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The Trump effect is real. The S&P was recovering nicely then he opened his gob about tarrifs again.
Volatility, yes.
Trump, No.
 
Minstadave said:
Nvidia earnings after the bell? Going to be an interesting one!
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Pretty much as predicted and a little bounce back on my fund over night but let's see how the real trading day ends.

I've learned my lesson now, I can't stomach the rollercoaster no more I'm investigating it all in UK premium bonds.
 
Efour said:
I've learned my lesson now, I can't stomach the rollercoaster no more I'm investigating it all in UK premium bonds.
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Know the feeling... Ironically I withdrew my cash from PB to invest as it was making **** all (ARR of 2.9% on £35k) and although it's been a roller coaster at rock bottom I was still 19% up in stocks in 6m. I need to try and get out of the short term mindset
 
Im a certified idiot and struggle to see much long term. Very pessimistic.
I've really done great longer term since and during COVID 19. Just hate the chonky swings.
 
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I did some quick maths today, for the tax year so far.

my pension pot is at 8.97%
my Long term ISA tracker is at 11.55%
and my shot term ISA is at 8.30% (I have REITs in there -13.47%)

due to some moving of funds, dollar cost avg and the different amounts put into different funds etc.. I'm 9.63% up for the year.
 
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Efour said:
Im a certified idiot and struggle to see much long term. Very pessimistic.
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It's hard to be optimistic when the market/some stocks went up so high..

I already jumped part way back in though lol...
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200sols said:
I'm just surprised at the general panic in here on such small moves.
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I don't think the panic is about the moves down, but rather the shift in trend and sentiment. We’re all aware that some stocks have been overvalued for quite some time. A correction wouldn’t necessarily mean a sharp drop, more likely to be a gradual decline to fomo in some dip buyers.
 
LostCorpse said:
i dont know much about Gilts but i keeo getting spammed for them. long term investments but only for the rich it seems. alternative to PB
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Why do you say only for the rich? And why long-term? The low coupon gilts are good short term investments. Basically like a tax free savings account.
 
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200sols said:
Why do you say only for the rich? And why long-term? The low coupon gilts are good short term investments. Basically like a tax free savings account.
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your locked in for years for a lot of them, similar to ISA's but longer periods.
i do see some short term (1year 2year, after that it seems 5year), but it seem most of the options are mutiple years with the capital locked away.
also rates dont seem to be as good as some ISAs and other options. plus i dont see them ever really talked about or suggested so assume most people aren interested in them.
thats my uneducated take on it.

i guess i just really see what the value of them vs isa's seem to be able to give better value.
 
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Well goodbye broadcom and Nvidia... jesus wept :P Efour wept....

thats got to be billions wiped off
 
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Samueltastic said:
I've just started with a couple hundred in Nvidia and Amazon ATM just weening myself in with £20 every week or so
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If you don't have much to invest the absolute last thing you should do is pick a couple of tech companies and hope it works out.

If you are not a professional doing this full time (and have a portfolio of stocks) then picking stocks is just gambling and should be done for fun. Yes you can try and pick companies based on fundamentals or expectations of the next boom technology, but you have to accept losses.

e.g., Nvidia is down 15% in the last 5 days


If you actually want to invest and grow and not risk loosing significant money you need to be diversified
 
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