What’s your big gamble? (Volume 4)
Discussion
asfault said:
Kwackersaki said:
Rolls Royce flying again today!
Gutted I sold out a while back for £700 profit but bought back in and now a further £600 up. If I’d held originally I’d be another £4K ahead!! Something about time in the market?
Yes i remember seeing it at 39p (the absolute bottom after their massive dillution) but how many uk stocks actually 10x . Hardly any and hardly any that are that big. Gutted I sold out a while back for £700 profit but bought back in and now a further £600 up. If I’d held originally I’d be another £4K ahead!! Something about time in the market?
It could easyly hve been another Aston mrtin which continues to lose money and dillutes all the time with falling shre prices.
Hindsight is a great thing. Even the banks haave never recovered from the 2008 crash who would honest believe RR would do it?
redrabbit29 said:
g4ry13 said:
egor110 said:
This is literally what everyone says even YouTubers.
Don't try and time the market just plough into a index fund and let time in the market smooth things out.
There are opportunities out there which can make good returns and also pay dividends if you put the time in. The problem is finding them and avoiding the utter garbage stocks out there. Don't try and time the market just plough into a index fund and let time in the market smooth things out.
As a rule of thumb; most people probably aren't going to research thoroughly and be an amazing stock picker so the index fund route is the safest option. However, this is the "what's your big gamble?" thread rather than investment strategies so not the right audience.
I'm about to max out my ISA contribution for this year which will bring my holding to about £25k. I will max out again in early 2024-2025 to about £45k.
I've been wondering whether I should keep £10k back and invest it across 2-3 specific stocks.
I also considered sites where companies raised money through investors.
I don't mind the risk at all. But I don't want to "gamble" it completely recklessly.
Unsure whether to just forget this idea and put it all in the index fund.
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My one concern is all my investment is in this global all cap. I don't have any spread into other places. I know about diversification which this fund offers based on it being 7000 shares but wondering if I can make the money work better for me and return more
I guess some questions to answer are: do you need the money any time soon? If it went to £0 would it be an issue? How much time do you want to put into researching things? What time horizons are we looking at?
Index tracker probably is the way to go. You could put a bit into an emerging market tracker if you fancied some more risk. Drip feed the money in each month so you don't have to worry about timing the market.
The money could work better for you and return more if you're able to invest in the right stocks. The problem is finding them! I've invested in some good stuff and also some real stinkers in my time. Overall, i'd probably have been better off dumping it in an index tracker and compounding over the years.
I imagine the 'opportunities' where companies raise money from investors is never a good proposition.
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Crypto could be an option. Although I don't think you can go too wrong in the long term by leaving it in a global index tracker even though it's a bit 'boring'.
g4ry13 said:
I did a little more top slicing of AMD and Nvidia this morning.
I like to cut my winners and run my losers
I sold all my NVDA when they went over $400 dollars. D'oh 'only' doubled my moneyI like to cut my winners and run my losers
Tesla I got in very early and kept top slicing as they kept doubling. I worked out that if I had held my original stake I woudl have had about £0.5m at it's peak as it was I made about £35k. Investment was about £2k so still a very good return.
I've never held a winner long enough to be a massive bagger unfortunately. Hence HE1 and ABML/ABAT I'm holding no matter what both have such massive potential.
Giantt said:
So yesterday..
GGP rns trumpeting JV with Newmont,today...
Newmont selling 6 non core assets including.....70% of Havieron JV stake!?
Do check out the GGP discussion board on LSE. They all seem to think this is great news. But the reality is that GGP has loads of finance predicated on the expectation that NEM will mine Havieron, and NEM aren’t going ahead. GGP has been an absolute honey-trap for inexperienced private investors seduced by the idea that the spike/bubble seen in 2020/21 will be repeated. If it goes wrong - and it might - there will be howls of outrage like there were with Sirius, FlyBe etc etc. One to watch.GGP rns trumpeting JV with Newmont,today...
Newmont selling 6 non core assets including.....70% of Havieron JV stake!?
WindyCommon said:
Giantt said:
So yesterday..
GGP rns trumpeting JV with Newmont,today...
Newmont selling 6 non core assets including.....70% of Havieron JV stake!?
Do check out the GGP discussion board on LSE. They all seem to think this is great news. But the reality is that GGP has loads of finance predicated on the expectation that NEM will mine Havieron, and NEM aren’t going ahead. GGP has been an absolute honey-trap for inexperienced private investors seduced by the idea that the spike/bubble seen in 2020/21 will be repeated. If it goes wrong - and it might - there will be howls of outrage like there were with Sirius, FlyBe etc etc. One to watch.GGP rns trumpeting JV with Newmont,today...
Newmont selling 6 non core assets including.....70% of Havieron JV stake!?
Shaun Day has proved unable to step up from CFO,at Northern Star,which he surprisingly 'left' not long after the company got into the big time with the Kalgoorlie acquisition,he let the Aussie's in at a discount,Wyloo are Andrew Forests private firm, constantly being asked by Aussie institutions to go public,and repeat the success of Fortescue, upto now he's always declined but if the group also had a tier 1 if it is,gold mine in the portfolio who knows?
Interesting to me is the future of Telfer and the processing plant,the whole premise of the JV only really worked with that ability to reduce capex with a nearby plant?
Basic question but you all refer to shares by their stock price name. But when I search it often brings up multiple results and it's a bit ambiguous.
On Trading 212 which I'm using (any other apps or platforms you'd recommend?) it often returns numerous results.
I get better results on Google but I still sometimes wonder if I'm looking at the same stocks you're talking about
Am I missing something or is it just something you get used to?
On Trading 212 which I'm using (any other apps or platforms you'd recommend?) it often returns numerous results.
I get better results on Google but I still sometimes wonder if I'm looking at the same stocks you're talking about
Am I missing something or is it just something you get used to?
redrabbit29 said:
Basic question but you all refer to shares by their stock price name. But when I search it often brings up multiple results and it's a bit ambiguous.
On Trading 212 which I'm using (any other apps or platforms you'd recommend?) it often returns numerous results.
I get better results on Google but I still sometimes wonder if I'm looking at the same stocks you're talking about
Am I missing something or is it just something you get used to?
Maybe screen shot an exampleOn Trading 212 which I'm using (any other apps or platforms you'd recommend?) it often returns numerous results.
I get better results on Google but I still sometimes wonder if I'm looking at the same stocks you're talking about
Am I missing something or is it just something you get used to?
It might be because 212 is bringing up bonds and options too, or the stock is quoted on multiple exchanges
NuckyThompson said:
egomeister said:
Still no placing at HEMO. Bored now!
What you think is coming placing or funding? I’d like to think the recent RNS’s have at least raised some interest from big pharma I don't know enough about the science to judge whether it would be of interest to the big players yet, but if it was it would have to be so compelling that they'd want to get ahead of other potential buyers. If it was compelling and there was a bidding war, then fair enough but if there was one big player interested then what is there to make them move quickly? They can play it slow and wait until HEMO is absolutely desperate for cash to get the best price.
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