Your Top share for 2011

thriftychap_2

mr_fishbulb wrote: »

Are you buying individual shares with that, or funds? £1000 is generally considered the bare minimum needed to invest in a single company because of the fees associated with buying and selling. For instance, how much would it cost in fees to sell your £1477 worth of holdings?

I agree completely with the above. However with SVS its £1 a trade for the first 30 days. I have bought into 3 companies for the long term and 1 high risk penny share. No fee for selling. Its £5.75 a trade after that.

I also have 2 funds paying in monthly amounts.

This is my first dabble in shares so im learning everyday and have only invested what i am prepared to take a hit on whilst learning.

cashbackproblems

With RBS so diluted and big chunk of shares to come onto the open market, historical prices dont mean anything. In fact iv just decided this morning i am selling RBS and putting it into RRL, its sat in rbs for 1yr+ and is showing no profit.

But sxx is going to be the real winner have been mentioning them for yrs and finally we'r making and will continue to make big money on them

thriftychap_2

Quite a bit of sell action with RRL as well. A risky Penny Share.

I really do have a good feeling about IAE.L, all the research points to big growth. They hold licences and ownerships/production.

IronWolf

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ChrisEvanson

What's all the excitement with Aviva? Seems a bit of a flash in the pan stock to me. Re RBS the chances of major rises anytime soon are non existent. It's the upturn later this year and into mid 2012 that interests me.

IronWolf

ChrisEvanson wrote: »

What's all the excitement with Aviva? Seems a bit of a flash in the pan stock to me. Re RBS the chances of major rises anytime soon are non existent. It's the upturn later this year and into mid 2012 that interests me.

I didnt know there was much excitement? Just seems like an undervalued stock to me, priced only just above its net tangible assets.

peterg1965

Anyone pushing AIM shares is a gambler. Whilst predicting share movements is not easy, the certainty is that 'Penny shares' should only be bought with money you are prepared to loose completely. Ask people who invested in DES and stuck with them. So much hype and many are, in effect, a worthless companies with no assets.

I personally have some ground rules for share trading, I will not divulge them all, but I only generally invest in FTSE100 companies and never sell at a loss, even if it means that I hold the share for a long time! (I only started trading in 2009 so thankfully missed the crash) I was amazed at the pre xmas rally, December was a good time for trading shorts. I currently have money in BARC, I bought and sold a number of shares in december, but now hold a decent amount bought at 273p - I am hoping that the price will continue to rally leading up to the results in Feb. I expect the results to be good. I also hold £3500 in RBS bought at 40.49p, again I am hoping that RBS will announce profits and the share price should ease upwards by a small amount to make me a few £100s in profit. RBS will remain in the doldrums for a few more years yet though and the EURO sovereign debt crisis will continue to dog the banks.

I also have long term hold of TSCO, MKS and BP in my SIPP.

JonnyBravo

peterg1965 wrote: »

Anyone pushing AIM shares is a gambler.

Whilst that may be the case for some shares, to label a whole market in that fashion shows how naive you are.
Take my example. Dual listed on the main Canadian market. Does your rule still apply?

As for your sharedealing "rules". Never sell at a loss? It would have interesting to see how your rule would have helped you in, for example, Northern Rock or Marconi.

All shares carry some risk. It is not defined by market or exchange but by share.

StevieJ

cashbackproblems wrote: »

Barc has already seen a nice rise last few days but i certainly wudnt pick it as share of 2011!

I reckon SXX or RRL.

Already had my 500% rise out of that one