Investment

alansmith7

Hi All

Im looking to buy shares on the shock market and im looking to get a quick return within the next couple of months, I am not sure which companies should i invest in?

Thanks

latecomer

Then you better pick the shares that are going to go up quickly.....

There is a reason all investments come with disclaimers that state the value can fall etc - there are no guarantees when it comes to shares. If you want higher returns you pick higher risk shares/funds - but you might lose lots rather than gain.

You could always just buy loads of lottery tickets and hope for the best.

pip895

Provided you understand you are quite likely to end up with less than you started with, and you are having a bit of a gamble, you could look at momentum trading.


http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/diyinvesting/article-2492829/why-momentum-traders-wait-market-tell-right.html


Slightly better odds than the lottery

Freecall

Give me a couple of months and I will let you know.

robatwork

alansmith7 wrote: »

Hi All

Im looking to buy shares on the shock market and im looking to get a quick return within the next couple of months, I am not sure which companies should i invest in?

Thanks

No. Nobody is "sure" which companies will go up in the next two months. If they were, they would invest in them and certainly not tell you.

ChesterDog

More than that even: the market would know about it and they would already have gone up. Either that, or perhaps someone might like to share some insider-dealing tips with you at the risk of going to prison. :-)

ChesterDog

You cannot 'invest' in companies for a couple of months, only 'speculate' or gamble.

bigadaj

ChesterDog wrote: »

You cannot 'invest' in companies for a couple of months, only 'speculate' or gamble.

Royal Mail?

bowlhead99

alansmith7 wrote: »

Im looking to buy shares on the shock market

Well, at least you have recognised risk and the potential for significant losses, so they won't come as a surprise - unless your eighth word was a typo...

bigadaj wrote: »

ChesterDog wrote: »

You cannot 'invest' in companies for a couple of months, only 'speculate' or gamble.

Royal Mail?

Both my ISA account and SIPP account were grateful that I speculated on the RM float

There are of course some situations where the odds appear to be a bit more in your favour and it feels somewhat less of a gamble. So all the OP needs is to find a new IPO where every single newspaper and opposition MP is shouting from the rooftops that the shares are being deliberately given away for a song.

brasso

alansmith7 wrote: »

Hi All

Im looking to buy shares on the shock market and im looking to get a quick return within the next couple of months, I am not sure which companies should i invest in?

Thanks

If you think about it, there can be no answer to that question because if there was, we would all be investing in them!

The only way to guarantee a quick return is to put it in an easy-access savings account but the return will be small, and may only just cover inflation.

That's the deal unfortunately -- the lower the risk, the lower the return. The higher the possible return, the higher the possible risk.

So the big question is: how much risk do you want to take? If "none", then put it in the bank.

If you are happy to run the risk of losing a chunk of your cash, you can gamble on some shares and hope for the best. To be honest, that's what a lot of people do.

Which shares? Who knows? You could buy Moneyweek magazine -- they are always full of tips and speculative punts, some of which presumably come off in the short term, though I suspect most don't.

le_loup

brasso wrote: »

Which shares? Who knows? You could buy Moneyweek magazine

No, you can't buy shares in Moneyweek, it's privately owned!