Buying shares?

[shaz619]

I think the stats show (they often have to publish this in the small print) about 80-90% of spreadbet/cfd accounts lose money. You need to know what you are doing because you are trading on leverage. I've known pro-traders get wiped out on those accounts. And I mean wiped out of the game alltogether.

Best to start with a regular savings type account and 'pound cost average' or 'dollar cost average' into funds/stocks

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dollarcostaveraging.asp

When I first started (back in the 1990s) I stuck to what I thought I knew investing in football club shares

You could at that time buy shares in Manchester United, Arsenal and Liverpool when the whole clubs were valued at only c.£10m (they're now all valued at £1000m+ because of inflation / media rights / understanding of their global brand appeal etc)

If you do opt for stocks its a good idea to initially stick to companies/products you know. e.g. if you were into cars why not look at companies that supply the auto industry for example

Spread betting as in buying small shares across a variety of companies ? with the theory being they are aiming to mitigate the potential risk.

Currently from a share POV I have a company savers and purchase account with contribution being deducted from the wage monthly although I am limited by the amount I am able to contribute, beyond that have not invested but looking to. Is a dollar cost averaging similar to this ? where you are contributing regularly on a monthly basis etc and target select companies, however this is highly risky unless you have an idea or vision for where the company will be 10 years from now, you've done well s28 to target those clubs

 

[shaz619]

Are shares, stocks and equity in essence have the same meaning with regards to the level of ownership you have in a company or specific asset, also views on fractional shares?

 

[Diffusion]

Are shares, stocks and equity in essence have the same meaning with regards to the level of ownership you have in a company or specific asset, also views on fractional shares?

Depends on how you're investing. Buying actual shares is actually not that straight forward and the easiest way to get stocks is to use brokers.

The brokers hold large volumes of stocks & what you're instead doing is holding a position with the broker. I.e. you can "buy" the right to sell the share back to the broker at a later date for the trading price. In many cases you don't own the underlying asset.

 

[shaz619]

Depends on how you're investing. Buying actual shares is actually not that straight forward and the easiest way to get stocks is to use brokers.

The brokers hold large volumes of stocks & what you're instead doing is holding a position with the broker. I.e. you can "buy" the right to sell the share back to the broker at a later date for the trading price. In many cases you don't own the underlying asset.

Interesting, what do you make of platforms such as trading 212 and among others where folk can purchase shares, would you view these platforms as the broker in a way or generally speaking are you saying you should be hiring said individual for the purpose of purchasing said shares which are of interest

 

[Diffusion]

Interesting, what do you make of platforms such as trading 212 and among others where folk can purchase shares, would you view these platforms as the broker in a way or generally speaking are you saying you should be hiring said individual for the purpose of purchasing said shares which are of interest

Trading 212 is a CFD so they're the broker I just described - or a bookie you might say.

They do have an invest platform which is commission free at the moment as I just realised. Honestly though, if you are interested in investing as a beginner you should invest in index funds. Historically, you'll see that even incredibly smart people, who are paid millions to pick & choose stocks aren't good enough to consistently beat the market.

When you invest an index tracker, you are diversifying your investment and aligning your fortunes with the growth of the entire economy. It's safe, it's boring but you'll make more money from it than gambling on stocks.

Now if you want to add more excitement to it, you can choose which trackers you want your funds to follow. S&P 500 has historically beaten everything else for growth, but who knows if the the USA will still be economic powerhouse of the world going forward? The European indexes are generally slower & steadier gainers. The FTSE over the last 20 years has been stagnant.

If you feel a bit wild you could look into putting a small share (<10%) into the developing markets indexes. There's more scope for growth in developing countries but the individual stocks that make up those indexes are a lot more volatile - and more likely to go completely bust than the western powerhouses.

 

[s28]

Ignore the top stock on this list it's an error

But what a day for a whole load of stocks on UK market today (Monday 6th April 2020)

Most people would be happy with 25% returns in a year but that is what some stocks delivered today

 

[s28]

PLUS one of the spreadbet/CFD companies released crazy figures today on new signups

Very dangerous if amateurs sitting at home spending time and money gambling

The HOUSE always WINS!

 

[hussain.r97]

Just recently started investing in stocks (US Stock Market) . Read 'One up on Wall Street' by Peter Lynch, anyone got any other book recommendations?

