Theoretical £100,000 to invest

b56c

As part of a project at university, my son has a theoretical £100,000 to invest. He has been asked to increase it by £5000 over a month. Does anyone have any advice to offer about strategies he could use, companies he could invest in or any sites which might be of use to him? At the moment he is thinking of utility companies, renewables and commodities?

KingL

Surely the point of the University setting him that exercise is to get him to learn how to research these things himself.

gozomark

one word "diversification"

Aegis

Bet it all on an event with 1.05 odds. All or nothing in a few short minutes

amcluesent

UK Banks. The worst is over.

opinions4u

If you diversify, go for something simple like a FTSE 100 tracker. The market is volatile enough to see a 5% jump (or fall) in a month.

Personally I'd dive in to something like HBOS where the takeover terms should mean that the share price improves it's ratio against the Lloyds share price over the next couple of months as the takeover deal gets more likely to complete. Agreed terms are 0.833 Lloyds shares for each HBOS share and current value for HBOS is 0.67.

If it was real money, I would probably stash it under the mattress in a fireproof tin.

Just_landed

As part of a project at university, my son has a theoretical £100,000 to invest. He has been asked to increase it by £5000 over a month. Does anyone have any advice to offer about strategies he could use, companies he could invest in or any sites which might be of use to him? At the moment he is thinking of utility companies, renewables and commodities?

When you find the way will you let us all know please.:cool:

opinions4u

Aegis wrote: »

Bet it all on an event with 1.05 odds. All or nothing in a few short minutes

This is an excellent idea.

Back Federer or Nadal in the first round of the next tennis tournament they're in!

dunstonh

If the timescale is just a month then you should totally disregard investments and stick with savings. Investments zig zag and that is why we always say a minimum of 5 years.

There is no way at all to pick an investment (share or otherwise) which is a dead cert to be up in one month's time. For the tutor to even get your son to consider these options is ridiculous. Unless of course, that is the point.

commodities

ROFL.

opinions4u

dunstonh wrote: »

If the timescale is just a month then you should totally disregard investments and stick with savings. Investments zig zag and that is why we always say a minimum of 5 years.

How to generate 5% in a month from a savings account? I'm REALLY interested! Tell me!!

gozomark

bet 5,000 on black at roulette - if win, stop
if fail, bet 10,000 - if win, stop
if fail, bet 20,000 - if win, stop
if fail, bet 40,000 - if win, stop
if fail bet the rest on 6 different numbers

you have a 90% plus chance of this working ! (of course if you lose, you lose the lot !)