500 to spend on shares...

Pincher

slowpoke_rodriguez wrote: »

Vanguard 50;50 more your bag?

I was under the impression the OP asked for a punt, not a risk spreader.

Apodemus

sparkychris wrote: »

If you were to be issued 500 quids worth of free shares, what would you like to be gifted?

Lots of fun stuff on AIM! (Although I have never been enough of a gambler to take the plunge!)

With the breakfast theme in mind, I'll have my 500 quids worth in CAKE (Patisserie Holdings PLC) the company behind the Patisserie Valerie chain. Perhaps it's just a non-chav version of Greggs, but it succeeds in getting me to part with my money, and that is no easy task!

If I was being more serious about share price prospects, I might think about IDOX. They have a number of good niche products and I would have thought that they might be a takeover target sooner or later.

RuleTheWorld

Aberdeen Asset Management (actually shares in themselves) have been on quite some run the last few weeks and still well lower than all time high. Any reasons for this?

Biggles

Apodemus wrote: »

If I was being more serious about share price prospects, I might think about IDOX. They have a number of good niche products and I would have thought that they might be a takeover target sooner or later.

Not sure about IDOX; they're a 7-bagger over the seven years I've held them, and they've more than doubled in the last 2½ years, so they may well run out of steam soon.

Apodemus

Biggles wrote: »

Not sure about IDOX; they're a 7-bagger over the seven years I've held them, and they've more than doubled in the last 2½ years, so they may well run out of steam soon.

You will have much more knowledge of them than I do, they are just one of the AIM companies that I find interesting. The AIM market is simply beyond my risk level at the moment.

However, IDOX do seem to still be growing their sales quite strongly and generating cash. I agree that there is a limit to how much more growth this sort of company can achieve, once it fills its niche - which it may already have done for all I know. At that point I could see it being attractive to someone bigger who can bring product synergy, enhanced product development and easier access to wider international markets, hence my thoughts that it might also be a takeover stock.

Thrugelmir

Apodemus wrote: »

You will have much more knowledge of them than I do, they are just one of the AIM companies that I find interesting. The AIM market is simply beyond my risk level at the moment.

I've made 120% gains to suffering 55% losses on direct investing. Not a market if you like stability in your investments. As an alternative there is the Acorn Income Fund (Investment Trust) through which you can obtain a broad exposure to the better quality stocks in the index.

sparkychris

Ok team! I've betted on IAG (Thanks marv) for the long haul, and IDOX (cheers Apodemus ) for a punt. If my 500 becomes 650 i'll sell and pop it into my fund....

Good golly gosh, this is exciting!

AnotherJoe

Thrugelmir wrote: »

]I've made 120% gains to suffering 55% losses on direct investing. Not a market if you like stability in your investments. As an alternative there is the Acorn Income Fund (Investment Trust) through which you can obtain a broad exposure to the better quality stocks in the index.

Amateur. I've made 1000% gains, and 100% losses. The latter twice. :eek: The most recent of which is going through a class action lawsuit in the USA. I may see 1c in the $ in 2050 I reckon.

Thrugelmir

AnotherJoe wrote: »

Amateur. I've made 1000% gains, and 100% losses.

There's certain types of companies that I refuse to invest in.

Biggles

sparkychris wrote: »

If my 500 becomes 650 i'll sell and pop it into my fund....

£150 gain? Wot, so if you do fairly well, you're going to quit equities? Not sure I get the strategy.