If you had 5k to invest in shares....

poolielad

....Which companies would you invest in??????

Iam looking to invest 5k into shares, i already have lloyds shares which i bought for 44p. I want to invest another 5k in shares, which companies would you invest this 5k into????

kind regards...

D1zzy

Depends if you are looking for quick wins or long term returns. The guesswork in the short term stuff is beyond me so for individual shares rather than funds I'd go for dividends at the mo- so any that traditionally pay decent dividends and are likely to rise overtime given that we are at a low base - BP maybe

sabretoothtigger

Why dont you look to close the bets you have allready open and transfer the risk instead of adding to it

My biggest mistakes mostly come from not realising the growth and taking profits when I had it.

If you were right about lloyds then great but it keeps yourself well disciplined if you constantly set yourself the target of getting it right every time not just relying on past success for future profits.

I should add that lloyds is going ex div at some point and also doing an open offer but transferring profits is a good general idea imo.
If I had not been lucky enough to jump trains I'd still be in b&b instead of cashing in to take it onto another opportunity for growth and I didnt get the top price but I obviously dont care about that now


http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_NOTATION=9454345

opinions4u

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

Why dont you look to close the bets you have allready open and transfer the risk instead of adding to it

My biggest mistakes mostly come from not realising the growth and taking profits when I had it.

If you were right about lloyds then great but it keeps yourself well disciplined if you constantly set yourself the target of getting it right every time not just relying on past success for future profits.

I should add that lloyds is going ex div at some point and also doing an open offer but transferring profits is a good general idea imo.
If I had not been lucky enough to jump trains I'd still be in b&b instead of cashing in to take it onto another opportunity for growth and I didnt get the top price but I obviously dont care about that now


http://www.investorresearch.mdgms.com/factsheet/factsheet.html?ID_NOTATION=9454345

Agreed in the main, although is it worth holding LBG at the moment to take advantage of their 38.5p capital raising plan?

sabretoothtigger

I hope so but I sold a bit anyway and maybe I'll be able to buy it back later or not

I did the same with Barclays and they just reached a 3 month high so thats not looking too clever right now.
In general I want to avoid my old mistakes, which was I was looking for the top price too much when in retrospect just an average consistent gain would have been just fine.

Theres always some other stock thats under valued and if I cant spot new opportunities then how can I be confident about when my position now should be closed.
I think this is the general approach of that naked trader guy though his book is sitting unread on my window still
http://www.nakedtrader.co.uk/trades.htm

Just looking at his trades quick, he has alot more open trades there then usual I think and he has bought rbs and barclays and left them open past his target price so maybe he has a trailing stop loss in action there or maybe the chart is wrong but seems he is taking higher risk

Expecting stocks to just go straight up just seems lazy and apathetic to me, better to buy and sell imo

The XLF is weak at the moment, its going sideways. Its seems reasonable to take profits though Ive no idea on future news

mark13

£3k in Sainsbury £2k in Standard Life

Pssst

In times of strife,always gravitate toward essentials i.e food,water,utilities. RIGHT NOW id recommend CNA (Centrica) and PFD (premier foods). Very cheap. CNA is a particularly good bet. PFD have one or two minor issues which are beging dealt with and i believe they will soon fly.

Only my opinion.

sabretoothtigger

They own Cadbury ? :O

poolielad

opinions4u wrote: »

Agreed in the main, although is it worth holding LBG at the moment to take advantage of their 38.5p capital raising plan?

That is the reason i am holding onto my lloyds shares at the moment, to take advantage of the share offer........ Whether that is right or wrong i dont know,i am new to this share dealing malarky ... So, my gut instinct is to hold onto my lloyds shares and buy more with this offer........ I am i right to hold onto them.....

And BTW guys, thanks for all the advice, i appreciate it...... And win or lose, I only have myself to blame:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

sabretoothtigger

There is also tail swallowing where you sell some of the shares to pay for the new ones at the lower price, hence limiting your exposure to any general fall in price

http://www.doubletongued.org/index.php/citations/tail_swallowing_1/

mrposhman

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

Theres always some other stock thats under valued and if I cant spot new opportunities then how can I be confident about when my position now should be closed.
I think this is the general approach of that naked trader guy though his book is sitting unread on my window still
http://www.nakedtrader.co.uk/trades.htm

Just looking at his trades quick, he has alot more open trades there then usual I think and he has bought rbs and barclays and left them open past his target price so maybe he has a trailing stop loss in action there or maybe the chart is wrong but seems he is taking higher risk

Expecting stocks to just go straight up just seems lazy and apathetic to me, better to buy and sell imo

Robbie Burns's view is that he will continue to "run" his winners while they continue to rise even this is past his target price. At the end of the day, a target is just that, but theres no reason it can't be extended.

Read his book, he has examples in there of when he has overtraded or sold too early effectively costing him money, there was one share that he saw double I think (trying to remember now) but missed a much bigger jump because he sold out early when they dropped just marginally.

Its always worth running your winners, take for example, I had a £1.80 on barclays but at this moment in time I'm not really considering selling them as I still think over a longer period of time will continue to rise. I don't trade in big enough quantities to make a couple of pence fall work for me and I don't think I am knowledgeable enough to spot when a peak has been reached and a drop will occur so I will continue to hold. They are still making me money so why sell up?

There are also examples in his book where buying and selling instead of holding have actually caused overtrading and after taking into account stamp duty and commission have actually been counter productive to investors so its not always best to trade in, trade out all the time.

Read the chapter called "tea and toast" for more on this.