What is Target Setting?
Use Target Setting to maximise profit when share prices rise and protect against losses when they fall. This TradePlan is a combination of a limit order to sell at a higher price than the current ...
- What is a nominee account?
Generally, shares can be held as either paper certificates or electronically. A nominee account is one set up by a broker to hold stock electronically on behalf of the investors, or 'beneficial ow ...
- How much can I invest in a Maxi ISA?
Under the new ISA rules - Maxi and Mini ISAs no longer exist. There is a general name of ISAs - and you can have a Stocks and Shares ISA and a Cash ISA. In 2009/10 for those aged under 50 yea ...
- How much can I invest in a Mini ISA?
Under the new ISA rules - Maxi and Mini ISAs no longer exist. There is a general name of ISAs - and you can have a Stocks and Shares ISA and a Cash ISA. In 2009/10 for those aged under 50 y ...
- Is there one page which lists FTSE 100 stocks or all FTSE sectors together?
Yes. You will be able to find this page by clicking onto the "Shares"
link at the top of any page and then from here by clicking onto the "UK
Equities" link below. This will take you to the UK E ...
- How do I add an asset to the portfolio?
In either the Shares and Funds page or the Other Assets page click the Add an Asset button.
Step 1. Choose an existing portfolio to add your asset to or choose add to new portfol ...
- How do I add a debt to the portfolio?
In either the Shares and Funds page or the Debts page click the Add a Debt button.
Step 1. Choose an existing portfolio to add your debt to or choose add to new portfolio to create a new portf ...
- What is a unit trust?
Unit trusts are 'open ended collective investments' which put the cash of many investors into one fund (called a 'pooled fund') which can invest in shares, bonds, gilts or property. This system al ...
- What is an OEIC?
OEICs stands for Open-Ended Investment Companies (pronounced 'oiks').
The rules for creating and operating OEICs were introduced in 1997 and
many unit trusts have since converted into a OEIC s ...
- How to use the Stock Filter
You get half the benefit of using a stock filter before you even fire it up. It concentrates the mind on the kind of company you want to invest in: big or small? Rated highly by other investors, o ...
- How much can I invest in an ISA?
In 2009/10 for those aged under 50 years, the current overall total available to subscribe is £7,200 and is fully flexible subject to an overall maximum of £3,600 in the Cash comp ...
- What are Interactive Investor's ISA charges and what discounts and offers can I benefit from?
There is NO administration fee for ISA's and there are no inactivity fees.All our standard dealing charges apply within the ISA account. Regular equity investments cost £1.50. Real-time UK t ...
- What is a Stop Loss?
A stop loss order lets you set a price to sell shares which is lower than the current price to protect you from sharp falls in a share price. Experienced investors would usually set a target ...
- What is a Fund Supermarket?
This is where a provider makes available a selection of unit trusts and OEICs managed by more than one fund manager in one investment account.For example Interactive Investor’s Fund Supermar ...
- What are the definitions of the use of SMA and EMA in your "Moving Averages" field of the Interactive & Comparative Charts?
SMA = Simple Moving Average (A simple, or arithmetic, moving average that is calculated by adding the closing price of the security for a number of time periods and then dividing this total by t ...
- What are your dealing charges?
There is NO administration fee for any of our accounts (including ISA's) and there are no inactivity fees.All our standard dealing charges apply within all our accounts. Regular equity investmen ...
- By company?
You can search for funds within their fund management group (for example Jupiter).
- Is there a limit to the number/value of shares I can buy through a TradePlan?
There are no limits for the UK and US markets, but in the UK market makers may not be prepared to accept trades in larger sizes under certain market conditions, and therefore your order may only b ...
- Are unit trusts and OEICs expensive?
The bid/offer spread within a Unit Trust allows for the initial set-up
charges, dealing costs and Stamp Duty. All charges and costs within an
OEIC are charged separately as an initial charge whi ...
- Jargon Buster terms
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