Reply to: Getting rich

[MarillionFan]

Hang on you are a contractor with shares in a ltd company and you are asking about dividends??

Now what would NLUK say in this situation....

You're a cretin???

[AtW]

Now what would NLUK say in this situation....

She is not available to comment on it...

[SimonMac]

Noob question:

If I buy shares and a dividend is paid a month later, do I get the whole dividend, or is it pro-rata for how long I've held the shares?

Hang on you are a contractor with shares in a ltd company and you are asking about dividends??

Now what would NLUK say in this situation....

[mudskipper]

Dividend dates explained | Interactive Investor

Makes sense. Ta.

[greenlake]

Noob question:

If I buy shares and a dividend is paid a month later, do I get the whole dividend, or is it pro-rata for how long I've held the shares?

Dividend dates explained | Interactive Investor

[mudskipper]

Noob question:

If I buy shares and a dividend is paid a month later, do I get the whole dividend, or is it pro-rata for how long I've held the shares?

[RedSauce]

I am in a similar boat, but i am thinking of waiting to make sure the US doesn't default first as that would presumably have a detrimental effect on the stock market.

[SimonMac]

Buy some shares in a recruitment agency

Profiting off the misery of others?

[MarillionFan]

I just bought a new mattress.

Hi Suity.

[doodab]

I just bought a new mattress.

[EternalOptimist]

I'm leaving my money in a cash isa. thank you all very much.

[IR35 Avoider]

This is where I would put money at the moment: an all-Europe (including UK) index tracker.

https://www.vanguard.co.uk/documents...-ucits-etf.pdf

[DodgyAgent]

Following the RM fiasco, I've got a shade under 5k in cash sitting in a stocks and shares ISA.

I could just return it to my negligible interest savings account, but wouldn't mind giving the investment thing a go.

So what's a good idea for a beginner? Managed fund? FTSE 100 tracker? Individual shares?

Thinking a mixture - perhaps 2K FTSE 100 tracker, 1K BP shares (or Vodafone?), and the rest in a managed fund?

Haven't a clue what I'm doing - just want to make sure that the above doesn't sound really stupid...

Buy some shares in a recruitment agency

[northernladyuk]

She's not allowed to charge for that!

I can assure you that is untrue. She just doesn't charge very much.

[SimonMac]

Yeah, but as you're not on the same plane with your flatulence problem I think we may make it.

Its a bit rich saying I am full of hot air coming from you