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(Alliance News) - Pan-European stock market operator Euronext said Friday it is in negotiations with the London Stock Exchange Group PLC to buy the Milan stock market.
Euronext – which operates the stock exchanges of Amsterdam, Brussels, Dublin, Lisbon, Oslo and Paris – confirmed in a statement "it is currently in discussions with Cassa Depositi e Prestiti to submit an offer to London Stock Exchange Group PLC for the acquisition of the business and key operational assets of Borsa Italiana."
"A further announcement will be made as and when appropriate," it said.
I used to hold certificated shares in a Chinese company that was listed on AIM. They then delisted from AIM a couple of years ago. Are they now completely worthless? Or do I still, in theory, hold shares in that company?
Remember most day traders lose money, probably better putting your money in a tracker fund.
Hello,
I would appreciate it if someone can explain how the float on stocks/shares are worked out. I hope to Day Trade UK stocks.
I have been going round the bend as I have tried to understand how 'shares outstanding' 'Float' and 'Volume' is calculated. I understand the concepts, but I have looked at FT.com and Yahoo.com. I have tried to calculate the shares outstanding from Yahoo.com internet site. The one figure that is consistent no matter where I look has been the 'Shares Outstanding' for Boohoo is 1.26Bn.
The difficulty then arises when I have tried to verify the Float. Yahoo.com shows a percentage split of shares held by insiders and institutions (23.68% and 44.86% respectively). When I tried to work out and corroborate those details against the FT.com I come out with different figures. The 'Free Float' on the FT.com site stands at 998.59m.
So I implore for someone out there to pick a stock and show me the calculation for arriving at a float for a stock from the UK. I have seen all kinds of calculations but they do not make sense. I really would appreciate any help please, before my mind explodes. I want to know how I would arrive at the float that is available for the public to trade. I have seen many calculations but I am not sure.
Can someone please recommend a good book on Day Trading please.
Thank you all in advance.
Happy Trading!
Kieran
I didn't buy William Hill, it was a response to your claim "far better to bet on the bookies".
" WMH"?
WMH - Bah! What possessed you?
Did you never consider GVC? Made an absolute packet out of it. Sold it to take the remaining profits off the table at the beginning of the March crash.
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" . . . so I will be selling at the end of this month."
I think that could turn out to be an astute move IMO, as I wouldn't be surprised to see September as barely above flat, with October and November being lacklustre for LSE.
Am expecting though, a cracking December, so planning to buy in, on or just before Dec 1st, and small tranches between now and December if they happen to be unusual drops of suitable magnitude.
Looking at the WMH share price over the last few years I don't think I agree with that maxim. I've actually made nice profits on the GN.
As for LSE, this has been one of my best performing shares over the last 12 months, up 30%.
However momentum does eventually run out so I will be selling at the end of this month.
" Views anyone? "
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Yes, this stock perfectly compliments the maxim:
Don't bet on a random horse in the Grand National - far better to bet on the bookie.
Well, LSE is that bookie. Better than buying a FTSE index fund.
Have you seen the P/E ratio though? Tsk! The price you pay for success.
Thanks, volcano; thought there'd be loads. Is this where the "smart money" invests?
A long term investor would confirm, from my perusal of the price action over the last 20 years, that apart from stock market crashes, every day/week/month is a "new high" in this stock? : )
Can't believe I've had this on a watchlist for years and done nothing about it. Maybe I suffered from: "Ooh that can't rise any higher?" And failed to bag it at loads of 'cheap' occasions.
This stock appears to have been a better investment than any pension or star fund manager over that time period.
Going to invest here, but going to play silly buggers with cyclical charts for the best month etc., as it just doesn't appear to offer a cheap entrance outside of market crashes.
Views anyone? I suppose they certainly have a Buffet "moat".
Yes this is one of my long term investments.
London Stock Exchange Group Plc
LSE
8,780.00 GBX
+102.00 (1.18%)
Anyone on this board who's bought in, above 8,000 ?
Conversely, any long-termers here, who've held say, from the early years after the turn of the millennium?
Yep, exceptional performance considering the general turmoil this year on the stock market.
LSE at all time high
8,678.00 GBX +194.00 (2.29%)
3 Aug, 16:27 BST · Disclaimer
i am done for today thank you.
London Stock Exchange Group Plc
LSE
8,560.00 GBX
+214.00 (2.56%)
London Stock Exchange Group beats on 1H income, hikes dividend
Fri, 31st Jul 2020 07:55ShareCast
(Sharecast News) - The operator of the London Stock Exchange hiked its interim dividend following a better-than-expected half for the group.
The London Stock Exchange Group's total income for the six months to 30 June jumped 8% year-on-year to £1.24bn (UBS: £1.2bn), with total revenues up 4% to £1.06bn.
Citing the group's "strong" financial position and confidence in its future prospects, the board announced a 16% hike in the interim dividend to 23.3p per share.
Sales from the group's FTSE Russell index business grew 5% to £330m with asset based revenues f;at despite lower levels of assets under management at exchange traded funds.
Post trade revenues meanwhile jumped 9% to £372m, driven by record levels of activity in CDSs, foreign exchange and cash equities.
Capital markets revenue did decline by 4% to £217m, but only because of the one-off benefit recorded a year ago, while on a like-for-like basis they were 12% higher.
All told, the company's profits before tax did dip from £363m one year ago to £362m, but on an adjusted basis, its earnings per share were 11% higher to 112.0p.
Net debt at period end was at 1.4 times pro-forma earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation.
LSE is back nearly where it was before the drop.
"But the small manufacturer has managed to keep its factory floor open throughout the pandemic by adopting an unusually aggressive approach to screening for the virus: whether they have coronavirus symptoms or not, its 56 employees are asked to take a voluntary test every week.
“There are no exceptions, not even for our cleaning staff,” managing director Christian Trahan explains from his office at Holzhauer’s headquarters in Karben, a small town just outside of Frankfurt.
As western governments begin to ease lockdowns that have saved lives but crippled economies, more businesses will soon face the challenge of persuading employees to return to workplaces even as the risk of a second wave of infections remains real.
Peter Sewing, the co-head of Obermark, a Luxembourg-based investment group that bought Holzhauer in 2012, reckons that the engineering company’s model could ultimately be a “blueprint” for the wider German economy."
https://www.ft.com/content/4f7b1fc5-ebf3-4cc7-afaf-80f4cafcfcb9
LYNDHURST, I take it you are not invested here.
Are you seriously saying the banks are the good guys in all of this ?
You will NOT find this company suspending its dividend or being SHORTED.
For that reason it was a good investment from Day 1 except we failed to see it.
The rest of the market is a shambles! Take Whitbred for example-We want our money back ! from shareholders in their recent rights issue proposal. The LSE will never have a Right issue- either taken out or use own shares to merge!
No surprises again. The entire FTSe falls, but LSEG climbs even higher. As I said before, LSEG BOD are a bunch of crooks.
They obviously believe they are above the law and the useless FCA can’t touch them.
In the meantime, the great British institutions, Lloyds, Barclays, Centrica..to name a few are trashed to penny stocks.
Disgusted beyond belief!!
I manage to make good long term profits by investing in the stock market. I have winners and losers but can't really class it as a casino, AIM perhaps but I keep well clear of that.
Capitalism may well be a bit corrupt, but you can't turn the tide.
I've come to the firm conviction that the Stock Market is nothing other than an out and out unregulated casino. the perpetrators are there in full view and seem to be outside the regulation becasue they operate from some foreign domicile.
All these massive swings and so called ARBS trading and short sellers jumping in and out , creaming a fraction of a cent here and there and very quickly creating serious volatility. this impoverishes us all other. it makes it impossible for Pension Funds and Private Investors to operate in long term.
I wish that the toothless regulators would investigate and report publicly on their findings what value do they operators bring apart from creating panic selling and frustrating the will of the investors who are seeking a home for their capital .
Actually having suffered massive losses over the years because of my belief that this was a platform for LT investment; so Im taking full responsibility for my stupidity.
Now we're in a whole new paradigm with the government creating hundreds of billions of debt keeping companies from collapsing and at the same time allowing bars t ewards to come in and rake off billions for their own good.
what's the point ? of having Private shareholders losing their say x% dividends only to see the price get hammered by a multiple of the x% dividend . Any recovery in share price is then slowly rebuilt if the company is lucky . meanwhile the regulators stand back and allow the bar stews to wreck havoc and often take the plc company down using invidious short selling tools.
By not acting in the interests of the investors, the Regulators are complicit in this activity. they are going to be paid regardless of any action and if they rock the boat , then they are putting at risk their nice little sinecure of a NED job that awaits them post retirement. AIMHOOC.
IMHO the share price will be back to its peak of £85 in the next few weeks. An optimistic trajectory of £100 by the end of the year is highly likely.
Intentionally or not I think you gave me great idea. It's the most bullish stock at the moment. In these turbulent times they have money for dividend!? What will happen in normal times. To the moon