Online Stockbrokers

HALIFAX - SHARE DEALING FOR NOVICES

Advantages: An easy share dealing system to use
Disadvantages: none- fairly competitive with rest of market

Halifax Share dealing is quite a good way for any novice to experiment with the stock exchange. I am writing this from a novice perspective for an absolute novice who wants to get started. There are two types of account, either you can go for a normal share dealing account suited for investors and speculators who want to be able to buy and sell shares on the same day, ie to make a profit in the afternoon from shares that have gone up in price since ...
...case that commission charges with Halifax or any other share dealing service will wipe out most of your profits, unless you are fortunate to be tipped off about a penny share that dramatically jumps up in value (but such finds are rare unless you are very experienced, and there are many internet rumors to encourage penny share investors to part with their money quickly). If you are interested in building up a portfolio of penny shares on a budget ...

llbcollins 22.08.2008 · Read Full Review
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Review of Halifax Share Dealing Ltd

Gone Downhill...

Advantages: None any more
Disadvantages: Don't reply to emails

I was a customer of Selftrade for many years. As an execution only service I thought they were great with no management fees and just a flat fee per trade. All that changed in December 2003 when they decided to impose a quarterly management fee on "inactive" accounts. I don't necessarily have a problem with the fee, but I do object to the fact that it was imposed without being notified. They claim to have informed me of the change via email, but ...
...me and tell me that they were taking money from my account to cover the fees, but not to inform me of the change in the first place. I have now closed my account and am trying to reclaim the inactivity fees but they DO NOT reply to my emails. In addition other online brokers offer a better service with NO management fees, and for less per trade. ...

paddy9936 10.05.2004 · Read Full Review
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Review of Selftrade

Don't use Barclays Stockbrokers

Advantages: None
Disadvantages: Arrogance and bad technology

I had a terrible time opening the account (10 different registration forms supplied), transferring holdings (inaccurately done) and done very slowly. Any complaints about non working features on their website (buttons that don't work, inaccurate displays) have been met with stonewalling and vague regrets. The call back feature in their telephone service didn't work on at least three different occasions. Finally, I terminated my account, they then ...

hbarnard 03.04.2007 · Read Full Review
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Review of Barclays Stockbrokers

A platform to success.

Advantages: Fast trading, reasonable charges, good phone help.
Disadvantages: Only display mid price in their portfolio pages

Who? TD Waterhouse is an online/phone share dealing brokerage. They are a subsidiary of the Canadian Toronto- Dominion bank and have further online presence in the USA, Canada and Luxemburg. What? They offer an online and phone service whereby you can access the British stock market plus many international exchanges. They also offer in depth research facilities and a fairly easy to use account system so you can keep a track of ...
...came to the conclusion that TD Waterhouse were going to be the service that met my need and expectation of level of service. I chose TD Waterhouse after less than satisfactory dealings with another share dealing service, who I found to be very slow on acting on buying and selling instructions, on occasion losing me several hundred pounds through slow service. Applying. You have to fill in an online application form to use their services. ...

docpov 06.06.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of TD Waterhouse

portfolio management service

Advantages: none
Disadvantages: do not invest

Hargreaves lansdown have lost us thousands of pounds in their portfolio management service, we invested our life savings with them, they lost thousands off our pensions and isa products, please beware when investing with them. We were given the totally wrong advice for a short time to retirement, they invested our money in equities which was wrong. The salesmen who came to see us gave us wrong information and completely mislead us. in our opinion ...
...they tell such a good story of other clients who are pleased with their investments, none regarding ones who are very dissatisfied, their charges are very high and this eats into any investment especially pensions, they try and tell people to invest in Sipps, but unless you know about stock and shares you can lose a lot of money. ...

deadfox 17.02.2009 · Read Full Review
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Review of Hargreaves Lansdown