High risk investment - where to start

CurrentWorker_1

hi, I'm looking to invest roughly 50-200 per month long term (5-10 years)

Any idea where I can start looking or getting any information regards this

thanks

inflationbuster

I'd open an investment ISA where you can invest in a basket of FTSE100 stocks and re-invest the dividends. You can do regular investments in an ISA and drip feed your money into stocks.

Have a look at this book to learn, it's highly rated.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Naked-Trader-Anyone-Trading-Shares/dp/0857194135/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1425567341&sr=8-1&keywords=Naked+Trader+3

bowlhead99

Did you try Googling high risk investments? There are all sorts of hare-brained high risk schemes out there.

£50 for five years gets you a £3k investment, £200 for ten years gets you a £24k investment. Most people would start with investment funds or investment trusts. If you are buying individual shares then you will be spending at least £1.50 of your £50 contribution on fees every month. It is more efficient at £200 a month if you want to go that way. You can get cheaper access to the stock market via funds. The forums here are a good start and give you pointers to other reading material as you go through the threads.

If you invest slowly month by month over a decade your £24000 would only actually be 'at work' on average for half the time. What is high risk to you over a five year period? Losing 80% of it? Losing 20% of it?

ChesterDog

I didn't expect to see someone actually seeking out a high-risk investment.

In looking for a possibility of a high return, you can find that you have to accept high-risk investments to have a chance of the return but, of course, the higher the risk the less chance there is of achieving it.

But to seek out a high-risk investment per se seems well, risky.

Sorry if that seems pedantic; feels like cart and horse the wrong way about.

bowlhead99

ChesterDog wrote: »

Sorry if that seems pedantic; feels like cart and horse the wrong way about.

You should always put the cart before the horse if you are trying to line them up in alphabetical order.

But you're right, generally people look for high returns and have to accept high risk as a consequence, rather than specifically looking for high risk as a goal in itself!

dunstonh

High risk investment - where to start

If you have to ask a bunch of unknowns on the internet, then you dont start. You are not ready.

bowlhead99

dunstonh wrote: »

If you have to ask a bunch of unknowns on the internet, then you dont start. You are not ready.

Or alternatively you are the perfect candidate for a high risk investment with an untimely demise!

dealer_wins

OP you could ask what Ed Milliband would invest in, and go with that lol

Broken_Biscuits

Russia.
probably the highest risk, best value you can buy now.

if oil prices start to rise and they stay away from corruption and war- you could win 8 fold.

risky enough for you?

dunstonh

dealer_wins wrote: »

OP you could ask what Ed Milliband would invest in, and go with that lol

He would say Scotland as that is where all the money is going to go post Election

inflationbuster

Broken_Biscuits wrote: »

Russia.
probably the highest risk, best value you can buy now.

if oil prices start to rise and they stay away from corruption and war- you could win 8 fold.

risky enough for you?

Yeah that's an interesting suggestion! I'm not a fund guy but the following was suggested to me to get exposure to Russia without trading their stocks. Down about 40% now from 55%.

Neptune Russia & Greater Russia

http://www.hl.co.uk/funds/fund-discounts,-prices--and--factsheets/search-results/n/neptune-russia-and-greater-russia-class-c-accumulation/charts