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Ari said:
Remember the value of investments, and any income from them, can go down as well as up and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
Finished this week at -£66.80, personal rate of return -3.33% since account opened.
Could be worse, think if you'd invested 200k rather than 2k Finished this week at -£66.80, personal rate of return -3.33% since account opened.
Ari said:
Remember the value of investments, and any income from them, can go down as well as up and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
Finished this week at -£66.80, personal rate of return -3.33% since account opened.
Finished this week at -£66.80, personal rate of return -3.33% since account opened.
GT03ROB said:
Ari said:
Remember the value of investments, and any income from them, can go down as well as up and you may get back less than you invest. Past performance is not a reliable indicator of future results.
Finished this week at -£66.80, personal rate of return -3.33% since account opened.
Could be worse, think if you'd invested 200k rather than 2k Finished this week at -£66.80, personal rate of return -3.33% since account opened.
Still dropping, currently -£157.17
On the upside, my monthly £250 buy in will have bought more units than it would have had it gone up...
And my Vanguard cash account that sits alongside it has swelled by 8p although I'm not sure why (and can't seem to find anything that relates to it). A dividend payment perhaps?
Quick edit:
Looked some more and under 'investments' there is a line called 'income' which is showing 10p. Since 2p appeared on the cash side once before and I just added it on to a payment from cash to unit trust thing, that makes sense, so I guess it is a dividend (if that's the right word?)
On the upside, my monthly £250 buy in will have bought more units than it would have had it gone up...
And my Vanguard cash account that sits alongside it has swelled by 8p although I'm not sure why (and can't seem to find anything that relates to it). A dividend payment perhaps?
Quick edit:
Looked some more and under 'investments' there is a line called 'income' which is showing 10p. Since 2p appeared on the cash side once before and I just added it on to a payment from cash to unit trust thing, that makes sense, so I guess it is a dividend (if that's the right word?)
Edited by Ari on Friday 2nd February 12:51
I put a 'buy order' in of £200 (high finance - I knew you'd be impressed! ) today - figure if I'm going to be dripping money in, now is as good a time to drip as any. Possibly...
Current investment total is £6,010.10, personal rate of return -14.05%, change -£398.04.
If it goes back up next week I can feel smug, and if it goes down I'll probably drip some more in...
Mind you, I did it at 8am and it's still showing 'pending' so I'm not entirely sure when the 'buy' gets made.
) today - figure if I'm going to be dripping money in, now is as good a time to drip as any. Possibly...Current investment total is £6,010.10, personal rate of return -14.05%, change -£398.04.
If it goes back up next week I can feel smug, and if it goes down I'll probably drip some more in...
Mind you, I did it at 8am and it's still showing 'pending' so I'm not entirely sure when the 'buy' gets made.
Thought I'd update this one for anyone who is interested.
So since my last update it's been on autopilot, so just dripping the £250 I have set up at the beginning of each month.
Currently then there is £6,250 invested which is worth £5,910.08 which is a loss of £350.08, that's a return of -9.75%
I really did time that £5,000 buy in very badly - there's a lesson there somewhere.
Anyway, I console myself that it's a long term investment, and the lower it goes, the more I'm getting for my £250/month so we press on.
If it dips much again I'll be tempted to drop another extra chunk in again though.
So since my last update it's been on autopilot, so just dripping the £250 I have set up at the beginning of each month.
Currently then there is £6,250 invested which is worth £5,910.08 which is a loss of £350.08, that's a return of -9.75%
I really did time that £5,000 buy in very badly - there's a lesson there somewhere.
Anyway, I console myself that it's a long term investment, and the lower it goes, the more I'm getting for my £250/month so we press on.
If it dips much again I'll be tempted to drop another extra chunk in again though.
I think you have to get used to the fact it's a long term thing.
I've filled my ISA allowance with a mix of funds and IT's and a couple of weeks in it's £130 down but it's interesting to see which individual funds/IT's have gone up and down.
