Investing In Shares

FTSE 100 is down from 7350 to 5890 in the last 12 months - this is the 100 biggest shares on the London Exchange - that's about 20% down.

NASDAQ is up from 8000 to 11000 in the last 12 months - this is a US Tech shares index - that's a 37% increase.

There is very little tech in the FTSE 100 - since CV19 has come Tech and Pharma have been only game in town.
 
NIO already up 4.2% in pre market today, and already gained 10 percent yesterday.

Can see this moving up to $25 dollars from $20.85 currently in the short term. Will open at $21.75. Happy with that.

There's a new Stock IPO'ing Today called Palintir. Could be a chance to make some money.
 
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Did anyone buy into NIO at all? Since my initial post it has now gone up 50% and still climbing. Its around $28.60 and will most likely finish the day at $30. They have also upgraded the ticker to be around $40, so it's still an excellent time to bag a few.

This will be a $100 stock within a year.

The stocks have taken a big hit today, so another good opportunity to buy in cheap.
 
I was in the process of moving my pension just when it kicked off.
Thankfully - gone up 3% in 6 months since lockdown.

Decided to do a stocks and share ISA - focussed on 3 companies and a general fund.
The 3 companies have grown my pot by 40%
Sold the two biggest holdings and left the profit in cash. They’ve continued to fly tho!
 
Which did you go for 1finny?

I'm waiting on RKT to finally come good. I originally bought in at $28 dollars a share, it went upto $34 and then it fell all the way down to $20. I was gutted. I've since got my average down to about $22 dollars.

Their earnings report is due next month, where they should be making billions in profit. If that happens, it should hopefully begin to move up to $35-40 a share. Fingers crossed.
 
MrMacca said:
Which did you go for 1finny?

I'm waiting on RKT to finally come good. I originally bought in at $28 dollars a share, it went upto $34 and then it fell all the way down to $20. I was gutted. I've since got my average down to about $22 dollars.

Their earnings report is due next month, where they should be making billions in profit. If that happens, it should hopefully begin to move up to $35-40 a share. Fingers crossed.
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The two big ones were
Ashtead and Ferguson
First bought Ashtead around 15 years ago at £1.08. They did a rights issue and dropped to 27p. Since then been in and out at the right time - pushing £30 now. £35 is new target.
The other one I’m in for the long haul on is DS Smith (make the packaging for Amazon) Just appointed a chairman with a tremendous track record of adding value.
 
Been happy with my FA,s choice of funds for my pension which were down about 15% in May. Those who chose to bail and get into cash should have been patient as they have all but fully recovered again and not reflective of the FTSE variations. I am happy to leave it to those who know what they are doing In a fund rather than gamble myself on certain sectors.
 
MrMacca said:
Did anyone buy into NIO at all? Since my initial post it has now gone up 50% and still climbing. Its around $28.60 and will most likely finish the day at $30. They have also upgraded the ticker to be around $40, so it's still an excellent time to bag a few.

This will be a $100 stock within a year.

The stocks have taken a big hit today, so another good opportunity to buy in cheap.
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I bought in. Only a small amount but up over 20% so far. Did a bit of research first. Might wait till they hit $40 then sell. I've been stung in the past by holding onto shares. Now a profit is a profit 😁
 
Albert_Park said:
I bought in. Only a small amount but up over 20% so far. Did a bit of research first. Might wait till they hit $40 then sell. I've been stung in the past by holding onto shares. Now a profit is a profit 😁
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Exactly it’s amazing what 2 or 3% a trade or per week compounded makes .

Google a compound interest calculator just assum the “years” column is “ per trade “
 
MrMacca said:
Did anyone buy into NIO at all? Since my initial post it has now gone up 50% and still climbing. Its around $28.60 and will most likely finish the day at $30. They have also upgraded the ticker to be around $40, so it's still an excellent time to bag a few.

This will be a $100 stock within a year.

