Doomed: Sex, population and the predicted share crash of 2008

[2uk]

oh crap.

http://anmblog.typepad.com/this_is_m...crash-200.html

[NotAllThere]

Yep. You should have paid attention and invested correctly, like wot I did.

[2uk]

Yep. You should have paid attention and invested correctly, like wot I did.

I don't have any shares , but plan to start investing. I will wait until there is indication that the market is healing , as it is quite bad right now. Either way, investing is the only option if u want to stay above inflation.

I'd like to take advantage of my IT knowledge. Obviously IT workers should make good IT investors. The IT investment market is known for its volatility. However IT workers should be in a good position to spot companies like Facebook , VMware... Tom-Tom is a good choice with the sat-nav market in its highest ... see what i mean ..

[Sockpuppet]

Obviously IT workers should make good IT investors.

I wouldn't be so sure. Investing is part dark art if you ask me.

[bellymonster]

I've been a memeber of an investment club for over 10 years now and initially we thought the same about IT experts investing in technology.

We made a packet investing in tech stocks during the tech boom of 2000/2001 and we all thought we were canny investors. Truth of the matter was you could have made money in anything at that time as long as the company was about to launch an online service.

I luckily took my money out and banked a wedge but others in the club lost a stack once the bubble burst.

Have since had pretty good success but again a rising maret sure helps. I don't think a private investor can easily predict the highs and lows but investing in companies you have researched well and believe in will set you in good sted.

[2uk]

I've been a memeber of an investment club for over 10 years now and initially we thought the same about IT experts investing in technology.

We made a packet investing in tech stocks during the tech boom of 2000/2001 and we all thought we were canny investors. Truth of the matter was you could have made money in anything at that time as long as the company was about to launch an online service.

I luckily took my money out and banked a wedge but others in the club lost a stack once the bubble burst.

Have since had pretty good success but again a rising maret sure helps. I don't think a private investor can easily predict the highs and lows but investing in companies you have researched well and believe in will set you in good sted.

Can you recommend me some Investment tool to get me started ? I want one where u can put money in funds as well as pick your own stocks. I know HSBC has one - DirectInvest , Barclays also have one - BARX.

[bellymonster]

I have a Barclays account which did win the Investors Chronicle award this year. Can't comment on BARX as club accounts can't use it but could be quite a useful research tool.

Other free tools are digitallook.com and advfn.com.

I would also advise you read a few copies of Investors Chronicle to give you an idea on what to invest in and why.

[NickFitz]

oh carp.

http://anmblog.typepad.com/this_is_m...crash-200.html

As far as I can see, all that the linked blog post says is:

1. Some bloke came up with an economic theory based on demographics;
2. A lot of people didn't agree with him but I [the blogger] thought his figures made sense;
3. His figures stopped making sense, but the underlying trend (which was the same as that predicted by virtually any model you care to choose) didn't actually go completely against his theory so I carried on believing;
4. I keep calling him to ask if I'm still supposed to believe in his theory or not, but he won't return my calls.

If a large number of people actually make important decisions on the basis of this kind of gubbins, then yes, doomed

[BlasterBates]

I don't have any shares , but plan to start investing. I will wait until there is indication that the market is healing , as it is quite bad right now. Either way, investing is the only option if u want to stay above inflation.

I'd like to take advantage of my IT knowledge. Obviously IT workers should make good IT investors. The IT investment market is known for its volatility. However IT workers should be in a good position to spot companies like Facebook , VMware... Tom-Tom is a good choice with the sat-nav market in its highest ... see what i mean ..

Disagree here, in fact you should spread your risk, invest in different sectors. Don't invest in a company just because you like the product, the share price may already be very high. My advice is to subscribe to an invest research newsletter, double check their advice and then invest in the most promising ideas. The key is a spread. If you have 20 shares and one goes completely bust and you make 10% on the rest you still make 5%, and always have money in reserve, when the markets crash you stick some of your reserves in. Investing over time is an important way of reducing risk.

[max]

I don't have any shares , but plan to start investing. I will wait until there is indication that the market is healing , as it is quite bad right now.

People who try to pick bottoms, get stinking fingers...