Share Investment, Discussion & Tips

[pjclarke]

Loving the people shouting out their single shares making a few quid - Come on people, this will be blind luck/bad luck akin to a monkey with a dart.
You will almost certainly be better chucking a value averaged monthly contribution at an index, by all means run a few shares 'for fun', I do. But I also cross check this against an index purchase on the same day to see if I have done better than just doing that (Very slightly better overall, not in any way enough to cover time spent thinking about it, research etc but I enjoy it). Also even the best preformers can easily have 40%+ losers overall, anyone claiming every pick from 10 has been a winner is a joker.

Agree in principle, however I find a well-diversified high yield buy and hold portfolio has done better than the index over the long term. Back in February I posted a sample 10K portfolio

http://forums.contractoruk.com/gener...ml#post2057027

It was up 5% at one point but thanks to the great Fall of China as of today it is worth £9991 including dividends, with a few dividends awarded but not yet paid Not a brilliant return - BUT the FTSE 100 and All share are down 10.2 and 7.8% respectively over the same period.

I put together a similar portfolio for Mrs PJ to invest a pension lump sum about the same time, thankfully for the sake of marital harmony, that one is up 2% largely because I swerved TSCO and avoided a 38% drop, and it also included a couple corporate bonds.

[Zero Liability]

Just short everything on AIM, that should do the trick.

Well, that's the retirement plan sorted.

[jamesbrown]

Nice Santa rally.

What are you looking at? I'd like to see EZJ hammered so I can pick them up a bit cheaper, but unlikely. I'd be interested in BARC sub 200p. BP around 300p. Not really looking at commodities in general though. Will probably wait until the FOMC on Wednesday...

[AtW]

Not really looking at commodities in general though.

That's a pity, there are some real tools on here...

[hydraulicwave]

I like the dividend re-investing plan with safer companies - generates exponential growth over time.

[SimonMac]

I like the dividend re-investing plan with safer companies - generates exponential growth over time.

That's my strategy, yield on capital this year is 6.38%, add a small value increase (1.34% this year) and I think I am doing better than average

[clearedforlanding]

With some $ I can afford to lose and the current price of Brent am taking a punt on PRNEX. 'Twill be fun.

[AtW]

I think I am doing better than average

You've done well if your goal was to be average...

[SimonMac]

You've done well if your goal was to be average...

FTSE down 5.4% this year, I am up, I am happy with that

[DimPrawn]

FTSE down 5.4% this year, I am up, I am happy with that

Just buy a massive fook-off house in the SE of England. You get to live in a fook-off massive house AND it goes up 15% every year, compounded, you'll be retiring a billionaire.