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UK Stock Market Has Plenty To Offer US Investors

NewsData

18 September 2000

This article is reproduced by kind permission of NewsData at http://www.newsdata.org


US investors looking for alternative places to invest could do a lot worse than trade on the UK Stock Market. There is plenty of information available and all reports are in English - an added bonus! The main index is the
FTSE 100 which tracks the top 100 UK shares. It currently stands at about 6550 but many analysts are predicting a surge this fall after it has remained static over the summer months. And private investors are getting even better deals thanks to a price war that has broken out among the UK's online brokers.

Sharepeople (www.sharepeople.com) has scrapped its £50 ($80) annual fee and reduced its lowest deal fee to £14.50($23). It is also running a promotion until December 31 with trades at just £5 ($8) each. Charles Schwab Europe (www.schwab-europe.com) is also running free dealing for a month, while E*trade has launched an £8.95($14) trade for frequent traders. E-cortal (wwwe-cortal.com), SelfTrade (www.selftrade.uk) and Barclays Stockbrokers (www.barclays-stockbrokers.co.uk) are also running promotions.


For US investors looking for information on the UK market there are plenty of sites to choose from. Digitallook.com (www.digitallook.com) has launched a new service providing information. You can name companies you are interested in and they will email you whenever they are in the news. Hemscott (www.hemscott.com) are also now providing five-year profit and loss tables, annual reports, all for free! Directors' dealing information can also be had for £10 ($16) a month. iTruffle (www.itruffle.com) is also
now providing news and performance data. Further updates on the UK market can be found at www.newsdata.org.

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