Trading the stockmarket (NO Referrals)

silversurfer · 11 Nov 2017 at 16:54

timmothy said:
Thanks for the reply. Any reason you wouldn't bother? Red dead is surely going to be a great game and the price should go up?

Sounds a lot like buy the rumour sell the news. Which is the reason you are stating is also the reason why the shares already rose possibly, share prices predict business not yet declared. The trick is figuring when the price has gone past reasonable expectations into the realms of unsustainable hype.
Or vice versa, its gone too far into doom and gloom on a business thats surely going to be churning out revenue and profits for twenty years forward.

GTA5 is the biggest selling game ever in USA I read and they are trying to make revenue from that customer base. I think they are over doing it but theres also China and Im pretty sure they like the game. If Red has some kind of similar model and was as big that might be a surprise to the upside, or analysts might already be expecting that performance

Richdog · 12 Nov 2017 at 10:15

timmothy said:
Thanks for the reply. Any reason you wouldn't bother? Red dead is surely going to be a great game and the price should go up?

I wouldn't invest in any of the saller game studios as the industry is so volatile and to bet that a game is going to amazing to me seems like folly, considering how the industry is known for hype and disappointment.

Glaucus · 12 Nov 2017 at 14:25

silversurfer said:
I used to own this one, that aint smart

https://forums.overclockers.co.uk/threads/the-financial-results-thread.18730880/page-6#post-31322963

i still own it, however, i only put a couple of hundred in

, still up 45.9% so good return, shame I didn't put more into it though like a couple of thousand.

newton global income is also doing very well indeed up 35%

however my toe dipping into shares not so good cirrus logic down 17.4%

mistersprinkles · 12 Nov 2017 at 22:16

Invest in apple (expected to top 1 trillion valuation) invest in gold futures. Done.

Vanilla · 13 Nov 2017 at 12:23

Hi all, what programs do people use to track profit, loss, dividends, profit taking for tax reasons, etc? Sure with most brokers you can piece it together using the history but then can get quickly lost if you factor in automatic reinvestment of dividends etc.

Or anyone got a spreadsheet they use and would be kind enough to share?

silversurfer · 13 Nov 2017 at 15:57

http://www.morningstar.co.uk will let you enter most tradable items. It wont adjust for dividends though. FT.com may have a graph which includes dividends and even reinvested the gain over many years, splits, consolidation etc

roccles · 15 Nov 2017 at 20:24

I was reading today about the "Bonkers" investment strategy, the premise of this strategy is simple: you buy the single best performing fund over the past six months, out of the whole universe of funds, and repeat every six months.

I thought it sounded kinda fun! Was thinking I might give it a try with a small amount just to see how it goes! What do you guys think? Would it be bonkers!

LINK

mid_gen · 15 Nov 2017 at 20:35

Sounds absolutely MAD!

I'll stick with my strategy of selecting funds with the worst performing managers....can't lose!

booyaka · 15 Nov 2017 at 22:29

roccles said:
I was reading today about the "Bonkers" investment strategy, the premise of this strategy is simple: you buy the single best performing fund over the past six months, out of the whole universe of funds, and repeat every six months.

I thought it sounded kinda fun! Was thinking I might give it a try with a small amount just to see how it goes! What do you guys think? Would it be bonkers!

LINK

that's interesting. Worth a few quid I guess. Think I'll give i a go in my ISA with a bit.

Richdog · 16 Nov 2017 at 07:07

mid_gen said:
Sounds absolutely MAD!

I'll stick with my strategy of selecting funds with the worst performing managers....can't lose!

I lol'd.

Trusty · 16 Nov 2017 at 19:01

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-b...-business-payments-using-ripple-idUSKBN1DG1SX

B.E.A.UTIFUL!!

The hodl is paying off

mid_gen · 17 Nov 2017 at 08:48

Is it? It's still trading lower than when I sold mine. I've ditched all my crypto, I sense the 'pop' isn't too far off.

Put house purchase on hold for now so I've got most of my money in cash and needs to be invested. Going with a few tech stocks and put some more into the funds I already have, but I want to get invested in some clean energy....stocks or funds. Any tips to look into?

Richdog · 17 Nov 2017 at 10:59

mid_gen said:
Is it? It's still trading lower than when I sold mine. I've ditched all my crypto, I sense the 'pop' isn't too far off.

Put house purchase on hold for now so I've got most of my money in cash and needs to be invested. Going with a few tech stocks and put some more into the funds I already have, but I want to get invested in some clean energy....stocks or funds. Any tips to look into?

The index-tracking ETF's I see recommended almost without fail are:

VTI (US market) http://www.etf.com/VTI
VT (US and International markets) http://www.etf.com/VT
VSUX (International markets) http://www.etf.com/VXUS

They are apparently as 'failsafe' as any investment gets and provide exposure to a good number of great stocks. I intend to invest in these when I build up my first $100k of savings and break the inactivity fee on IB, until then I am going for what I hope will be more profitable tech stocks.

Randomface74 · 19 Nov 2017 at 13:40

Fiddled about with my portfolio a bit, sharing for anyone interested.

Trusty · 19 Nov 2017 at 14:24

mid_gen said:
Is it? It's still trading lower than when I sold mine. I've ditched all my crypto, I sense the 'pop' isn't too far off.

Put house purchase on hold for now so I've got most of my money in cash and needs to be invested. Going with a few tech stocks and put some more into the funds I already have, but I want to get invested in some clean energy....stocks or funds. Any tips to look into?

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mid_gen · 19 Nov 2017 at 16:51

If Ripple were publicly traded I would buy some stocks as I like their products and can see the value potential.

I don't have any interest in gambling on crypto tokens though. I'd rather invest in a business.

Trusty · 19 Nov 2017 at 21:00

Well Ripple's protocol and XRP coin go hand in hand, so I'm not sure what you mean by you like the company but not the coin, it doesn't make any sense really. XRP is the final piece of the jigsaw to the slow & expensive cross border payment system with Swift.

Did you know the Bank of England is using and experimenting with the protocol at the moment?

80% of banks in Japan use it as well, they know a thing or two about tech, I'm extremely optimistic about what's happening.

Martynt74 · 19 Nov 2017 at 21:14

Trusty what’s the best way to buy into it? Just thinking of throwing a smallish sum at it as a gamble.

Trusty · 19 Nov 2017 at 21:23

Marvt74 said:
Trusty what’s the best way to buy into it? Just thinking of throwing a smallish sum at it as a gamble.

Join us over on the forum. Loads of answers about it there.
https://www.xrpchat.com

This page for official exchanges.
https://ripple.com/xrp/buy-xrp/

Martynt74 · 20 Nov 2017 at 09:36

Cheers, will try and sift through all the crap on there to find the decent info.

Which exchange do you use? I presume they all offer some kind of referral program if you want to send a link