Share Investment, Discussion & Tips

[Troll]

I am putting a lot of cash into Metro bank at the moment. I expect a take over soon.

Having done a stint at Metro in the early days I see that as a very courageous act

[llcoolam]

People are going to shout Hargreaves-Lansdown at you. Ignore them, they are fools. Huge service fees which eat into your SIPP (self invested personal pension) pot, stocks and shares ISA or share-dealing account.

There are numerous others who are cheap and work fine. You can do your own fund/share research on many other websites. Halifax iWeb seems decent and has plenty of users. Interface has just been revamped.

Check out the pricing and then compare your own expected number of trading costs and service fees with Hargreaves-Lansdown. You won't choose the latter, if you can use a calculator and scale over the years.

Final note: stock markets have never been this high, yet the major economies are, in reality, performing awfully. Company P/E (profits to earnings) ratios are sky high. Do NOT invest right now. Await the crash. That's my advice.

Sound advice, thanks a lot! I'm waiting for the crash!

If you only buy funds then yes HL is very expensive, if however you only but stocks and shares the management fee is a maximum of £200 a year

Cheers i'll have a look and do a comparison.

[Fred Bloggs]

Petrofac. Fill your boots.

OK all you big money guys, (and ladies, natch) what did you buy Petrofac at then, I'll start -

385p.

Fill your boots, did you?

[TheGreenBastard]

OK all you big money guys, (and ladies, natch) what did you buy Petrofac at then, I'll start -

385p.

Fill your boots, did you?

What's your target and time frame for this one?

[InsertWittyNameHere555]

OK all you big money guys, (and ladies, natch) what did you buy Petrofac at then, I'll start -

385p.

Fill your boots, did you?

If they keep their dividend payments at a similar level it's a boom time, but just like the debacle with Glencore unless you are investing long terms I'd stay away

[BlasterBates]

I would say it is different from Glencore. Petrofac is facing an investigation. With Glencore it was simply "hysteria", i.e. an overreaction to faliing Copper prices. In the end you know Copper prices will recover. The investigation however could be very damaging.

[InsertWittyNameHere555]

I would say it is different from Glencore. Petrofac is facing an investigation. With Glencore it was simply "hysteria", i.e. an overreaction to faliing Copper prices. In the end you know Copper prices will recover. The investigation however could be very damaging.

Look at the share price of Tesco's to see how this might pan out then

[Fred Bloggs]

What's your target and time frame for this one?

I'd say realistically three to five years to turn up maybe a three bagger. I am assuming the dividends will be at least reduced to cover any liabilities from the SFO inquiries. PFC have more than GBP 14bn in the order book so if new project wins are bit scarce in the short term it is not going to affect the business. And they are still picking up new work at the moment. They have also rolled over their loan facility in the last few weeks so they are certainly not short of cash.

[BlasterBates]

Winners and Losers in the event of a Labour victory

[diseasex]

Got combimatrix (CBMX.US) @ 4.25.
30% y/y growth , swing to profit this year, good news, good management. Still bargain price, trading at 1x turnover.