Small investment in shares but no idea which ones or how??

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walm said:

fid said:

Kuroblack350 said:

...I've worked in the defence industry for over 10 years, so would only ever invest there as I know it pretty well. Everything else is just a gamble. (well, just more so I guess!)

Fair enough, but you miss out on the majority of opportunities if you stick to one sector...a take-over approach in one sector could net more in a few days than a decade in defence...but who knows

^----Yawn.
Another I can outperform Buffet because I do my own research thread.

As plenty have said on here either put it in a tracker and forget about it.
Or be prepared to lose it all and have a punt on a couple of equities.

I will offer one further suggestion.
If all you really want is a better return than the bank AND if you are happy to leave the capital well alone for a while - why not find a TOTALLY SAFE relatively high dividend yielding stock.

I have been looking at some telcos and many of them yield 6%+.
Of course fixed line is mostly in decline and mobile is barely stable but the cash yield is often 10%+ so the div is well covered.

We're in a finance forum talking about buying shares, so 'yawn' right back at you with your risk-averse totally safe recommendation. We all invest differently.

The title says Dave has no idea which shares to buy - unless you're going to kindly risk his money for him, I don't think doing his own research is a bad point to suggest.