Recent content by rjmahan

PM me the company and I can take a look for you - I am a pretty good analyst and have had luck in the past - my blog is www.deepvalueinvestments.wordpress.com

What do you trade ? How long have you traded ?

I am in Sheffield - send me an e-mail robmahan at hot mail....

Am in Sheffield dull investing in equities - www.deepvalueinvestments.wordpress.com If anyone is interested pm me and maybe we can have a chat!

I have an IG account give me the instrument and I will get the price...

I do find its annoying I am paying market spread + spreadco spread - I would be prepared to enter at bid and pay just spreadco spread but no-one seems to offer this sort of service - any idea why - I can get on the order book with IG and some other providers but no spreadco...

Hi, Just a quick series of questions / observations from me. I am a reasonably profitable (though still small £20-30k account size) spreadbetter. I deal in individual equities, generally on the quarterly contracts. I can hold positions for many, many years. I mostly invest via spreadbet cos...

I used to work at futex for about 3/4 months in 05. I was in the woking office. My view was that they were straight up, honest guys. However at the time very few people in the office were making much money after costs, and in my view 80-90% of them would be better off just getting a regular...

I would say however that relative to the average sb punter a £25k position is big. Shortsell - how did you get round the 50k insurance issue when you were dealing with the big hitters? Right now I spread it about to keep under - but one day (hopefully) that wont be possible. I wouldnt want...

Thanks Pazienza - worth a try, though the spread problem is more on the FTSE 250 stocks and below.

Hi All, I am a reasonably successful speculator. I now trade £5-25k positions on UK stocks (down to AIM Market Cap). Does anyone know of any spreadbet companies which would lower their spread for someone like me who trades reasonable size. Knowing the market spread I can work out how much...

It was supposed to be a positive story... I can trade without losing. Am pretty happy about the redundancy - I did volunteer ! Yeah the bints are not good up here.

I'll give you my story. I was in a similar situation - Equity research in London - good at it but hated the lifestyle. I quit (without a job to go to) moved up North and found an easier (though dull) job in the public sector. I tripled my account and am now pretty comfortable. Just got...

Hypothetical Industry question for you Peter. April / whenever government declares spreadbetting is no longer CGT free. What happens to spreadbetting co's then ? Are you all out of business? From my own perspective the only reason I use spreadbetting co's is tax. I can get more leverage...

Peter, This doesnt affect me as I saw this coming and dont hold any aim stocks with you, however you were my backup AIM spreadbet provider and I will now have to find a new one. I would like to say: AIM stocks can have large spreads and are generally traded over months / years. I hold...