what to invest in?

how much we talking? If its £10000+, if you have a house with a south facing roof side, get solar panels. You get more money back than any savings account
 
Tingle said:
It's better than nothing, and there's not much risk in it either.
What would you suggest Mr Almighty Investment Banker?
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There are thousands of better investments. Even sticking your money in a Gilt would net you a far better return.

Personally I'd look to invest (and have put some money) into something AFEMA or one of the other emerging market funds. Have seen > 100% returns on that in 4 years which is pretty decent.

edit: Or if you feel lucky put something into a small cap AIM miner like EDL.L.
 
Not normal bonds, index linked to inflation maybe but you be crazy to buy a fixed rate just when its the lowest in hundreds of years.
Government is the most over invested idea ever, makes the housing boom look sensible

Forex is not an investment, its cash. Silver or gold similar or a commodity. Surprised no one mentioned buying a graphics card for bitcoins, most dream like investment ever

Setup a meth lab like that breaking bad show

Setup an Asia pacific fund direct debit. Involves Samsung and various other developing companies

Buy a field, grow biodiesel rape seed or something
 
I've only got £5000 to invest. Currently Im looking at Cash ISA'a but the ones with decent rates want a £30,000 opening balance.

Funny about the Bitcoin things, I was gonna go down that router but didn't want my house sounding like a space shuttle with all the GPUs running at %100. I was thinking of investing in some shares for AMD, how would I go about doing this?
 
rexehuk said:
Hah :).

If I was speaking hypothetically, I would suggest spread bets, but you said you have no experience in shares... not that you need any if you have some spare time to read up.
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Spreadbetting is generally aimed at people who don't know what they're doing - the 'brokers' make the most money from you losing it - there is a strong incentive to attract suckers and keep a close eye on anyone who makes money.
 
dowie said:
Interesting how you believe FX isn't an investment but gold is.
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I meant gold is similarly cash not investment, doesnt do anything.

was thinking of investing in some shares for AMD,
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Quoted in New York. HL will probably deal it in pounds if you prefer, same difference

Intel pays a better dividend, I'd prefer them.
Quoted on the Nasdaq
ARM is quoted in UK

Only Intel actually produce a physical product themselves apparently

If you dont know shares, just buy a unit trust since AMD is really pretty small and risky. If you bought GM shares because you like vauxhalls you'd have lost all your money, personal bias is not always the best starting point.
Asia pacific trackers are spread across 5 different countries and currencies and from tech to mining
 
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dowie said:
Spreadbetting is generally aimed at people who don't know what they're doing - the 'brokers' make the most money from you losing it - there is a strong incentive to attract suckers and keep a close eye on anyone who makes money.
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I wouldn't knock spreads too hard. If you know what you're doing it can be quite lucrative given the swings of recent. If you were doing spreads in news dominated times like 2008/2009 there was a killing to be made on huge deals.

Anyone who traded the US card bailout fallthrough on chinese and japanese markets at 2AM onwards would know what I'm on about.
 
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