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Post by static on Jan 6, 2011 10:50:56 GMT
anyone on here dable? i've always found it quite interesting and trying to educate myself. wonder if anyone can answer ths Q. is the 'buy' and 'sell' price of shares standardised across all of the share dealing companies?
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Post by HKYellow on Jan 7, 2011 0:15:41 GMT
anyone on here dable? i've always found it quite interesting and trying to educate myself. wonder if anyone can answer ths Q. is the 'buy' and 'sell' price of shares standardised across all of the share dealing companies? Static, no it isnt. Similar to the Bond Market (Debt or Credit Markets) there are a number of players. Firstly there are the big interdealer brokers, these are usually the large banks, they will trade large volumes at tight prices. Say the mid price for a share is 400 pence or cents, the trader might quote 380 to buy, 420 to sell if he has a wide spread. another bank might quote 385 & 415. For smaller clients and institutions, where volumes are lower, the price maybe 370 and 430. When you buy it from your local bank branch or dealer, you would buy at 430, then they would buy from one of the brokers at 420. The closing prices you see in the FTSE is usually the average what is being quoted.
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Post by 'Beav' on Jan 7, 2011 0:19:15 GMT
Yahoo and Google have stocks. I think that's cool.
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Post by malcolmnl on Jan 7, 2011 6:23:09 GMT
Yahoo and Google have stocks. I think that's cool. And stocks of information about you an me!
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Post by peterdevo on Jan 7, 2011 9:02:29 GMT
I have dealt in shares in the past and did make £20000pa roughly for around 3-4 years. However, you can easily lose heavily if you put all your eggs in one basket. I lost over £10000 on Kingston Comm as I took a long term view of 5 years. Sometimes this doesn't work and short term is better if yiu can make a quick gain. Quality stocks don't always work either. I lost £4500 on RBS and £2000 on Northern Rock because I believed my brokers opinion. To do well you have to research. I like Quintain developments but am just watching for now before I buy. These days I prefer Investment Trusts. Take F and C Commercial Property for example...pays a nice dividend and you can sleep at night. Remember do not invest what you can't afford to lose
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Post by static on Jan 8, 2011 8:11:09 GMT
thanks for advice everyone. i'm investing v small amounts at the mo, accepting any loss as the price of education. will make some time to read up on investment trusts today
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