 

[s28]

AVCT

Incredible news for Avacta today

Developing rapid cheap mass test for covid19 with Danaher's Cytiva (GE LifeSciences)

 

[s28]

Jack Schwager - Market Wizards

Edwin Lefevre - Reminsences of a stock operator (Jesse Livermore)

Reminscenses all the modern greats say it influenced them

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reminiscences_of_a_Stock_Operator

 

[shaz619]

[MENTION=107620]s28[/MENTION] [MENTION=137578]Diffusion[/MENTION]

I am aiming for the following to start of with applying the DCA method with a view on the long term:

- iShares Core FTSE 100 UCITS ETF: What do you think of this ? the positive is the diversification and am trying to find a pie chart which shows the % of the sectors which are most dominant but I imagine that will still be the banks and the risk would if they all crashed like in the past. As for the ETF itself, it is a good time to buy; although Diffusion did say you had some concerns on the long term growth. With an ETF index tracker, do they buy actual shares/stock ?

- City of London Investment Trust: There may be some potential benefits to these although I don't fully get how they work, but the major advantage listed is liquidity and being able to sell holdings easily as it may not be so simple for example with commercial property

- Companies: Will stick to companies I know, in terms of the debt to asset % what is acceptable in these times, there are some places I know which have a 110% perhaps it would be best to avoid these even if the price is very low ?

- Emerging markets: Cannabis lol messing, fractional shares in Tesla ?


But am thinking along these lines with a max budget of £200 not sure if that is too high or less but perhaps it is ok to start with

 

[s28]

Can't give any specific advice as I don't know your individual circumstances or risk/reward profile

In general the gist of that diversified strategy seems correct

With regard to point about '110% leverage' you might well say 110% leverage of what ? What is denominator and numerator ? I'd say particularly in present environment a lot of that is open to debate. Credit rating agencies are going to be very busy understanding the risks in this new unprecedented World.

I am personally playing safe by not investing in any companies with debt. Luckily no banks are stupid enough to extend debt to high risk biotechs which is my main investment area LOL

 

[s28]

AVCT

AVCT

Always a bull market somewhere

 

[Zed_mann]

What the review on Bitcoin UP, apparently it an automated platform, with minimum investment of 250, you can make returns with in few hours...
Personaly think it to good tp be true, must be a catch to it....
Anyone had any experience with this.

 

[s28]

C4XD

Placing today at 15p (a premium to prevailing price)

Only for £1m but gives them working capital for more than 12 months

I expect they'll sign licencing deals and get milestones on existing deals in meantime

 

[s28]

Etx

Beautiful chart this one

ETX's Ali Mortazavi will be doing an Investor Presentation tomorrow

Oxford, UK, 15 May 2020 - e-therapeutics plc (AIM: ETX.L, "e-therapeutics" or "the Company") will be presenting at the Shares Investor Evening - Webinar sponsored by AJ Bell on Tuesday 19th May 2020. The webinar will start at 18:00 BST and investors can register to attend here: https://www.sharesmagazine.co.uk/events/event/shares-investor-evening--webinar-190520



Ali Mortazavi, Executive Chairman of e-therapeutics, will be presenting an overview of the Company and will be available to take questions during the event.

 

[Manager102]

Bumping this - what is everyone's view of the continued rally in the markets (supported by the Fed cash reserves)

Admittedly I let go of most of my holdings around mid Feb (the same time TSLA had it's rally and was one of the lucky one's to sell at the high 800s after having a position at around 300 previously).

Currently hold a position in MSFT, FARN and Pictet but substantial amount of my portfolio is in cash as I was waiting on a slump in the market (which hasn't materialised).

 

[Napa]

Bumping this - what is everyone's view of the continued rally in the markets (supported by the Fed cash reserves)

Admittedly I let go of most of my holdings around mid Feb (the same time TSLA had it's rally and was one of the lucky one's to sell at the high 800s after having a position at around 300 previously).

Currently hold a position in MSFT, FARN and Pictet but substantial amount of my portfolio is in cash as I was waiting on a slump in the market (which hasn't materialised).

S&P at 308 is about 9% down from its peak of 339, so you seem to have missed the boat as far as the recovery rally goes. You could buy SPY for the long term, but in the one to two years horizon it may not be a great investment.

Can't really offer much advice for individual stocks other than MSFT will by all accounts continue to be massively profitable, so is unlikely to tank. Of course with a trillion plus dollars market valuation, it is unlikely to grow a lot.

