Trump - Trade Wars/Crash

dividendhero

iglad wrote: »

I reckon he's got people in the background working for him buying and selling as he knows a tweet can move a market.

Me thinks you're 100% correct. Trump sees the presidency mainly in terms of its money making opportunities. Only question is whether he takes his orders from the money men or whether he passes the info onto them

Thrugelmir

dividendhero wrote: »

IBM is still a Dow Jones listed company with over 300,000 staff and has over a century of history behind it

Bought the shares recently?

For the record between 1985 and 1992. IBM shed some 140,000 jobs with the decline in it's mainframe business. In 1993 another 50,000 were laid off. Technology companies rise and wane.

iPhone was only released in 2007. What's in the pipeline once handset upgrades fall away. Or competitors release something cutting edge that surpasses it.

iglad

Prism wrote: »

So why sell today then? I thought you only bought in a few months ago?

I prefer to take a reduced profit rather than see my investment turn into loss, as it means I can live to re-invest another day at a lower price.

Yes the two funds I sold I only had for a few months but was never really that happy with them, so the market made the decision for me.

Alistair31

iglad wrote: »

I prefer to take a reduced profit rather than see my investment turn into loss, as it means I can live to re-invest another day at a lower price.

Yes the two funds I sold I only had for a few months but was never really that happy with them, so the market made the decision for me.

At what point/price will you get back in then ?

doe808

Thrugelmir wrote: »

iPhone was only released in 2007. What's in the pipeline once handset upgrades fall away. Or competitors release something cutting edge that surpasses it.

Credit cards and payment mechanics, seemingly, if you believe Apple.

iglad

Alistair31 wrote: »

At what point/price will you get back in then ?

I am unable to say as I won't buying the same funds again but I have a couple more funds I might cash in and take the profits because I reckon the market will keep falling so I will probably cash out both of them.

Asia markets tonight fell again those daily 2% falls start to add up. Also the US Dow Futures fall indicates a 630 point fall for the Dow Jones on Tuesday, so there's more bloodletting to come.

Take your gains on your more volatile funds while you still have the chance.

lpgm

iglad wrote: »

volatile

By the end of the week, we might've seen the market crash, or reach dizzying new heights.

A_T

For his own sake let's hope Trump is harvesting his twitter volatility to help pay off some of his enormous debts.

Prism

iglad wrote: »

I am unable to say as I won't buying the same funds again but I have a couple more funds I might cash in and take the profits because I reckon the market will keep falling so I will probably cash out both of them.

I do think you have been buying the wrong funds if you are so quick to sell out on a small drop. Almost every equity fund is down a few % from last week. You said you sold out last year (I assume as things dropped), then bought back in march, and now starting to sell again. Doesn't sound like a plan for success to me. My advice is to find the funds you like and try and stick with them for a while longer than 4 months.

quirkydeptless

'Tis tricky trading to Trump tweet tirades :think: