We'd like to remind Forumites to please avoid political debate on the Forum... Read More »
📨 Have you signed up to the Forum's new Email Digest yet? Get a selection of trending threads sent straight to your inbox daily, weekly or monthly!
Is the stock market over heating?
Comments
-
And if you are in funds, great reason to have some with good managers. The managers should know better then your normal common human being when is the best time to sell or swap to minimise the losses..
Discounts on many investment trusts have evaporated. So far harder to find good value.0 -
Thrugelmir wrote: »"Sell in May and go away; don't come back till St Leger Day"
Proven as far back as 1694.
Last year?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/investing/shares/9544548/Buy-again-St-Leger-Day-It-didnt-work-this-year.html
It was as clear as mud then too."If you act like an illiterate man, your learning will never stop... Being uneducated, you have no fear of the future.".....
"big business is parasitic, like a mosquito, whereas I prefer the lighter touch, like that of a butterfly. "A butterfly can suck honey from the flower without damaging it," "Arunachalam Muruganantham0 -
It's unusual for markets to go straight down after a peak, they usually jiggle around a bit before the bulls and straw clingers are shaken out. Certainly a market founded on 'printed money' and low interest rates was always going to be volatile .0
-
grizzly1911 wrote: »Last year?
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/investing/shares/9544548/Buy-again-St-Leger-Day-It-didnt-work-this-year.html
It was as clear as mud then too.
Central Bank intervention around the globe won't last for ever.0 -
FT (May 2012): Only bears sell in MayShares rose in 29 of the past 50 years from May to September, a 58 per cent success rateLiving for tomorrow might mean that you survive the day after.
It is always different this time. The only thing that is the same is the outcome.
Portfolios are like personalities - one that is balanced is usually preferable.
0 -
So what are they going to buy? They can only rebalance within their sector.And if you are in funds, great reason to have some with good managers. The managers should know better then your normal common human being when is the best time to sell or swap to minimise the losses..
Woodford is selling exposure to equities, not cash. If you don't want to be in equities, that's your option not his."It will take, five, 10, 15 years to get back to where we need to be. But it's no longer the individual banks that are in the wrong, it's the banking industry as a whole." - Steven Cooper, head of personal and business banking at Barclays, talking to Martin Lewis0 -
It could be the new normal. The G7 might decide they'll all have permanent built-in inflation of 5% a year. indefinitely.Thrugelmir wrote: »Central Bank intervention around the globe won't last for ever."It will take, five, 10, 15 years to get back to where we need to be. But it's no longer the individual banks that are in the wrong, it's the banking industry as a whole." - Steven Cooper, head of personal and business banking at Barclays, talking to Martin Lewis0 -
OK so after today's experience on the markets I am still not clear on reasons. I will explain what I mean.
Man in USA opens gob and china slow down = Nikkei down by over 7% :eek: and FTSE 100 down by 2.10
What I am missing is why this should cause this downturn and what caused it.
Sorry if I annoy you with my questions!0 -
A_Flock_Of_Sheep wrote: »What I am missing is why this should cause this downturn and what caused it.
It's noise, it happens, and it's best ignored.
Unless you really do have a good feel for which asset classes and territories will do best over the next 1-2 years, just stick to your target allocation and chill.
Investors who watch the news flow and react in what they think is the best way are nearly always their own worst enemies.I am not a financial adviser and neither do I play one on television. I might occasionally give bad advice but at least it's free.
Like all religions, the Faith of the Invisible Pink Unicorns is based upon both logic and faith. We have faith that they are pink; we logically know that they are invisible because we can't see them.0 -
gadgetmind wrote: »It's noise, it happens, and it's best ignored.
Unless you really do have a good feel for which asset classes and territories will do best over the next 1-2 years, just stick to your target allocation and chill.
Investors who watch the news flow and react in what they think is the best way are nearly always their own worst enemies.
So basically loads of people decided to sell on the basis of an American mouthing off and china slowing down? What reasons would they have to decide to sell? This mass selling caused the downturn?0
This discussion has been closed.
Confirm your email address to Create Threads and Reply
Categories
- All Categories
- 351.3K Banking & Borrowing
- 253.2K Reduce Debt & Boost Income
- 453.7K Spending & Discounts
- 244.2K Work, Benefits & Business
- 599.4K Mortgages, Homes & Bills
- 177.1K Life & Family
- 257.7K Travel & Transport
- 1.5M Hobbies & Leisure
- 16.2K Discuss & Feedback
- 37.6K Read-Only Boards