Comments on: Recent Trade – Buy National Grid and RDSB

By: M

Thu, 01 Jan 2015 10:27:28 +0000

I will let you know, of course!

Happy new year!

By: Grow Independent

Grow Independent — Thu, 01 Jan 2015 01:35:54 +0000

Interesting, would you notice me about your findings? SSE looks interesting. I won’t buy Iberdrola because of the withholding taxes of Spain.

By: M

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:47:23 +0000

Yes, national grid are super boring, and therefore a dividend investor’s best friend! I’m hoping to build a significant position in them over a few months

By: M

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:46:13 +0000

I definitely think it’s still at a good price. I sold out of oil the last time it was high, but i kind of wish I’d had some more spare money when oil got really cheap before Christmas.

Thanks for stopping by

By: M

Tue, 30 Dec 2014 18:43:32 +0000

Yes, totally agree. I didn’t realise they were in America until i was researching before buying the stock.

My next plan is to research LON:SSE, and Iberdrola, who own Scottish Power. These two companies run the Scottish electricity network

By: No More Waffles

No More Waffles — Tue, 30 Dec 2014 10:23:10 +0000

Great buys! I’d love to add some more RDSB to my portfolio over the coming months, but I’m too heavy on oil and energy at the moment. First world problems.

Thank you for putting National Grid on my radar. Hadn’t heard of them yet. Seems like it’s the most boring company out there, but very profitable and likely to stick around for decades.

Cheers,
NMW

By: Roadmap2Retire

Roadmap2Retire — Mon, 29 Dec 2014 17:32:10 +0000

Great buys M.
I have been watching RDSB myself and wish I had the cash ready for it when it dropped for $65 (on the US market). Still looks attractive at the current $71 level though.
I havent looked at NGG in a while…looks pretty decent and utilities should do well for your passive income in the coming year.

cheers
R2R

By: Grow Independent

Grow Independent — Sun, 28 Dec 2014 23:32:38 +0000

two solid buys.
I love the German comment on NGG, very entertaining. Owning the power grid as well as the power plants and operating in the UK as well as the US in mostly regulated environments really makes NGG a rock amongst other utility stocks.

Good luck with the shares.

By: M

Sun, 28 Dec 2014 09:08:30 +0000

Yes unfortunately I think it’s because a share has to have a legal, nominal value when registered, which is why many shares will say something like ‘Sainsbury’s ord 8p’, which would be 8p pence per ordinary share at the time of registration.

I pay up to 1% DRIP fees, or I can buy shares for £1.50, so I just work out what’s best and then set my account to reinvest or not to reinvest on each share. I can adjust it at any time, so for example, I’m hoping to buy more National Grid and RDSB, but they might get too expensive in the meantime, so I can just switch off reinvestment (not that I’ve got enough shares to purchase a whole one yet from the dividends).

As always, thanks for visiting

Cheers!