UK Stockmarket 2009 and beyond

black_taxi_2

how do medium traders protect there shares

ie the naked trader/robbie burns

he works a tight stop/loss losers with a trailing stop/loss rising shares

thx

black_taxi_2

i pound/cost monthly into a lowcost tracker ftse250 but with increase amount as i pay off mortgage/debt

Thrugelmir

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

Bp is being pretty weak now, couldnt get past 495.

Thinking its fair to speculate and rebuy my old position

Smaller business to that pre disaster. $40 billion wiped off value of the Company.

jimjames

There was an excellent post by Dunstonh a few weeks back that showed a market price graph overlaid with investor sentiment at each peak or dip. It summed up exactly the problems with trying to time when to buy & sell.

Found it.

https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/2992980

Scroll down to the post by Dunstonh with the graph

black_taxi_2

black_taxi_2

was watching a chartist on tv yesterday

brilliant at showing past reasons why market changed---but asked where market would be 6 months---hedged his answers

StevieJ

jimjames wrote: »

Better for what? Both accurately track the index that they are meant to follow.

Over the last year as the graph shows the FTSE250 has outperformed the FTSE100. Over other time periods the FTSE100 has outperformed. FTSE250 companies may do better as they have more room to grow. FTSE100 companies are on a lower P/E ration at present. Unfortunately without a crystal ball you have no way of knowing which will do better in future. I don't try to guess and hold funds in both.

In a normal recessionary cycle small companies outperform large companies on exit from recession (as happened in 2010). The worry is for 2011 that the smaller companies will be affected more by UK austerity measures as more closely tied to the UK economy than the 70% exporting multi-nationals.

black_taxi_2

im pound/cost averaging in monthly so for me it isnt timing but time in market

black_taxi_2

is £1500 a share after costs/stamp duty ok?or is it to low?

thx

Thrugelmir

black_taxi wrote: »

is £1500 a share after costs/stamp duty ok?or is it to low?

thx

Important to have a spread portfolio so that there is correlation. Winners exceed the losers.