 

[Manager102]

S&P at 308 is about 9% down from its peak of 339, so you seem to have missed the boat as far as the recovery rally goes. You could buy SPY for the long term, but in the one to two years horizon it may not be a great investment.

Can't really offer much advice for individual stocks other than MSFT will by all accounts continue to be massively profitable, so is unlikely to tank. Of course with a trillion plus dollars market valuation, it is unlikely to grow a lot.

Yes fair, I noted the drop and recovery - my expectation was more of a U shapre recovery with a longer lead time as opposed to the V

Hesitated to buy back in at that point thinking it was a short rally with a prolonged dip expected

 

[Napa]

Yes fair, I noted the drop and recovery - my expectation was more of a U shapre recovery with a longer lead time as opposed to the V

<b>Hesitated to buy back in at that point thinking it was a short rally with a prolonged dip expected</b>

May well happen. You will read new articles by "experts" every day saying the market will tank, but no one really knows. I have confidence that the longer term (5+ years) will be positive for the market, the next year or two I have no idea what could happen.

 

[s28]

Make hay whilst sun shines

 

[shaz619]

Originally I bought IVR due to it's dividend and then made the mistake of buying more while it was rising super fast, I averaged down today and hoping it can exceed the 6 dollar mark; pre-covid levels it was in excess of 10 dollars. Hopefully I can get out of IVR sooner rather then later.

Beyond that, have opened an ISA and have EQQ, ishares Global Clean Energy, Visa, Tesla, Disney, Apple and Realty Income; among the stocks in excess of 100 dollars I have fractions in these.

Bought a bit of Tesla and Disney today; if there is another dip I want to average these down or add Microsoft / Intel.

I had a index tracker in FTSE 100 sold that, will also be looking to sell my S&P 500 tracker tomorrow if it is still in the green and buy a blue chip company again. I don't see the point in index trackers unless you have massive chunks of money because they take forever to give you some nice returns, plus why would you buy S&P 500 if you can buy fractions or shares in their top 5 holdings...

 

[shaz619]

Make hay whilst sun shines

Tesla just keeps soaring like crazy! rumour has it they are close to breaking even this year and if they are profitable in the next quarter; will qualify for the S&P 500.

I want to get Amazon but they are so expensive, however there is an chance to get fractions in their stock.

Also keeping an eye on Alibaba who will see their stock being split within 2 weeks.

 

[Bewal Express]

I am looking at ITV at the moment, around 72p, worth around 110 in the longer term, brought shares in Rolls Royce, but so far not done well, brought shares in easy jet and Warren Buffet warned about airlines so I sold at loss, and then they virtually doubled in value in the next month. Glencore is a solid investment, they are around 172 atm, long term you are looking at 250.

 

[shaz619]

I am looking at ITV at the moment, around 72p, worth around 110 in the longer term, brought shares in Rolls Royce, but so far not done well, brought shares in easy jet and Warren Buffet warned about airlines so I sold at loss, and then they virtually doubled in value in the next month. Glencore is a solid investment, they are around 172 atm, long term you are looking at 250.

What was your average for royces, anything around 3 quid or below is decent at this stage and they will always be around regardless; they saw a drop on Friday after announcing they are reviewing options to boost their balance sheet. I can see another up swing soon when they formally announce how many jobs they will cut and cancellation of their employee pension plan. However, in this moment I only see value in swing trading them unless I want to hold for 4-5 years; this is because they have too much debut and civil aerospace is their major revenue driver and their engines have predominately been provided for aircraft suitable for long haul flights and these will take the longest to recover (however long that is) in the aviation industry as a result of the pandemic sadly.

When it comes to the Aero/Aviation industry you will see a great deal of volatility while majority of the companies who are largely diversified like Honeywell or those mainly involved in defence probably are a little more safer with the better financial health.

 

[Bewal Express]

What was your average for royces, anything around 3 quid or below is decent at this stage and they will always be around regardless; they saw a drop on Friday after announcing they are reviewing options to boost their balance sheet. I can see another up swing soon when they formally announce how many jobs they will cut and cancellation of their employee pension plan. However, in this moment I only see value in swing trading them unless I want to hold for 4-5 years; this is because they have too much debut and civil aerospace is their major revenue driver and their engines have predominately been provided for aircraft suitable for long haul flights and these will take the longest to recover (however long that is) in the aviation industry as a result of the pandemic sadly.

