Best investment or saving you have made?

convict90210

Best: Getting into ASOS when they were 10p a share (sold for around 50p) wish I held on though!!!!
Worse: Losing over 85% on an investment in Northern Rock and a few spread bets that went tits up...

[Deleted User]

My best investment decision was buying shares in barclays 3 days ago in the crash.

They released a statement saying profits are on track -

http://www.reuters.com/article/gc07/idUSL2382702020080123

so now it looks like ill have doubled my money when they get back to normal valuation.

:beer:

purch

a few spread bets

Ah ha yes Spread Bets..........:cool: ..........had a few of those

...the time for some stange reason Sporting Index were quoting Jonah Lomu at 41/42 minutes for when he would score a try against England in the WC semi-final in 1995..............we all piled in and sold, and as we all know Lomu scored after about 50 seconds...........nice one :beer:

.......also in a West Ham against someone or other we all bought minutes till the first throw-in at about 2 1/2 and the ball stayed in play for about 25 minutes..:beer: :beer:

Of course I won't mention buying England runs at 250 the time Curtley Ambrose and the West Indies bowled the idiots out for 40 odd :mad:

Ya win some............lose even more :eek:

derrekmay

Yant1 wrote: »

My best investment decision was buying shares in barclays 3 days ago in the crash.

They released a statement saying profits are on track -

http://www.reuters.com/article/gc07/idUSL2382702020080123

so now it looks like ill have doubled my money when they get back to normal valuation.

:beer:

Great way to double your money in a short period!
But why did you decide to invest in it?
Did someone give you good advice or was it just your instincts?

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derrekmay wrote: »

Great way to double your money in a short period!
But why did youd ecide to invest in it?
Did someone give you good advice or was it just your instincts?

This guy really
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfuXKpMFUjc&feature=related

He buys when everyone else is selling into so called "safe" companys ie big, been around for a while, good profits records etc every time they appear excellent value ie good returns.

He has turned 10K into 200 billion and is the second richest in america.

Also ive read books only value investing, assessing risk etc. I learn everyday and have made a few mistakes so far but when it goes right it seems to make teh mistakes seen small.

I have invested in a lot more then just barclays recently. :beer: one of them jumped up 10% today.

derrekmay

Yant1 wrote: »

This guy really
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfuXKpMFUjc&feature=related

He buys when everyone else is selling into so called "safe" companys ie big, been around for a while, good profits records etc every time they appear excellent value ie good returns.

He has turned 10K into 200 billion and is the second richest in america.

Also ive read books only value investing, assessing risk etc. I learn everyday and have made a few mistakes so far but when it goes right it seems to make teh mistakes seen small.

I have invested in a lot more then just barclays recently. :beer: one of them jumped up 10% today.

Wouw verry impressive!
And it's good to be informed as best as you can before you start ivesting in something!
Do you only invest into stocks?
Or do you also have other investments?

[Deleted User]

derrekmay wrote: »

Wouw verry impressive!
And it's good to be informed as best as you can before you start ivesting in something!
Do you only invest into stocks?
Or do you also have other investments?

Nope I bought 3K of gold via ETF around august, its gone up a bit since then. But I have recently used that to feed the stocks ive bought recently. I thought since there was so much financial uncertainty, oil heading north and a shortage of supply v demand that it would be a good buy. It paid off quicker then I thought it would. I got some silver bars and gold coins at teh same time but im keeping them for when the oil supply become more restrictive in 10-15years time or even longer. I also had the feeling with the uncertainty over subprime and NRK that we were entering a bear market, as stocks started getting sold off below their fundermentals. Just a matter of bidding time and watching for the change, luckily it seems obvious when the change occurs but very few others seem to notice it. The FED slashing rates is a big incentive to buy stock as its virtually printing money via credit expansion.

Usual regular saver, ICESAVE covering stoozed money. Even some premium bonds (despite them being a bad investment)

I would like to one day invest in fine wine etc, maybe BTL if the fundermentals change after a housing crash.

I agree esp when investing in funds, the stockmarket, BTL you need to be very very well informed, or at least as good as you can be. Preferably a nice basic model and monte carlo model of the variables before you procede.

lavandergirl_2

BEST was INVENSYS. made quite a good profit on it .. :j

WORST hmmm shoes and bags

derrekmay

Yant1 wrote: »

Nope I bought 3K of gold via ETF around august, its gone up a bit since then. But I have recently used that to feed the stocks ive bought recently. I thought since there was so much financial uncertainty, oil heading north and a shortage of supply v demand that it would be a good buy. It paid off quicker then I thought it would. I got some silver bars and gold coins at teh same time but im keeping them for when the oil supply become more restrictive in 10-15years time or even longer. I also had the feeling with the uncertainty over subprime and NRK that we were entering a bear market, as stocks started getting sold off below their fundermentals. Just a matter of bidding time and watching for the change, luckily it seems obvious when the change occurs but very few others seem to notice it. The FED slashing rates is a big incentive to buy stock as its virtually printing money via credit expansion.

Usual regular saver, ICESAVE covering stoozed money. Even some premium bonds (despite them being a bad investment)

I would like to one day invest in fine wine etc, maybe BTL if the fundermentals change after a housing crash.

I agree esp when investing in funds, the stockmarket, BTL you need to be very very well informed, or at least as good as you can be. Preferably a nice basic model and monte carlo model of the variables before you procede.

Looks like you have a big investment portofolio in your hands!
And I like the way you set up your goals.
It's easier to work towards something you want to do later in your life.

derrekmay

lavandergirl wrote: »

BEST was INVENSYS. made quite a good profit on it .. :j

WORST hmmm shoes and bags

haha hopefully you didn't blew all your profits up into those shoes and bags:D