How the share market works?

Tango130

I started off very small, £500 and then £1000 in ARM, £1000 in Lloyds. BP are up about 50p a share since buying and ARM have gone up £6 a share since buying them. Waited for Lloyds to be rock bottom so got them about 28p a share and now they are at about 79p.

You mention about your winners, what have been your losers?

joeypesci

Vortigern wrote: »

BT @ 9.90? I could sell you some at that price!

I could lie and say "It was just a made up example" but in fact, I just put the wrong number not boding well

Should of been 3.90 so just slightly off then.

joeypesci

Tango130 wrote: »

You mention about your winners, what have been your losers?

Only Barclays. Down about 10p per share, but I only put £500 in them.

I'm just sitting on those now till they go up. Everything else is in profit. Some are tiny profits, like £10 or £20 profit if sold them all but still a profit.

I was going to put money in Tesco a few years back, thought they were a sure win but watching them they never moved much. Because of that wasn't happy in risking it, now glad I didn't.

I do realise though to make big money, you do have to invest a lot more than what I do. But at the moment I'm not willing to risk all my savings on something I don't fully understand, I'm not that mad.

itch_for_a_glitch

joeypesci wrote: »

Only Barclays. Down about 10p per share, but I only put £500 in them.

I'm just sitting on those now till they go up. Everything else is in profit. Some are tiny profits, like £10 or £20 profit if sold them all but still a profit.

I was going to put money in Tesco a few years back, thought they were a sure win but watching them they never moved much. Because of that wasn't happy in risking it, now glad I didn't.

I do realise though to make big money, you do have to invest a lot more than what I do. But at the moment I'm not willing to risk all my savings on something I don't fully understand, I'm not that mad.

You didnt think Tesco @ 170p was a massive opportunity ?