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How do you time when to buy into a share?
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when they join the ftse250 all the institutions can start buying chunks for their managed funds
ok good stuff.
What is peoples opinions on buying into BOK today before close (currently 48.75) or waiting till next weeks movement and then buying in?
Or is it again a case of , knowone can really say/predict ?0 -
Thats only something you can decide.
I am guessing you are new to stocks?
I started In may and was like you watching the live prices for the exact moment to get in.
If you believe in the medium term prospects of the company then it doesnt matter.
Yes it may fall back to 47,46,45p but its got good prospects so I shall be holding.0 -
You buy when you feel the stock is still good value.
If you have evaluated the stock as being cheap at the current price then buy it. Don't wait round umming and errring whilst the price fluctuates slightly. If you have valued it correctly and everything plays out the way it should then the share price will rise over time and the few pence difference at the beginning will fade into insignificance.0 -
thanks, yes im fairly new to shares/trading so still have a lot to learn. But im getting there.when they join the ftse250 all the institutions can start buying chunks for their managed funds
But i dont understand why smaller or private investors arent all piling in now?
They have access to the same information and aslong as they are researching they would see the prospects , so why isnt it shooting up quickly?
Like why are people selling BOK when SP is likely to rise in a few weeks?!0 -
mr_fishbulb wrote: »You buy when you feel the stock is still good value.
If you have evaluated the stock as being cheap at the current price then buy it. Don't wait round umming and errring whilst the price fluctuates slightly. If you have valued it correctly and everything plays out the way it should then the share price will rise over time and the few pence difference at the beginning will fade into insignificance.
I think im doing too much umming and errring, when i am confident it is a good buy, i guess i just want reassurance.
But i hope with time and experience trading i will be more confident in my jedgements.0 -
Perhaps not everyone shares your opinion, differing opinions are what makes a market, when you buy your shares, someone is selling them to you, why? What does he know that you don't?thanks, yes im fairly new to shares/trading so still have a lot to learn. But im getting there.
But i dont understand why smaller or private investors arent all piling in now?
They have access to the same information and aslong as they are researching they would see the prospects , so why isnt it shooting up quickly?
Like why are people selling BOK when SP is likely to rise in a few weeks?!
He should perhaps be wondering what do you know that he doesn't?
Markets are all about different opinions, if we didn't have them, there wouldn't be a market.Hope for the best.....Plan for the worst!
"Never in the history of the world has there been a situation so bad that the government can't make it worse." Unknown0 -
The guy who sold at 48p may have held the shares since 30p and decided it was time to take a profit.0
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Im not the best person to ask this question as i threw 70pc of my life savings into Barclays at 355p and now each day is bleeding me more and more, with the sp currently 303p and dropping FAST! Also losing abit of sxx as well however im prepared to hold both for 2-3yrs so not complaining yet.0
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The Naked Trader reckons they're a buy:
However one I think should be ok is Booker (BOK) ("Boring Booker") and I bought some more, getting another 10,000 shares at 46.17, Target 60 stop 42. I saw Booker dropping off cans of coke at an M and S yesterday and I spoke to the van driver who said they were really busy. Just think I thought these were a bit dull when I first bought them in the early 30s and the profits on these have been tremendous, taken profits and now on paper.0
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