When it comes to the Aero/Aviation industry you will see a great deal of volatility while majority of the companies who are largely diversified like Honeywell or those mainly involved in defence probably are a little more safer with the better financial health.

I would pay up to 2.80, its at around 2.68 and that's a good price. Its a hold for 2 to 3 years and there is a decent return to be made but it is risky because if there is a a 2nd spike, it could drop further.

 

[s28]

PYC MACD turning/crossing usually been a tradeable mini rally from this point in the recent past

Contract award and update



Physiomics plc (AIM: PYC), the oncology consultancy using mathematical models and its Virtual Tumour™ technology to support the development of cancer treatment regimens and personalised medicine solutions, is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a further contract of undisclosed value by existing client Bicycle Therapeutics plc (Nasdaq: BCYC) ("Bicycle"). The project involves advanced translational pharmacokinetic modelling of one of Bicycle's pipeline assets and represents the fourth Bicycle asset for which the Company has provided modelling support. The project is likely to last around two months.


In addition, the Company would like to confirm that it is in the late stages of agreeing a contract with the potential new large pharmaceutical client that was originally referred to in its placing announcement of 27 May 2020. As noted in that announcement, the project would take two of our technical staff around five months to complete. The Company will provide a further update on this in due course, as and when appropriate.

https://investegate.co.uk/physiomics-plc--pyc-/rns/contract-award-and-update/202006301430025736R/

Last time Physiomics announced a Contract with a Large Pharma the stock went up 3000% in about 3 days!

Doubt it will have another such run but it does seem quite undervalued given the potential

Particular excitement in recent months due to listing on Nasdaq of Schrodinger (SDGR) which is a comparator company which has been described as 'the most important IPO of the last 5 years' and the 'Tesla of the Drug Discovery industry'

SDGR listed at $17 in February 2020 and 5 months later is trading in the $90s !

 

[s28]

Here's some more on PYC's comparator SDGR

Read/Download the Citron Research PDF here

https://citronresearch.com/wp-conte...GR-Taking-Drug-Discovery-to-The-Space-Age.pdf

 

[DeadlyVenom]

[MENTION=107620]s28[/MENTION] many years ago you mentioned a news letter called red hot penny shares and then red hot biotech by Tom Bulford. Is the biotech one still going?

Had a google but couldnt find anything. I quite enjoyed some of the analysis in them and wanted to start reading them again.

 

[s28]

Thanks for reminder

I let my RHPS subscription lapse because Bulford after a poor run got replaced by a younger guy.

I think Bulford carried on with his Biotech letter for a bit but even that went down the toilet seemingly a victim of a very poor illiquid AIM market I'd guess rather than any fault of his own

I have not seen him being mentioned in stock circles for quite a while his last published work dates from 2018

https://ukuncensored.com/author/tom-bulford/

 

[s28]

Some old tech favourites with vastly reduced prices and have not taken part in Covid related boom or liquidity bubble have interesting chart set ups right now

XSG and NSCI

 

[s28]

NSCI NetScientific holds a portfolio of technology companies which could be quite interesting

The share price has suffered from an overhang because Neil Woodford (the now 'disgraced' Fund Manager) had 45% at one point and the selling of that stake into illiquid markets has hit the shares far below their 'look through' Sum-of-the-Parts valuation.

 

[Zed_mann]

PYC from Twitter account


https://mobile.twitter.com/Physiomics/status/1285869828239241219

 

[s28]

Physiomics PYC are going absolutely great guns at moment

As their Brokers commented a few weeks ago there are "multiple potential catalysts for share price appreciation"

 

[Zed_mann]

PYC - taken from advfn

ant15 great to have your wise counsel and experience on this BB could I ask your opinion on Tempus ? It was set up specifically as a Personalised Precision Oncology company due to the Founder/CEOs experience after his wife contracted cancer. It seems a real mission on his part. I'd imagine Physiomics would be an ideal partner for them. Would be amazing partner given Tempus have ex FDA Governor Scott Gottlieb on their Board !htTps://www.tempus.com/oncology/

 

[s28]

That guy ant15 on ADVFN BB is the ex-Founder of Physiomics Peter Hoskins. I don't know what went on in the past or why he left but many years later he has made the case for why the stock should trade over 100p (vs current 10p)

 

[s28]

Some old tech favourites with vastly reduced prices and have not taken part in Covid related boom or liquidity bubble have interesting chart set ups right now

XSG and NSCI

Wow what a day for NSCI

Its investee Company in the US PDS Biotechnology (PDSB) had some good preclinical data on their potential covid vaccine

 

[s28]

Not quite believed the Gold price move above previous highs and $2000 because there was no confirmation in the movement of Gold juniors/explorers. It would stand to reason if the 'markets' genuinely thought that Gold was set to be sustainably higher that the markets would also price up the equity/share prices of gold miners and gold explorers.

