James
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Anyone actively invest?
And I don't mean people that got X amount of shares for the company they work for and just sit on them 
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Robbo
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yes
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willay
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one of my clients has potentially gone bust today, AWESOME.
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
yes
How do you choose who to invest in?
Do you go for big corporates who are usually a safe bet or research into lesser known companies?
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Aaron
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My dad is heavily into it...he quite often tells me, "Aaron, you're going to me loaded when i snuff it"
Edit - I can guarantee that when i turn on their Tv, it WILL be on Bloomberg 
[Edited on 18-08-2008 by Aaron]
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
one of my clients has potentially gone bust today, AWESOME.
Who? You serve the financial services industry don't you?
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willay
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yes all over it like a cheap suit.
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by James
quote:
Originally posted by Robbo
yes
How do you choose who to invest in?
Do you go for big corporates who are usually a safe bet or research into lesser known companies?
Mix really mate, use some old style schools of thought to choose a mix of safe and secure stuff, balance it with some more fun risky stuff 
I dont do much though in value wise, only got like £500 ish invested really, invest a lot in thr works SIP as buy one get one free + dividend shares + tax saving etc 
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Robbo
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Also yeah, browsing FT website, Bloomberg websirte etc which I used to do as part of my studying
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James
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Cool, do you trade online?
I was looking at using iii.co.uk to have a dabble.
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Marc
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Not really.
I bought shares in Man United just before the Glazers took over  
Have a stocks and shares ISA which is a bit Mickey Mouse, and to be honest a waste of time!
And just because you mentioned it, I have company shares
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R Lee
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I invested £15k in something (won't tell you what).
Its now worth just a little over £10k
Bumholio
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willay
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City index is good for online trading.
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Robbo
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I do it old skool through a brokerage
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James
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Originally posted by willay
City index is good for online trading.
My company blocks it as it's classed as "Gambling".
Ironic seeing as I work for a company that trades all day long.
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willay
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trading is organised gambling mate, every trade essentially makes you a loser.
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Cosmo
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Not myself, dont have enough free cash to make it worthwhile. But my Dad has a load of money in it.
Has a large chunk of a fund with WHIreland, and then has his own (smaller obviously!) fund which his guy at WHIreland invests on his behalf. Its no use investing yourself unless you are really going to put the time into looking at who you are investing in and the market that they are in.
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willay
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buy low sell high mate.
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Aaron
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quote:
Originally posted by willay
buy low sell high mate.
Damn, so thats where i've been going wrong..
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willay
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stay tuned for your next trading tip tomorrow 
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Colin
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Ive always been told you cant loose out with likes of supermarkets, energy companies, household names like Boots etc.
Never had the cash sitting around to bother with it though & tbh I wouldnt unless I could easilly write off what I gamble with!!
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Mad Moe
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I invested a little in Northern Rock when they were at about £3 and sold them all off again when they rose back up to about £7, just before thing really went tit's up. Paid for my holiday spending money
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James
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quote:
Originally posted by Mad Moe
I invested a little in Northern Rock when they were at about £3 and sold them all off again when they rose back up to about £7, just before thing really went tit's up. Paid for my holiday spending money
Good job you sold them 
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Robbo
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quote:
Originally posted by Colin
Ive always been told you cant loose out with likes of supermarkets, energy companies, household names like Boots etc.
Never had the cash sitting around to bother with it though & tbh I wouldnt unless I could easilly write off what I gamble with!!
Yeah somepne like Tesco, Vodafone, BP etc are generally fairly secure... yes they go up and down but they *generally* will fare ok during turbulent times etc
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James
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Yeh but if you only take a small risk, you only get a small reward.
But if you take a big risk.........
..........chances are you'll end up with fuck all.
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