So, with savings so low...

sss555s

sss555s wrote: »

ACU (one of mine) is up over 17% today and my other (BEM) was level.

I'm looking to buy KEA if i can get it under 12, hopefully tomorrow.

BEM up over 25% today too :T

I hovered on the countdown a couple of times on KEA at just over 12 the other day They are 15 now but i still hope to get in.

Another two worth a good look at are EDL and OTC if you haven't already

Really2

JonnyBravo wrote: »

Oh dear.... that's not much of a guide.
Ever heard of Bradford&Bingley, Northern Rock, Marconi etc etc etc?

I have, but I presume we will still need houses in the future.

Northen Rock Bad lending, B&B bad lending, Marconi Bad company purchases if I remember correctly whiping outs its cash and being way over valued in the .com boom and massive debts.

All those are examples of bad businesses I have stated a sector, a sector is sure to recover some ground from their low if it is certain their will be a future demand.

(TW was an example of one if you look at the whole conversation, but they are one I think will survive)

Graham_Devon

JonnyBravo wrote: »

:j Good stuff.

You'll double up on it once we get Admin Standing.

Hope so, as I'm back into loss territory

Malcolm.

Hmmm, perhaps I should investigate buying into some oil exploratories on AIM. I usually buy ftse 100 shares I believe to be fundamentally undervalued and/or out of favour (like BP. a while back) and have kept clear of AIM stocks to date.

Maybe I'll take a gamble or two on AIM stocks. I've always liked poker / 'educated' gambling.

misskool

Just saw this and it seems to be moving into tips/share trading so I'm moving it to the savings and investments board

JonnyBravo

Graham_Devon wrote: »

Hope so, as I'm back into loss territory

Loss? What's down for you now? I can't keep up with what you hold.

JonnyBravo

eh? where are we? we moved mid-typing..... ooooo, help

Graham_Devon

JonnyBravo wrote: »

Loss? What's down for you now? I can't keep up with what you hold.

Neither can I!

My problem was not being able to bear being out of AMC and HER.

I sold, and was pretty happy, but then thought I'd made a mistake, so made another rookie mistake and bought back in. Others on the AMC board appeared to be doing the same, so wasn't just me.

Did get more shares in AMC than I sold, but since then, thats fallen. Was hard to get those shares though, had to keep trying, rather than go to a negotiated deal on the day I bought them, and lost a penny just in that short time due to mass buying.

HER has fallen pretty sharply, which I'm also back into.

I made an easy £1,000 doing a job I was doing, so whacked that in, and bought EMED and RRR.

RRR has also fallen, and XTR is retracting back. The money I made from AMC and HER initially, I bought into GKP with.

So all in all, I'm on a loss of around £15 at the moment. Not much, but it's just the loss that annoys, especially as it's my own fault. If it hadn't have been for EMED, the loss would be higher.

Still, enjoying it, learning from the mistakes, and this is why I'm only buying with money I'm ok with losing at the moment. Learn from that, make the mistakes, then go from there....hopefully with some profit to start buying into others!

Oh, and still hold BP, BT and Tesco. Boring, though BP has been ok of late.

ChrisEvanson

Re Taylor Wimpey I went into this yesterday on news of US sale and today 6.7% rise. Only a small amount (£500) and I wouldn't look to invest less than this in anything tbh. As others have said, will need 10%+ to make it worthwhile but this is a tester for me, looking to long term (12 months ish). I have mixed feelings on this as it depends on selling their US business (rumours of offers at the mo) and a housing recovery.....

I have previously made a lot of money with virtual portfolios so have just gone into shares in a similar way to Graham and with similar amounts and for similar reasons!

My first investment was Lloyds Bank at 72p, think it will hang around at 60-75 for some time but I am looking to 2012 for a decent return on that. I see that as a near as damn it dead cert just a waiting game while things sort themselves out....

Looking to put another £1000 max in this year then, as Graham did, use it to educate myself and see how it goes. Looking at oil but not sure which to look at as at now. Well done on the other posters results, I've not read this till today and am going to bookmark it and add my progress to those of you guys if thats ok?

JonnyBravo

JonnyBravo wrote: »

With over 12x the amount in EMED vs OTC you'll excuse me if I do a little dance?

Hope you're still in Graham. It'll sort out the rest of your "investments"