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I should put a list with all FTSE 100 ex-dividend but untill then here is Tesco:
Ex-dividend date interim 14 October 2009
Record date interim 16 October 2009
Interim dividend paid December 2009

I woke up today opened my web browser at 8:00 and saw Tesco down by 3%. I thought to my self what happened today? the FTSE 100 is up, the sun is in the sky so why the hell Tesco is down?

Then I rememebr, it is the 29/04 – Tesco’s ex-dividend date. On this day shares are going down to offest the dividend. This is the way the market works and you always need to know your share ex-dividend date!

And because I bought Tesco using spread betting for June, the dividend was already in the price, so my Tesco position didn’t go down much today.

Hi all,

Those who read my blog on a regular basis know that I have a lot of respect to Simon Griffin from Shares magazine. That’s why when he recommended to buy BAE systems I read his explantions and openned my spread betting platform and bought it for 341 (June) I put a stop loss at 315 and my target is 420.

With BAE I have 4 shares on my protfolio:

I am still a bit disappointed with Shell. But for the long run I think it is a good buy.

I’ve bought Tesco shares on Friday. As I said before I do feel that we are near the bottom and it is time to buy good companies. Tesco is one of them. Of course no one knows where the exact bottom will be. We can see the FTSE well below 3000 and it won’t be a big shock for investors. But I try to take a different direction than the market. Buy when everyone sell, sell when everyone buy.

So I buy strong company with low debts and high income. Tesco is one of them. If the share price will fall more, I will buy more. Same with the other shares I have.

Another thing that I want to do is to buy the Dow at 6000 for the long term and check it in two years time. It may be that it won’t touch the 6000 mark or the opposite, it will go down to 4000. But one has to try and calculate when is a good time to enter and I feel around 6000 is good enough for me. 10 years from now I am sure it will worth much more.

Hi all,

I was looking for a quote to buy some shares in Tesco and I was amazed to see the difference between IG Index and Paddypower. The spread for March at IG Index is 1.6 with Paddypower it is just 0.7! so you pay more than double with IG Index.

This is a real difference and it may sound pennies if you just put 1 pound but if you bet £100 per point you already give £90 more!

Always shop around to see who is offering the most competitive spread.

I’ve bought yesterday another oil share – Royal Dutch Shell I am following this share for long time and I’ve told to myself that if it goes below £15 to I would buy it. And this is what has happened on Friday. I’ve bought it at 1482 for long investment.

The good thing about the current economic crices is that you can find good companies cheap. The way I see it is that we are not at the bottom yet but we are not so far from there. So I rather start and buy shares that I’ve wanted for long time in cheap price. Other companies that I am looking to buy are Tesco, Google, Microsoft, BA & BT. All of them are closing down to the price that I would consider buying them.

Royal Dutch Shell just did it on Friday and I am quite happy that they are now part of my protfolio.