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So use a broker on the phone to negotiate with the jobber!

spread dropped 6.57%

Well the best of luck in telephoning Link.

I agree. The one month chart has a treble bottom and an upward break out. Theoretically that should be very bullish

I thought the local government pension scheme although an 80ths one is actually of the funded variety

Upgrading_ On the Hargreaves Lansdowne site they have one strong sell, one sell and 2 neutral no broker rating the stock a buy. Who do you have in mind

Not a word of sorrow. Even the government pension line was sympathetic. And extremely helpful!

There is one big advantage if in non certificated and you are not bothered at viewing report and accounts and that is there is no paperwork to lose!

For heavens sake just coincidence. Two random shares of thousands. Jobbers are in competition not in making false markets!

I am sure many brokers charge a standing fee. But you are then in a conglomeration of holdings added together for convenience. The broker has easier admin very few accounts or messages to send out as the trend is to non certificated holdings. Its win win for the broker but not the client. My wife has just died got on the fone to the Rank Registrars bereavement team. No comment about sad circumstances. It is a certificated holding the cert is missing only worth about £2k but the fee for replacement is £77 daylight robbery!

Has not changed since September rather surprising

Why would bond holders do an equity swap. They may well be secured it would be far too risky

The last director purchase was by S Bucher on 8 November 1.1 million shares @ 8.3

It is impossible to have a zero SP as then the bid would be below zero which is not feasible. Some of you people desperately need a workshop manual for the market inner workings!

Unless they are held within an ISA or SIPP

You will not pay commission on every occasion you may be closing within the selected account period when the closure will not attract commission for example.

Much more complicated than that. A gain somewhere does not necessarily cause a loss elsewhere. Get a good book on the workings of the market or you may get stung. A deal might be repaying a borrowed stock any kind of future or liquidating some other kind of short position

Spread is now 9% but as I have said so many times use a proper dealer not an on line one. She will negotiate with the jobber within the spread and get you a better deal. Share Centre at Aylesbury can do this and have very competitive commission too!

There are still a few final salary schemes in the private sector but few and far between. Still there are many public sector ones including the MPs own more generous than any other!

Please note the singular! Seen on a wall this morning in English too / We wish you a merry crisis, and a happy new Fear!