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Your best Boomer stocks?
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Flatulentoldgoat
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Mostly invested in funds/eft's so far but looking to diversify. Since I'm going for the long term, what are your best Boomer stocks? The ones mostly enjoyed by the 60+ cohort that they're using to top up their pensions?
Tesco?
Rolls Royce
Roual Mail?
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If your investment research methodology entails questions like that, you really would be just as well off using a pin and a blindfold....12
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Flatulentoldgoat said:Mostly invested in funds/eft's so far but looking to diversify. Since I'm going for the long term, what are your best Boomer stocks? The ones mostly enjoyed by the 60+ cohort that they're using to top up their pensions?Tesco?Rolls RoyceRoual Mail?
Personally if I wanted income and were in this position where I really could not afford risk (whether or not these investors realise this) I would look for investment trusts with significant dividends rather than individual companies, and would pay particular attention to renewable energy (because of the government protection that such operators receive, reducing risk) and perhaps infrastructure.
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If you've chosen your funds sensibly you should already be diversified. If you want dividends in retirement then look at a dividend fund. I'm a boomer and don't own any individual stocks, but do own an income oriented fund that contains dividend stocks and corporate bonds.“So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past.”0
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Why do you think that people who are retired use a different strategy to those who are accumulating? Just stay invested in what you already have.0
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Prism said:Why do you think that people who are retired use a different strategy to those who are accumulating? Just stay invested in what you already have.0
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Sorry to jump on the 'are you sure you are asking the right question' band wagon, but: Are you sure you are asking the right question?
I read "Boomer" as stocks that have risen the most. In which case they will most likely have already risen, with no guarantee they will carry on rising, and no one has any sure fire way to identify the next 'boomers'.
EDIT: Ha ha, Baby Boomers! Ah I see, from reading the messages below!0 -
what are your best Boomer stocks? The ones mostly enjoyed by the 60+ cohort that they're using to top up their pensions?
The vast majority of the public do not hold individual shares but use funds. Any shares tend to be a dabble rather than their serious planning.
I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The comments I make are just my opinion and are for discussion purposes only. They are not financial advice and you should not treat them as such. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser local to you.2 -
dunstonh said:what are your best Boomer stocks? The ones mostly enjoyed by the 60+ cohort that they're using to top up their pensions?
The vast majority of the public do not hold individual shares but use funds. Any shares tend to be a dabble rather than their serious planning.
That was definitely a time of single stocks for the masses...0 -
If anyone answers your question you're just gonna get a load of tickers
If you want high yield here's my best in no particular order (pandemic dividend cuts ignored):
VOD,CLIG,EMG,CNA,LLOY,VTY,TW.,BP.,DLG,PAY,BNC,GFRD,GSK,HSBC,SSE,RDSB,BKG,LGEN,NG.
Of course, for the overall investment performance it all depends on at what price you buy and when!0 -
eskbanker said:Prism said:Why do you think that people who are retired use a different strategy to those who are accumulating? Just stay invested in what you already have.0
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