The Gold price has now retested its previous breakout level so I'm giving it a bit more respect and adding some positions in speculative gold explorers.

One problem with gold explorers is

1) they tend to operate in highly unstable geographies where corrupt officials/politicians can try to expropriate licences/profits

2) finding gold is hugely difficult, most of the easy 'low hanging fruit' has been taken

That is where ALBA come in

ALBA are exploring for Gold in Wales. Wales as part of the UK is a reasonably safe jurisdiction for a gold mine. There is unlikely to be corrupt officials trying to stymie their plans. The Government is unlikely to take their exploration licence away etc

Another advantage of ALBA as a speculative gold exploration play is that it is searching for Gold at an old abandoned Welsh gold mine Clogau which had already produced 80,000 oz of Gold. It is much easier finding gold near to old mines.

ALBA shares look interesting from a technical perspective exhibiting one of my favourite 'set ups' with a pincer movement between 50 and 200 day moving averages.

ALBA will start drilling in early September. Given that they will be drilling at an old gold mine I expect them to deliver news of 'gold discoveries' pretty soon after which could lead to a serious move in the stock especially if the gold price is providing a strong backdrop to such news.

 

[s28]

ALBA Welsh Gold

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[s28]

ALBA

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[Slog]

[MENTION=107620]s28[/MENTION] - you are clearly a very sophisticated investor and have been doing this for a long time. Why don’t you invest in the biggest markets ie NYSE and NASDAQ especially when it is so easy to do that since past decade while sitting anywhere in the world

 

[s28]

Investor Webinar



Alba Mineral Resources plc (AIM: ALBA), the diversified mineral exploration and development company, is pleased to announce that it will be hosting an investor webinar via Monecor UK Limited (trading as ETX Capital) on Tuesday 25th August at 17:00.



Investors can register to attend using the link below:

https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5794945656959971086



The webinar will take the format of a presentation by the Company followed by a Q&A segment. The presentation will follow a selection of the slides from the updated presentations for the Company's UK Gold Assets and Greenland Mining Projects as notified to the market on 7 August 2020.

 

[Bewal Express]

I have brought in ITV, hovering around 60p. I am aiming 80p in the medium and around 100p in the longer term.

 

[s28]

I am looking at more US stocks

PDSB - covid vaccine + cancer therapeutics
CYCC - a new cancer pathway drug platform

I used to run a NASDAQ benchmarked investment fund but as a UK investor using a UK brokerage it's just easier to trade UK stocks and greater information asymmetry vs UK investors than vs US herd

 

[s28]

I have brought in ITV, hovering around 60p. I am aiming 80p in the medium and around 100p in the longer term.

ITV is very economically sensitive

I just can't see upside in short term with Coronavirus destroying economic activity

 

[Bewal Express]

ITV is very economically sensitive

I just can't see upside in short term with Coronavirus destroying economic activity

Mine is a medium term decision. In the long term, which is 3 years +, I see a price of over 100p

 

[s28]

Fair enough. Biggest risk is opportunity cost of other potential risers you may miss out on in interim. It is so far away from 50 and 200 period moving averages there is a partial chance of a dead cat bounce on that alone

 

[s28]

Not quite believed the Gold price move above previous highs and $2000 because there was no confirmation in the movement of Gold juniors/explorers. It would stand to reason if the 'markets' genuinely thought that Gold was set to be sustainably higher that the markets would also price up the equity/share prices of gold miners and gold explorers.

The Gold price has now retested its previous breakout level so I'm giving it a bit more respect and adding some positions in speculative gold explorers.

