Trading the stockmarket (NO Referrals)

Even though they'll continue to go up and down, it is nice to see all of my latest portfolio in the black. Standard Life Inv Global Smaller Companies doing the best, up 4.83% since 1st Sept.
 
If you are going to invest.....spend your time learning all about firstly economics (the basics at least) and then how to value companies and how the market values companies and while doing so save up some decent capital.....I personally dont see the point in investing £10 - £20 a month.....you might make 20-30p if you get it right at best and most brokers charge fees that are more than your monthly investment.

Either that or just buy £10 - £20 worth of bitcoin a month.
 
Some good reading in this thread.

Just signed up to a demo account with plus500 to see how I get on.

Wow, its going to big one big learning curve :D

EDIT: Does anyone recommend trading212?
 
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francky said:
Either that or just buy £10 - £20 worth of bitcoin a month.
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To be honest I did look at epherium and bitcoin. Could you advise on another sites/app to do so? I have read the robinhood app is supposed to be good with no annual fees or cost to trade but its only available in the US and does lack a lot of information some of the more expensive apps / services offer.
 
You normally have an option, especially with funds (there'll actually be two different funds). One option is accumulation (dividends are automatically reinvested), the other is a normal pay out and it'll just sit as a cash balance in your account.
 
Russinating said:
You normally have an option, especially with funds (there'll actually be two different funds). One option is accumulation (dividends are automatically reinvested), the other is a normal pay out and it'll just sit as a cash balance in your account.
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Ahh ok I have never seen that option, I have just bought stocks using my platform. I will contact them and ask.
 
The information doesn't matter too much due to the fact you can access it on other sites.

The cheapest is usually Halifax where they have a few set days/month where they only charge £4 per trade. At only £10 a month though you need a 40% increase to even break even!

I'd open up an account and then put the money into a managed fund (you can research the one you want), from memory buying into a fund is free. Then once you have a decent pot you can start buying specific shares.
 
Been a while since I read this, but I recall seeing Vanguard 60% equity being recommended as a decent fund.
Or has the general consensus changed now and there are other options?

Also planning on putting a small amount into a Vanguard Emerging Markets fund. Like the idea of Asian stuff
-Immediately dumping if Korean War v2, obviously :p
 
Well, so far this is how my investments are looking:
  • Nvidia: Up 12% (I have 13% of my overall investment in this, wish I'd put 20% as I think it will stay steady).
  • AMD: Up 6.5% (I have 22% of my overall investment in this, will be short-term only to make a grand or two).
  • Alibaba: Up 2.5% (I have 66% of my overall investment in this and I will put in more as I think will really rise as the company overtakes Amazon in value.
Was also considering Qualcomm now the royalty payments from Apple are coming back in, but I do have concerns about their future business despite the strong patents portfolio as so much depends on royalties for them and Apple and others will move away from Qualcomm hardware use I think as they develop their own competing hardware.
 
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