stock market crash

[scooterscot]

Are you mad ?

Off the scale bonkers. But what would this pigeon know.

[scooterscot]

Shut it, you vigorous pigeon. Back to your stoolcoins.

[Zigenare]

Zero sum game. Which the stock market, over longer terms, isn't.

It's pound cost averaging. I buy shares every couple of months. I'll keep doing so. You can't time the market.

Any company that's likely to survive the storm. Pornhub should be good - all those people stuck at home!

Gratis.

[scooterscot]

Wife and I are throwing £20k each into a S&S ISA tomorrow, so be nice if the FTSE dropped a bit more in the morning If market still low in a few weeks, we'll be adding another £20k each then too for the new ISA year.

So long as you can play the long game, it's a buyers market

5 minutes until the slaughter begins. Go'an fill yer boots. I dare you.

[scooterscot]

And we're, flying down -1% no wait -2%..... no minutes in.. no wait -3% now

[Whorty]

I'd hold the cash for another month at least. Don't try and time it, look for consolidation. Consider this, how far away is the market from 2008 lows? I think that's where we're heading, which is still -40% away.

But if you've got years to spare - then ignore the above!

Putting it in this year's ISA so needs to happen soon. The next lot can wait a bit so will see what market looks like in early April.

[jamesbrown]

I love the way your face resembles a spam cutlet.

[AtW]

If business taper relief was in place it would have encouraged avoidance of rush selling, CGT on short term sgare dealing ought to be 110%

[DealorNoDeal]

It's pound cost averaging. I buy shares every couple of months. I'll keep doing so. You can't time the market.

+1

Alternatively, just set up a standing order for X quid per month and forget about it.

[Whorty]

No offence but anyone buying at this point is delusional. The only direction the market is taking is downwards. Way down. I do hope that I am wrong but all signs are there. Brace for the tulipstorm.

As NAT says, no one knows when the market will bottom so none of us know when the best time to buy is. We all think we do, but if we really did we'd all be rolling in cash!

I'm maxing out this years ISA as this is most tax efficient. I'm in for the long haul as this is spare cash so I won't need to cash in until I'm back in the black. I don't care if the market drops in the short term; I'm a long term investor.

I'll invest next year's ISA cash when I feel it's right - may be in a few weeks, may hang on a bit if the market is still dropping. We both have other ISAs from prior years that are due to mature through 2020 so we may be dropping in another 6 figures each at some stage if we feel comfortable with this - not sure yet.

Not buying individual shares, will be buying specific funds - let others more knowledgeable than me work the market.

If you're worried about losing the capital, or the possible tulipstorm, then you probably shouldn't be investing in assets that can go up or down