Who's has been buying today?

HCIMbtw

My plan is £800 a day over the next 5 weeks 

Thought process being the immediate future is unstable and don't want to focus exposure to a single day.. so just a bit of a hedge, would've put it all in today if the politics weren't so bonkers

Swipe

Just funded my new year's ISA and SIPP and have had a small nibble today.

jimexbox

Dropped another few quid in when the markets opened. 

Bravepants

Vanguard website struggling at the moment...can't log in! Either people are filling their ISA boots or panic selling. HL site is no problem though.

BarleyGB

Buying now could be a bit like catching a falling knife. 

Trump & his fanboys seem pretty stubborn, they could easily retaliate to China and double down with more tariffs, we could be looking at a rout like in 2008, worst case scenario markets may have another 25% plus drop still to go.

BarleyGB

MEM62 said:

It's a nice little dip in the market and tempted me to take some cash (£20K) out of the pot I had earmarked for settling our mortgage next year and have just stuck it in my S&S ISA.  

I wouldn't invest any money you're going to need in 12 months, markets may have much larger falls still to go & may not recover to where they are today for years?

Any decision is a risk, only use money you dont need in the short term.

Swipe

I'm just nibbling at the moment. If it's anything like 2022, there'll be plenty of time to get cheap buys in.

Hoenir

Swipe said:

I'm just nibbling at the moment. If it's anything like 2022, there'll be plenty of time to get cheap buys in.

Nothing like 2022. Truss never got to enact her policies. This is for real. 

Linton

Sold some China from my SIPP just before the end of the tax year to use up most of the available basic rate tax band and have just rebought in my ISA at a lower price.

In theory I should have rebalanced into US. However the plan is to allow the US to drop to 35% of my growth portolio as I see current events as evidence of a fundamental shift of global economic power. Interesting times!

artyboy

It's now getting very close to me diving back in. I moved a big chunk of HMWO into CSH2 just after the US election, partly as a hedge, partly as an opportunity fund. 

HMWO is now about 20% down on my November sale price. I wasn't expecting the opportunity to come quite so soon!