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Don't forget you will then have to pay tax on the dividend, which may be at a higher rate than cgt if they had not paid a dividend and used it for growth.

Botbot, you never know, you may well be on the right side of history if Burry's bet comes true...

https://news.sky.com/story/the-big-short-investor-michael-burry-bets-1-6bn-on-stock-market-crash-12940826

hi bot. sorry, wasn't having a dig. i too was sceptical about them. can't say too much about my past life, but i've done a lot of financial snooping on financial institutions and people. but freetrade categorically don't take a cut on commission from spreads. don't get me wrong, i'm not plugging them over any other. they may not be the best for all types of trading. i also use hsbc, hl, lloyds, xo and vanguard!

bit more here if interested

https://help.************/en/articles/2029770-what-are-spreads-and-does-freetrade-make-money-from-them

Not sure that is fully correct. When i was comparing the CCL spread they were quoting vs my fidessa terminal, they were actually extremely competitive. I appreciate that they make commission on forex related trades, but they have to adhere to best execution rules if dealing on exchange.

Sounds like you've got yourself in a pickle. That must cause you no end of problems. There was no need to set your Play to Turkey. I pay 97.99 TKL each month for my netflix and have a UK play account. I keep a very keen eye on TKL/GBP :-) This is probably not the board to explain how to do it though!

If you do sign up Roadie, they also give you a free share. I had some US LPG stock. Think it was about £15 when i sold it. Shameless plug.... referral link here for us both to get a free share if you do decide to go down that route.

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I've toyed with using them to buy RCL but I'm not sure about their exchange rate charges.

I've been using Freetrade. No problems so far. Only bought UK listed securities though.

It's not the official webcams you should be worried about 😮

https://www.cruisehive.com/royal-caribbean-guest-arrested-for-planting-hidden-camera/101010#:~:text=A%20guest%20aboard%20Harmony%20of,hidden%20camera%20in%20a%20restroom.&text=A%20guest%20aboard%20a%20recent,of%20the%20ship's%20public%20restrooms.

Don't forget to check out the fish and chip shop on deck 8 👍

Ccl is traded on the SETSmm segment of the London stock exchange. It is therefore not a quote driven stock. It is an order book platform (with automatic execution) with market makers providing liquidity. Manipulation would be far easier if ccl was quote driven, but being SETSmm order entry by other market participants makes it far more difficult.

Fair point. But that it one reason I no longer cruise to Rome. And the faff of getting to Ravenna has also stopped me choosing Venice too. Maybe it's just me!

Any thoughts on the impact of port bans? I read today Amsterdam is joining Venice and banning cruise ships. Barcelona and Dubrovnik are considering it.

With CCL and RCL moving to ever larger ships, it wouldn't take much local populism for other ports to follow and we are left with lots of vessels that can't dock at major ports?

Good point re market open... the days all seem to merge!

But I was referring more to market sentiment. I still can't convince friends and family to go onto a Costa after the sinking!

It only takes a few stories to get out about flammable cladding onboard cruise ships and as the article says, it could dent demand. That's an industry problem.

Will be interesting to see market impact tomorrow

https://app.ft.com/content/8cfa4fdf-6d8d-486f-8be9-e14cafb36a43

Impacts 40 odd ships, msc, carnival etc

Yep, got my 100 😉

Was going to buy a few more but price ran away

No need to apologise! I've only a few ccl shares. I retired last month and was never allowed to own shares as i worked with a lot of confidential / sensitive information.

Afraid I'm not very loyal to carnival though, got a celebrity to Iceland next week and an msc over Christmas. Generally head to the best prices, but that may change now i have some ccl!

Came off iona last month, all 3 of us got noro! It was dreadful experience.

Got Arvia booked for October to see if that's any better!

By the way, hi all. I've been reading you for many months. Just registered. Almost 30 cruises under my belt 😀

They are not SETS trades. SETS are automatic trades with an AT trade type. At around 4.30 the market goes into an uncrossing auction and the final SETS trade is marked by a UT trade type. The late trades are O trades. Ordinary. More likely to be negotiated trades, or late 'give up' bookings. It's not related to settlement. Settlement date and time will not be flagged on a trade report. That will be on the transaction report, which is not published to the market.