Next recession, trade wars, up to 50% portfolio losses

Sea_Shell

I'd say apprehensive, rather than worried. but not going to run for the hills just yet...

bowlhead99

elephantrosie wrote: »

yes i am.
my shares have plummeted even with the correction.

Wasn't it that they plummeted * because of * a correction bringing them down to a more reasonable level?

i will hold off and invest after the market crash.

Good luck with the strategy.

Anonymous101

Yes and no.
I'm not worried at all from an investment point of view. I take a long term and aggressive approach so expect a good few bumps in the road. If you're truly worried then you're making the wrong investment choices IMO.

On the other hand I would be slightly worried about my job if we went into full on melt down. I work in a finance driven industry which goes through periods of boom and bust and as such times do get much harder when we are in recession. That's not to say I'd be out of a job, although it is a possibility, just that life generally becomes more unpleasant.

Mothman

Had planned on taking early retirement in a couple of years time, a correction of up to 20% won't change that but a more significant fall would probably mean an extra couple of years at the coalface, depending of course on the speed of the recovery.

Whatever happens I plan to keep piling in the monthly contributions regardless.

Thrugelmir

Investing has always had it's ups and downs. Even without a reccession. There's plenty of UK companies issuing profit warnings. Also some far from being in the best of financial health. Portfolio's don't need to lose 50% to underperform.

Gadfium

Type_45 wrote: »

Anyone concerned?

Nope. A crash is the time to buy.

elephantrosie wrote: »

i will hold off and invest after the market crash.

Buying when the prices recover (assuming that a crash is even imminent) hardly seems like a sensible idea.

Credit-Crunched

elephantrosie wrote: »

yes i am.
my shares have plummeted even with the correction.
i will hold off and invest after the market crash.

Please can you let me know when that is!

Remember Time in the Markets not Timing the Markets!

System

Gadfium wrote: »

Nope. A crash is the time to buy.



Buying when the prices recover (assuming that a crash is even imminent) hardly seems like a sensible idea.

Since most people on this forum base their investment decisions on cliches, remember don't try to catch a falling knife!

SalarySlave

I am concerned, I have been putting more and more cash in as the market has been falling. I am running out of cash to invest and worried we haven't hit the bottom yet. Tomorrow will be the last day to finish my ISA allowance off and I will likely use it.
I always get myself into a bit of a sweat during the falls, but I always hold on too. I am in no rush for the money anytime soon, so I have the benefit of time to wait for a recovery. It just sucks seeing it fall from such a high.

System

SalarySlave wrote: »

I am concerned, I have been putting more and more cash in as the market has been falling. I am running out of cash to invest and worried we haven't hit the bottom yet. Tomorrow will be the last day to finish my ISA allowance off and I will likely use it.
I always get myself into a bit of a sweat during the falls, but I always hold on too. I am in no rush for the money anytime soon, so I have the benefit of time to wait for a recovery. It just sucks seeing it fall from such a high.

You do not have to invest the cash that you put into your ISA immediately so you can use up your allowance for this tax year, but invest next week or next month!