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I very much doubt they are are few and far between.
They do live all over the place mind. UK and elsewhere!

Sipp - "Well done all long term holders?Speaking for myself, with a historical average of 31p and a holding of a quarter of a million pounds, I would now be down £125k.
Thankfully I am not, but to hear you wax lyrical, jr, after 5+ years, for long term holders, who, substantially, will be few and far between, is disingenuous at best. IMHO."

I very much they are few and far between or that many of them out of pocketon this stock!
Most no longer post (do they read this either) which is a shame.
Did not see the original post due to my filter list which is also a LTH btw.

5 yrs is only yesterday for some of us! I know one who got in here at 2p now that is real LTH!

I think the beta version needs to default to 100 posts per page or I risk have a whole screen of filtered messages.
Where has the humour gone that attracted Jim Glick to this board? I guess today is bad because all the plonkers on here are around because they are not old enough to vote or own shares?

Who'd have thought too much water in Africa would complicate matters?
Just bought a few more at 8.12p which is about my entry level a while back after Shanks Pony mentioned TLOU on SXX. Last time they jumped to 10p within a day or two - so I am waiting for the lightning :O)

I have found a use for Banter Boy - he is now my bookmark for a few hours!
Had enough of it, so Filtered it , and thenlooked for the pale green filtered message to resume where I left off.
Much easier than looking for poop!

Thanks guys, I now see I should have looked at the Which link - never bothered looking at it, just loaded it and assumed it was for everyday accounts. tbh I was surprised I could load it without signing up for a Which subscription!

Cheers verde - very helpful and happily agrees with Alan's take on HL.

Thank you , don't know what to call you , apart from Giulia (which I had to look up to see which sex the name is) and hope you are female? Otherwise I'll call you Mark.
I'll start again, thank you 1750mk1! Choosing an international markets broker is proving as complicated as your name.

Alan, that is the Which report in fact!

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Who is Hargreaves Lansdown expensive for?

If you have a larger portfolio, Hargreaves Lansdown could prove costly. Its fees are calculated as a percentage of your portfolio value, so you could end up paying thousands of pounds a year more than broker charging a fixed fee in pounds and pence.

However, it's fairly competitive when it comes to share trading.
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https://www.which.co.uk/money/investing/fund-supermarkets/fund-supermarkets-reviewed/hargreaves-lansdown-fund-supermarket-review-a6jkz1m6cpnf

This is from HL site .... no mention of a cap or type of account?
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What are Hargreaves Lansdown's charges?
Annual charges

Annual fund charge of 0.45% on funds up to £250,000;
0.25% on the portion of funds between £250,000 and £1m;
0.1% on anything between £1m and £2m;
0% for anything above that.
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This is from HL site .... no mention of a cap or type of account?

What are Hargreaves Lansdown's charges?
Annual charges

Annual fund charge of 0.45% on funds up to £250,000;

0.25% on the portion of funds between £250,000 and £1m;
0.1% on anything between £1m and £2m;
0% for anything above that.

Alan, TDW cheesed me off when HMV went bust. No fees with many times their £5.1k threshold for no charges (HMV were paying 16% in dividends and I could not resist) , while HMV crashed my balance crossed that threshold on the appropriate day (May 1st I think) and they charged me £30 for that year.
I'll see if that 0.45% holding fee applies to trading accounts too .... the £45 cap is news to me.
I rejected HL out of hand because that .45% (saw it in a Which report) on £70k is £315 pa!
Not investing more than £5 you understand, but ever the optimist :O)
Should have realised my sons would not be paying hundreds in fees so I don't doubt you for a minute Alan.

Thornback, I am so pleased TG stuck to his guns and kept to 10Mw. He really is a man of his word and BG must see that too. I read somewhere that nobody in Botswana need ever work again because they are so rich in diamonds , that wealth can support the whole population.

