FAQs

Table of Contents:

  1. What on earth's all this T business then?
  2. 1.1 T+25 in a nutshell
  3. 1.2 Closing an extended settlement deal
  4. 1.3 Points to keep in mind with T+ deals
  5. 1.4 What's Cash & New when its at home?
  6. 1.5 T+25 when shares get suspended!
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  7. The ESI Bulletin Board
  8. 2.1 How do I add a link to an article on the ESI Bulletin Board?
  9. 2.2 How do I add a 'mailto' link to an article on the ESI BB?
  10. 2.3 I can't download the entire BB/How do I filter articles?
  11. 2.4 How can I use IE4 for offline browsing of the BB ?
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  12. Technical Analysis
  13. 3.1 What are Mr. Charts' book recommendations?
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  14. Which Brokers should I use?
  15. 4.1 Which is the best U.K. broker to use?
  16. 4.2 What U.S. sites are there for on-line trading?
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  17. Miscellaneous Points
  18. 5.1 Save 12p - Pourquoi?
  19. 5.2 An overview of the 'real' Market Eye
  20. 5.3 What do those pesky Trade Type letters on Market Eye mean?
  21. 5.4 And what about those ones near the EPIC code on the Equity pages?
  22. 5.5 How do you know whether trades have been buys or sells?
  23. 5.6 Investment Trusts - what's with these different types of shares?
  24. 5.7 How come the bid/offer spread can be so big with low price shares?
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(thanks to Shehu for the idea of splitting up the FAQ)

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