cwah
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Post by cwah on Feb 15, 2019 20:15:43 GMT
Hello,
I'm with Halifax share dealing and Hargreaves Lansdown to buy shares and stock. But it has limited access to US stock/shares/funds
I'd like to buy the SMHB dividend funds but can't seem to find it.
Anything you'd recommend?
Thanks
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Post by cwah on Feb 15, 2019 21:23:05 GMT
I'd like to buy the SMHB dividend funds but can't seem to find it. Anything you'd recommend?
Option A : Probably the easiest given the hassles of opening a new brokerage account, especially to just to buy one fund would be to.... Find the ISIN for the dividend fund, pick up the dog & bone to the telephone dealing line and ask the nice people on the other side. It is quite possible that if you are trading through a broker that mostly sends Retail trades via RSPs then you will need a helping hand for anything a bit more obscure.
Option B: I don't know what they are like for funds as I no longer buy funds for my own portfolios and haven't done so for donkeys years, so speaking in very general terms if it's US listed and not available through on Interactive Brokers, then you probably will find it pretty tricky to get hold of. But as I said, funds are a slightly different kettle of fish to equities, so it is quite possible its not listed on IB for other reasons and thus your needs may better served through a fund supermarket. Interactive Brokers is also not for the inexperienced, you won't get a fancy website and you won't get typical Retail levels of hand-holding. You are expected to know your way around the markets. Look for the "contract search" tool on the Interactive Brokers website to see if your fund is available through them (you don't need an account or login to use the contract search tool). Also note that IB will add contracts on demand if not already on their system, but again I don't know if this will be the case for funds too.
Thanks for your answer. But even to buy stock it looks limited? I'd like to buy preferred stock SPKEP but I can only have the common stock SKEP on both HL and Halifax share dealing. Do interactive broker have much more options? Or at least these?
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Post by dan1 on Feb 15, 2019 21:25:13 GMT
Hello, I'm with Halifax share dealing and Hargreaves Lansdown to buy shares and stock. But it has limited access to US stock/shares/funds I'd like to buy the SMHB dividend funds but can't seem to find it. Anything you'd recommend? Thanks Courtesy of the comments on Monevator (see here):
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Post by cwah on Feb 15, 2019 21:29:15 GMT
Hello, I'm with Halifax share dealing and Hargreaves Lansdown to buy shares and stock. But it has limited access to US stock/shares/funds I'd like to buy the SMHB dividend funds but can't seem to find it. Anything you'd recommend? Thanks Courtesy of the comments on Monevator (see here): Thanks i'm going to send them an email. They are difficult to contact as well!
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Post by bigfoot12 on Feb 15, 2019 21:32:40 GMT
Hello, I'm with Halifax share dealing and Hargreaves Lansdown to buy shares and stock. But it has limited access to US stock/shares/funds I'd like to buy the SMHB dividend funds but can't seem to find it. Anything you'd recommend? Thanks This might be a side issue, but with HL i had to sign a W-8BEN Form to be allowed to trade US equities, perhaps they don't appear unless you sign it? Not sure if this applies to funds. HL are easy to contact by phone, there is a reason sometimes why some have higher fees!
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Post by cwah on Feb 15, 2019 21:35:05 GMT
Hello, I'm with Halifax share dealing and Hargreaves Lansdown to buy shares and stock. But it has limited access to US stock/shares/funds I'd like to buy the SMHB dividend funds but can't seem to find it. Anything you'd recommend? Thanks This might be a side issue, but with HL i had to sign a W-8BEN Form to be allowed to trade US equities, perhaps they don't appear unless you sign it? Not sure if this applies to funds. HL are easy to contact by phone, there is a reason sometimes why some have higher fees! Us funds and stock appear. Just not the ones I want!
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Post by hazellend on Feb 15, 2019 22:12:22 GMT
Why do you want to buy that fund? Stuff like that is for professional short term speculators.
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Post by cwah on Feb 15, 2019 23:10:34 GMT
Thanks for your advice i'll have a look at interactive broker. I'm more concerned by fees than anything else tbh
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Post by cwah on Feb 17, 2019 23:14:42 GMT
Hello, I'm with Halifax share dealing and Hargreaves Lansdown to buy shares and stock. But it has limited access to US stock/shares/funds I'd like to buy the SMHB dividend funds but can't seem to find it. Anything you'd recommend? Thanks Courtesy of the comments on Monevator (see here): Hello, I've been looking for a while and I can't seem to find anywhere an email contact to contact the team? The web chat doesn't work and bug on my browser. Any help? Just need to buy some shares
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Post by dan1 on Feb 17, 2019 23:43:01 GMT
Courtesy of the comments on Monevator (see here): Hello, I've been looking for a while and I can't seem to find anywhere an email contact to contact the team? The web chat doesn't work and bug on my browser. Any help? Just need to buy some shares Comms are normally via WebChat or phone but you can try customercare.hsdl@halifax.co.uk, although I wouldn't expect them to discuss anything account specific via email.
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Post by cwah on Feb 17, 2019 23:48:36 GMT
Hello, I've been looking for a while and I can't seem to find anywhere an email contact to contact the team? The web chat doesn't work and bug on my browser. Any help? Just need to buy some shares Comms are normally via WebChat or phone but you can try customercare.hsdl@halifax.co.uk, although I wouldn't expect them to discuss anything account specific via email. That's great thank you. I'm going to send them an email now.
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Post by cwah on Feb 18, 2019 19:18:17 GMT
Hello, I've been looking for a while and I can't seem to find anywhere an email contact to contact the team? The web chat doesn't work and bug on my browser. Any help? Just need to buy some shares Comms are normally via WebChat or phone but you can try customercare.hsdl@halifax.co.uk, although I wouldn't expect them to discuss anything account specific via email. Here's their answer  "Thank you for your enquiry. The stocks you have requested below do not meet our eligibility criteria and we would therefore not be able to set these up for trading through our service. SMHB: UBS AG LONDON B/ZERO CP ETRACS 2X M SPKEP: SPARK ENRG 8 75 SRS A CUM RD PRP PRF I hope I have been able to help you with your query, however should you require any further information please do not hesitate to call us on 03457 22 55 25. Kind Regards" I need to find another provider
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