I'm scared of funds, so which 20 shares to buy?

zedyy

stay away from banks

maddapple

Banks have made a lot of people money over the last few months. You just need to pick the right time to buy.

Barclays has risen from 56p last week to close at 96p today.

Fella

Conrad wrote: »

ANY VIEWS ON THIS (only 17);

Anglo American

Associated British Foods

Aviva

Barclays

BP (peak oil on the horizon, but they will diversify as an energy provider)

BT

Cadbury - for fat Britain

Freinds Prov

Glaxo

Harmony Gold Mining

HSBC

L & G

Lloyds

Morrison

Prudential

RBS

Standard Life

Just a view, not a criticism as such: that selection is ridiculously overweight in financials. Buy it by all means but understand that if you do you are taking a punt, pure & simple, that the financial sector will recover, rather than get worse.

If all you're playing with is (to you) chump change then that may be acceptable to you. If this is dough that matters then that selection of stocks is insane IMO.

littlemrtinkle

If you are scared and cannot afford to lose your investment, i would stick to savings accounts and cash isa's, shares are always a risk, the bigger the risk the bigger the possible gains or lost. they are really a minefield if you do not know what you are doing, and in recent months, looking at the losses of professional hedge funds and investors, even these get it wrong.

sabretoothtigger

Its likely you are biased because of your professional work and so the finance sector probably represents a double jeopardy to you & the ftse in general is a bad place to invest

I think this is a good summary of prospects, UK Banks, semi conductor holdings, USA Finance & ftse100

ffacoffipawb

I'm up to 18 in my SIPP so far ...

175 ASTRAZENECA ORD USD0.25
1250 BAE SYSTEMS ORD GBP0.025
3250 BARCLAYS ORD GBP0.25
375 BHP BILLITON PLC USD0.50
1250 BP ORD USD0.25
300 BRITISH AMERICAN TOBACCO ORD GBP0.25
875 CADBURY PLC GBP0.10
1650 CENTRICA ORD GBP0.061728395
500 DIAGEO ORD GBP0.28 101/108
425 GLAXOSMITHKLINE ORD GBP0.2
900 HSBC HLDGS ORD USD0.50
750 NATIONAL GRID ORD GBP0.11395
400 ROYAL DUTCH SHELL 'B'ORD EUR0.07
425 SCOTTISH & SOUTHERN ENERGY GBP0.50
400 SEVERN TRENT ORD GBP0.9789
1500 TESCO ORD GBP0.05
325 UNILEVER PLC ORD GBP0.031111
3500 VODAFONE GROUP ORD USD0.11428571

Number 19 due at start of April, probably 1500 Rolls Royce (to go with BAE Systems).

When I get to 30 (average of 2 in each of 15 sectors), I'll look at ETF's, ILG and funds

[Deleted User]

the only bank I am in, both ord shares and perp bonds is stan

I am in coop 9.25 prf

and have a basic holding of pibs in principalty (for 2 years now), skipton, manchester bs, kent reliance, 2 different nationwide and coventry

details here. Yields call date etc
http://www.collins-stewart.com/Downloads/FixedInterest/Leading%20Prefs%20&%20PIBS%2018-03-09.pdf

bear in mind that I am dealing with a close to draw down pot ie big and have lots of baskets for eggs

there now conrad, I have bared my soul for you
I have traded in barc, rbs and lloy but only in bits, to take profits. Stan is to have and to hold. I bought a couple of weeks ago and the shares are up 24% to today. You need a tin hat at the moment but get the solid companies under your belt as the foundation. Make a pi chart and write down your aims and time scale

Blah99

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

Its likely you are biased because of your professional work and so the finance sector probably represents a double jeopardy to you & the ftse in general is a bad place to invest

I think this is a good summary of prospects, UK Banks, semi conductor holdings, USA Finance & ftse100

sabretoothtigger, what website are you using for that chart?

sabretoothtigger

That is plain old yahoo, interactive chart. They'll give you a screen full of streaming quotes as a portfolio if you like