The FTSE 100 - question

bendix

free4440273 wrote: »

tbh/ the news -- very often -- does not matter/ it's all technicals/ look at charts of Dow and FTSE -- after the Japan earthquake , look at the move upwards back to near highs. Dax on track for 8000 i think ... the news does not matter /

do you talk / like this in / real life?

bendix

fimonkey wrote: »

Thanks, but I am now talking specifically about the index since Jan 2011, excluding the dip when the Japanese earthquake struck, it has bumped up and down about the 6000 mark. For someone investing 100pm into a tracker its not exactly making/loosing them money by one day being up a few percent and the next day down by a few percent.

Don't get your point about the news not mattering, the news merely reports what is happening, and that is that the FTSE is up or down by some points here and there,.. but always about the 6000 mark.

you've been in the market for 10 months.

you should not even be looking at the markets - forget them, and look again in 5-10 years.

Alternatively, look for other investment opportunities.

pressuredrop_2

Drip feeding into a FTSE 100 tracker? Yup, that be dull.

crimsonfin

fimonkey wrote: »

For someone investing 100pm into a tracker its not exactly making/loosing them money by one day being up a few percent and the next day down by a few percent.

You are forgetting dividend payments. So you can add something in the region of 3% pa for these (obviously this is changeable each year and the exact amount will depend on the fund you have selected).

fimonkey

bendix wrote: »

Alternatively, look for other investment opportunities.

What over investment opportunities? (serious q). Do you mean in the stock markets as individual companies? I'm trying this out, just started - but that DOES require yuo to keep an eye on the markets in the first instance in order to decide which shares are worth the initial investment.

The popular view for funds and shares is to buy and hold, but surely if you keep an eye on the markets and your shares you can decide when they time to sell is for you, and this may or may not match the % limit you initially set.