I guess a few of us on here have a more than casual interest in the stock market, I have a few quid in the banks as I still think they are massively undervalued long term, but I like what I am hearing from US Oil & Gas PLC (USOP), not openly traded as they are on GXG but a solid investment recently and a company that actually produces something has to be a safer bet than "service" companies
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostI guess a few of us on here have a more than casual interest in the stock market, I have a few quid in the banks as I still think they are massively undervalued long term, but I like what I am hearing from US Oil & Gas PLC (USOP), not openly traded as they are on GXG but a solid investment recently and a company that actually produces something has to be a safer bet than "service" companies
For what it is worth (very little) I have a fair whack Falklands oil explorers in RKH, a little in DES and a few Tesco in an ISA (which gave me a rather nice half yearly dividend of 3% today).Last edited by The_Equalizer; 11 July 2012, 15:45. -
Originally posted by The_Equalizer View PostUnless you have a real grasp of what you're doingComment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostIf he had it he would not have asked for investment advice in CUK General...What happens in General, stays in General.You know what they say about assumptions!Comment
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Originally posted by AtW View PostIf he had it he would not have asked for investment advice in CUK General...
Originally posted by MarillionFan View PostSimon Mac has only just worked out how to login to CUK. That makes him an expert in everything.Originally posted by Stevie Wonder BoyI can't see any way to do it can you please advise?
I want my account deleted and all of my information removed, I want to invoke my right to be forgotten.Comment
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Originally posted by SimonMac View PostAt what point did my post ask for advice, in fact I was giving itComment
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1. The value of investments and any income from them may go down as well as up. You may not get back all of your original investment.
2. Past performance is not necessarily a guide to future performance.
3. Rates of exchange may cause the value of underlying investments to go up or down.
4. Tax arrangements may change.
5. All stock market based investment is exposed to a degree of risk.
6. Your home may be at risk if you set fire to it.
HTH BIDI
PS Good luckComment
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I just received a dividend of 8% on my Greek investment
Remember, he who dares
As George Soros said if you want to make money invest where people fear to tread....but it will be a bumpy ride.
I´m not convinced by the banks, the tech companies still haven´t recovered from the dot com crash, and Japanese stocks are still more or less where they were when the Nikkei crashed in the 1990´s. Always best to focus on stocks that get stuffed simply because they´re there as well...i.e. after the 2008 banking crash everything else crashed with it, but most of these companies had nothing to do with the banks, and 2 years later they´d recovered their values, here you were seeing 100-300% rises, mining or oil companies for example.I'm alright JackComment
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Originally posted by BlasterBates View PostI just received a dividend of 8% on my Greek investment
Remember, he who dares
As George Soros said if you want to make money invest where people fear to tread....but it will be a bumpy ride.
I´m not convinced by the banks, the tech companies still haven´t recovered from the dot com crash, and Japanese stocks are still more or less where they were when the Nikkei crashed in the 1990´s. Always best to focus on stocks that get stuffed simply because they´re there as well...i.e. after the 2008 banking crash everything else crashed with it, but most of these companies had nothing to do with the banks, and 2 years later they´d recovered their values, here you were seeing 100-300% rises, mining or oil companies for example.
E.g.
Enel S.p.A.: BIT:ENEL quotes & news - Google Finance
Yields 11%
Market cap of 22bnComment
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Got loads of legacy active-managed funds, which I am not adding to (high mgmt costs = not a good idea)
Got a HYP with about 15 obvious contenders in a SIPP.
Most current and future money will be dripped into lowest cost US general and UK income trackers(vanguard do an income one I am looking at starting with a chun on the next market dip).
With occasional dips into emerging market and other Investment Trusts - very different from OEIC and individual shares.
This should be the same for most on here but if you want some excitement, suggest you reserve 10% for dabbling in small oil shares etc
Gets quite addictive seeing those dividends coming in - got FCPT too which pays every month.
This IS my plan B + warchest, more I find out, more interested I get - start with fool.co.uk.Comment
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