I have a few stocks in profit (talking about not much money really) with some of them up by 27%, should I sell these stocks and make a profit? perhaps wait till the price drops to buy the stock again? Would it be a feasible strategy?
I would say it all depends what your strategy is; if your in it for the long haul or not?
If your investing for the future buy more in the dip if your happy with the stock choice. Also nothing wrong with selling at a profit if thatās your strategy to.
Always dyor though itās ultimately up to you 
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Why people invest in REIT? I ask because they have a considerable cost over time and I cannot see much capital appreciation. Do they pay dividend?
I ask because I did not like index or EFTs when I started investing in July, whereas now 50% of my portfolio is on passive index.
Reit are by law required to pay out 90% of their after tax profits, so youāll have a fairly high and reliable ādividendā.
These things are really easy to Google thoughā¦
Thanks, you are right.
If I can ask, do you think a fraction of a diversified portfolio should include REIT? I saw that the yield are particularly good, but they are also eaten by annual fees. So not sure they are a valuable assets.
Looking at the Key Investor Information for Ā£VUKE, it looks like thereās a 0.09 % ongoing charge. If I buy a share in the Freetrade app, how is this ongoing charge actually paid? Is that something I have to worry about?
No itās pulled from the value of the fund. You wonāt notice it.
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Hi there,
I did check in the search but didnāt find anythjng. Does free trade offer the option of certificate or proof of purchase or sell in pdf format? I know before purchasing a house, many year ago, I put down a deposit and sold off some shares and funds in Hargreaves. This was then used as evidence to show where the funds came from.
Hi, you have a statement that shows in your activity feed every month that gives you the holdings and total portfolio value.
Can I extract this as a pdf instead of screenshoting?
It arrives as a PDF.
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I was just having a look at the Costs and Charges for Ā£IUSA and noticed that the transaction costs are actually negative? How does that work? I would expect the cost to actually take something away.
Hereās the link: https://public.freetrade.io/costs_and_charges/IE0031442068.html
Itās almost definitely an error. I tried looking before today and couldnāt find anything anywhere else representing a negative charge.
When funds lend out shares to short sellers they can actually produce negative costs for holders.
Doesnāt usually sit in the transaction costs segment though?
It depends on how funds deal with their brokers. If they work with the broker and provide shares to short in a package deal then the kick backs can be larger than the costs resulting in a net gain for transaction costs.
Is it me or is something wrong with invest.com
Hi,
The standard settlement period in the UK for share trades is three days, which means the transaction will be completed three days after a deal is struck. At that time, the brokerās client will be informed that he or she is the new beneficial owner of the shares, the cost of those shares will leave their bank account and the money will be credited to the seller.
How does this work with FT or actually any broker? How come I can see the shares in my portfolio straight away and not in 3 days?
I know that Freetrade is more of an investment app and not a trading app, but if I use the instant buy/sell order type I can buy a share and sell it straight away and make a gain/loss without the settlement to even take place 
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I guess I canāt wait for Monday to try this out, so I am posting a question here 
Thanks
Very new to all this so forgive me for the stupid questionā¦
Is the Ā£3 pm ISA fee for 12 months or until you cash it all out?
Thanks
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