Understanding share prices

Thrugelmir

annabanana82 said:

Games workshop is a hobby of his so he's very familiar with the brand, it would be a long term investment but it would be more about what the shares are rather than the investing. 

Using a particular service/brand on a frequent basis can give one an insight into how good a business is on a number of levels. Investing isn't always about reading Company accounts and the like. Owning shares in a business where you spend your own money isn't a bad idea. Just keep the amount invested at a sensible level. 

strawb_shortcake

Thrugelmir said:

annabanana82 said:

Games workshop is a hobby of his so he's very familiar with the brand, it would be a long term investment but it would be more about what the shares are rather than the investing. 

Using a particular service/brand on a frequent basis can give one an insight into how good a business is on a number of levels. Investing isn't always about reading Company accounts and the like. Owning shares in a business where you spend your own money isn't a bad idea. Just keep the amount invested at a sensible level. 

Thank you, if he ever buys them then I think it would be about 10 shares which seems a low amount but at their prices I'd personally be unhappy if he put more in. 
I'm more tempted by the Vanguard life strategies, just need to work out how much I'm happy to put in and leave for long time.

Gary1984

I'm amazed at how well those shares have done. I went into their shop in Glasgow probably around 10 years ago looking for board games, not realising how specialised they were. A salesperson with terrible personal hygiene offered to walk me through how the warhammer thing worked but can't say I was too interested. I'd never have thought the company would be so successful! 

NorthernJoe

Your husband isn't the only person looking to "dabble".

There has been a huge surge in retail "investors" ploughing money into individual shares. Platforms like Robinhood (US) & Trading 212 in UK make this incredibly easy. IMO many stocks have become decoupled from reality & buoyed by unlimited support from the Fed & other central banks, are at all time highs just as the fundamental economic underpinnings haven collapsed.

Are we in a bubble? Who knows.

Some markets (China) almost certainly & some sectors (Tech) probably IMO. There are guys on the internet with tens of thousands of followers buying shares in companies chosen from a bag of scrabble letters. People are piling into bankrupt companies which then soar in value & the cleaners in my workplace are trading on their smartphones & offering me stock tips. 

None of this really matters if all he wants to do is buy and hold Games Workshop but when you see that arrow point green, it's tempting to exceed one's threshold for risk.