share tips

CopperPlate_2

shazkhan111 wrote:

I have recently started working and for the first time have some cash i can play with on the stock market.

I was thinking about subscribing to a share tipping newsletter like
https://www.t1ps.com.

does anyone have any experience of any of these newsletters or is it better to read the sunday papers etc?

I'd put the spare cash into a mini stocks and shares ISA - there's heaps of information on the web about the best performing: see https://www.fidelity.co.uk for more information on performance tables. That way you have a degree of choice over the type of investment you are subscribing to: cautious, medium risk, high risk, etc and the cost/pound averaging over ten or more years means you have a higher chance of increasing the value of your investment rather than investing a lump sum in a 'do it yourself' share or shares investment portfolio.

You say that for the first time you have money to play with on the stockmarket? I'd play it safe to start with and at least watch it grow slowly rather than disappear quickly.

Just my opinion FWIW.

saver_sam

Investors Chroncile have tips every week. Out local library has the magazine so can get it for free that way

richgirl

Its amazing how people want to commit thousands of pounds on freebie or ultra cheap tips.

Take your time and do your research and then invest your thousands, knowing that you perfectly understand the risks involved and what it is your investing in !

Okay you want a tip ?

A long-term tip ?

Shell..... say a portfolio weighting of 6% ... now for the other 94%... But do your own research FIRST, as perhaps another oil major would convince you of a better future...

jozvaldo

I was recently infomed that pci (petro chemical) would be a good buy as they are about to start drilling this month??

trademark

PCI IS PETROCELTIC ...

PXC PIPEX .... seem a good bet

or RGT regen ..... for a speculative buy

EdInvestor

Get some decent professional financial advice before investing in the stock market.

This is actually quite difficult as financial advisors are not qualified or regulated to advise on direct share investmentand full service stockbrokers are expensive. Apart from the tipsheets it's also worth studying the (free) websites like

https://www.fool.co.uk
https://www.iii.co.uk
https://www.advfn.co.uk

but do keep a close watch out for "rampers" - people who try to talk up the share price on Bulletin boards so as to make a killing themselves.This only applies to tiddler shares, so it's best to avopid those until you get more experience.

Stick to the big companies first until you get a feel for the market. Here's a list of the top 25 biggest:

BP PLC
HSBC Holdings PLC
GlaxoSmithKline PLC
Vodafone Group PLC
Royal Bank of Scotland Group (The) PLC
Royal Dutch Shell PLC
AstraZeneca PLC
Barclays PLC
HBOS PLC
Anglo American PLC
Rio Tinto PLC
Lloyds TSB Group PLC
BHP Billiton PLC
Tesco PLC
Diageo PLC
BG Group PLC
British American Tobacco PLC
Aviva PLC
Standard Chartered PLC
BT Group PLC
National Grid PLC
SABMiller PLC
Unilever PLC
Prudential PLC

They may be big but they can also get quite racy at times in terms of what happens to their share price