High Risk Investment

cheerfulcat

Hi there, Catbells,

There is a series of free basic investment courses at Incademy.com which you might find useful.

kar999

If we knew what the best strategy for investing in high/medium risk investment was then I doubt if any of us would be posting on here. We'd be sipping cocktails by the pool at our multi million pound mansions.

Catbells

kar999 wrote: »

If we knew what the best strategy for investing in high/medium risk investment was then I doubt if any of us would be posting on here. We'd be sipping cocktails by the pool at our multi million pound mansions.

Maybe theres someone who WAS on here doing that right now somewhere And maybe it'll be you next!

dtsazza

Catbells wrote: »

Maybe theres someone who WAS on here doing that right now somewhere And maybe it'll be you next!

And maybe for that someone, there's several people who WERE on here that are now thousands of pounds poorer due to market fluctuations and poor investment decisions.

Don't let the glory of the best case scenario blind you to the risks (else you may as well "invest" in the National Lottery as well).

I'd definitely take a steady total return of 7-10% a year over something with a huge amount of volatility in both directions - an that's also the MoneySaving mentality, as I understand it.

kar999

dtsazza wrote: »

I'd definitely take a steady total return of 7-10% a year over something with a huge amount of volatility in both directions - an that's also the MoneySaving mentality, as I understand it.

Yep.. I have to agree.. I'm more than happy with my S&S ISA overall total return of 8.5% last tax year given all the external volatility during that period.

Catbells

dtsazza wrote: »

And maybe for that someone, there's several people who WERE on here that are now thousands of pounds poorer due to market fluctuations and poor investment decisions.

Don't let the glory of the best case scenario blind you to the risks (else you may as well "invest" in the National Lottery as well).

I'd definitely take a steady total return of 7-10% a year over something with a huge amount of volatility in both directions - an that's also the MoneySaving mentality, as I understand it.

I agree too.