Suggestions for a speculative punt?

Username999

Palantir IPO.
Biggest Tech IPO in history? $20 to $40B.
Billions of dollars worth of government contracts.
Another Peter Thiel company.
Unethical company?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeL4BWVk5-k

Moe_The_Bartender

csgohan4 said:

DireEmblem said:

I’m going to suggest Nintendo.  Just seen the new mariokart and looks amazing!  So much, it’s tempting me to go out and get a switch.

Obviously do your own research, but approx 52m have been sold to date and UK retail value is £279 and £99 for Mariokart.

Say only 10m buy Mariokart, at a 30% profit, that’s an extra 0.3bn to Nintendo, and the company has an Mcap of 55bn I think, so still plenty room for growth!

I wonder what the consensus on buying game developers or game related stock?, You could argue the same for the producers of GTA or Call of duty which are big name titles and buy their stock before each game release. 

I bought VanEck Vectors Esports and Gaming ETF (ESGB) which has most of the big game developers as a COVID play. Also bought Keyword Studios (KWS) which provides software services to game developers. Nintendo is up about 50% over the last few months so it may not have much further to go.

adindas

Username999 said:

Another SPAQ.
Ticker = KCAC. Kingston Capital. Backed by Bill Gates and Volkswagen.
Researching into solid state batteries.
Up 20% on Friday to $22.50

I bought 1 share on Friday and it already up 9.33% after the closing hours. 

Username999

adindas said:

I bought 1 share on Friday and it already up 9.33% after the closing hours. 

Which Broker are you using for these, is it 212 Trading?

adindas

Username999 said:

adindas said:

I bought 1 share on Friday and it already up 9.33% after the closing hours. 

Which Broker are you using for these, is it 212 Trading?

Yes. it is in trading 212

beetleboy72

I suspect the world may be in for a shock re. Electric cars one day.i should say this is just a hunch, not factual knowledge. Nobody seems to mention issues relating to the rare metals used in batteries, environmental impact of mining them and are these miners 12 year old children out of the glare of media?
I just think that EV's are being marketed as a panacea, yes they are part of the solution but we don't have the whole picture?

planteria

to answer the title question, the only thing that springs to my mind is Bitcoin. it's 'risky' but has the potential to 10x, 100x or more. whether "a speculative punt" is the right place to put your money is open to debate too though.

Michael121

Just looked at this trading212 investing account, it says there is no fees? How do they make money then. 

Username999

Michael121 said:

Just looked at this trading212 investing account, it says there is no fees? How do they make money then. 

"Revenue derives from commissions and spread paid by customers and from client losses on unhedged positions."

See the section "Business Review" : https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10014283/filing-history/MzI0NjEzNTg0NGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0

Michael121

Username999 said:

Michael121 said:

Just looked at this trading212 investing account, it says there is no fees? How do they make money then. 

"Revenue derives from commissions and spread paid by customers and from client losses on unhedged positions."

See the section "Business Review" : https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/10014283/filing-history/MzI0NjEzNTg0NGFkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0

Interesting so say i wanted to buy some individual shares one day would this spread still be less than using like iweb with £5 commission and currency exchange of 1.5%. I can't find no mention of this spread on trading212.