One problem with gold explorers is

1) they tend to operate in highly unstable geographies where corrupt officials/politicians can try to expropriate licences/profits

2) finding gold is hugely difficult, most of the easy 'low hanging fruit' has been taken

That is where ALBA come in

ALBA are exploring for Gold in Wales. Wales as part of the UK is a reasonably safe jurisdiction for a gold mine. There is unlikely to be corrupt officials trying to stymie their plans. The Government is unlikely to take their exploration licence away etc

Another advantage of ALBA as a speculative gold exploration play is that it is searching for Gold at an old abandoned Welsh gold mine Clogau which had already produced 80,000 oz of Gold. It is much easier finding gold near to old mines.

ALBA shares look interesting from a technical perspective exhibiting one of my favourite 'set ups' with a pincer movement between 50 and 200 day moving averages.

ALBA will start drilling in early September. Given that they will be drilling at an old gold mine I expect them to deliver news of 'gold discoveries' pretty soon after which could lead to a serious move in the stock especially if the gold price is providing a strong backdrop to such news.

Interesting action today on ALBA

Breaking out of a 50 and 200 day Moving Average pincer on half decent volume

A day before an Investor Webinar (Tuesday 5pm)

A week before they start drilling for gold in Wales

 

[afaans]

Check out $NIO, Chinese Tesla. Looking very strong from TA perspective.

 

[marlonbrowndo]

I wish I understood this

 

[s28]

Not quite believed the Gold price move above previous highs and $2000 because there was no confirmation in the movement of Gold juniors/explorers. It would stand to reason if the 'markets' genuinely thought that Gold was set to be sustainably higher that the markets would also price up the equity/share prices of gold miners and gold explorers.

The Gold price has now retested its previous breakout level so I'm giving it a bit more respect and adding some positions in speculative gold explorers.

One problem with gold explorers is

1) they tend to operate in highly unstable geographies where corrupt officials/politicians can try to expropriate licences/profits

2) finding gold is hugely difficult, most of the easy 'low hanging fruit' has been taken

That is where ALBA come in

ALBA are exploring for Gold in Wales. Wales as part of the UK is a reasonably safe jurisdiction for a gold mine. There is unlikely to be corrupt officials trying to stymie their plans. The Government is unlikely to take their exploration licence away etc

Another advantage of ALBA as a speculative gold exploration play is that it is searching for Gold at an old abandoned Welsh gold mine Clogau which had already produced 80,000 oz of Gold. It is much easier finding gold near to old mines.

ALBA shares look interesting from a technical perspective exhibiting one of my favourite 'set ups' with a pincer movement between 50 and 200 day moving averages.

ALBA will start drilling in early September. Given that they will be drilling at an old gold mine I expect them to deliver news of 'gold discoveries' pretty soon after which could lead to a serious move in the stock especially if the gold price is providing a strong backdrop to such news.

BIG ! Breakout on ALBA today

Tonights presentation very positive

Expecting this to do very well in September

 

[shaz619]

I wish I understood this

You don't need to, to start of with can buy index tracker funds (ETF's) which spread your investment across companies, doing it monthly for the long term could see a nice pension by the time you hang up your boots. Some of the funds include

S&P 500 - America's top 500

There is a UK one to I wouldn't bother with that

Global Clean Energy - This is a great one, in terms of investing in companies looking ahead with the renewable energy

Invesco EQQ - This mainly includes the tech companies, I personally like this one given how the returns have been great recently

To compliment these you can also buy shares in 'blue chip' companies if you like such as Google, Amazon, Apple etc I see Disney as a blue chip to meself. Key is to invest money when you have it for the long term and to invest money you wont be needing anytime soon

 

[JaDed]

You don't need to, to start of with can buy index tracker funds (ETF's) which spread your investment across companies, doing it monthly for the long term could see a nice pension by the time you hang up your boots. Some of the funds include

S&P 500 - America's top 500

There is a UK one to I wouldn't bother with that

Global Clean Energy - This is a great one, in terms of investing in companies looking ahead with the renewable energy

Invesco EQQ - This mainly includes the tech companies, I personally like this one given how the returns have been great recently

To compliment these you can also buy shares in 'blue chip' companies if you like such as Google, Amazon, Apple etc I see Disney as a blue chip to meself. Key is to invest money when you have it for the long term and to invest money you wont be needing anytime soon

Vanguard has the best Index Funds..in states low returns but safe.. it's also used by all robo advisors (Betterment, Acorns)...

