you seem to have quite a nack with those charts of yours. Might spend my Easter weekend cluing up on it.

[Trader2012]

(Original post by Maccees)
Been putting up bloody curtain rails all day haha.

Nice little holiday money for you there, you seem to have quite a nack with those charts of yours. Might spend my Easter weekend cluing up on it.

Curtain rails, lol.

If you have any questions, ask me. I will post my proposal for monday a little later on and feed back the results the day I get back.

Ntoe that I haven't invested in anything today as I won't be able to mange it next week. Therefore my proposal will have no value to me.

[Maccees]

(Original post by Trader2012)
Curtain rails, lol.

If you have any questions, ask me. I will post my proposal for monday a little later on and feed back the results the day I get back.

Ntoe that I haven't invested in anything today as I won't be able to mange it next week. Therefore my proposal will have no value to me.

I don't have any questions yet, never really sat down and learned about charting, will look on the interwebz or something.

Have a good holiday anyway bud!

[RedCoat1510]

Amateur question here, how do companies physically pay dividends? Do they just credit your brokerage account or send you a cheque? Also, is the dividend yield a factor for most people when they invest in a company?

[Maccees]

(Original post by Trader2012)
Curtain rails, lol.

If you have any questions, ask me. I will post my proposal for monday a little later on and feed back the results the day I get back.

Ntoe that I haven't invested in anything today as I won't be able to mange it next week. Therefore my proposal will have no value to me.

Thought of a quick question, where do you look for companies with potential?
All the ones you have chosen so far have been spot on, I mean did you just choose them at random or was there a certain source or...?

[Maccees]

(Original post by RedCoat1510)
Amateur question here, how do companies physically pay dividends? Do they just credit your brokerage account or send you a cheque? Also, is the dividend yield a factor for most people when they invest in a company?

I think they just credit your account (never received any myself) or you can have the option to automatically reinvest the dividend and you don't pay the broker fee.

Whether or not it is a factor depends on what you want from your investments. A lot of people on here go for small oil companies in the hope that it will bring very high returns. You don't expect an oil company to give out dividends for a while as they are more often than not operating at a loss until they hit the lovely sticky black stuff.

For longer term investments though it would be a factor, as it could be the return you are looking for. Dividends gradually increasing over time is a good sign as well for people looking for medium to long term investments as it (usually) means the company is doing better and better.

[--Dan--]

Hi everyone, as the tax year is ending soon I just wanted some clarity on the taxes you have to pay on shares.

Since I use an online broker, they automatically pay the 0.5% stamp duty when I buy my shares.

I haven't made more than £10,600 profit so I am not liable for capital gains tax (http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/cgt/intro/basics.htm#5)

And my shares don't pay dividends so I am not liable to pay any tax on them.

Just to check, are these the only three things we need to worry about for taxes on shares? Thanks

[airdoc]

Subbing, I'm just starting out in this, what is the minimum you could invest?

[Makaveli_The_Don]

Make or break time coming up for the Puntland drill

[arichmond64]

(Original post by Makaveli_The_Don)
Make or break time coming up for the Puntland drill

Haha, it is, im feeling a little nervy. I don't expect news today.

But its 3 weeks away at the very most.

The chart is forming nicely, although that will be blown out of the water on any result so I think it could be irrelevant.

[Tobedotty]

(Original post by airdoc)
Subbing, I'm just starting out in this, what is the minimum you could invest?

You can do it with almost anything, but if you use too little, you'll make nothing due to brokers fees, a couple of thousand is probably advisable as an absolute minimum.

[JustAnotherCliche]

Anyone holding LOQ? After doing some research and following it for the last couple of weeks I've invested a couple of thousand. It's seems a pretty interesting company, great management, a great product, good growth prospects and no debt! Looking froward to the interim results later this month. Looking to hold it long term. Just wondering if anyone else had them in their portfolio?

If interested in LOQ then DYOR.