Ouch! How things can change...

Dithering_Dad

We should build a bunker and stock up on Bully Beef tins.

djbd1973

Dithering_Dad wrote: »

We should build a bunker and stock up on Bully Beef tins.

:rotfl:

I like it Dithering Dad!

Perhaps we should all buy equity in bunker builders and bully beef manufacturers instead.

There's profit in this somewhere...... and probably hidden behind the 1249 and a half tins of bully beef I have just bought (Yes I just ate half a tin - yummy)

[Deleted User]

Well it aint in property.

http://uk.biz.yahoo.com/29112007/214/invista-expects-big-withdrawals-funds.html

Its in gold I tell ye, can trust your country to keep the value of your currency.

DIG A HOLE AND FILL IT WITH GOLD LOL!!!

http://www.iii.co.uk/articles/articledisplay.jsp?section=Markets&article_id=8561378

Lets all run off to the nearest river and pan for GOLD, yeeee haaaaw

Dithering_Dad

Money isn't in shares, thats for sure. Leastways, not the way I deal in them. I had a hefty increase with my A&L shares today, so I decided to quit while I was ahead and sold. They've now gone up 10p!!

Why am I so crap at share dealing? It's almost as though the city boys have a direct link to my PC - when I sell, everyone buys and when I buy, everyone else sells!

It's a conspiracy I tells ya! :rotfl:

djbd1973

Dithering_Dad wrote: »

It's almost as though the city boys have a direct link to my PC - when I sell, everyone buys and when I buy, everyone else sells!

You need to get an apple mac computer then for the extra 'oooh' factor.
Then, like me, when you lose money, at least you're doing it with a little bit of style

[Deleted User]

hey dithering dad, be happy with the bit in the middle. I sold all my shares at a profit and certainly didn`t catch the top but then again, I won`t be slip sliding away when the stock market tumbles

It`s nice to be sitting on cash at the moment

cheerfulcat

Dithering_Dad wrote: »

Money isn't in shares, thats for sure. Leastways, not the way I deal in them. I had a hefty increase with my A&L shares today, so I decided to quit while I was ahead and sold. They've now gone up 10p!!

Of course there is money to be made in equities. But you need to have a sound basic plan, as well as some grasp of how to value companies.

Why am I so crap at share dealing?

At a guess, because you are punting rather than investing...:)

[Deleted User]

If you catch the bottom or top you are either very lucky or lying.

cheerfulcat

Yant, I hope you aren't addressing me? I don't trade, I am a long term investor.

free4440273

A good example is the miners today: at one point, Vedanta was up ten (10) per cent; it dropped five per cent; at the close it went up another two. Ditto Rio and Xstrata (but percentage increase/decrease different).