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So Mikey when you finally retire from vod, Are you going become a comedian, Good luck with that?! It's the way you tell them!!? A very good day today.

Pacino. It sounds like there are some great deals out there. Freetrade sounds good if you don't need an I.S.A. & trade a lot. My long term goal is to hold in an I.S.A. get the divi, & trade rarely, so I will stick with this site, L.S.E. who charge £10 per trade, but free to hold in an I.S.A. I have 2 I.S.A. 's Me & ere in doors! I mainly have I.S.A.'s to save on divi tax, as it unlikely I would have enough cap gains, holding a high divi yield share like vodafone. Of course I hope to make large cap gains, but so far I haven't. Shame about the downward trend at the moment, but for me it is a nervy hold!

That H/L. deal for £1.50 per trade sounds good. You have to trade once a month, so if you buy shares in just 1 company you will pay £18 a year. So if your direct debit is £200 a month, in a year you will have bought £2400 worth at a cost £18 + stamp duty. So it sounds good for drip feeding, but you are still paying £18 for £2400 worth of shares. More than the £10 this site charges to buy £2400 all in one go. Also if you hold them in an i.s.a. then you pay more. It is a good deal, but the reason H.L. do it, is because all companies love direct debits, because you just keep on paying year in, year out & that's £18 a year.

meoryou. I think you may be new to this forum, we all say what we think on here?? (Oh, just me then?) But If you want to have a go at fleccy, you need to try a lot harder? fleccy. For me I think £k5 minimum, but much better to deal in higher amounts. As for the extra costs being less than the money you lose if the sp falls, Why buy if you think the sp will fall, so 50/50 perhaps. If the sp rises then you win. Have you ever heard of cash in, on bookmakers bets? They love it? Mug punters! Anyway meoryou, lets hope meandyou can be winners? Still time for your Friday close prediction, we all want to beat the evil mole-man! hiss!

MPO818 You pay 9.99 a month, so 119.88 per year. If you were to invest £25 a month to gradually build up your portfolio as per your example, you would pay £120 commission to buy £300 worth of shares. 40% commission. Ok, an extreme example, but my point is the same. If your shares go up by 10% a year, which is above average, your commission + stamp duty needs to be less, just to make a profit & you still have to pay again if you want to sell. More if you sell in small amounts. The more shares you buy in one go, the less % commission you pay. But it is more risky of course. Many people don't like risk so are prepared to pay extra to avoid it, that is why insurance companies make so much money. Just keep an eye on your costs is all I am saying, they are not peanuts!

Thanks robleo, & good luck. Many advocate drip feeding, but isn't it very expensive? Sorry but I don't get it?. Buying regular small amounts of shares, costs a lot more than buying a load in one go? I hope it works for you though, but I suspect the main winners are the brokers? Nice to have the mole on here with his contrary point of view, makes it more interesting? He can't help it if he is wrong? (drip selling) ??

I thought I would have a browse at Reliant Robin's (A.K.A. Porsche), posts. He is not very happy is he. He says he sold all his vod shares at 1.39, (so down about 1%) & bought google at 2800, (now 2608, down about 7%) So why is he still posting on here? 1st prize for whinger of the year by a long way. Just stick to U.S. shares Robin, if you think nobody invests in the U.K. (your quote).

I thought I would have a browse at Reliant Robin's (A.K.A. Porsche), posts. He is not very happy is he. He says he sold all his vod shares at 1.39, (so down about 1%) & bought google at 2800, (now 2608, down about 7%) So why is he still posting on here? 1st prize for whinger of the year by a long way. Just stick to U.S. shares Robin, if you think nobody invests in the U.K. (your quote).

Hello robleo. What makes you think s.m.t. is a good investment? I just wondered how you pick your investments? I hope you d.y.o.r. 1st!!? Good luck.

Mikey, I think I must take longer to write my posts than you. So I started mine before I read yours, so I will stick to it. Besides as long you don't moan too much, I like to agree with you?! Have a good weekend all. Sounds like Reliant Robins prediction is less than a quid!! As for robleo, well, top ramper, top man?

Shame about today. Up 20p in a month is still not bad? I will go £1.41 for next Friday close.

Mikey. All I have suffered so far is a torn patio table cover, shame about the sp so far, but the U.S. cavalry will come to the rescue we hope?

I think you would get more sense from a Reliant Robin?!

Just remember, America is our friend, it's the ruskies that our the enemy!

America to the rescue, I sense a strong finish?

The M.C.B. maturing should not have any impact on the share price. Any possible impact would already have been factored in.

Hi robleo. I bought my 1st ever smart phone recently, Alcatel 1, It had no instructions how to use it, but it is powered by Android !!

Ok Android. Sorry. So you bought over £50,000 worth instead of only £5.000 worth? You could have just said that in the 1st place, but good with luck with your new dog! You are Clouseau!!! Good luck from Inspector Dreyfus!!

Android. You said on Monday instead of buying £5k poly, you accidently bought 5k. So are you saying you bought 5000 poly shares at about £1000+ each? So you paid £5 million+ for them? Are you serious ?

Another good day after after being down most of the day. I think the activists will be very happy the way things are going? they probably have more patience than some?! If not, then perhaps they should get involved on the A.I.M. market, but they are probably far too wise for that? Slowly Slowly, & you can eventually make many a monkey!!