Hey,
I've recently got few thousand pounds of disposable income from a lucky win in a scratch card and I really don't have any usage for that money since I'm just a maths student getting by, so I thought to allocate some of that to stock trading.
I'm currently just in my research stage and plan to begin actual trading in the summer when my exams are all over, so here are a few questions which are probably very simple if you're into the stock market, but I simply couldn't find any answers.
I'm based in the United Kingdom, and I believe there are several different stock exchange platforms, does this mean I should for example stick to London stock exchange? How do they differ? Any other UK based ones? Anything stopping me from trading in any other stock exchange say New York Stock Exchange? One better than the other?
How do I find out what and when companies pay dividends? I've downloaded an app on my phone called 'Trading 2012' where you can buy various shares and sell them as a practice account, just to get a feel, however, I cannot find anything regarding dividends what so ever.
I believe companies pay out dividends to their share holders every year, summing up the 4 quarters, does each company pay at a different date? How long do you need to own the share for to get the dividend? Can you only buy it for a few days prior to the dividend pay out and receive full dividends(clearly price of share would have to raise on these dates)? How do I find out how much dividends companies pay, can't seem to find that anywhere on my app?
How are they calculated? I believe it's called the dividend yield, however, That's something calculated after the company decides the amount they're paying not otherwise? Say Company X says for each share you'll receive £1 each quarter, and then we work out the yield? When do they establish how much dividends they're going to pay?
What do you use to trade? Preferably people from the UK or ones using some international platforms, any websites, apps, forums, blogs you'd recommend?
So many questions, I hope somebody takes their time to read and potentially give me a better insight into this, I've only contemplated this idea for a day so apologies in advance if some of my questions are too trivial :p
If you have any useful material that could benefit me that'd be great!
Thank you!!
I've recently got few thousand pounds of disposable income from a lucky win in a scratch card and I really don't have any usage for that money since I'm just a maths student getting by, so I thought to allocate some of that to stock trading.
I'm currently just in my research stage and plan to begin actual trading in the summer when my exams are all over, so here are a few questions which are probably very simple if you're into the stock market, but I simply couldn't find any answers.
I'm based in the United Kingdom, and I believe there are several different stock exchange platforms, does this mean I should for example stick to London stock exchange? How do they differ? Any other UK based ones? Anything stopping me from trading in any other stock exchange say New York Stock Exchange? One better than the other?
How do I find out what and when companies pay dividends? I've downloaded an app on my phone called 'Trading 2012' where you can buy various shares and sell them as a practice account, just to get a feel, however, I cannot find anything regarding dividends what so ever.
I believe companies pay out dividends to their share holders every year, summing up the 4 quarters, does each company pay at a different date? How long do you need to own the share for to get the dividend? Can you only buy it for a few days prior to the dividend pay out and receive full dividends(clearly price of share would have to raise on these dates)? How do I find out how much dividends companies pay, can't seem to find that anywhere on my app?
How are they calculated? I believe it's called the dividend yield, however, That's something calculated after the company decides the amount they're paying not otherwise? Say Company X says for each share you'll receive £1 each quarter, and then we work out the yield? When do they establish how much dividends they're going to pay?
What do you use to trade? Preferably people from the UK or ones using some international platforms, any websites, apps, forums, blogs you'd recommend?
So many questions, I hope somebody takes their time to read and potentially give me a better insight into this, I've only contemplated this idea for a day so apologies in advance if some of my questions are too trivial :p
If you have any useful material that could benefit me that'd be great!
Thank you!!
Can someone clarify basic things for me please?
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