Even so, my experience of the super rich is that they are as tight as mackerels backsides, watertight, so committing themselves to 10Mw whilst TLOU get it up and running may have suited the Govt well on a new project.
ASX followed a similar pattern to the FTSE 14c up to 18.5c (32%) from the off, up and down between that high and 17c before settling around 17c. But only $58k or 328k shares traded ..... I sat up beyond 1am (bloody BST, it used to open at midnight) but nothing showed up and I got tired of waiting. Was contemplating opening an IG account and buying TOU after I missed out on TLOU due to a rushed dogwalk and hospital appointment yesterday.
AUD has rallied 1% and CBA jumped to $77 (from $73) and TOU from 14c to 17c - so perhaps I am better off avoiding ASX for a while. Should have dumped II a little later in the year and swallowed their £18 a month maintenance fee for a month or two perhaps? Giving money to banks, brokers, phone companies, and car parks makes my behind watertight too - I begrudge them all their charges - but I don't achieve super rich status, 'unfortunately' !

Alan, On the face of it IG look good for trading ASX market - no maintenance charges if portfolio valued at £15k+ or you execute 3 deals in a quarter irrespective of the portfolio value.
Charge is the higher of AUD10 or 0.1% , so anything below £10,000 is $10AUD

Did you know of any nasty surprises with IG Alan?

They compete very well with the old TDW afaics.

Kalahari (mistyped) otherwise I did well :O(
It has been a long day, with all the talk of less than 9% of shorts being more significant on the market than the 91%+ over on SXX. No wonder I am on the Tlou page - happy days here methinks.

I only ever find old publications from Kalahari online. 2014 is one of the more common years.

Has anybody found an announcement from Sekaname or Kalahar Energy?

Just had a brainwave Alan - I could buy TOU on ASX before they hear the news?
And then the penny dropped ......

Cantois you don't know how prophetic that is - I take 5 drugs a day (all at once to get the quantity right) #but canny remember if I have taken them or not! Atorvastin has the tablets packaged by day and I know I missed two days in the last 7! Just had the 7th one so can synchronise the days on the next packet. I am on aspirin rather than warfarin. Clopidogrel is another form, Liz used to take it.

Boo, Steve Clarke has taken the Scotland managers job having got Kilmarnock into Europe next season by beating Rangers. Shame he cannot do both?

Sugar, Alan .... with dog walking and getting to the hospital on my mind ..... I forgot a TLOU podcast that I coomented on early doors. Was going to top up but clean forgot.
Should have put my CBA money in there ... tgey were certain to rise ... alway tomorrow, and they did drop back as fast as they rose for less time! So they are still up .... I was holding back for sub 7p .... never going to be seen again I hope!

Andnow the sun has come out .... here Poppy!

Meant to add .... yes I did pick them up :O)

If it was Elton I would be ok too Alan.
He'd have his own chauffeur so he would be free to play piano for me.
This is going to be a big side car I fear! Will need a pair of Hayabusa's to power it :O)
I could drive the other one!

Son is thinking of HL I think - never pushed X-O towards either boy - I guess I thought they are savvy enough to get the broker that is best for them.

Just checked ii and got this when I logged on ...

"You don't have any shares in your portfolio. Use our research centre to get started."

Looking good eh? Also have this "Trading Credit £15.00" so they have not grabbed my money yet!
If they do refund that without me asking them explicitly, I will feel a tiny bit guilty about dumping them.
But like Paul Daniels used to say "Not a lot!".

Had my leg checked at hospital today - 4 lovely girls fussing over me. They used ultrasound to scan the joins at each end of a vein they used to by-pass the knee. It joins the very good artery in my thigh to a dodgier one one in the lower leg. Did not understand most of it because I was on my back and could not see the screen. One was a trainee so there was plenty of explanation that I never heard last time. Been quite interesting if nothing else?
They said the aneurism still shows up behind the knee but is looking ok.
Better take Poppy for a longer walk - this morning's was only until she dropped a few 10 penneth of Sirius shares in the park!