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I want to buy shares in one particular FTSE listed company, but have no idea how I can do this.
Could anyone advise me of the best way to proceed?
I am not interested in a speedy return - (this is a bit of spare money) but also want to be able to go to the AGM next year.
Sorry - I have just realised this question should be in the sub-category.
Thanks a lot.
Could anyone advise me of the best way to proceed?
I am not interested in a speedy return - (this is a bit of spare money) but also want to be able to go to the AGM next year.
Sorry - I have just realised this question should be in the sub-category.
Thanks a lot.
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There are lots of online sites competing in this area.
Try here for example
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Or ask at your bank
Try here for example
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Or ask at your bank
As already said, the easiest way would be to ask your bank.
I just have a standard current account with my bank, but I also have a shares account, where I can buy and sell shares online.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think the fees with my bank are £12.95 per transaction - you'll prob get it slightly cheaper elsewhere, but it's nice and convenient for me :)
I just have a standard current account with my bank, but I also have a shares account, where I can buy and sell shares online.
I'm not 100% sure, but I think the fees with my bank are £12.95 per transaction - you'll prob get it slightly cheaper elsewhere, but it's nice and convenient for me :)
You " want to buy shares" are "not interested in a speedy return" and "want to go to the AGM". Sounds as though you have your priorities wrong.
Why would you want to go to an AGM of a company that is giving you a slow return... I'd prefer more % growth than coffe and sandwiches.
First of all you are buying shares, surely the main reason of buying shares is to make money... the shares hopefully will increase in value and possibly give you a ever increasing dividend... and then at some time in the future, you will be able sell them for more money than you paid for them ... a lot more money ... or why invest in the first place ?
Why would you ask the bank to do it for you, they charge an initial fee plus a percetage of the value of the stock purchased not to mention stamp duty. "Banks are bad advice" I'd say...
... if you are confident enough to select a specific company to invest in (quite a risky attitude I'd say .. all your eggs in one basket) why not do it yourself and cut out the middleman.
I do it a few times a week using http://
If you just register with them you can set up a virtual portfolio and invest imaginary money and see how it all works. In one click you can buy or sell your virtual stock. It's not as complicated as you might think and it wont cost a penny... and you will learn how to buy and sell shares. With live pricing on their site you can see when a price has gone up/down, and then buy in an instant possibly saving you money.
It all works well and I can thoroughly recommend them.
Dont go to the bank, they cant react as quickly as you can if it all goes wrong ... and I can promise you .. it will.
If you are doing it yourself, you can be in and out of the market in seconds. Long before you wait in a queue on the phone, for the bank to eventualy tell you their systems are playing up.
If you only take one point from this remember .... Nobody will look after your money like you will you would ... least of all the Bank !
Why would you want to go to an AGM of a company that is giving you a slow return... I'd prefer more % growth than coffe and sandwiches.
First of all you are buying shares, surely the main reason of buying shares is to make money... the shares hopefully will increase in value and possibly give you a ever increasing dividend... and then at some time in the future, you will be able sell them for more money than you paid for them ... a lot more money ... or why invest in the first place ?
Why would you ask the bank to do it for you, they charge an initial fee plus a percetage of the value of the stock purchased not to mention stamp duty. "Banks are bad advice" I'd say...
... if you are confident enough to select a specific company to invest in (quite a risky attitude I'd say .. all your eggs in one basket) why not do it yourself and cut out the middleman.
I do it a few times a week using http://
If you just register with them you can set up a virtual portfolio and invest imaginary money and see how it all works. In one click you can buy or sell your virtual stock. It's not as complicated as you might think and it wont cost a penny... and you will learn how to buy and sell shares. With live pricing on their site you can see when a price has gone up/down, and then buy in an instant possibly saving you money.
It all works well and I can thoroughly recommend them.
Dont go to the bank, they cant react as quickly as you can if it all goes wrong ... and I can promise you .. it will.
If you are doing it yourself, you can be in and out of the market in seconds. Long before you wait in a queue on the phone, for the bank to eventualy tell you their systems are playing up.
If you only take one point from this remember .... Nobody will look after your money like you will you would ... least of all the Bank !
@ alavahalf - the charges you refer to with the banks are wrong (at least with mine anyway).
As I said in my original post, the banks charge me a set fee of £12.95 per transaction .... that's it, there is no "percentage of the value of the stock purchased ".
Yea, there's stamp duty as well, bur that's unavoidable.
As for the phoning up and being in a queue, that's just bunkum; my transactions online are almost instant.
You're paying £1 less than me, per transaction, but with my bank, after you make 10 transactions within a calendar quarter, you are eligible for the frequent trader tariff and subsequent transactions are charged at £7.95 each.
As I said in my original post, the banks charge me a set fee of £12.95 per transaction .... that's it, there is no "percentage of the value of the stock purchased ".
Yea, there's stamp duty as well, bur that's unavoidable.
As for the phoning up and being in a queue, that's just bunkum; my transactions online are almost instant.
You're paying £1 less than me, per transaction, but with my bank, after you make 10 transactions within a calendar quarter, you are eligible for the frequent trader tariff and subsequent transactions are charged at £7.95 each.
@Giz ... Just in reply to your quotes "wrong and bunkum"
Your answer is just pointing out your own situation, so how can I
"be wrong" with my answer when it wasn't directed at you, but at the original poster.
ilovebrie wanted to know, by the sound of it.. "the best way to proceed". From what I read, she was told to "ask her bank". With no mention of opening a share dealing a/c and operating it herself.
If you just "ask a bank to buy you some shares" I would expect asking involves a telephone call... expect charges like these (examples from banks that you all know and trust)...especially the 'Phone deal' charges.
http://
http://
http://
So really speaking the charges I mentioned are far from "bunkum".
They are not specific to your situation as you ... "do it yourself".. through your own bank, possibly using a trading platform that they provide.
In my opinion that is the right way to do it ... Just not necessarily through a bank due to their higher charges.
If you can manage to reduce your charges, then you will have more money to invest.
One more point that may be of interest ... as a fellow trader...If you are a regular trader and paying £7.95 per trade with your bank.... were you to do a little bit of research you would find that you could save yourself another £2.00 per trade .... as a regular trader I only pay £5.95 per trade. Basing it on 20 trades a month.
That's a possible £480 a year it could be costing you just to be "nice and convenient"...?
Not to be sniffed at ... http://
Your answer is just pointing out your own situation, so how can I
"be wrong" with my answer when it wasn't directed at you, but at the original poster.
ilovebrie wanted to know, by the sound of it.. "the best way to proceed". From what I read, she was told to "ask her bank". With no mention of opening a share dealing a/c and operating it herself.
If you just "ask a bank to buy you some shares" I would expect asking involves a telephone call... expect charges like these (examples from banks that you all know and trust)...especially the 'Phone deal' charges.
http://
http://
http://
So really speaking the charges I mentioned are far from "bunkum".
They are not specific to your situation as you ... "do it yourself".. through your own bank, possibly using a trading platform that they provide.
In my opinion that is the right way to do it ... Just not necessarily through a bank due to their higher charges.
If you can manage to reduce your charges, then you will have more money to invest.
One more point that may be of interest ... as a fellow trader...If you are a regular trader and paying £7.95 per trade with your bank.... were you to do a little bit of research you would find that you could save yourself another £2.00 per trade .... as a regular trader I only pay £5.95 per trade. Basing it on 20 trades a month.
That's a possible £480 a year it could be costing you just to be "nice and convenient"...?
Not to be sniffed at ... http://
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