Natwest stocks and share account cost me £430 in a week! I'm on the verge of crying!

sabretoothtigger

Nikkei is interesting, its the worst looking most beat up market near term and long term as such it probably has the most in its favour Markets are definitely ironic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment_risk

paulw19

sabretoothtigger wrote: »

Nikkei is interesting, its the worst looking most beat up market near term and long term as such it probably has the most in its favour Markets are definitely ironic
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investment_risk

nikkei & topix are certainly interesting, as is the whole of japans situation right now... although i am currently making short term plays i am definitely looking to build a long-term long position with an entry around the 7500 level (yen strength dependant, which i also trade). anyways, thats pretty much irrelevant here i will probably see you on the 'uk stock market...' post when it hits 4500 and i become interested again!

bendix

jonj123 wrote: »

I have taken the advice on board and will NOT be investing in the funds that I initially put up - it was only an idea - clearly a bad one.

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No. It was not a bad idea. The bad idea was to withdraw after just a few days. Investments of this type are meant to be long-term plays - not a few days.

Seriously, I've held my tongue on this thread long enough. The level of financial maturity and knowledge people have is utterly embarassing to behold.

blinko

bendix wrote: »

No. It was not a bad idea. The bad idea was to withdraw after just a few days. Investments of this type are meant to be long-term plays - not a few days.

Seriously, I've held my tongue on this thread long enough. The level of financial maturity and knowledge people have is utterly embarassing to behold.

yeah but everyone has to learn somewhere, i was the same when i frsti started i put 10k into unit trusts they went down within a month by 5% i !!!!!! myself and took everything out, a year later they were up 40% i still havent finished kicking myself

jamesd

The Yen is high, on the basis of fear. Is it really a good idea to be buying when a recovery that helps the market grow will also cause the currency to fall and undo much of the gain?

Reaper

I consider myself a contrarian investor but even I am staying well clear of Japan. Weak leadership, huge debt, overpriced currency. That doesn't add up to anything good in my book.

blinko

yeah japan looks a mess,

US non farm payroll data due soon, expect it to be low

this will decide whether the fed will inject a further stimulous so its quite important

I hope they leave things as they are

again double dip recession i doubt it, as i dont think the governments will let it happen but its going to be a rocky time out there

oh and india growth beat predictions

datostar

turbobob wrote: »

The government meddled with the market? What shares were they??

Railtrack? Oh, I forgot, they just expropriated them.

datostar

Sceptic001 wrote: »

With luck like that, have you considered setting up a "reverse tipsheet" - shares you think are winners that the rest of us can avoid?

This could be a good spread betting opportunity.

bendix

Reaper wrote: »

I consider myself a contrarian investor but even I am staying well clear of Japan. Weak leadership, huge debt, overpriced currency. That doesn't add up to anything good in my book.

I'm in Japan, but only to the tune of a few grand. I don't think you can afford to ignore something that has been so bad for so long.

Needless to say, I'm well down on the investment though. Ahhh well, it's only money :rotfl: