China - have I missed the boat??

rob_kzk

Hi All,

I started in investing in funds through Hargreaves Lansdowne about 6 months ago.

I have been investing £50 a month in the First State Greater China fund. I understand that this is a high risk and thus volatile fund, and also that shares haven't been at their strongest over the past few months, however I was just wondering if I have got inot the booming Chinese economy too late and I've missed the boat for good gains?

I would appreciate your thoughts on this. Also, what do people think will happen with the upcoming Olympic Games in China? Will the Chinese funds have another flourish or will they not be affected by this sort of factor?

Any thoughts would be appreciated.

Cheers

Rob

shokadelika

How is your investment doing? .I think China will be an excellent place to be invested over the next 10/20 years trouble is I could be wrong !.

I would rather invest £50 into Allianz Bric fund to spread your exposure across a few markets it has also performed better than your single country fund.

Volatility is your friend when saving monthly as long as the long term trend is up.;)
as always DYOR

wombat42_2

shokadelika wrote: »

How is your investment doing? .I think China will be an excellent place to be invested over the next 10/20 years trouble is I could be wrong !.

I would rather invest £50 into Allianz Bric fund to spread your exposure across a few markets it has also performed better than your single country fund.

Volatility is your friend when saving monthly as long as the long term trend is up.;)
as always DYOR

I invested tons into China/Kong last year - the returns were stellar but now things are much more rocky and volatile. The Chinese economy will most likely boom for the next 10 to 20 years but the stock market will still be very volatile but most likely still do very well long term. Yes i agree that investing in Allianz Bric is a better idea as a bit less risk.

TEDDYRUKSPIN

Erm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just to note. None of the above and I, will be providing full advice on this.

The stock market, no matter what, is volatile.

You have actually missed the boat. 2 recessions will happen in the next two years.

One is happening now. The next around 2010. Not even china will be able to stop this!

Welcome to reality.

All the rich have placed their monies in deposit based investments.

shokadelika

TEDDYRUKSPIN wrote: »

Erm!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Just to note. None of the above and I, will be providing full advice on this.

The stock market, no matter what, is volatileYou have actually missed the boat. 2 recessions will happen in the next two years.

One is happening now. The next around 2010. Not even china will be able to stop this!

Welcome to reality.

All the rich have placed their monies in deposit based investments.

Erm!!!!!!!!!!!

:rolleyes:
Please supply some evidence/links of your conclusions and your predictions?

I would not expect China to stop a "recession " but do you mean here, there or anywhere?

"You have actually missed the boat. 2 recessions will happen in the next two years.

Is that a double recession then?

"The stock market, no matter what, is volatile."

wOw what a revelation!Took me years to figure that one out..


:question::question:

ManAtHome

I'd be interested in the opinions (lets face it, none of us are likely to have evidence of the future). Personally, I'm wondering what effect the apparently growing "walk away from your mortgage" movement in the US will have. Current guess is that it will hit the financial sector pretty hard, but could boost sales in other areas (anyone's guess as to what the Fed will try to bail out the finance sector - negative "interest" rates..?).

Different rules in the UK though - would welcome any thoughts about how we boost demand given current levels of personal and government debt and a falling currency unless interest rates hold or creep back up.

purch

China - have I missed the boat??

Yes....but that one sank a couple of months ago....


Don't worry...............they are building a few more and they will be ready to launch soon !!!

TEDDYRUKSPIN

Yeah. Plenty of SANPAN to fly you to the moon.

Everyone knows that the aging population is coming in 2 - 3 years. NOTE: the baby boom! Due to this, alot of people have moved all their funds to deposit based investments. FIDELITY have actually felt this. We are seeing this in the financial sector but this has not spread out due to fear.

They are unable to fill this gap quick enough and hence, the true recession has yet to hit the market!

The credit crunch was not foreseen by the FUTURE PREDICTOR! Oooooo...

Hope this helps!

The china market has really swept away. It will be really hard to find. If you want security, bet on funds and not direct shares. Hope this helps. This will help reduce your losses.