Trading the stockmarket (NO Referrals)

Hotwired said:
Rushing in to buy bargains because surely they're undervalued now and won't fall 50% more in a week...
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Good luck with that ! As others have pointed out, despite heavy losses this last week or so, many stocks are only back to 2024 levels ... we're nowhere near the bottom yet.
 
DJMK4 said:
What do I invest in?? I don't want to miss out on something
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just remember no one can take responsibilities for your decisions and accept the risk associated with any purchase but you.

Take some time to watch what the markets, ask questions, learn, review what others are saying & Doing, what the news is doing and what direction the workd is heading.

if your not happy with risks then it may not be the best use of your money, and an isa and premium bonds may be better approach as they are generally safer.
 
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200sols said:
Yeah, its certainly a better time than 2 weeks ago..

When people say 'DONT BUY' etc, remember they cannot see the future and market timing is impossible for that reason.
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So be fair that equally applies to people that say "DONT SELL".

When you have so many possible outcomes, and absolutely zero evidence to guide you as to how some/any of them might play out, gauging things becomes pretty much impossible.

For me, all I know with some certainty at the moment, is that going forward will be entirely different than what it was say 1 month ago. The driver isn't innovation or technical direction or the magnificent seven anymore, the driver is Trump, and the other countries reaction to him.

The thing that needs to be considered is that even when THIS current chaos settles down, can you expect Trump not to cause further chaos, say 2 months down the line.

For example, it's an amazing thing to type, but it is not out of the realms of possibility to wake up one morning and find that Trump has unilaterally and immediately permanently withdrawn out of NATO. Or that he's sent "peacekeepers" to Greenland.

We are in a wild west world, and how that plays out in the stockmarket, no one can predict.
 
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Yep, world has changed. It could well all settle down and be back to +10% gains a year (yes please) and just as easily go the other way when he opens his mouth again.
 
Uther said:
Yep, world has changed. It could well all settle down and be back to +10% gains a year (yes please) and just as easily go the other way when he opens his mouth again.
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it's a wild mess.. but I'm just leaving my money sit.

50% is in eu stuff, defense etc
50% ish is in 500..
 
I bought a couple of grand yesterday, would have bought 20k if I didn’t have responsibilities.
Already in profit.

Be brave
 
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DJMK4 said:
But if people were to invest when the time is right. Do you invest in individual companies or SMP500?
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Nobody knows the time :D

If you were starting new and had time, I'd advise my family to do regular investing in whole market tracker funds. Boring...but fairly "safe" is how I describe it.
 
Im just looking as closed us market trade gains as a buffer to the next days slaughter.
Im not sure why people are buying in yet, its not resolved.
I say this so the market will do the exact opposite as usual to what I thought it would.
Please baby Jesus save me.
 
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tangey said:
For example, it's an amazing thing to type, but it is not out of the realms of possibility to wake up one morning and find that Trump has unilaterally and immediately permanently withdrawn out of NATO. Or that he's sent "peacekeepers A special Operation" to Greenland.
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those things will happen with in an hour of each other. if it happens, i beleive he'll try end of the year or next year.
leaving Nato has already been threatened before several times so should not be a surpise.
he'll responde "i've warned you, you didnt lissen."

Mysterae_ said:
Disaster Economics, innit.
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we just need Tommy Lee Jones now

DJMK4 said:
But if people were to invest when the time is right. Do you invest in individual companies or SMP500?
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theres 2 parts to that.
1) But if people were to invest when the time is right
2) Do you invest in individual companies or SMP500?

the only time thats right is when its right for you. its about mnaging and accepting risks. no one know when the "time is right" only when people think its the right time.

investing in individual companies or example S&P500 is a trade off and depends on your strategy.
indivual companies for volatility and greater gains and more risk
S&P500 for long term gains, stability and risk reduction.
is how i look at it.

for me its a fun speculative investment game for the most part. witht he hope of some profit, but prepared to lose it. i.e. a sub 10k investor.

i think ask your self what your goal is, how old you our, how long your planning tobe in market for, what sectors your interested in.
Watch for news items what have effects on stocks, like the meta cambridge data scandal that happened and took meta stock down to 100 which recovered over the last year to 400+ ive i was smart and with out morals i'd have invested and made a nice sum over 12months.
 
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