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 the morning, or from the previous day. However if you are only using small amounts of money to buy and sell shares in values less than £500, it is usually the 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...

llbcollins 22.08.2008 (16.10.2008) · Read review
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BUYING STOCKS AND SHARES WITH THE HALIFAX

Advantages: GOOD RATES. GOOD WEBSITE. GOOD SERVICE
Disadvantages: RISK

...simple and well layed out, so whilst online you can check various things such as , dividend history, dealing statements, live prices, corporate actions, market news etc. The online website also has a live online one 2 one chat support facility that's great for keeping in touch whether for help or information. I have also noticed that Halifax Share Dealing keep you very well informed either by post or through email with latest information on your shares (corporate actions,rights issues etc). If you would rather operate an account by telephone you can but with a slightly higher commission rate. DIVIDENDS All dividends are paid directly back into your nominated bank account. (normally within 3 working days). COMMISSION RATES The Halifax Share Dealing charges £11.95 for online purchases or £15 by the telephone. Selling under the value...

donovan74 13.09.2006 · Read review
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BUY YOUR SHARES FOR ONE POUND FIFTY

Advantages: It is great fun and could even make you a fortune
Disadvantages: Shares can fall in value as well as rise and this site does not give you advice

...Real Time. In other words, you key in the share you want, how much you want to invest, and the site gives you a quote, including dealing charge (which is a flat fee of £11.95). If you want to go ahead, you click accordingly and the shares are yours. Next day the money disappears from your account! My preferred way is using the Sharebuilder option. The advantage of this scheme is that it only costs £1.50 a deal, regardless of the size of your investment. For a modest saver like me, this is a godsend! There is, however, a minor catch. The shares you select are bought on a date selected by the Halifax between 1 and 7 days in the future. In other words, if the price should rise between now and the pre-determined date, you will pay the higher price. This does work both ways, so if the price drops, you benefit! As I simply do not have...

daveops 30.04.2003 (27.06.2003) · Read review
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Deal?

Advantages: entertaining viewing
Disadvantages: the show is dull once the contestant has dealt

...Deal or No Deal is one of the most popular game shows on television. A channel four production and presented by Noel Edmonds the show involves twenty two contestants, only one of which can play during an episode. At the start of the show a contestant is selected at random to become that day's player. The player then takes their box to the table in the middle of the studio and assumes their seat in the playing arena. After a brief introductory chat with Noel they begin to play the game. The aim of the game is to go away with the highest sum of money possible, which is £250,000. This is achieved by opening firstly five of the boxes assigned numbers 1 -20 around the studio to reveal monetary values inside which obviously can't be inside the contestants box (east wing and west wing). When they have done this the banker makes them...

beanie8844 11.09.2008 · Read review
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Trading with ShareXpress

Advantages: Good Web Site
Disadvantages: Account information sparse

...Trading Shares with Halifax ShareXpress. The Halifax ShareXpress Service provides share dealing by phone or Internet. The lowest costs are for trading using a nominee account. £12.50 up to £2500.00. Having traded shares only using certificates the decision to sign up to this type of account was a change of direction. The most obvious difference and possible advantage is that holding and dealing in shares with a certificate as proof of ownership compared with shares held in a nominee account is the removal of the need to keep share certificates and the accompanying paperwork involved in each transaction. To sell or buy shares using certification involves sending and receiving them by post with the accompanying concerns that entails. A nominee account such as ShareXpress offers consists of an account number and the means...

GS26 26.12.2000 · Read review
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It's good to share

Advantages: One of the cheapest share dealing organisations around.
Disadvantages: Dealing on the telephone can take a while (as does nearly every helpline nowadays)

...I am very new to this business of sharedealing and do not do very much of it at all and sadly I have not made an awful lot of money as in the words of my husband 'I wouldn't bother if that is all you are making'. Well you see I can't stand the pressure and sell far too easily only to moan the next few days when the price has risen dramatically and my little pittance is ridiculous. However that is what kind of business woman I am and none of that is due to the fantastic service of Halifax. I initially decided to partake of the stockmarket when I was given a little bit of money from someone who was regularly dealing and not doing too bad, in otherwords I was jealous and most definitely wanted some of what he was accrueing (sorry if that spelling is wrong but talking of money makes me go a bit scatty and thick.) The share express...

battybabs 03.03.2001 · Read review
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Share and share alike!

Advantages: Beautiful interesting book with a lovely story
Disadvantages: None

...It has been quite a while since I read a book like this with my children as they are reading much more in depth literature now, but after a request from their school, I find myself going back in time, and rediscovering basic childrens books, and I have to say that it has been a delightful experience. Sharing a Shell is a wonderful childrens book written by Julia Donaldson, and illustrated by Lydia Monks. It tells the story of a homeless crab who is looking for a shell. After several unsuccessful attempts at trying to share a shell with various sea creatures, Crab is severely exposed and nearly eaten by a seagull! Fortunately he scuttles away and is stumbles upon an empty shell. Phew! Crab settles in a rock pool, and this is where he meets an anemone, but I assume to make things easier for children he is referred to simply as...

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deal or no deal

Advantages: great show
Disadvantages: none

...select 5 boxes to open, after these values have been eliminated the banker makes them an offer for there box which they have to either say deal to accept or no deal to decline, there was rumors that noel wasnt actually talking to a banker on the phone so they started randomly passing the phone to the contestant to talk with the banker to squash this rumor. in the second round they are to open 3 more boxes then the contestant recieves another offer from the banker which they have to accept or reject. It continues to be 3 boxes a round for the third, fourth and fith round followed by the bankers question each time. At this point there are only two boxes remaining, the banker may tell the contestant to play on or offer them a swap of the box with the remaining box, this i think is very cruel as you have a big decision to make and dont...

danniell 18.04.2009 · Read review
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Do a deal to miss out on this particular one.

Advantages: See text.
Disadvantages: See text.

...Ii would just like to write a review on Deal or No Deal, that truly (ummmmmmm) so-called wonderful game that is currently being shown somewhere on Channel Four. OK OK I have checked, it is shown weekdays between the 4 and 5 pm time slot (usually for anything between 45 ? 60 minutes in total) and generally on Saturdays as well but of course these times can change dependent on what else Channel Four is showing. There are as always endless repeats on cable/ sky, so watch out for them! Hosted by that ever popular; ever loved person who can only really be described as Noel Edmonds, the format on each and every programme is the same. At the start of the programme, 1 person is picked out of the 22 who are in the studio to sit in the famous chair in order to play the game. All 22 players are given a box with various cash amounts in it, from...

dynamicnurse 08.12.2009 · Read review
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Share Centric

Advantages: Inexpensive way to learn share trading
Disadvantages: Poor access at times

..., they carry a "Dealing Commission Credit" (DCC) which offers discounts against future trading, so if you are likely to conduct many, of little trades, in effect you are being subsidised by your holding of Share Centre shares to the tune of 3p per Share Centre share, per quarter (payable quarterly in arrears). The value of the Share Centre shares are 16p as I write, so they represent a significant return on capital employed (ROCE) in their own right (with the inherent risk) Dealing of Share p.l.c. shares cannot be conducted during normal hours though, but are auctioned usually weekly at 3 p.m. every Friday. From an administrative point of view, transactions are recorded as a "Contract Note," which can be viewed on the site, downloaded or sent to your home address. Share certificates are held in your name since these are nominee accounts...

Sbanshee 01.05.2003 (25.08.2003) · Read review
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