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Hi, can someone advise on what the criteria is for qualifying for dividend payouts. is there a time limit that you have to be into a stock for before you qualify. I notice for example Aviva yeilds good dividend, but only fancy this and not the stock. Could one of the more knowledgable...

Thanks Meg :) Ive done it twice, with Petroceltic being the first and made 20% but i have to admit , its easy to say "buy" this and "buy" that when the FTSE was where it was a couple of months ago. FYI i will hold and see how it goes next week. regards HB

Thanks Foredog IMM is Immupharma PLC currently @ 86p and is a pharamceuticaly company developing a Lupus vacince. Sorry to be a pain, but could you elaborate on your explaination. many thanks HB:)

Hi , I decided to buy (shares) after Midas recommendation a couple of weeks ago and have constanty watched volume buys hugely outweigh sell, but have not seen the price rise. Can anyone explain this to me, why has the price not gone up. many thanks to all HB

Hi Ive been reletively sucessful trading banking shares but have made some appauling decisions that have cost me significant profit. This week sold ALBK at 1.54 ( made 67 point but the rest is history) and a poor decision on Barclays , cost me a couple of £K in profit. Im now attracted to...

Hi I used deal4free a few yrs ago and was very proud of myself in coming out level (honest!) after trading for about a yr. Wish i could say the same for my Aussie friend who i got into the bug.... he had the terrible misfortune of making big gains early on and ended trading UKX at £20 a point...

thanks Bracke, phew for a minute there i thought my sister was an overnight millionaire.

Hi just a quick question that im sure everyone will know except myself. Can someone explain why Baltimore went from 8p to 2500p in a matter of days, and what are the implications of someone having that stock on paper. I believed they were delisting , so have the small investors been kicked...

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thanks guys. Im always one for a quick fix, so can anyone use this thread as a quick muppets guide in the same way FTSE beater has done on trends etc. Can anyone pass on the basics in the same way. thanks and great to see the site has increased its memebers.

Hi all, some of you may remember me from a year ago. And yes im still a beginner ! as i completely left it alone after i proved to myself that after having 42 successful trades , the 7 unsuccessful ones were more damaging :o ,but luckily i still had the sense to trade in low stakes. So theres...

save your money for a while and just start to read the threads posted by the Likes of FTSE beater . Bonsai and chartman etc . If you listen to them, you wont lose too much at the beginning. Good luck

ive just been reading alanb `s er um " contributions " No wonder he was banned !!! very intelectual chap,>> our Alan ! great thread by the way, very amusing to see all you guys getting so passionate.

IMHO Im not sure that 3 trades of this size will be of benifit to you in the long run. I dont want to sound negative , but this may make you feel this trading "malarky" is easy money, and its not. If your not careful you could drop the lot in one go. Ive used this site for 5 months or so and i...