FTSE at 3700 and no winners.

sabretoothtigger

Clever chap, wish I'd paid more attention. I tend to be slightly too optimistic tbh / greedy when I should have sold & just been happy to take a profit
What gave the signal to sell at 6.5k or was it just good luck


Apparently Albania & Macedonia love McCain but otherwise obama is even more popular outside usa

United States 256,280 79.9%

Number of Obama votes on the website below


http://iftheworldcouldvote.com/results

neverdespairgirl

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

Clever chap, wish I'd paid more attention. I tend to be slightly too optimistic tbh / greedy when I should have sold & just been happy to take a profit
What gave the signal to sell at 6.5k or was it just good luck

Luck. We were spooked by the start of the credit crunch, and as OH's shares were already up 35% in 18 months, decided to quit while we were ahead.

fc123

All this stocks and shares stuff is soooo niot my department BUT read this in The Standard tonight.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard-business/article-23581856-details/We+challenge+the+stock+tippersbeat+our+cat/article.do

Don't fully 'get it' but seems like it is a comp between a kitten (who walks over THe FT and stops on a page) a Mattress (cash?) and the experts.

Stockbroking house Charles Stanley got some mild abuse here last week, maligned for share tips in ways that may have been unfair (slightly, perhaps).
Sporting chaps that they are, the firm has agreed to have a go at showing that stockbrokers aren't just a bunch of nefarious layabouts who can only make money when markets are going up and who should seek meaningful employment elsewhere for the good of society.
Charles Stanley's head of research, Jeremy Batstone-Carr, has picked five shares he reckons will do well — or at least better than more timid alternatives — in the next six months.
We will measure his progress against these opponents: the FTSE 100, a savings bond at a bank, a mattress and the Evening Standard cat, which pawed its way meaningfully around a page of the FT. We've also offered five share tips of our own, but only in the spirit of the tournament, not from firm conviction.
My advice on shares just now is wait until we've a better idea how deep the recession is likely to be. But if you can't help yourself, here are our punts…
We'll put an imaginary £1000 into each stock and let you know how we, the cat and Batstone-Carr are doing. Animal rights groups have asked us to reassure that the cat won't be harmed, but this
is capitalism like it used to be before banks suddenly started demanding handouts. If the kitten loses, he gets it. It's decent of Charles Stanley to take up this challenge as if it comes out ahead, that's merely what you would expect. If Batstone-Carr loses to a cat, he has to forfeit one of his surnames. If he wins in style, he's allowed to add another one.
The rules are: all players have to stick with the shares they have picked, no matter what happens to them across the six months — no sneaky selling off the ones that turn bad. But dividends that get paid within that period count towards the total return. No excuses will be accepted.

GDB2222

fc123, you need to add in the picture:

fc123

GDB2222 wrote: »

fc123, you need to add in the picture:

I have really sub prime techy skills....took me enough time to work ouit how to do links....and still don't know how to disguise them with text.:o

Spiv_2

DOW down over 5%. Nasdaq down nearly 6%. I wonder what'll happen in the Asian markets over night? They have the jitters at the moment.

WTF?_2

Spiv wrote: »

DOW down over 5%. Nasdaq down nearly 6%. I wonder what'll happen in the Asian markets over night? They have the jitters at the moment.

I thought they'd get a boost after the election - this shows you why I don't speculate in shares

(I still think Obama is going to be good for the economy long term)

sabretoothtigger

No you were right and so the market already saw that rise before the election as the outcome was quite certain.
Now the news arrives the fall comes in anticipation of the next big thing which aint so happy joy joy

It should be easy, up or down. Theres only two choices but the real skill is timing and that is completely open

http://www.fool.com/foolu/askfoolu/1999/askfoolu990901.htm

ffacoffipawb

neverdespairgirl wrote: »

OH got out at 6500, and has yet to re-enter.

Ooer Missus !!!

Dithering_Dad

!!!!!!? wrote: »

I thought they'd get a boost after the election - this shows you why I don't speculate in shares

(I still think Obama is going to be good for the economy long term)

Hi !!!!!!?, do you have a pension scheme based in shares or are you part of a final salary scheme? I know pensions aren't really 'speculating' as such, well unless you actively manage them as I have been doing recently.

This isn't any sort of dig or anything - I genuinely admired your decision to buy Gold when you did and so was wondering where you stood on pensions.