Aviva Share Discussion Threads

[warranty] 07/4/2021 17:48

Mcro actually went up on divi day didn’t it russ42? Quite a trick but with so much potentially good news to come it’s hardly surprising. I’m actually quite confident AV will do similar, probably fall first thing then recover a bit during the day. Hope so anyway. GLA.

[klotzak] 07/4/2021 17:18

I can thoroughly NOT recommend AJ Bell. Not enough bandwidth to trade on busy days, and a nightmare to get your money out of. If you sold £20k of a stock waited a couple of days then bought £5k of another stock they won't release your £15k for until the second contract date has come. I have a complaint in about it.

[russ42] 07/4/2021 17:17

Mcro shares never dropped a penny on divi day and the divi was 11.3 hopefully it wont drop to much here.

[thaisi] 07/4/2021 17:07

I agree but all the disposals have been announced so cant and hope not to see any news tomorrow plus the FTSE and DOW have had a really good run lately so some profit taking must be due to kick in???

[eurofox] 07/4/2021 17:00

Going to be very interesting to see the buy orders on the LSE orderbook tomorrow morning. Have not sold any shares today, because I have a feeling that this is not going to fall by all of the dividend. I plan on putting in opening orders to add just above 405p as a backstop. There is too much good stuff lined up on this share to be out of it at any time.

[skinny] 07/4/2021 16:55

I've been with HL for 35+ years and would always have recommended them - until covid - and I assume many brokers - like most companies, have seen their service deteriorate, through lack of staff, lack of innovation in adverse conditions etc etc.

[spud] 07/4/2021 16:52

Yep II for me too although recently their service has deteriorated.

spud

[thaisi] 07/4/2021 16:49

Cheap dealing at II helps. I get the dividend tomorrow instead of waiting til 14th May and for me every 1p at under £4.044 is worth £300 more. Not sure i will do it again though if this goes wrong...

[woodhawk] 07/4/2021 16:47

At 5p per share dealing costs, I'd get myself a new dealer!!

[scrwal] 07/4/2021 16:46

1robbob

ii charge £9.99 monthly each for an ISA and trading account but if they are linked then you only pay a single £9.99 monthly. The fee includes a free trading credit which must be used within 3 months.

There are 3 service plans depending on your needs - the trading costs vary. You do not get hit with additional costs for holding funds like HL charge for.

[salver2] 07/4/2021 16:39

I’m not sure of the point as at least 5 pence a share must be dealing costs-just doesn’t seem sensible

[thaisi] 07/4/2021 16:37

99 times out of a hundred shares seem to go down much more than the Dividend on Ex day i kick myself for not doing it recently with BP,MNG and BATS. Wouldn't be surprised with my luck it doesn't happen this time. Any better than 4.044 and i'm quids in either way i will be buying back tomorrow as we all know there's £5 in these easy...

[rcturner2] 07/4/2021 16:36

When you are being softened up by a right wing source such as the DT you know it is on the cards.

ps my account on advfn is from Feb 2001

[uppompeii] 07/4/2021 16:31

Not The Count from MMD and BPRG days surely??

[p0pper] 07/4/2021 16:28

thaisi, we had a hell of a job breaking through £4 I hope that the £4 is just as strong a support.

[thaisi] 07/4/2021 16:15

I am virtually the same as Cassini with a SIPP and ISA and would recommend.
Just Sold 30,000 of my AV at 4.204 and hope to be back in tomorrow with Ex-divvy at under £4?????

[1robbob] 07/4/2021 15:55

Thanks CASSINI that is very reassuring

[cassini] 07/4/2021 15:52

1robbob,

I use interactive investor. I think they're very good. I hear stories from people using other brokers about poor customer service or being unable to deal in certain stocks, the platform going down or being difficult with W-8BEN forms to avoid Withholding tax etc. I've never had anything but good experiences with ii.

Good website, lots of advice available on it, cheap fixed price SIPP/ISA accounts, lots of opinion and advice articles on stocks, automated technical analysis available when you enter the trading window, plus they shop around a bit between brokers to get the best price when trading. Wide range of investments available.

Proxy voting is available for company AGMs etc, but you have to enable the proxy voting option in your account. Automatic dividend reinvestment available for £1 per share subject to some minimum dividend amount, which may be £30 or £60, not sure.

Dividends in other currencies than Sterling get paid into their own separate part of your account and you may hang onto them like that or convert them to Sterling at the press of a button when you feel like the exchange rate is good.

I have a SIPP and an ISA and I get 12 free trades per year. After that it's £7.99 per trade with the package I picked. There are other packages available I believe for frequent traders. It's a flat £20/month for the SIPP and ISA combined, less I believe for just the standard trading account but DYOR. I have enough money in my accounts to make that flat rate fee a fraction of a percent of my holdings so it suits me.

[cordwainer] 07/4/2021 15:38

apparently I'm on here since 25 Sept 2001, dabbling with names like Blick, Amec and ill-fated Elan Corp and Innovation Group in those days

[yf23_1] 07/4/2021 14:48

Record day is after ex-div day and gives time for the admin to update the share register so that all those on the register at ex-dividend are 'recorded' as being entitled to the dividend, hence the name.

[spud] 07/4/2021 14:43

That's the one!

spud

Edit
As the Count states it was actually ESI