Share tips thread
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Shnozz said:
I shall henceforth call you Mr Catfood Bigballs.
What wrapper did you use to buy that many shares?! Or did you have a swollen ISA from previous years that has enough space to spend £25k within it?
No wrapper. Just dipped into the house extension budget... Not looking as stable as I expected by now...What wrapper did you use to buy that many shares?! Or did you have a swollen ISA from previous years that has enough space to spend £25k within it?
TheLordJohn said:
vescaegg said:
If you are referring to WRN, it was sort of an anti-tip which we took the piss out of at 30p and is now at 109p some 3 weeks later......
Lol. Maybe I should start carrying out my own research and doing it properly instead of just gambling on a whim!
its a bit annoying but I could have just as easily gone down the casino and placed everything on red. vescaegg said:
TheLordJohn said:
vescaegg said:
If you are referring to WRN, it was sort of an anti-tip which we took the piss out of at 30p and is now at 109p some 3 weeks later......
Lol. Maybe I should start carrying out my own research and doing it properly instead of just gambling on a whim! its a bit annoying but I could have just as easily gone down the casino and placed everything on red. Not a regular visitor to these parts, but anyone have any thoughts about RMG? Slumped of late, presumably caught up in the TNT news, but given the continuing growth of things like click and collect in the UK, might now be a decent time to buy some? Not talking stellar amounts by any means, more a good opportunity to grab some to hold whilst they seem to be cheap.
AOK said:
I really hope there are some good results on the US markets today.... yesterday was catastrophic for me.
Apart from GPRO. Love GPRO at the moment
Yeah nasty sell off yesterday. S&P500 took out the 50day if we don't bounce today then probably a bit more downside to come. Apart from GPRO. Love GPRO at the moment
Eyeing a short position on GPRO but its just been trading like a beast, relentless run up.
Got short at $80 see how it goes.
Edited by twinturboz on Friday 26th September 14:45
chris7676 said:
Why are people so desperate to invest in falling shares (TSCO just the recent example)?
Catching a falling knife is usually a bad idea in investing.
Agreed.Catching a falling knife is usually a bad idea in investing.
I'm often the pessimist here so take it with a pinch of salt but if you consider something like Tesco, its shareholder base is a bit more sober and sensible than for many of the shares discussed here, and thus the market valuation is probably a bit closer to the reality than elsewhere. The notion of buying into overcooked sentiment still works to an extent, but you're second guessing the slightly less stupid now and you need to up your game accordingly, so if you don't have compelling justification for it being undervalued, it seems to me to be just as speculative as putting money down on a random AIM oiler.
Supermarkets and big business aren't invincible and there's no unstoppable force of nature that abhors a share drop, or brings an end to bad news, so what's to say that we haven't seen peak Tesco yet, or the last scandal, or the start of better management, or that its expansionist strategy isn't failing, or that current saturation and competition doesn't mean diminishing growth, or whatever other threats, and unless you've got good answers then IMO you shouldn't be betting a car on it.
hornet said:
Not a regular visitor to these parts, but anyone have any thoughts about RMG? Slumped of late, presumably caught up in the TNT news, but given the continuing growth of things like click and collect in the UK, might now be a decent time to buy some? Not talking stellar amounts by any means, more a good opportunity to grab some to hold whilst they seem to be cheap.
You should check the UK Mail news too.Gassing Station | Finance | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff