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English forum => Small talk => Topic started by: Stuart2007 on January 07, 2010, 23:45:55

Title: P&O about to go public again?
Post by: Stuart2007 on January 07, 2010, 23:45:55
As predicted by your resident genius, it is likely that P&O is going to go back as a public company. It is going to be listed on the London stock exchange.

I am going to buy P&O... well, a small part of it... so TFM, careful of my ferries, huh?
Title: Re: P&O about to go public again?
Post by: The Ferry Man on January 07, 2010, 23:49:00
As predicted by your resident genius, it is likely that P&O is going to go back as a public company. It is going to be listed on the London stock exchange.

I am going to buy P&O... well, a small part of it... so TFM, careful of my ferries, huh?

Hmm

So anyone can buy a bit of P&O...?

I will be carefull Stu  ;)
Title: Re: P&O about to go public again?
Post by: Stuart2007 on January 07, 2010, 23:51:16
Hmm

So anyone can buy a bit of P&O...?

I will be carefull Stu  ;)
That is generally what a public stock market listing means

I will be watching this carefully... Firesale, as it were, low offer price to get cash in... low economic activity... low share prices... end of recession 2012, share price goes up... hmm might be able to make a few quid if you spend your student allowance wisely ;)
Title: Re: P&O about to go public again?
Post by: The Ferry Man on January 07, 2010, 23:52:03
That is generally what a public stock market listing means

I will be watching this carefully... Firesale, as it were, low offer price to get cash in... low economic activity... low share prices... end of recession 2012, share price goes up... hmm might be able to make a few quid if you spend your student allowance wisely ;)


So where can I buy my chunk of P&O?
Title: Re: P&O about to go public again?
Post by: Stuart2007 on January 07, 2010, 23:54:14
So where can I buy my chunk of P&O?
Tesco
Title: Re: P&O about to go public again?
Post by: The Ferry Man on January 07, 2010, 23:56:04
Tesco

Really  ::)

Seriously...

I have never brought a chunk of P&O Before
Title: Re: P&O about to go public again?
Post by: Stuart2007 on January 08, 2010, 00:05:00
You need to find a decent stockbroker. Most banks will have one in your local branch. They will charge you a commission for acting as an agent.

Unless you invest large amounts of money £millions, don't expect to make anything out of the dividends (assuming it makes profit).

If the price goes up, you sell and keep the difference, less broker charges... If the price goes down, you either sell at a loss or keep until the price goes back up.

If I were you I'd think very carefully before investing your savings. ANY investments should be money you can AFFORD to risk losing.

The institutional investor wants short term gain, so will more often than not, go for high dividend payers; but these shares are ususally expensive for this reason. You are up against investors who have experts on massive wages trying to predict future changes... It isn't easy.

I have once made a good return on an investment, and also made a series of small losses...

If you are looking to buy a few hundred quid of shares for the fun of it, then I'd say go for it... But only for fun unless you know what you're doing.

EDIT: The LSE had a simulator, where you entered in your purchases and sales and it would calculate your profit/loss based on real world share price changes... It was to help joe public understand the stock market and see how they would fair if they tried it.
Title: Re: P&O about to go public again?
Post by: The Ferry Man on January 08, 2010, 00:06:18
Hey I just want to be able to say I own a small part of P&O...

What is the minimum I can get?
Title: Re: P&O about to go public again?
Post by: Stuart2007 on January 08, 2010, 00:13:52
For the initial offering you will have to wait for the prospectus.

I own 2 shares in one of my large rivals, just so I can tease their management about owning shares in their company...

But your broker will still want a commission as it takes as much effort to trade 2 as 200,000 shares
Title: Re: P&O about to go public again?
Post by: The Ferry Man on January 08, 2010, 00:20:13
hehe

Thanks  :thumbs:
Title: Re: P&O about to go public again?
Post by: Stuart2007 on January 08, 2010, 00:26:20
TFM,

This is the tool I meant.

http://www.londonstockexchange.com/private-investors/tools-and-services/direct-market-access/direct-market-access.htm

Have a look. If you read this page and the few links, you can learn enough to understand the technicalities of trading... But it won't teach you how to 'read' the market- to make predictions on future prices.
Title: Re: P&O about to go public again?
Post by: Stuart2007 on January 08, 2010, 16:42:05
TFM

I've had a go with the simulator and it's actually pretty good. I've not seen a trading floor (joe public don't) but this is the sort of equipment they use.

I've just made a 4% gain on it in about an hour. Now admittedly that does not include brokerage fees but it IS quite a high return. Had I been doing this for real, with real money then I'd be much more cautious.

But if you are interested in the system, it is a good tool.

Watch HBOS, it will be a long term gain as it's currently well undervalued considering it is backed by MHG.


EDIT2: Sorry. It is tracking TRENDS but the data is not exactly... I track my bank live and it was about the same; coincidence. it is not real data at all, but still a good tool to learn with