 

[Bigboii]

Baba is killing it

BTW I am new to stocks how can I invest in S&P 500 on robin hood or any other app? (just looking for safe and steady returns)

For a new guy and especially during covid I think I am doing pretty good

 

[sweep_shot]

Baba is killing it

BTW I am new to stocks how can I invest in S&P 500 on robin hood or any other app? (just looking for safe and steady returns)

For a new guy and especially during covid I think I am doing pretty good

I want to give Robin Hood a try. Can I start off with just $1,000?

 

[JaDed]

Baba is killing it

BTW I am new to stocks how can I invest in S&P 500 on robin hood or any other app? (just looking for safe and steady returns)

For a new guy and especially during covid I think I am doing pretty good

Type the symbol in search app I think its SPY.. and then buy..
-Limit order (if you have a specific exact amount).
-Market Price (will be more like a spread so mostly ends up being a bit more than market price)

 

[JaDed]

I want to give Robin Hood a try. Can I start off with just $1,000?

When did RH become available in Canada? And yes you can with 1000$

 

[JaDed]

[MENTION=151956]Bigboii[/MENTION] for SP 500

https://www.benzinga.com/money/best-sp-500-etfs/

Last year I made 8.4%(Less but no attention) through robo advisors.(Betterment) which was invested in VOO(Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)) among others

 

[sweep_shot]

When did RH become available in Canada? And yes you can with 1000$

Actually, it is not available in Canada. I just found out.

I hope they will operate in Canada soon.

 

[JaDed]

Actually, it is not available in Canada. I just found out.

I hope they will operate in Canada soon.

Lol Canada has no good ones for mobil but what you can do is start TSFA.. it basically makes you have tax free upto 69500 (which is huge for average) if you were 18 in 2009.. if not check with your bank what is your limit.

 

[sweep_shot]

Lol Canada has no good ones for mobil but what you can do is start TSFA.. it basically makes you have tax free upto 69500 (which is huge for average) if you were 18 in 2009.. if not check with your bank what is your limit.

Thanks. I read about it.

 

[shaz619]

Vanguard has the best Index Funds..in states low returns but safe.. it's also used by all robo advisors (Betterment, Acorns)...

I agree, one could just consider opening a vanguard account and have a look at the variety they offer with their index funds. I don't have one but may consider it soon, have been using trading 121 mostly

 

[JaDed]

I agree, one could just consider opening a vanguard account and have a look at the variety they offer with their index funds. I don't have one but may consider it soon, have been using trading 121 mostly

I got Robinhood... very easy to place trades..although the spread is okish..and we can buy most Index funds(incl Vanguard) and ETNs ..

 

[shaz619]

I got Robinhood... very easy to place trades..although the spread is okish..and we can buy most Index funds(incl Vanguard) and ETNs ..

Do you mostly buy index funds or other shares to and do you believe there is a 'tech bubble' among the leading US companies right now ? similar to early 2000's with dot com boom

 

[JaDed]

Do you mostly buy index funds or other shares to and do you believe there is a 'tech bubble' among the leading US companies right now ? similar to early 2000's with dot com boom

I did buy Indexes before(last year) after that during oil crash I did buy OIL ETF for a bit of profit, TBH I can't say whether its a bubble or not but I'm defn not buying Tesla or Zoom good on everyone who made profits there.

My comfort zone is anything is from 10$-90$ tech and industrial stocks.. (smaller range) but those are what I feel comfortable in terms of individual stocks..
Overall Indexes are the way to go esp Vanguard again low return but considering I'm not a trader or have much knowledge on the same cannot predict these super expensive stocks.

I do think its a bubble but not like tech bubble of 2000s that was actually insane..but again my opinion has no fundamental backing except common sense.. as to how companies with so much debt are getting such huge evaluations based on future.(Except Tesla) and companies with no debt and good sales aren't really getting their due like Cloudera..

