stockmarkets -are we nearing the bottom or is there further to go ??

bigadaj

BananaRepublic wrote: »

Your first comment to me was a personal attack. :mad:

Think you're going to have to grow a Thicker skin if you want to hang around.

If it was a personal remark then I didn't think it was particularly offensive, if you think so you can report it.

Moderation is light on these forums, I'm fairly abrasive at times but I've only ever had one warning, though regular posters have been pprd before.

masonic

It would be nice if all the squabbling and posturing could be interspersed with the odd on-topic comment if it's not too much trouble

frugal90

Exactly, should I dip in and buy tomorrow - or with the Chinese market having been closed and likely to play fall catchup will it drag other markets down?. Think I will watch and monitor, but will start to drop feed in again sometime soon.

stringer_bell

is it selfish for one to hope the market falls even further, so he can then put in large amounts?

On the other hand, the value of his current isa/sipp investments will fall

Thrugelmir

frugal90 wrote: »

Exactly, should I dip in and buy tomorrow - or with the Chinese market having been closed and likely to play fall catchup will it drag other markets down?. Think I will watch and monitor, but will start to drop feed in again sometime soon.

What's changed since Friday. Dip in and buy what in particular. Although the FTSE has dropped over 20% so technically a bear market. Around a quarter of stocks have risen in the same time period. Many of the stocks that have taken the hardest hits are the least likely to recover. Dot Com boom and bust , GFC of 2008 both illustrate this. Being selective as to sectors may bring better rewards.

BananaRepublic

masonic wrote: »

It would be nice if all the squabbling and posturing could be interspersed with the odd on-topic comment if it's not too much trouble

I thought most of the thread was squabbling and posturing.

BananaRepublic

stringer_bell wrote: »

is it selfish for one to hope the market falls even further, so he can then put in large amounts?

On the other hand, the value of his current isa/sipp investments will fall

What you wish will have no effect on the market. I would like it to fall dramatically just after the start of the new financial year, and then grow rapidly. I have used up this year's pension and ISA allocations. Do you think you can arrange that for me? Thanks.

stringer_bell

BananaRepublic wrote: »

What you wish will have no effect on the market. I would like it to fall dramatically just after the start of the new financial year, and then grow rapidly. I have used up this year's pension and ISA allocations. Do you think you can arrange that for me? Thanks.

I'm in the exact same position, so i will try and arrange it for us both

Glen_Clark

BananaRepublic wrote: »

Your first comment to me was a personal attack. :mad:

That was a tongue in cheek comment about your post sounding like a Conservative Party Broadcast (which it did). More importantly, I was hoping you wouldn't ignore the questions in the previous post because I am interested in what you think are 'Left Wing' or 'Right Wing' principles? (or if the politicians have any principles?)

Glen_Clark

masonic wrote: »

It would be nice if all the squabbling and posturing could be interspersed with the odd on-topic comment if it's not too much trouble

Understanding politics is hugely important to investors. For example selling productive industry and buying existing land and property would have avoided losses and netted huge gains if you had known in advance the politicians were going to tax and regulate productive industry into bankruptcy, whilst subsidising property speculation with taxpayers borrowed money. Or even buying shares in uneconomic and unreliable wind generators if you had known how much money the politicians were going to throw at them.