No, the investment that I've already made was just a punt - no advice save for reading a
little online.
Without going into specific details, the money invested was a bit of a bonus to me so I've just put in a high-risk fund for the long-term...I'm happy (and fortunate) enough to just let it ebb & flow before hopefully giving me a decent return in several years.
Thanks for the advice.
Posted By: NxNW on November 17th 2021 at 17:07:14
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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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