The stocks have taken a big hit today, so another good opportunity to buy in cheap.
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Still going strong. Nearly doubled my money now. Probably wait for it to drop a bit then take some profit 😁
 
Einstein said compound interest was the eighth wonder of the world.

just gone in with equity shares in AML, at an all time low and Lawrence Stroll is the kiddy to turn them round.
 
Ingleby_Flash said:
Einstein said compound interest was the eighth wonder of the world.

just gone in with equity shares in AML, at an all time low and Lawrence Stroll is the kiddy to turn them round.
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Good news - target price of £4.20
Bad news - that comes from ’beat the market’ who have a 0.75 out of 5 score.

Personally think you will be ok.
 
It’s more of a punt than I’d normally take, but my own share buying rules (in my head) which dictate large, divi paying, steady businesses also state that every now and then I take a ‘calculated’ punt. Having read the article about Stroll in the ST yesterday I decided this is one. I’ve actually fancied them for a while, since Stroll and Merc stepped in, was a bit gutted to see the article because it caused a small jump, but went in anyway.
 
I have a share ISA which I am using to increase my pension pot but I am putting about 20 grand in a year and I can't go over that without loosing my tax relief. The share ISA makes, historically about 6% per year, which I think is pretty good.

I would like to start investing for myself on top of the ISA, or even split the money I am putting in. Which of the platforms out there offer the best package for buying and selling based on, lets say £250 invested every month with a turn over of some of the share holdings say 6 monthly.

One final question, what publications/web portals do you use for advice when buying shares? I am not risk averse with the £250 a month.

Thanks fellas.
 
Ingleby_Flash said:
Up 38% so far 😁 Nailed on ten bagger 😂😂
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I must have got in later than you. Only up 23% 🤔. Still 23% after a couple of weeks is better than 1.5% in a savings account. Still got the NIO ones at 96% gain. Keep meaning to take a profit on them.

Thanks for the heads up 👍😁
 
Interactive Investor have been going since 1995 and they are a quite big and solid investment platform.

They are part of the Money Observer Group and they do share coverage if you are a member which can give you sensible advice.

Money Week is a rival they do a print & digital publication every week for around £118/year. It has investment and personal finance stuff in it. It is less dry than IC as it has articles about property, collectibles/holidays not just investment.

For the most serious investors there is Investors Chronicle (IC) - its a weekly publication in print and digital. Its part of the Financial Times Group. It solid investing and if the average person in the street picked it up they probably would struggle to understand half of it or find it very dry. But its the Gold Standard. About £150 per year and it takes a day to read all of it. If you have over £100k invested and a bit of time it could be worth it.

Make sure you have a good state pension and/or occupational pension before you start putting shares etc into your pension plans. Shares to me are gambling. Its ok to invest in them if you can afford to lose all your investment. Go for funds/trusts more than individual shares. Remember Sirius Minerals!
 
Redwurzel said:
Interactive Investor have been going since 1995 and they are a quite big and solid investment platform.

They are part of the Money Observer Group and they do share coverage if you are a member which can give you sensible advice.

Money Week is a rival they do a print & digital publication every week for around £118/year. It has investment and personal finance stuff in it. It is less dry than IC as it has articles about property, collectibles/holidays not just investment.

For the most serious investors there is Investors Chronicle (IC) - its a weekly publication in print and digital. Its part of the Financial Times Group. It solid investing and if the average person in the street picked it up they probably would struggle to understand half of it or find it very dry. But its the Gold Standard. About £150 per year and it takes a day to read all of it. If you have over £100k invested and a bit of time it could be worth it.

Make sure you have a good state pension and/or occupational pension before you start putting shares etc into your pension plans. Shares to me are gambling. Its ok to invest in them if you can afford to lose all your investment. Go for funds/trusts more than individual shares. Remember Sirius Minerals!
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Cheers I do have a company pension which along with state pension would be OK to live on. My share isa is a top up, maybe but a holiday home with something like that. I just thought I might like to take a bit from salary and invest independently. I get the risk and I am comfortable with the level of risk and the amount I am investing
 
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