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Economy crash =/= stock market crash?
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My mining stock GJGB should just go to zero and get this over with.0
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lozzy1965 said:coastline said:lozzy1965 said:Type_45 said:lozzy1965 said:Type_45 said:GSP said:Type_45 said:Since I bought VANECK UCITS ETFS VANECK VECTORS JNR GOLD MIN (GJGB) on 19 April its lost 27.85% of it's value. An absolute horror show. Haemorrhages money pretty much every day.
I should have made the decision to have a certain stop on it and sold it before now. I don't feel I can do that anymore.
It currently represents 13.40% of my portfolio, so it's not hurting too much. It's just annoying.
Of course, it pales into insignificance compared to my crypto losses.
And also enough around you to protect your ‘wealth’ what’s left of it in a world where ‘currency’ has a new meaning and trades are done on a daily basis to stay alive.
Thinking something as bad as Zombie fleasheaters the impression you give how bad things will be.
incidentally, if you say nearly 15% of your portfolio is a horrow show, but this pales into insignificance of your cryto losses, just how well are you doing?
What % is your portfolio down from its highest point?
Market Summary | StockCharts.com
For example a UK banking stock compared to the $BNK index in the US.
Barclays PLC, UK:BARC Advanced Chart - (LON) UK:BARC, Barclays PLC Stock Price - BigCharts.com (marketwatch.com)
There's always differences as individual stocks have their own make up but generally trends are in the same direction. Sometimes you can think there's something wrong but it could well be the sector is just out of favour.
Lloyds Banking Group PLC, UK:LLOY Advanced Chart - (LON) UK:LLOY, Lloyds Banking Group PLC Stock Price - BigCharts.com (marketwatch.com)
Still positive..
S&P 500 Could Be 30% Higher In The Next 12 Months (ibtimes.com)
There is some truth to this. Even with gold. Gold, truth be told, has not been there (price-wise) when people have needed it the most. It has not performed this year as many would have hoped. And that's often been the case with it.1 -
GazzaBloom said:I'm no visionary but am about 7% down year to date including contributions into 100% equities index funds. We hold 3 funds, one each for my pension, wife's pension and S&S ISA.
No fannying around or piddling about with asset allocation here, just rising above the noise and buying in monthly regardless.
The only thing I have done in significantly increase my salary sacrifice from March to buy more."If you aren’t willing to own a stock for ten years, don’t even think about owning it for ten minutes” Warren Buffett
Save £12k in 2025 - #024 £1,450 / £15,000 (9%)0 -
george4064 said:GazzaBloom said:I'm no visionary but am about 7% down year to date including contributions into 100% equities index funds. We hold 3 funds, one each for my pension, wife's pension and S&S ISA.
No fannying around or piddling about with asset allocation here, just rising above the noise and buying in monthly regardless.
The only thing I have done in significantly increase my salary sacrifice from March to buy more.
It's no surprise, of course, that the frequenters of this board are the outliers who are beating those odds. It's absolutely expected.0 -
Could be worse (benchmark is FTSE all share)
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Type_45 said:george4064 said:GazzaBloom said:I'm no visionary but am about 7% down year to date including contributions into 100% equities index funds. We hold 3 funds, one each for my pension, wife's pension and S&S ISA.
No fannying around or piddling about with asset allocation here, just rising above the noise and buying in monthly regardless.
The only thing I have done in significantly increase my salary sacrifice from March to buy more.0 -
Swipe said:Type_45 said:george4064 said:GazzaBloom said:I'm no visionary but am about 7% down year to date including contributions into 100% equities index funds. We hold 3 funds, one each for my pension, wife's pension and S&S ISA.
No fannying around or piddling about with asset allocation here, just rising above the noise and buying in monthly regardless.
The only thing I have done in significantly increase my salary sacrifice from March to buy more.
Yes. Another 60% from the highs. Doesn't seem so far down now, does it...0 -
Just to add some example funds to see where we are at YTD.
Vanguard FTSE All World -9.3%
Vanguard FTSE 100 +0.2%
Vanguard Global Agg Bond -11.2%
iShares Physical gold +10.4%
iShares Global property -10.1%
iShares Global infrastructure +3.9%
A nice balanced portfolio should be doing just fine with relatively low losses - worth say that some of those funds have been helped by the rising Dollar.
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Prism said:Just to add some example funds to see where we are at YTD.
Vanguard FTSE All World -9.3%
Vanguard FTSE 100 +0.2%
Vanguard Global Agg Bond -11.2%
iShares Physical gold +10.4%
iShares Global property -10.1%
iShares Global infrastructure +3.9%
A nice balanced portfolio should be doing just fine with relatively low losses - worth say that some of those funds have been helped by the rising Dollar.
Gold looks good on that list!0
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