How do you buy shares?

Duff Man Jr.

anfieldrd wrote: »

Hi lads, just wondering if anyone could tell me the price of vodafone shares to buy and to sell?

http://www.google.com/finance?q=LON%3AVOD

anfieldrd

Don't mean to seem silly but is that 164.85 for one share, say i was to purchase ten shares it would cost just over 1600?

Duff Man Jr.

anfieldrd wrote: »

Don't mean to seem silly but is that 164.85 for one share, say i was to purchase ten shares it would cost just over 1600?

I'm just getting into it so I'm not 100%, but you are correct. However most people buy shares by money amount, so if you invest 1000 at that price you get ~6 shares, if they 16.48 each you'd get ~60, but if they rise by 10% they'll now be worth 1100 no matter which price they're bought at.

Isoaxe

No, they're £1.6585. Prices quoted are in pence sterling.

Amaru KGB

Hi Folks, I'm looking at getting in to buying a few shares and I was wondering if someone could give me advice on a company to use.

I'm a novice at this so any help would be appreciated.

Joeyjoejoe43

Sharewatch.ie would be a good one, €15 per transaction and no annual fee, not much better options out there as far as I know..

the goon

Hi guys I was wondering if anybody here maybe could give me info on a good online brokerage that deals in far east markets. Sepcifically, I am looking to buy Korean stocks on the Kospei. All help greatly appreciated!

noelo

Amaru KGB wrote: »

Hi Folks, I'm looking at getting in to buying a few shares and I was wondering if someone could give me advice on a company to use.

I'm a novice at this so any help would be appreciated.

If you want to get to know how to buy and sell stocks and shares,do it for a month or two with this platform "wall street survivor", it a real life game to train people and get them in the know how, try it , i think its good, it use real live info and they give you 100k to fuc3k around with........... mind you i am still learning on it, I am affraid to make that first step in ireland. I also want to avoid brokers to cut expenses and increase profit.

Seifer

I opened an account through sharewatch.ie and got my login details today. I successfully logged in earlier in the day; about 1pm.
However now the login page (https://secure.fxcmstocktrading.com/logon) is incredibly slow and it's timing out every time I try to login.
Has anyone else ever experienced this problem with the site? Is it a frequent occurance? It seems like it can't handle the traffic.

Seifer

Seifer wrote: »

I opened an account through sharewatch.ie and got my login details today. I successfully logged in earlier in the day; about 1pm.
However now the login page (https://secure.fxcmstocktrading.com/logon) is incredibly slow and it's timing out every time I try to login.
Has anyone else ever experienced this problem with the site? Is it a frequent occurance? It seems like it can't handle the traffic.

I forgot that the finance industry isn't exactly at the cutting edge of technology; Chrome was the problem incase anyone else has similar issues.

hblock21

Do I need to register or something with Davys, etc before selling my shares?

i.e. if I decided in the morning that I wanted to sell some of my shares, can I just ring Davys or other up, quote the cert number and give them my details to send the money ??????

whacky

go to etrade.com or tdameritrade.com

open an online account, fund it & start trading..

Or locally, go to sharewatch.com and they take care of you

Esel

^ 8 posts, 3 years, nice.

nino1

How safe is it to buy shares with the likes of sharewatch.com?

I see from the website that its an Irish Financial Services Company regulated by the Financial Regulator but if it goes bust to you lose all your shares?

I heard on the Joe Duffy show of a pension firm that was regulated by the financial regulator that went bust and the people only got back 80% of their investment €20,000 whicever was the smaller.

Also can anyone recommend any books or online sources for a complete novice in buying and selling shares?

Thanks in advance for any help

NEDDURC

I set up a AIB online trading account a few years ago and only have a few shares.

However, I would like to receive the annual acccounts for each company I own shares in - is this possible?

Another quick question - anyone here invest based mainly on companies with strong dividend payments and history? Any recommendations of ISEQ or FTSE companies to look out for in this regard?

shoutman

Hey I'm looking for an online platform that will allow me to trade on the London AIM. I'm based in the UK but because i'm an irish citizen and only just moved here, its a real pain in the hole trying to set up using the UK online companies (have to send in a rake of bills etc) is there an easier option just using the parents house in Ireland?

Preferably paying with sterling, through a uk bank transfer.

I know i'm asking a lot

Mocrie14

I recently bought a small amount of shares via AIB online trading account. I have recieved 'Contract Note & Tax Invoice' from AIB but I presume I will receive official share certs too or do they hang on to those??

Thanks

Photo-Sniper

Hi guys,

I am completely new to all of this. I am just wondering how do I start buying shares? What is the best site? Tonnes have been listed and I am still puzzled.

apache6

Bazbu; re AIB Online Trading.
You will not receive a share certificate, it will be held by Goodbody's and you can sell those shares at any time online. If you had the share cert. yourself you would not be able to sell quickly. Hope this is of help.

deepriver

just looking at setting up an account with sharewatch.ie who advertise as having no subscription charges however... they charge a 50e per year dormancy fee.. do they follow up on this anyone know?

Bovriladdict

Deepriver, why use a service that has fees like that? there are other ways to trade online without these fees such as spreadtrading.

Bovriladdict

shoutman wrote: »

Hey I'm looking for an online platform that will allow me to trade on the London AIM. I'm based in the UK but because i'm an irish citizen and only just moved here, its a real pain in the hole trying to set up using the UK online companies (have to send in a rake of bills etc) is there an easier option just using the parents house in Ireland?

Preferably paying with sterling, through a uk bank transfer.

I know i'm asking a lot

Hi Shoutman, did you get a solution?

kathymorrow55

GreenDoor wrote: »

Could somebody fill me in. I havn't a clue how to get started but it's something I'm interested in doing.

Hi,
Open an account in a trading house. This is the right start.
I can give u url of a good trading house. Lemme know if u r interested.
Kathy.

retalivity

im in canada, and looking to get started buying shares.
I'd like to spread across multiple markets if possible, some in ireland and some here, in the us etc. Anyone know the best way to this?

Im not looking to wheel and deal, & keep transactions to a minimum

tokidokiame

Whats the best place to use when buying shares?

Im told good bodies are useless.
Sharewatch.ie are scammers.
Aib is too expensive.

Anywhere else? Just for small private investment shares.

Amouar

Hi guys,

I'd like to buy some shares on hold on to them for a few years ( long term investment ) , what is the best online broker that allows these? I've seen that most brokers charge inactivity fees, therefore they're not really ment for long time investments.

Any ideas on the best long term investment brokers?

Thanks!

turbobaby

Have a look at TDDirectInvesting.ie

2% currency exchange fee, but the fees are good and the minimum deposit needed to avoid monthly fees is reasonable. Can't remember off the top of my head.

kupus

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jank

Does anyone have much experience in buying international stocks (US, UK, European) using the tdinvesting.ie crowd?
Are they reliable? Send you the certs and all that?

jank

Been looking around and I still cant find a broker I would be happy with. All seem to either charge a maintanence fee or high fees per transaction.