The board owners give us it free, but just look at the number of posts that go unanswered by the posters on here. It's high time we all put a little more effort in and helped our fellow posters and the Shares team and management who bankroll us.

I admit Im as bad as every one else, we need to post more and not take this freebie for granted, one that will go away if we do not give bigger contributions for sure , please help.

cheers GF.

I'm a lurker not a writer!

Bullshare, now that is quite an amazing statistic! 3700 lookers. Lets be grateful that not all are posters.

3,700 lookers, only because the thread title sounds like the final cry before a suicide :-)

OPto

Agreed, but it would be nice if a few of them did. I wonder how many lookers and not posters we get in the tea rooms????? And what they make of it lol

Fundamentalist: GD's Room - strangely get less than this thread has had. We get about 8500 a day looking at the Investors Room each day. So only a tiny % actually post.

Fundy, if anyone calls in the tea rooms first they would probably log off and stop investing on the market. A lot of folks must think we are quite mad,I can't think why! lol

Bully

Interesting to know. I dare say for the majority one look at the tea room is enough - keeps the mad ones amongst us sane though!!!!

Out of interest if 8500 use the investors room how many use the traders room - or is that confidential?

Opto

posts crossed - fully agree

I dare say the conscience factor played a part in all the lurkers visiting this thread - a case of "have i got to start posting to keep this board going?"

Fundamentalist: Not quite as many. Although the boards might seem quiet we still have record sign ups to the Free and Paid for areas of our sites.

Hi guys - I am a lurker - rather than a poster - but thats maybe because I consider myself a novice and do not feel that I know enough about dealing and capable of understanding some of the research information - yet. I guess there are a lot of others who are in the same boat as me.

I read nearly all of the threads where I hold shares - and others too that I am researching - but to be honest - I would like to say that I understood everything that was said on this board - (which incidentally I think is one of the best) - but I dont - and I continue to learn from others who are wiser and more experienced.

So just because there is not a lot of traffic on the board - does not mean to say that it is not being read by many others who watch, listen and learn from others.

Merry Christmas to all -

Merry Christmas bhunt, keep watching but don't be afraid to call in. Any questions just ask, you will always get replies to consider.
opto

jj50
One reason the search facility did not work was that an Epic required to be entered in upper case. Lower case just reported back as nothing found. I reported that problem ages ago but it has only recently been fixed, a basic error that took too long to sort out.

In hindsight I should have worded the tittle better, it does seem to be negative.

cheers GF. Happy xmas to everyone.

I have enjoyed this board for months now and would hate to lose it. It has kept me entertained when losing and given me some great info. to help me win some. even the squabbles are amusing on a dull day! Merry Christmas to all 8700 of you even the lurkers and a peaceful prosperous New Year. MP

Happy Christmas Everyone!!..
...just merry go lurking along!

Some of us Lookers are Learners. I don't actually understand half of these threads. You that know what you're talking about - please keep posting, and I think I may get the courage to start to put my hand in my pocket...

ffw

Perhaps part of the problem is that there's little coverage of the most widely held UK shares on here - The vast majority of 'investors' don't often touch the high risk stocks which tend to be 'featured'.

UK's most popular shares by number of shareholders

1 - HBOS - 2,588,000
2 - BT GROUP - 1,604,000
3 - MM02 - 1,578,000
4 - NATIONAL GRID TRANSCO - 1,435,000
5 - BRADFORD & BINGLEY - 1,181,000
6 - CENTRICA - 1,160,000
7 - BG GROUP - 998,000
8 - LLOYDS TSB GROUP - 974,000
9 - FRIENDS PROVIDENT - 890,000
10 - BARCLAYS - 876,000
11 - AVIVA - 875,000
12 - ALLIANCE & LEICESTER - 699,000
13 - VODAFONE GROUP - 619,000
14 - INTERNATIONAL POWER - 560,000
15 - SCOTTISH POWER - 450,000
16 - SCOTTISH & SOUTHERN ENERGY - 447,000
17 - BAA - 382,000
18 - BP - 356,000
19 - ROLLS ROYCE GROUP - 319,000
20 - MARKS & SPENCER GROUP - 317,000
21 - TESCO - 285,000
22 - BRITISH AIRWAYS - 245,000
23 - SHELL TRANSPORT & TRADING COMPANY
24 - GLAXOSMITHKLINE - 235,000
25 - NORTHERN ROCK - 207,000
26 - ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND GROUP - 197,000
27 - ASTRAZENECA - 170,000
28 - BAE SYSTEMS - 170,000
29 - IMPERIAL CHEMICAL INDUSTRIES - 167,000
30 - IMPERIAL TOBACCO GROUP - 164,000
31 - CORUS GROUP - 158,000
32 - UNITED UTILITIES - 154,000
33 - CABLE & WIRELESS - 147,000
34 - DIAGEO - 119,000
35 - BOOTS GROUP - 107,000

Pity there's not more interest because there is money to be made from them.

Many thanks for that list Brian sifted by number of shareholders holding a stock, something of a rareity today to cover. Very interesting indeed. One for my word storage files .

cheers GF.

Freinds Provident at number 9, amazing.

gf.