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Today we had issues with the price updates on the new Capital Spread charts. We have been working round the clock to address these issues and have now deployed new streaming technology. You should now see green bars on the top right of your chart, with each bar representing a different type of...

Try Steven Achelis' Technical Analysis from A to Z plus the accompanying A To Z Companion Spreadsheet

The National Investment Club Conference will be taking place at the QEII Conference Centre, Westminster London on Saturday 13th November 2010. Whatever your investing experience, whether you are new to investing or have many years' experience, are thinking about setting up an investment club or...

Property - as safe as houses?

Whether you are new to investing, a member of a long established investment club, or would just like to meet other investors in the Oxford area - all are welcome. The conference is FREE to attend, but you do need to book your place to guarantee entry. Places are limited and will be allocated...

Thinking about investing, but don't know where to start? Don't have enough time to research more than a couple of shares each month? Come along to the Investment Club Evening on Thursday 29th April at IX Investor, ExCeL London. Investment Clubs are a great way to learn about investing...

Hi Happyhero You can set up real-time email and sms forex alerts using timetotrade. If you drop us a line via this link: Contact Us and select "Free SMS Alerts" from the drop down menu, then we'll set you up with some SMS alerts to try out for free. We recently integrated the Currenex data...

Have you tried Capital Forex? http://www.londoncapitalgroup.co.uk/lcgfx_professional.html and more info here: http://www.capitalforexpro.com/about.php

Hi You cannot deduct costs for financial software or magazines from capital gains. The only allowable costs against capital gains on share transactions are stamp duty and broker commissions. If you have "trader" tax status then the mags etc would be deductible expenses, however given the...

Dividend income is subject to income tax and the income is added to your other earnings to work out how much tax is due. Tax on dividends is charged at 10% for nil and basic rate taxpayers and at 32.5% for higher rate tax payers (and 42.5% for 50% tax payers from 2010-2011). When a company...

Hi ipoppy As blades says, there is no stamp duty on US shares bought via UK broker. The W8-BEN exempts you from paying income and capital gains tax to the US taxman, but you will still need to declare your income and capital gains/losses on the shares to the UK HMRC. You need to declare...

The Investment Club event that is taking place at the World Money Show is useful and somewhat different to your usual exhibition as most of the talks are actually given by private investors without a commercial axe to grind. It's a good opportunity to meet other investors and share and discuss...

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For US, UK and forex: www.timetotrade.eu Top tip: real time quotes are available for free on forex and most FTSE shares. For real time UK stock quotes use GB: before the EPIC, eg GB:BARC instead of the .L suffix which is 15 min delayed.

:) IMO the FSA should have imposed restrictions on self-certs many years ago. "Horse" and "bolted" springs to mind, and at a time when the economy is still in a precarious state. My concern is, if one third of the mortgages written have been given to people who can't afford them, what will...