Investing - advice / comments welcome
I recently opened a stocks & shares ISA with my bank and invested in one of their own funds (of the low/mid/high risk options I went for the latter), this for the reason that I thought I don't really know anything about investing so thought I'd leave my investment in safer hands. However, this has only served to whet my appetite and I'm now looking at more hands-on investing (albeit with only a nominal amount to begin with incase I'm rubbish and lose it all).
If anyone has any experience themselves of investing, I'd be immensely grateful for any insight etc that might be offered (at layperson / beginner level). I'm finding shares most appealing at present, simply because they seem to be more suited to a hands-on approach rather than simply investing and then leaving - if anyone has any pointers specifically in relation to indexes etc then this would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks
Posted By: NxNW on November 17th 2021 at 15:58:50
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- Investing - advice / comments welcome (General Chat) - NxNW, Nov 17, 15:58:50
- re: investing (General Chat) - oli470, Nov 17, 20:42:27
- Watch prof Alex Edmonds' lectures at Gresham college. (General Chat) - KevinBond, Nov 17, 19:57:15
- Buy ETFs. (n/m) (General Chat) - LeftSide, Nov 17, 19:13:16
- Elephant Tusk Finials (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 17, 19:23:18
- Invest it in a Jumbo1 business opportunity (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 17, 19:09:18
- I'm not an IFA but became interested in this a few years ago (General Chat) - Ruttles, Nov 17, 19:09:13
- If you invest with me I guarantee satisfaction (n/m) (General Chat) - protheroe fitzgibbon, Nov 17, 19:09:10
- ^arse cheque (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 17, 19:24:48
- 100% agree with Cardiff Canary. (General Chat) - SeattleSounders, Nov 17, 18:51:07
- Lots of good advice already (General Chat) - Old Man, Nov 17, 18:32:32
- There’s a slightly old (pre financial crisis) book called “Simple but not easy” which is a (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 17, 18:19:56
- Unlike my Garry who’s both simple and easy (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 17, 19:06:26
- Buy a load of coke, get a couple of hookers and put the rest on red 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Nov 17, 18:11:31
- ^^ Wayne Rooney’s IFA ^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 17, 18:15:43
- 🤣 (n/m) (General Chat) - Captain Bligh, Nov 17, 18:16:47
- That is shocking advice (General Chat) - Kangol Canary, Nov 17, 18:13:16
- ^^ Wayne Rooney’s IFA ^^ (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 17, 18:15:43
- lots of good and bad info on the tinternet so try and sift out the good stuff (General Chat) - Tombs, Nov 17, 17:35:13
- My advice use a world tracker if you are under 40 100% equities (General Chat) - pinkney, Nov 17, 17:32:21
- No one’s mentioned dividends, they can make quite a difference to your overall gains (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Nov 17, 17:17:53
- I use both IG and HL (Hargreaves Landsdown) (General Chat) - Old Splat, Nov 17, 17:06:50
- ^minted (n/m) (General Chat) - Jumbo1, Nov 17, 20:12:52
- Thanks, that spreadsheet idea is right up my street (General Chat) - NxNW, Nov 17, 17:12:37
- Couple of quick questions (General Chat) - JoeyDeacon, Nov 17, 16:59:57
- No, the investment that I've already made was just a punt - no advice save for reading a (General Chat) - NxNW, Nov 17, 17:07:14
- What would USAC do? (n/m) (General Chat) - tudders, Nov 17, 16:52:14
- Since you asked and didn't have some kind of meltdown tilt.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Nov 17, 17:00:49
- This is actually pretty much what Warren Buffett would say (General Chat) - Old Git, Nov 17, 18:15:11
- 👍 (n/m) (General Chat) - NxNW, Nov 17, 17:12:58
- Since you asked and didn't have some kind of meltdown tilt.... (General Chat) - usacanary, Nov 17, 17:00:49
- what you should really do (General Chat) - Henclrikus, Nov 17, 16:39:58
- That's just not true............ (General Chat) - usacanary, Nov 17, 17:06:54
- All good advice here already (General Chat) - Cardiff Canary, Nov 17, 16:36:03
- Match risk up with time scale is the basic rule (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Nov 17, 16:28:32
- Meant to reply to Munich93! (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Nov 17, 16:30:01
- Cheers, much appreciated (n/m) (General Chat) - NxNW, Nov 17, 17:13:32
- Meant to reply to Munich93! (General Chat) - SimonOTBC, Nov 17, 16:30:01
- Buy high..sell low! simples. (n/m) (General Chat) - KevinBond, Nov 17, 16:19:32
- Just wondering why you went for high risk as a novice? (General Chat) - Munich93, Nov 17, 16:13:06
- Because I'm (fairly) young and can leave that investment in situ to ride out any slumps (n/m) (General Chat) - NxNW, Nov 17, 16:14:50
- The advice below around spreading the risk is good imo (General Chat) - Munich93, Nov 17, 16:23:54
- Because I'm (fairly) young and can leave that investment in situ to ride out any slumps (n/m) (General Chat) - NxNW, Nov 17, 16:14:50
- only invest what you can afford to lose (General Chat) - pab, Nov 17, 16:10:29
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