And so the casino cycle begins again....

[milanbenes]

and so the merry-go-round begins again with the good advice of the journalists...

Is it time to take a chance on shares? - Telegraph

Milan.

[DimPrawn]

With the banks offering pitifully low interest rates, more investors are switching their attention to the stock market, says Ian Cowie.


Let's see. Put £50K into a bank account and in a year you'll have a little over £50K in there.

How much will your £50K of stocks be worth in a years time?

Answer, no one knows.

[TimberWolf]

With the banks offering pitifully low interest rates, more investors are switching their attention to the stock market, says Ian Cowie.


Let's see. Put £50K into a bank account and in a year you'll have a little over £50K in there.

How much will your £50K of stocks be worth in a years time?

Answer, no one knows.

£50K in the bank is a cast iron guaranteed loss in real terms though, and it looks likely to stay that way. It's a question of whether losses from shares will be worse than 5 or 10% inflation.

[DimPrawn]

£50K in the bank is a cast iron guaranteed loss in real terms though, and it looks likely to stay that way. It's a question of whether losses from shares will be worse than 5 or 10% inflation.

How low can a share go and how far can a market fall over 12 months?

All I'm saying is the stock market isn't a savings account, which is what some of these articles are trying to paint to the sheeple.

[BlasterBates]

I'm already in there like "big time"....

Mostly emerging markets, China, Thailand, Russia etc..

I'm disappointed that it only went up 60% this year. It was far better the year before.

[Jog On]

I'm already in there like "big time"....

Mostly emerging markets, China, Thailand, Russia etc..
I'm disappointed that it only went up 60% this year. It was far better the year before.

I'll be doing this next year as well although with about 20% of my equity - the rest in a trading account for FX/commodities/CFDs etc.

[AtW]

I'm disappointed that it only went up 60% this year. It was far better the year before.

Do you really think 60% share raises overall (not specific companies that can make breakthroughs) is sustainable?

[Platypus]

How much will your £50K of stocks be worth in a years time?

Answer, no one knows.

I thought these days investors who lose money just whine to the government, who then 'compensate' them, e.g. Equitable Life

[Clippy]

<Alex Jones> I blame the Illuminati </Alex Jones>

A Secretive Banking Elite Rules Trading in Derivatives.

[The_Equalizer]

You think the FTSE is bad then you should try AIM. Although in a healthy profit over the year the Falkland Oil stocks have been one mighty rollercoaster. Junior oil exploration, always good for an early heart attack.