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Thats the ideal scenario to forget and one day remember, because no way people just ignore the gains previously (unless already well off). I've been swapping some out to gold because I believe I will have less regret rather then holding sterling, we all know it loses value and will keep doing so. I have to do that otherwise I'm massively exposed personally, good investment is well balanced especially as you add on years.

Yes he should secure his assets, its entirely sensible to do so. If he doesnt own the house outright or moves to do so, then get a fixed rate mortgage for 10 years or so and its a known cost then.
Theres probably other similar avenues, health coverage in case of accidents/ bad health and losing the current wage income. Money is for security imo, choose to be secure over decades or gamble that BTC on riches this week, year.

If he is fully engaged in crypto and follows all the risks and forthcoming changes to protocols required to sustain a liquid system of global transfer then fair enough. If he really never paid attention then its super risky, everything has risk but at least attempt do some homework and gauge risk/reward.

I really think the fee structure in BTC is going to constrict that liquidity, slow the monetary velocity which then impacts the market capitalisation of the entire economy and the price we see of each coin.

18 months ago the block reward reduced and I was discussing on threads how lots were marking the date as if immediately we'd see a price jump but its an ongoing effect of lower supply. [In fact it was buy the rumour scenario, the news saw a price drop/languish] We see now that balance change helped snowball the demand but I see the fee similarly in a negative way, it will have an effect on real usage and utility.

[side note your friend also owns every fork of BTC. He needs to be careful in discharging his wallet in order to fully realise value on every block chain. For example he owns an equal amount of BCH I believe, it wont be apparent as the two blockchains are separated like ETH and ETC in 2016 - people got both]
 
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Been rumours for months now that Petrofac are in a bad way. Came out today that it appears that they are now actively considering selling off their UK business to try and ease their debt problems.
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Nice little rally for them recently. Been hovering 400-450 for months and now breaking out :)
 
Anyone made any recent investments, particularly FTSE 350? Plans for next quarter/2018?

I'm on the lookout, but nothing has jumped out as such. 100 is still at an all time high, so not too many bargains.
 
Fusion said:
Anyone made any recent investments, particularly FTSE 350? Plans for next quarter/2018?

I'm on the lookout, but nothing has jumped out as such. 100 is still at an all time high, so not too many bargains.
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None recent investments, are you trading individual companies or through a fund?

Your right the FTSE is at an all time high, but there are bargains out there. I guess it depends on your investment strategy.
 
nothing new, topped up some funds today.

and on Monday when im off work will be looking into crypto currency but just day trading, need to see if there's anywhere with low enough fees.
only want to risk a small amount.
 
I always liked the FT250 which excludes the 100 and is more UK focused. Depends how bullish people are on Brexit but over whole 2017 I thought we're coming from a low point of sentiment and UK could do better then expected.

I sold BP as I have many times before in this area so now I have no BG RDSB or BP for first time since 2009 maybe. I did add some CNA which might be the wrong way round, as a utility I dont think its especially risky or overblown compared to some possibly like CEY I bought more as I think that is a solid setup and relatively cheap. Sold some at 160 area after it recovered so fast from 130's


emerging market index, not sure it feels cheap especially
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https://assets.bwbx.io/images/users/iqjWHBFdfxIU/iHrUuex1EnPY/v2/800x-1.png commoditys far from booming
 
I did think about CNA (Centrica) as they're at a 15 year low, and have possibly been oversold, which I tend to like. They have lost money in two of the last 5 years though, and are barely breaking even in the UK, plus losing lots of customers here.
 
As good as all the above might be, my first criteria for any investment is would I buy what they're selling myself, or can I at least see why others do. Have to say, ScS does not tick either of those boxes. I know you shouldn't hold your cards too close to your chest but that's just the first criteria, not the only one. Even £40m in the bank can disappear pretty sharpish for a company of that size once they start plugging holes.

Of course many many many investments will do well despite that criteria but personally I like to have at least some interest in them so following news etc isn't too much of a chore.
 
Russinating said:
As good as all the above might be, my first criteria for any investment is would I buy what they're selling myself, or can I at least see why others do. Have to say, ScS does not tick either of those boxes. I know you shouldn't hold your cards too close to your chest but that's just the first criteria, not the only one. Even £40m in the bank can disappear pretty sharpish for a company of that size once they start plugging holes.

Of course many many many investments will do well despite that criteria but personally I like to have at least some interest in them so following news etc isn't too much of a chore.
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I see , so is there anything that catches your eye at the moment based on your investment strategy?

My suggestion was based on the fundamentals. Historically the ftse has traded on a P/E of around 15 and a dividend yield of around 3%.
 
Put some money into Alliance Pharma PLC beginning of December, now up 12%. Strong buy if you can stomach the FTSE AIM.

Edit: up 14%.
 
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I’ve been seriously eyeing gold security etfs recently. The way markets are looking is unnerving. I will probably ride out most of 2018 in shares then move over.
 
Scale in gradually maybe and I wouldnt hold more then 10% probably less in gold. Its a static holding, in theory its not supposed to gain anything just adjust to losses elsewhere. mining shares can gain an absolute ton though, impossible unbelievable gains there. One I looked at for years was FCX, I think its been 2 dollars to 18 recently and was a buy in the last month even. Equally they can go down a lot too, a lot of miners have a mix of metals. In UK FRES is a giant mover, 100p to 2000 and its done that more then once up and down and pays a div. I much prefer them as a gamble to all of crypto, just the tech with crypto is good.
Machine learning, Graphite, solar panels. Probably a few things that could change the world and worth a look in 2018-


If anyone is bored, stock pick for 2018 and it'll track the whole year. Sophos was my best choice last year, it fell greatly on Brexit vote prior
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I'll fill it out quick now as it allows updates later
 
Previously I've pretty much just held life strategy products, this year (2018)I'm going to try 1 global fund, one tech found, and 2 Asian focused ones as well as retaining the vanguard one
 
CAPS_LOCK said:
I see , so is there anything that catches your eye at the moment based on your investment strategy?

My suggestion was based on the fundamentals. Historically the ftse has traded on a P/E of around 15 and a dividend yield of around 3%.
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I only do funds now I'm afraid as I simply don't have the time (or desire!) to research and manage individual stocks anymore. Fundamentals are absolutely fine, my point was I just used to have a set of criteria before/alongside looking at fundamentals to ensure it's grounded and interesting to research.
 
kkelly said:
Previously I've pretty much just held life strategy products, this year (2018)I'm going to try 1 global fund, one tech found, and 2 Asian focused ones as well as retaining the vanguard one
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Just be aware that you'll likely be buying more of things you already own - so changing the asset allocation to something that may be less optimal than the default allocation in the vanguard fund.
 
One of my plans for this year is to put £100.00 per month in an Index fund style investment, is this amount far too low to get into the game? Not looking for a get rich quick scheme I just want to put some away for retirement (currently 27 years old).

Open to other suggestions for low to medium risk investments would be duly appreciated.
 
wingman said:
One of my plans for this year is to put £100.00 per month in an Index fund style investment, is this amount far too low to get into the game? Not looking for a get rich quick scheme I just want to put some away for retirement (currently 27 years old).

Open to other suggestions for low to medium risk investments would be duly appreciated.
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does your employer offer you a pension and match your contributions up to some set % of your salary - make sure you take full advantage of that as it is basically free money/an instant 100% return effectively + the tax break on top even if the fund itself ends up getting managed by chumps who can't beat the index
 
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