Until of course Trump gets a bee in his bonnet about something else, and screws up the economy again before finding out no one else is playing ball, unwinding it all, and calling it a stunning success.
Pharma seems to be his next target of choice.
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Pharma seems to be his next target of choice.
True. I’m still mostly cash.
Think I may make a big up of my stake in ATAI again. Think they are going to do nicely out of this regime.
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You should have in cash the amount you need and nothing more.
So 3-18 months expenses, measured in full or reduced, variable on your situation.
I.e. If you have a mortgage, wife and 2 kids, you might want 18 months @ full expenses.
So in theory you can pretend to work for 18 months and everything will be fine
As for me the cash amount is 1 month expenses which is for if my work makes a mistake and doesn't pay me for some reason, so i don't fail the bills/direct debits.
The FED held interest rates last week, China cut its key rate by 0.5%
You should have in cash the amount you need and nothing more.
So 3-18 months expenses, measured in full or reduced, variable on your situation.
I.e. If you have a mortgage, wife and 2 kids, you might want 18 months @ full expenses.
So in theory you can pretend to work for 18 months and everything will be fine
As for me the cash amount is 1 month expenses which is for if my work makes a mistake and doesn't pay me for some reason, so i don't fail the bills/direct debits.
12 months wages equates to basically all of my savings in ISA's and stocks etc. I don't have a lot of extra cash to build that pot because as soon as I paid off the mortgage that money was diverted directly into my pension contribution instead.
I made great moeny on Palentir when I started buying stocks last year (400%). I sold most of them just before Christmas, and used that moeny to buy the Tarrif dip. I plan to just keep taking profits and reinvesting when the oppertunities arrise. I'm reluctant to add much more money from my CASH ISAs I just want to keep building the pot but we will see.
I just hope Labour dont completely NERF ISA's in the next budget. I bet Reform could swing a lot of savers saying they would reverse that if it happens.
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Labour are dead to me if they mess with tax-free savings.
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Was kicking myself on Friday for being late putting money back in. So glad I did now as I've made some good money this morning, 8% up and US haven't woke up yet
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Pretty stunning knowledge of the markets...Amazing timing....
Seems like no one ever backs a looser in here
Not picking on you but just gets old that people seem to suddenly pop up with winner after winner, profit after profit, timing the markets almost better than professional fund managers/investors...
Pretty stunning knowledge of the markets...Amazing timing....
Seems like no one ever backs a looser in here
Not picking on you but just gets old that people seem to suddenly pop up with winner after winner, profit after profit, timing the markets almost better than professional fund managers/investors...
No one likes to post their Ls would they?
And posting massive wins for validation and ego boosting lol
I'd imagine most paeople are making informed choices nothing very high risk or just following index ETFs which over time don't really lose.Pretty stunning knowledge of the markets...Amazing timing....
Seems like no one ever backs a looser in here
Not picking on you but just gets old that people seem to suddenly pop up with winner after winner, profit after profit, timing the markets almost better than professional fund managers/investors...
I would be quite happy if they changed up the ISA rules so that some or all of the S&S ISA allowance was limited to UK equities.
No it would not personally benefit me. But it’s a pretty simple proposition, yes you can have an exemption on £20k a year of investments, but only if you invest in UK companies. You can invest in US companies, but you don’t get the (extremely) generous tax break.
Might go a ways to fix the malaise in UK listings
Plenty of people posting when they’re down or made bad decisions, you’re seeing what you want to see.Pretty stunning knowledge of the markets...Amazing timing....
Seems like no one ever backs a looser in here
Not picking on you but just gets old that people seem to suddenly pop up with winner after winner, profit after profit, timing the markets almost better than professional fund managers/investors...
Believe it or not, it is possible to time the market as a retail punter.
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Wow massive gains last few days.
I expected the downturn to last longer.
By downturn I mean trumps tariffs. Didn't think he'd waiver so soon.
Highlights for me
Tradedesk: bought on the drop on earnings, but felt over sold. Been great. 50pc up on a month.
Duolingo: mainly because I know so many people who use it in real life. 75 percent up here in 3 months
Quantum stocks: have had an up swing.
BYD: because I think they are waaaay underpriced. Only 20 percent up here.
Zim: so. Zim I've been watching for ages. It yoyos like crazy. It hit 12usd so I thought, why not. It's popped up to. 16. It seems to yoyo between 12 and 22. So I've set a sell at 19.
But right now it's a bit of a win on anything. When snp jumps multiple percent basically anything and everything is fair game.
Heck even aviva is up to 575.
Nothing has been really bad since the drop from Trump. Took a position in TW in the UK with promise of interest rates dropping. But may be some time to see gains.
I expected the downturn to last longer.
By downturn I mean trumps tariffs. Didn't think he'd waiver so soon.
Highlights for me
Tradedesk: bought on the drop on earnings, but felt over sold. Been great. 50pc up on a month.
Duolingo: mainly because I know so many people who use it in real life. 75 percent up here in 3 months
Quantum stocks: have had an up swing.
BYD: because I think they are waaaay underpriced. Only 20 percent up here.
Zim: so. Zim I've been watching for ages. It yoyos like crazy. It hit 12usd so I thought, why not. It's popped up to. 16. It seems to yoyo between 12 and 22. So I've set a sell at 19.
But right now it's a bit of a win on anything. When snp jumps multiple percent basically anything and everything is fair game.
Heck even aviva is up to 575.
Nothing has been really bad since the drop from Trump. Took a position in TW in the UK with promise of interest rates dropping. But may be some time to see gains.
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yes seems pretty good :O
I dipped my toes in the water about 2 weeks ago.
We back for the pump and dump where the goliaths like blackrock gather around a table and plan to crush retail traders
I actually owned twice of much of everything but seemed way more risky when I was looking at the markets on friday so I dumped half of everything for a small profit.
I'ma let most my money chill as cash, just didn't wanna lose out on any gainers with all the commotion going on around the world
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Keep looking at lunr/rdw. But feel I may have missed the pump. But it's a bit of a lottery that one.yes seems pretty good :O
I dipped my toes in the water about 2 weeks ago.
We back for the pump and dump where the goliaths like blackrock gather around a table and plan to crush retail traders
I actually owned twice of much of everything but seemed way more risky when I was looking at the markets on friday so I dumped half of everything for a small profit.
I'ma let most my money chill as cash, just didn't wanna lose out on any gainers with all the commotion going on around the world
This is the Zim one.
Gone bananas.
Its got this stupid dividend yield too. But I need to avoid that as the tax on it is insane.
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