Nice Doomed article by Telegraph

[craig1]

Average into the market over a period of time. If you're investing for the longer term then this would be a more appropriate way to get into the market and not risk it in one big hit

I understand your point but this is extra money I'm investing above and beyond my usual investments so I'm after the biggest bargain I can get. No point chucking money away if I can get the shares cheaper. My normal investing window is around the start of the tax year when I try to wedge as much as I can into tax efficient stuff and see what I can get that I think is underpriced.

Edit: that said, I have made some stupid investments. I have some Eurotunnel share certificates somewhere and I keep my Railtrack share certificate prominently placed to make me very careful over investing in something that's too good to be true.

[craig1]

If you're going to "invest" then buy shares in companies and industries that you know about. Do some research instead of being a sheep.

Oh, I know the shares and markets I'm interested in and I'm happy to go my own way on these. For example, I generally avoid tech stocks for long term holds (>10 years) as too many have gone bang and developments mean that today's market darling might be tomorrow's Nortel Networks. Very subjective assessments of shares but then it's my future I'm gambling on

[Churchill]

Every time I go to invest in shares recently I see something like this that makes me indecisive, just when I think the market has bottomed out, along comes the doom merchants to say it'll go even lower. I want to put a good few thousand into shares for a very long term investment but I'd rather do it right at the foot of the market.

I'd be a bit annoyed if I spent that money then shares fell by another 10-20%. That said, the market might make a huge recovery and I'll be annoyed at having missed out on the recent lows.

If you're going to "invest" then buy shares in companies and industries that you know about. Do some research instead of being a sheep.

[ChimpMaster]

Every time I go to invest in shares recently I see something like this that makes me indecisive, just when I think the market has bottomed out, along comes the doom merchants to say it'll go even lower. I want to put a good few thousand into shares for a very long term investment but I'd rather do it right at the foot of the market.

I'd be a bit annoyed if I spent that money then shares fell by another 10-20%. That said, the market might make a huge recovery and I'll be annoyed at having missed out on the recent lows.

Average into the market over a period of time. If you're investing for the longer term then this would be a more appropriate way to get into the market and not risk it in one big hit

[DimPrawn]

The market could crash within seconds.
The market could crash within minutes.
The market could crash within hours.
The market could crash within days.
The market could crash within weeks.
The market could crash within months.
The market could crash within years.
The market could crash within decades.

You have been warned! Take appropriate action!

[SueEllen]

I'm beginning to think that when such articles are published, both journalistse and the people they quote should be forced to declare their own position on the market.

Well a few years ago some Mirror journalists got done for insider trading so it's worth taking all "news" items for third parties with a massive pinch of salt.

[craig1]

Every time I go to invest in shares recently I see something like this that makes me indecisive, just when I think the market has bottomed out, along comes the doom merchants to say it'll go even lower. I want to put a good few thousand into shares for a very long term investment but I'd rather do it right at the foot of the market.

I'd be a bit annoyed if I spent that money then shares fell by another 10-20%. That said, the market might make a huge recovery and I'll be annoyed at having missed out on the recent lows.

[Mich the Tester]

I'm beginning to think that when such articles are published, both journalistse and the people they quote should be forced to declare their own position on the market.

[Doggy Styles]

So keep my cash for a few more weeks?

[Mich the Tester]

Time to buy gold?

Yes. Gold price falling, so cause a panic, gold price rises.

[TimberWolf]

Time to buy gold?

[TimberWolf]

Market crash 'could hit within weeks', warn bankers - Telegraph