Trading the stockmarket (NO Referrals)

Kingy said:
Genuine question, as this is something that's always puzzled me...

Do you think that Yell and Barclays represent the best risk/reward for your circumstances?
Click to expand...

Well I am not a long term investor I went into Barc a couple of months ago at around 268 and they are doing quite well not at 317. This is where most of my money is but I plan to sell today or tomorrow.

Yell, well that was just a silly investment, I put a little in (10k) and it kept going down so I kept buying in more to bring down my average price but it keeps going down!

I am also in quite heavy losses in DES and FOGL which is why I am generally not doing to well.

All of the above can turn around quite quickly so I am not too worried, I have done very well with yell in the past but this time I think it may take a lot longer to get my money back.
 
Dr House said:
Well I am not a long term investor I went into Barc a couple of months ago at around 268 and they are doing quite well not at 317. This is where most of my money is but I plan to sell today or tomorrow.

Yell, well that was just a silly investment, I put a little in (10k) and it kept going down so I kept buying in more to bring down my average price but it keeps going down!

I am also in quite heavy losses in DES and FOGL which is why I am generally not doing to well.

All of the above can turn around quite quickly so I am not too worried, I have done very well with yell in the past but this time I think it may take a lot longer to get my money back.
Click to expand...

If you weren't invested in Yell/DES already, would you buy them, or something else?
 
how do you guys find time to do research into potential stocks, alongside monitoring the stocks during the day when at work? I appreciate not everyone will be in this position.

I dont even know where to begin finding potential stocks - any advice on this would be beneficial. And then once I find one, finding time during office hours when the markets are open to watch the stock would be almost impossible.

All that said, I still want in - got the money sat in my bank account doing sweet FA at crappy interest rates. I understand the risk, but don't know where to begin looking for potential investments. My theory is stick to a niche and learn the companies in that niche. But that seems risky if the industry tanks. :(
 
Are there any real world simulators around that I can use to realistically practice with before committing hard earned cash?

Sorry if its a stupid question.
 
Thought this might be a good place to ask, sorry for the questions of a fool, though!

I'm interested in buying shares (well, one share would do but I'd imagine there to be a minimum) in Williams F1. They are floating and are currently in the book building phase of their IPO. I'd be purchasing purely for the love of F1 (knowing I have a tiny tiny tiny tiny piece of an F1 team) rather than for any financial reasons, so I do not require advice on how good/bad an investment it is.

The problem is, I have no experience with shares and how to start.

How do I purchase the shares (as few as possible, unless they are rediculously cheap) and how do I determine what the minimum is? I wont be able to do this if it involves too much cash (due to the fact this is on a whim and not something I see security in) however I'd love to get involved in this if it financially feasible.

I've Google'd but every search just brings up somebody in a similar situation to myself requesting help and usually without response. I'd imagine most people that know what they are doing are out there doing it, rather than helping others on the internet.

So, any help appreciated. Indeed, is this even possible at all?
 
That's one way of throwing money away I suppose :D
AT least with F1 merchandise you have something for your money.
 
Scubascorpion said:
That's one way of throwing money away I suppose :D
AT least with F1 merchandise you have something for your money.
Click to expand...

As I said, I'm not after the financial rights or wrongs of the situation... I will not be investing enough for it to matter anyway, the amount I'm hoping to purchase would mean even if the shares doubled in the money it would not be that a big deal so I doubt I've much to lose or gain either way. I was hoping to invest < £100 but I'd have thought that the minimum would put paid to that idea, which would simply mean I would not be able to invest at all.

So, any help on how I can progress, if at all?
 
I am still clinging on to SAR in the hope it will go back up...some news due tomorrow of 6 months results apparently because it was released last year on 16th Feb.

Come on, show me some green! :o
 
Could be rampers just geeing it up, who knows.
But I see PYC had a nice jump and close up 70% today.
The "noise" as you say is expectation of news ASAP

Just got to get back to 1.15 and I'm even steven hahaha

Oh and I changed my mind on getting into the falklands drilling lot with ARGos.
Bought into RRS Randgold resources instead. They are being hurt by all the bun fighting going on at the moment. Solid solid company underneath.


As for the F1 shares, when they float you'll be able to see the price.
So if they float at £1.00 then you'll get about 90 shares for your £100.
Buy these through an "execution only" stock broker, the names of which are plentiful throughout this thread.
 
Scubascorpion said:
As for the F1 shares, when they float you'll be able to see the price.
So if they float at £1.00 then you'll get about 90 shares for your £100.
Buy these through an "execution only" stock broker, the names of which are plentiful throughout this thread.
Click to expand...

Is there anyway to buy from the IPO? I'd like to get them "from fresh" so to speak... It probably seems like an odd thing to do (maybe?) from the perspective of somebody more knowledable, but as I say... This is purely something I'd like to do as a fan. Thanks! :)
 
Unless you're in a position to be in contact with the firm underwriting the IPO and able to get an allocation, you won't be able to get any shares on the IPO day, especially for such a low amount (<£100, think £hundreds of thousands).
 
Dunks said:
Unless you're in a position to be in contact with the firm underwriting the IPO and able to get an allocation, you won't be able to get any shares on the IPO day, especially for such a low amount (<£100, think £hundreds of thousands).
Click to expand...

Perfect - That's exactly what I needed to know :). I'm aware it is an "insanely" (I'm sure it said that before, edit? :p) low amount however I'm not doing it for the money, so it would be stupid to put in any more.

So, I'll just wait until 2nd March (when they go on the market)... But at least now I know what the situation is and why, so thanks!
 
Blackhawk47 said:
I am still clinging on to SAR in the hope it will go back up...some news due tomorrow of 6 months results apparently because it was released last year on 16th Feb.

Come on, show me some green! :o
Click to expand...

Vanilla said:
Same here :(

Looks like i'm going to be a long term investor all the way back to to 4.7p!
Click to expand...

Hope? If you've done the background research then surely it's anticipation/expectation?

Unless you've been trapped making a newbie mistake? Bought something without knowing what it was, and tried to ride the wave?

There's no shame in making the mistake, but there is in not learning from it!

Do your research, and if you think the recent fall was unjustified, and likely to be corrected, hang on in there. If not, why on earth would you continue to hold? Cash out, and learn. Either walk away, or do the research in somewhere that is more likely to deliver the sort of returns you're talking about, and put the money in there instead.
 
Blackhawk47 said:
I am still clinging on to SAR in the hope it will go back up...some news due tomorrow of 6 months results apparently because it was released last year on 16th Feb.

Come on, show me some green! :o
Click to expand...

Very unlikely they'll go up - would expect them to keep heading down. The price just now still overvalues them.
 
Have a look a VAL guys, i made a mint off them a few days ago and will probably get back in now on the new issue, currently about 0.7p. dyor this is under valued and has products on the market and more to come, although now not so much a short termer
 
Last edited:
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom