Trade British Land Shares

British Land (BLND.L)

About

The portfolio is valued at £11.6 billion: the majority is directly owned and managed; the balance is held in joint ventures, partnerships and funds, of which British Land’s share is valued at £2.8 billion. In total, British Land owns or manages real estate valued at £15.6 billion.

Industry

Real Estate Operations

Website

www.britishland.com

Trading Options

Financial Spread Betting
Contracts For Difference
Share Dealing / Stockbroker

British Land and Market Latest News

Yahoo! Finance: BLND.L News
ARM's dominance of smartphones continues (Other)
Apple, iPhone, BlackBerry, Microsoft - it may seem that north America has the smartphone industry all sewn-up. But, the "brains" of virtually all of the world's mobile phones started life in the design studios of Cambridge's ARM Holdings.
Commodities push FTSE up (Reuters MOLT)
Commods push FTSE up; BP chokes well, banks slip (Other)
FTSE rises as BP chokes well (Reuters MOLT)
FTSE rises as BP chokes well; banks weak (Other)
Friday preview: Expect fireworks at British Land AGM (ShareCast)
It's the turn of British Land shareholders to rough up the bosses when they roll up for tomorrow's AGM at the Cumberland Hotel in Park Lane.
FTSE pushes higher led by banks, oils and miners (Reuters MOLT)
FTSE 100's 6.1pc rise over the week is best in a year (Other)
Base metal mining companies helped the FTSE 100 blue-chip index finish the week 6.1pc higher, its biggest weekly gain in a year.
William Hill gathers pace as Footsie tops 5,000 level [at Financial Times] (FT Times)
William Hill proved a bright feature on Friday even as the FTSE 100 completed its biggest weekly gain in more than a year.
Market overview: FTSE 100 up 27 (ShareCast)
1630: London closed higher again to cap a very good weak for the UK equity market. Footsie ended the day 27 points better as buyers returned to the miners, and life groups. Prudential led a strong life sector higher, while a Goldman Sachs upgrade pushed up copper miner Antofagasta. Vague bid talk lifted Smith & Nephew. On the downside, property companies British Land, Segro and Land Securities propped up everything else. FTSE 100 up 27 at 5,133.
FTSE 100 movers: Investors pleased by BT deal (ShareCast)
Footsie is moving higher helped by good news from BT Group.
The Week Ahead: Domino's, ASOS and AGMs
Pizza, fashion, and lots of AGMs are in the news next week..
Rallying banks haul FTSE higher (Reuters MOLT)
FTSE down on recovery concerns (Reuters MOLT)
Miners, banks push FTSE down as U.S. data hits risk (Reuters MOLT)
Miners, banks push FTSE down, U.S. data hits risk (Other)
Ex-divs to take 0.49 points off FTSE 100 on July 7 (Other)
The kings are dead, long live the kings [at Financial Times] (FT Times)
City headhunters are facing the biggest wave of mandates since 2007, as UK plc reshapes its board and the financial services industry grapples with a dearth of staff untainted by the credit crisis.
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British Land: Financial Spread Betting vs CFD vs Share Dealing

Table below compares Financial Spread Betting, Contract For Difference and Share Dealing trading. For simplicity we use the average brokerage fees to calculate the profit/loss if £1,000 available for investment in British Land shares (British Land share price is 1000p). Supposedly, you think that British Land shares will go up by 10% in one month.

Calculations

Spread Betting

CFD

Share

Number of Shares Equivalent

2,000

2,000

100

Shares go up by 10% in 1 month, Gross Profit

£2,000

£2,000

£100

Commission to open position (buy)

£60

£15

£12

Commission to close position (sell)

£0

£15

£12

Total Commission

£60

£30

£24

Financing for one month (5% LIBOR rate)

£108

£108

£0

Tax (20% band)

£0

£372

£15 + £5 (Stamp Duty)

Net Profit

£1,832

£1,490

£56


British Land: Financial Spread Betting and Contracts For Difference (CFDs) are margined (or leveraged) products and let you go long (buy) or short (sell) with British Land shares, they are more suitable for short and medium term investments and cover a wide range of markets, including shares, indices, commodities and currencies. Share investing, on the other hand, is a conservative and old way of gaining financial independence and preserving capital. Even though some stockbrokers offer credit facilities it is very rare and not popular amongst private investors.

Risk Warning: Financial Spread Betting and Contracts For Difference (CFDs) are leveraged products and carry a high level of risk to your capital. You may lose more than your initial investment. Share price can go down as well as up and returns on investments are not guaranteed.