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FTSE at 3700 and no winners.

tomstickland
tomstickland Posts: 19,538 Forumite
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in Debate House Prices & the Economy
This is the first time I've seen this."Top 5 winners": "No winners".http://newsvote.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/fds/hi/business/market_data/stockmarket/3/default.stm
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  • Realy
    Realy Posts: 1,017 Forumite
    It as happened a few times this year but it's not a great thing.:rolleyes:
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    The US opened 15 minutes ago so we'll see the impact that's had in a few minutes (indices are delayed by 15 minutes for general consumption).
  • Dithering_Dad
    Dithering_Dad Posts: 4,554 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    I've put my pension back in on the hope that the brokers overreact and drive the markets down today, recovering on Monday. As usual, I'll get the close of day prices. Got 75k riding.

    Fingers crossed. :)

    p.s. Will be selling and back into Cash on Monday/Tue eve if all goes well!

    Will be in the Dog and Dart with my face in a beer glass if things go badly!
    Mortgage Free in 3 Years (Apr 2007 / Currently / Δ Difference)
    [strike]● Interest Only Pt: £36,924.12 / £ - - - - 1.00 / Δ £36,923.12[/strike] - Paid off! Yay!! :)
    ● Home Extension: £48,468.07 / £44,435.42 / Δ £4032.65
    ● Repayment Part: £64,331.11 / £59,877.15 / Δ £4453.96
    Total Mortgage Debt: £149,723.30 / £104,313.57 / Δ £45,409.73
  • Max_Headroom_3
    Max_Headroom_3 Posts: 1,597 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Very best of luck DD, be interesting to see how it goes.

    Fingers crossed for you.
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  • chucky
    chucky Posts: 15,170 Forumite
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    hope it goes well DD - even if you cash out Wednesday or Thursday I'm sure it will be fine.
  • Realy
    Realy Posts: 1,017 Forumite
    Dithering_Dad wrote: »
    I've put my pension back in on the hope that the brokers overreact and drive the markets down today, recovering on Monday. As usual, I'll get the close of day prices. Got 75k riding.

    Fingers crossed. :)

    p.s. Will be selling and back into Cash on Monday/Tue eve if all goes well!

    Will be in the Dog and Dart with my face in a beer glass if things go badly!

    How did you do last time I know it was close.
  • Dithering_Dad
    Dithering_Dad Posts: 4,554 Forumite
    Mortgage-free Glee!
    Last time I gained a fortune but left it in there too long and so it fell back. I increased from £70k to the £75k I'm putting back in. I'd be happy with another £5k gain to take me up to £80k.

    To be honest, I've already 'gained' today because I was out of the market during these large drops, so if I buy in and it goes down even more, I'll still be doing better than if I left my pension alone (as most people do) and had to take the full drop.

    Thanks for the good wishes guys. :)
    Mortgage Free in 3 Years (Apr 2007 / Currently / Δ Difference)
    [strike]● Interest Only Pt: £36,924.12 / £ - - - - 1.00 / Δ £36,923.12[/strike] - Paid off! Yay!! :)
    ● Home Extension: £48,468.07 / £44,435.42 / Δ £4032.65
    ● Repayment Part: £64,331.11 / £59,877.15 / Δ £4453.96
    Total Mortgage Debt: £149,723.30 / £104,313.57 / Δ £45,409.73
  • Generali
    Generali Posts: 36,411 Forumite
    10,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    Dithering_Dad wrote: »
    Last time I gained a fortune but left it in there too long and so it fell back. I increased from £70k to the £75k I'm putting back in. I'd be happy with another £5k gain to take me up to £80k.

    To be honest, I've already 'gained' today because I was out of the market during these large drops, so if I buy in and it goes down even more, I'll still be doing better than if I left my pension alone (as most people do) and had to take the full drop.

    Thanks for the good wishes guys. :)

    Well we're down ~6% on the day now and I don't think there are any more company results out in the US so we're likely to close at about that level.

    We have a winner now too. BHP Billiton.
  • mystic_trev
    mystic_trev Posts: 5,434 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Dithering_Dad wrote: »
    I've put my pension back in on the hope that the brokers overreact and drive the markets down today, recovering on Monday. As usual, I'll get the close of day prices. Got 75k riding.

    As a matter of interest what 'vehicle' are you using to invest in? I assume this is cash you have in a SIPP.
  • purch
    purch Posts: 9,865 Forumite
    Late rally from the miners :T

    Must be a Commodity "up day" today......after about 5 "down days"
    'In nature, there are neither rewards nor punishments - there are Consequences.'
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