stocks and shares/FTSE iminent

funnymonkey

Just wondering on your thoughts on the possibility of a stock market crash as the FTSE hasn't been so high for many a year and it seems like it can't be maintained indefinitely.
Thank you

Eric_the_half_a_bee

funnymonkey wrote: »

as the FTSE hasn't been so high for many a year.

The FTSE has hit an all time high in perhaps 30 of the last 50 years. There have not been 30 crashes in that time.

michaels

Hmm - house prices and stocks are going to crash - should I be buying something hard and shiny and silvery......like bitcoins?

LdnFtB

If it wasn't peaking it wouldn't be growing.

[Deleted User]

The markets like one thing..a successful economy, they hate one thing..uncertainty
We could debate point 1 all night, point 2 we will have to watch and wait.

Tom99

It was about 6999 in 1999 and now about 7500 17 years later so not much growth from a previous peak.

The FTSE100 div is 3.7% so not too bad.

Malthusian

venison wrote: »

The markets like one thing..a successful economy, they hate one thing..uncertainty

Uncertainty is why the markets exist. If they were certain, they would be cash investments, and they would return somewhere between nil and 1% per annum.

We are in the second longest bull run in history but we are still five years short of the longest. If you stick your money in the mattress because you think a crash must be coming (and you are correct - a crash is always coming) you could be waiting a very long time, and losing a lot of money.

BobQ

Why would the FTSE fall when so many firms are so pleased with our growing economic fortunes and that we have a Government with such a clear sense of leadership.

chucknorris

Tom99 wrote: »

It was about 6999 in 1999 and now about 7500 17 years later so not much growth from a previous peak.

The FTSE100 div is 3.7% so not too bad.

I'm currently yielding just over 4% on my ftse 100 investments, and that is on the current value (not on the lower price that I actually paid, which would be about 5%).

Tom99

chucknorris wrote: »

I'm currently yielding just over 4% on my ftse 100 investments, and that is on the current value (not on the lower price that I actually paid, which would be about 5%).

I presume that is your own selection of shares rather than a FTSE100 Tracker?

chucknorris

Tom99 wrote: »

I presume that is your own selection of shares rather than a FTSE100 Tracker?

No, it is mostly Vanguard's etf VUKE which is yielding 4.01%, but also an iShare etf (yielding slightly higher). I don't usually invest in single company shares, I stick to passive trackers. Although earlier this year after selling an investment property I did invest quite a bit into British Land, by switching all of my SIPP and ISA.