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"obliterated"
"meltdown"

no guys, it's just the usual ups and downs of things, exaggerated a bit by people freaking each other out with that sort of language, and russia being plastered all over the news.
 
throwaway4372 said:
"obliterated"
"meltdown"

no guys, it's just the usual ups and downs of things, exaggerated a bit by people freaking each other out with that sort of language, and russia being plastered all over the news.
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Well, there are good days and bad days in the markets.....you're not going to gloss over the past week as 'usual ups and downs'. It's a pretty serious correction.

Not terrible by any means, given me an opportunity to get into some companies I wanted but thought were overpriced previously.
 
throwaway4372 said:
"obliterated"
"meltdown"

no guys, it's just the usual ups and downs of things, exaggerated a bit by people freaking each other out with that sort of language, and russia being plastered all over the news.
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My firm is down 30% YTD so its fairly bad.
 
I cashed everything out, its down another 9% since I did so glad I did when I did...
I'll maybe drop back in when the missus goes back to 5 days a week rather than 3...
 
oh boy i lost my nerve and sold all my stuff way back 6 months ago.
ive been sitting on a big pile of cash and several times i thought about buying something or anything but im glad i didnt.
might just pay off the mortgage. Something id considered to be stupid but the way interest rates will probably pick up and this recession will come now....
:cry: hellllllpppp!
 
Efour said:
oh boy i lost my nerve and sold all my stuff way back 6 months ago.
ive been sitting on a big pile of cash and several times i thought about buying something or anything but im glad i didnt.
might just pay off the mortgage. Something id considered to be stupid but the way interest rates will probably pick up and this recession will come now....
:cry: hellllllpppp!
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If it's your 'forever home' and you can start some savings back up again I'd be all over that
 
Finners said:
Hindsight is great and all that, what is the split between stocks/crypto.
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At the peak it was 60:40 stocks:crypto, now it’s 50:50.

englishpremier said:
Well at least the nominal value of USD is worth more now than it was then, so you the FX gain has softened it a teeny tiny bit.
EDIT: I thinking you had USD denominated stocks. If it was BTC, then yeah, doesn't help. Oh well chin up as they say.
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We have had such a horrible start to the year so I don’t feel like things can get much worse, but maybe they will .

BTC is in cold storage and hopefully will not be touched for several decades. That is the plan atleast..
 
Buy the dip.

If your time horizon is not in the next 3 to 5 years then I don't see the need to panic. Unless you are heavily exposed and need to rebalance.
 
Had a small punt on Netflix at 175$, it will probably drop more but I’ll hold it 5+ years hopefully will come good.

Coinbase I have been watching, again would be small punt but honestly don’t know where that will bottom out, 20% drop going into earnings tomorrow. Seems riskier.

ITV had 65p bid waiting for ages, always gets close, here’s hoping this week and hoping it doesn’t then continue dropping.

Saga I’m debating bid at 190, there insurance arm should hopefully pull them through until cruises take off again. It likes to continually drop though.

NIO - this had threats of delisting recently I believe, so may steer clear.

Appreciate any input/ideas could save me some money!
 
randomshenans said:
RBLX, SHOP and MTTR all down about 60-65% from ATHs

Today my portfolio is down about 6% over the last 7 days.
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mines probably the same or worse but i did bounce back from invasion levels pretty quick last time ,as this is the stock market thread i should have magically sold just before the crash and reported this afterwards ,or with trading superpowers bought right on the bottom and again informed the masses after the event :p

edit my console glowing green for futures today ,hope its right
 
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God bless the indexes/ETFs. I was expected to be down murderous amounts after not checking at all since January/February, but only down 7% from my ATH. Which means I'm still up something like 53% over my investment lifetime.

Will need some of the money in potentially 9 or so years so here's hoping to a recession that doesn't stretch the decade.
 
regulus said:
God bless the indexes/ETFs. I was expected to be down murderous amounts after not checking at all since January/February, but only down 7% from my ATH. Which means I'm still up something like 53% over my investment lifetime.

Will need some of the money in potentially 9 or so years so here's hoping to a recession that doesn't stretch the decade.
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In 9 years time we'll have had at least one more boom/bust cycle in the markets, don't worry :D

My trading money in my S&S ISA is a slush fund that I dip in and out of, as opposed to my SIPP and work pensions that I just make a buy each month and never look at otherwise.

Having re-balanced everything in my ISA yesterday, I look forward to my portfolio turning all green with the bounce #winning
 
moon man said:
mines probably the same or worse but i did bounce back from invasion levels pretty quick last time ,as this is the stock market thread i should have magically sold just before the crash and reported this afterwards ,or with trading superpowers bought right on the bottom and again informed the masses after the event :p
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hahaha oh yes, I rebought every single low point of course. Not at all on upticks during that...
This is why I don't try and chase it. If I try, I'll fail to buy at the right time. I just know if I keep buying and lower my entry price average, it will all work out long term:p
 
I am rubbish at individual stock selection,if I ever tip a share ,short the hell out of it ,things a little better today but Us CPI and fed updates this week ,...........
 
moon man said:
I am rubbish at individual stock selection,if I ever tip a share ,short the hell out of it ,things a little better today but Us CPI and fed updates this week ,...........
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You really need to stop messing about before you lose everything. Most folk here are Gucci belt wearing, 30 year old high revenue earners, not people tipping retirement and playing with their "life savings". Your £50k should be in a bond and forgotten about, not day traded/week-by-week checked.
 
The safe option bonds have performed terribly ,I am spread over 4000 world shares but don't need the cash any time soon and can match most of it in bank accounts ,I will try and give some screenshot updates when and if things settle down
 
randomshenans said:
hahaha oh yes, I rebought every single low point of course. Not at all on upticks during that...
This is why I don't try and chase it. If I try, I'll fail to buy at the right time. I just know if I keep buying and lower my entry price average, it will all work out long term:p
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You can't really go wrong with this strategy. End of each month I punt some cash into my SIPP and S&S ISA. Then just wait until the inevitable bad news red day, make the buys, job done.

If I was sitting on 50k cash right now, I'd just be doing that with a few k each month. Every red day is just another opportunity to buy in lower if you're cost averaging in. There is a floor to these corrections....I don't think we're that far off it now. I am not a financial adviser and all that :D
 
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