Ironically the main one losing me money at the moment is Scottish Mortgage Trust but the key point is that shouldn't be a concern after 2 weeks because it's supposed to be what it's worth in 5-10 or more years that counts.
I'd still diversify from just the UK FTSE 100 but that's just me
I've filled my ISA allowance with a mix of funds and IT's and a couple of weeks in it's £130 down but it's interesting to see which individual funds/IT's have gone up and down.
Ironically the main one losing me money at the moment is Scottish Mortgage Trust but the key point is that shouldn't be a concern after 2 weeks because it's supposed to be what it's worth in 5-10 or more years that counts.
I'd still diversify from just the UK FTSE 100 but that's just me
Ari said:
Thought I'd update this one for anyone who is interested.
So since my last update it's been on autopilot, so just dripping the £250 I have set up at the beginning of each month.
Currently then there is £6,250 invested which is worth £5,910.08 which is a loss of £350.08, that's a return of -9.75%
I really did time that £5,000 buy in very badly - there's a lesson there somewhere.
Anyway, I console myself that it's a long term investment, and the lower it goes, the more I'm getting for my £250/month so we press on.
If it dips much again I'll be tempted to drop another extra chunk in again though.
Can I just ask what is it about the UK economy that you believe is going to perform well in the short to medium term? Just a bit perplexed why you chose a FTSE 100 index tracker instead of another index?? So since my last update it's been on autopilot, so just dripping the £250 I have set up at the beginning of each month.
Currently then there is £6,250 invested which is worth £5,910.08 which is a loss of £350.08, that's a return of -9.75%
I really did time that £5,000 buy in very badly - there's a lesson there somewhere.
Anyway, I console myself that it's a long term investment, and the lower it goes, the more I'm getting for my £250/month so we press on.
If it dips much again I'll be tempted to drop another extra chunk in again though.
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hstewie said:
hstewie said: I think you have to get used to the fact it's a long term thing.
I've filled my ISA allowance with a mix of funds and IT's and a couple of weeks in it's £130 down but it's interesting to see which individual funds/IT's have gone up and down.
Ironically the main one losing me money at the moment is Scottish Mortgage Trust but the key point is that shouldn't be a concern after 2 weeks because it's supposed to be what it's worth in 5-10 or more years that counts.
I'd still diversify from just the UK FTSE 100 but that's just me
Absolutely. This isn't the place for short term savings and my hope is that in the long term, including dividends (which are annual so I won't see any till the end of the year) it will prove a good investment. Time will tell.I've filled my ISA allowance with a mix of funds and IT's and a couple of weeks in it's £130 down but it's interesting to see which individual funds/IT's have gone up and down.
Ironically the main one losing me money at the moment is Scottish Mortgage Trust but the key point is that shouldn't be a concern after 2 weeks because it's supposed to be what it's worth in 5-10 or more years that counts.
I'd still diversify from just the UK FTSE 100 but that's just me
btdk5 said:
Can I just ask what is it about the UK economy that you believe is going to perform well in the short to medium term? Just a bit perplexed why you chose a FTSE 100 index tracker instead of another index??
I chose the FTSE100 because it is made up of the biggest and arguably most solid UK companies. The only way to lose all of my money invested would be for the biggest ones to fail, in which case we've probably got bigger issues to worry about.Why, what should I have done?
bhstewie said:
hstewie said: Personal view, global.
Beyond that you're into allocations and active v passive etc. but all I'd say is why did you pick the UK market?
A lot of people don't have many reasons beyond "Because I live there"
If you look at the FTSE 100 and where the majority of it's constituents derive their earnings from it's actually outside of the UK - hence why it shot up when the pound dropped post Brexit. Beyond that you're into allocations and active v passive etc. but all I'd say is why did you pick the UK market?
A lot of people don't have many reasons beyond "Because I live there"
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