OK, so you may consider that this is the wrong time to even think about buying shares since the stockmarket has dropd by about 30% in the last few months. Well, if you are an optimist and think that we may be at the start of a market recovery then you might be interested in opening an account ... Read review
Advantages: Cheap dealing costs Disadvantages: You are tied to fixed days for dealing
OK, so you may consider that this is the wrong time to even think about buying shares since the stockmarket has dropd by about 30% in the last few months. Well, if you are an optimist and think that we may be at the start of a market recovery then you might be interested in opening an account with Halifax Sharebuilder.
The Sharebuilder is new concept tht allows you to buy or sell shares for only £1.50 per deal which is considerably ... ...say that I have accounts with TD Waterhouse, Comdirect and Selftrade and these costs range from £9 to £15 per deal.
All you have to do to set up an account is go to www.halifax.co.uk/online and go to the Sharedealing/Sharebuilder homepage, choose the Sharebuilder tab and then open and fund your new account.
You can fund your account by direct debit or by debit ard. You are then given a choice of four payment dates that ... more
OK, so you may consider that this is the wrong time to even think about buying shares since the stockmarket has dropd by about 30% in the last few months. Well, if you are an optimist and think that we may be at the start of a market recovery then you might be interested in opening an account with Halifax Sharebuilder.
The Sharebuilder is new concept tht allows you to buy or sell shares for only £1.50 per deal which is considerably cheaper than anybody else offering such sharedealing facilities. I should say that I have accounts with TD Waterhouse, Comdirect and Selftrade and these costs range from £9 to £15 per deal.
All you have to do to set up an account is go to www.halifax.co.uk/online and go to the Sharedealing/Sharebuilder homepage, choose the Sharebuilder tab and then open and fund your new account.
You can fund your account by direct debit or by debit ard. You are then given a choice of four payment dates that you want Halifax to debit your account each month. You can choose a one off option if you are setting up a plan to divesify a larger lump sum.
The next stage is for you to choose your shares and you have the opportunity of seeing which are the most popular top ten shares selected by other clients or indeed select shares via a search facility. Once you are happy with your choice of shares this becomes your investment plan. You can change this plan at any point.
The only downside for me is that you are restricted to four monthly investment days and as I am sue that you are aware timing is everything in sharedealing. I also found the site a little confusing nut once you get going it all sems to make sense.
You can also invest as little as £20 per month and reinvest any dividends that your shares accrue. This is a relatively low risk way to invest, increase your knowledge of the world of stocks and shares and have a bit of fun.
Advantages: enter the stock market game without risking a fortune Disadvantages: fixed buying days,
HALIFAX SHAREBUILDER IS A FUN WAY TO INVEST IN SHARES WITH AS LITTLE AS £20.00 A MONTH.OPENING AN ACCOUNT ON WWW.HALIFAX-ONLINE.CO.UK WAS NO DIFFERENT TO OPENING A BANK ACCOUNT YOU NEED 3 ID'S TO VERIFY WHO YOU ARE .ECT.COULD TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO GET STARTED.ONCE YOU ARE UP AND RUNNING YOU CAN PAY AS LITTLE AS £20.00 A MONTH DIRECT DEBIT OR REGISTER A CARD FOR ONE OFF PAYMENTS.{CARD PAYMENTSTAKE 3-5 WORKING DAYS TO REACH YOUR ACCOUNT}
THERE ARE ... ...BUY YOUR SHARES.THIS IS THE BEST WAY TO RUN YOUR ACCOUNT AS CHARGES ARE LOW £1.50 + 0.5% STAMP DUTY.{TAKE INTO ACCOUNT ONE OFF PAYMENTS TAKE LONGER TO REACH YOUR ACCOUNT. I.E SET DATE MON 12TH ONE OFF PAYMENT MUST BE MADE 3-5 WORKING DAYS BEFORE.
REAL TIME DEALING CAN ALSO BE USED BUT CHARGES ARE HIGH. VALUE UPTO £250.00 FOR SELLING £5.00 + BUYING £11.95.. OVER £250.00 £11.95 FOR BUYING AND SELLING.
ALTHOUGH YOU WILL BE CHARGED £5.00 FOR SELLING ...
alzander 22.09.2003
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Advantages: Buying stocks on your time and budget Disadvantages: None
WWW.SHAREBUILDER.COM
If you are looking to invest on line this company online might just be your answer to investing. I recently was surfing the web when I came across this wonderful site. Sharebuilder allows you to purchase Stocks, Bonds, and other Funds via their site for low, low fees. What Sharebuilder does is it allows you to purchase stock on your budget and when you want to. The site allows you to set up an account for free. Once you have ... ...purchasing plan. The "plan" as it is called allows you to purchase stocks when you want to. You can use check, credit cards as forms of payment. The difference between Sharebuilder and other sites is that when you buy stock from them you buy at par value, this means that if a stock is $15 U.S.Dollars per share and you only want to spend $20 dollars a month you actually are buying 1.25 shares. Plus Sharebuilder works with your budget and only purchases ...
Annochie 23.05.2001
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Advantages: Drip money in to stockmarket, low charges Disadvantages: Fixed dealing date
As someone with only a few investments, I thought this sounded like a great idea - you can invest monthly with as little as £20, dealing charges of only £1.50 per stock (so be careful not to put little amounts into lots of stocks) and all held online.
And indeed it is - you set the account up with the usual hassles (all in the good cause of preventing money laundering and so on) of finding bills, bank statements etc., and then choose whether to ... ...found the one-off to be easier; that way I can invest different amounts each month depending on how well off I am (and that surely will be a consideration - people with ample funds don't need a service like this one).
Timing is the one tricky part - you need to do your research in advance and then pick your shares, but of course don't want those shares to alter price radically when the time comes for them to be bought (you can pick from 4 "buying ...
jbrebel 29.07.2003 (12.12.2003)
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Online investment tools are excellent and easy to use.
I would like to see stocks or funds selected from the internationational arena. ...
Rmungin 08.08.2007 (07.08.2007)
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Advantages: no minimum purchases Disadvantages: fixed trading dates
Sharebuillder is great because it has a vast list of very reputable stocks at all prices. This allows a begining investor to start with a small amount . Their $12 a month investment scheme is accessable to even the lowest paid new investor. It is a painless way to invest a little at a time .
Sharebuilder's list of stocks exclude some of the more unstable penny stocks and focuses on lower proced stocks that are intended for long term investment.
... ...new investor can egin with as little as $20 . The $4 fee per transaction is fair and helps the small investor build a portfolio.
The worst thing is the regular monthly dates for transactions. These dates are very difficult to change . Inspite of that one drawback Sharebuilde is well worth doing business with ...
ladybunny 03.01.2003
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