What to buy now.

[trackep]

Hi, I have a spare £1000 sitting in a savings account doing basically nothing. Any shares i could buy in the current state of things and see a return in a year or two hopefully. Thank you

[Garibaldi_red]

Yes

[trackep]

Garibaldi_red said:

Yes

Sorry i maybe should have asked what shares could i buy.

[Garibaldi_red]

trackep said:

Sorry i maybe should have asked what shares could i buy.

Buying shares you should have a 3-5 year time horizon.
You should invest in a high number of different shares (e.g. via an index) rather than a very concentrated portfolio.

[Gandahar]

change now to

Just after the bottom has happened.


And I'll give my tuppence worth.

[VR99]

trackep said:

Hi, I have a spare £1000 sitting in a savings account doing basically nothing. Any shares i could buy in the current state of things and see a return in a year or two hopefully. Thank you

If you lost 20-40% of that £1000 after a year or two are you comfortable with that level of potential loss? You could make 20-40% too but there are no guarantees.

[Joe5y]

The worst "I've got £1,000" post ever.

[anonymous-user]

Joe5y said:

The worst "I've got £1,000" post ever.

I thought £1000 wasn't even a "good night out" for the average PH powerfully built director?

[Joe5y]

Joey Deacon said:

Joe5y said:

The worst "I've got £1,000" post ever.

I thought £1000 wasn't even a "good night out" for the average PH powerfully built director?

I didn't know you were allowed to be a PH member without being able to save £2,500 a month?

[Evoluzione]

Buy some grammar lessons and learn about question marks and how to form sentences correctly.

[petemurphy]

its a valid question - what bargains are out there

[Simpo Two]

Evoluzione said:

Buy some grammar lessons and learn about question marks and how to form sentences correctly.

A bit harsh. Mind you the font of all knowledge the BBC can't spell 'immunologist', according to the captions on today's lunchtime news. That's arts graduates for you.

Oil. Or anything that's taken a beating and pays a good dividend. But as said don't be upset if they fall after you've bought them. They will recover and you will get a dividend.

[petemurphy]

Simpo Two said:

A bit harsh. Mind you the font of all knowledge the BBC can't spell 'immunologist', according to the captions on today's lunchtime news. That's arts graduates for you.

Oil. Or anything that's taken a beating and pays a good dividend. But as said don't be upset if they fall after you've bought them. They will recover and you will get a dividend.

oil in what form - ie bp shares or something? ( assuming we're not all on the oil desk )

[Gandahar]

Joey Deacon said:

Joe5y said:

The worst "I've got £1,000" post ever.

I thought £1000 wasn't even a "good night out" for the average PH powerfully built director?

That was the good old days, ie late Feb....

[Fishlegs]

As a PHer, I'm still annoyed bank notes are plastic now. They don't burn nicely so I can't light my cigars with them.

As for OP, stick it all on red. No, black. No.... red.

[Gandahar]

Fishlegs said:

As a PHer, I'm still annoyed bank notes are plastic now. They don't burn nicely so I can't light my cigars with them.

As for OP, stick it all on red. No, black. No.... red.

You are no Greta

Go green ...

[BoRED S2upid]

petemurphy said:

its a valid question - what bargains are out there

Oil. Or was that last week?


£1000 to be fair isn’t a great deal to dabble in shares. Have a decent night out instead.

[Gary29]

Strangely enough I've acquired £1100 today as well, but I think I'm going to keep it in my pocket for the next couple of weeks and see what happens.

[Simpo Two]

petemurphy said:

oil in what form - ie bp shares or something? ( assuming we're not all on the oil desk )

Well indeed, shares in oil companies. I'll leave the OP to do his research as to which one/s to choose. I would buy more but my main supply of chess pieces is rather tied up at present.

£1,000 isn't much to invest, but on the plus side, if the shares halve in value you've only lost £500... and don't forget the dividends.

[Nickbrapp]

Loads of lottery tickets