 

[s28]

DDDD

Good day for 4D Pharma (DDDD)

Hosted a successful R&D webinar

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[Slog]

If you’re not invested in the market right now I would ask to atleast hold off till November election

If Biden wins I foresee a huge drop

 

[s28]

That's probably true but I actually think September could be a stonker of a month

A lot of Institutions adhere to the 'wisdom' of "Sell in May, go away, Come again St Legers Day" so I think they come back to their desks underweight and lagging indices/peers so they'll be playing catch up

The easiest way to catch up performance is to buy what has been working i.e. bio/pharma/tech

There is some sense to idea that if Interest Rates are going to be zero for longer then Equities with long term secular growth/price makers (not takers) will be the ones which do well long term

But I'd also be wary of October volatility and November Election related potential for crashes especially if Biden wins and the Trump 'put' is removed

 

[Manager102]

That's probably true but I actually think September could be a stonker of a month

A lot of Institutions adhere to the 'wisdom' of "Sell in May, go away, Come again St Legers Day" so I think they come back to their desks underweight and lagging indices/peers so they'll be playing catch up

The easiest way to catch up performance is to buy what has been working i.e. bio/pharma/tech

There is some sense to idea that if Interest Rates are going to be zero for longer then Equities with long term secular growth/price makers (not takers) will be the ones which do well long term

But I'd also be wary of October volatility and November Election related potential for crashes especially if Biden wins and the Trump 'put' is removed

Have been keeping an eye on ALBA since you posted in this thread and jumped on before the bank holiday weekend at around 0.13 sp - nice to see it move upwards

Have been doing my own DD since you mentioned and note there isn't much confidence in GF and he's seen as a slow mover for a CEO but hopefully with more RNS to come now drilling has started it can continue the trend

Thanks for the tip off!

 

[s28]

Not quite believed the Gold price move above previous highs and $2000 because there was no confirmation in the movement of Gold juniors/explorers. It would stand to reason if the 'markets' genuinely thought that Gold was set to be sustainably higher that the markets would also price up the equity/share prices of gold miners and gold explorers.

The Gold price has now retested its previous breakout level so I'm giving it a bit more respect and adding some positions in speculative gold explorers.

One problem with gold explorers is

1) they tend to operate in highly unstable geographies where corrupt officials/politicians can try to expropriate licences/profits

2) finding gold is hugely difficult, most of the easy 'low hanging fruit' has been taken

That is where ALBA come in

ALBA are exploring for Gold in Wales. Wales as part of the UK is a reasonably safe jurisdiction for a gold mine. There is unlikely to be corrupt officials trying to stymie their plans. The Government is unlikely to take their exploration licence away etc

Another advantage of ALBA as a speculative gold exploration play is that it is searching for Gold at an old abandoned Welsh gold mine Clogau which had already produced 80,000 oz of Gold. It is much easier finding gold near to old mines.

ALBA shares look interesting from a technical perspective exhibiting one of my favourite 'set ups' with a pincer movement between 50 and 200 day moving averages.

ALBA will start drilling in early September. Given that they will be drilling at an old gold mine I expect them to deliver news of 'gold discoveries' pretty soon after which could lead to a serious move in the stock especially if the gold price is providing a strong backdrop to such news.

On the charge this morning on speculation they have been granted Planning Permission to dig surface trenches in the area surrounding mine

Already have permission underground

 

[s28]

Have been keeping an eye on ALBA since you posted in this thread and jumped on before the bank holiday weekend at around 0.13 sp - nice to see it move upwards

Have been doing my own DD since you mentioned and note there isn't much confidence in GF and he's seen as a slow mover for a CEO but hopefully with more RNS to come now drilling has started it can continue the trend

Thanks for the tip off!

Good move today on 'no news'

I don't have the skinny on GF but as a new owner of the stock I'm prepared to cut him some slack as the AIM resources sector has been a graveyard for a few years and its not been easy to keep the lights on but he's emerged out the other side with a decent little portfolio of assets.

Great we've moved from c. 0.10p to c.0.20p just on sentiment so far

Next items of news should be :-

Start of drilling/trenching

Hopefully some nice bullish 'Discovery of Visible or Bonanza Gold'

Then all being well on back of drilling success they can raise some cash at better levels and bootstrap the other assets in Graphite/Iron Ore/Ilmenite

 

[Manager102]

Good move today on 'no news'

I don't have the skinny on GF but as a new owner of the stock I'm prepared to cut him some slack as the AIM resources sector has been a graveyard for a few years and its not been easy to keep the lights on but he's emerged out the other side with a decent little portfolio of assets.

Great we've moved from c. 0.10p to c.0.20p just on sentiment so far

Next items of news should be :-

Start of drilling/trenching

Hopefully some nice bullish 'Discovery of Visible or Bonanza Gold'

Then all being well on back of drilling success they can raise some cash at better levels and bootstrap the other assets in Graphite/Iron Ore/Ilmenite

Yes looking positive!

Thanks again for the heads up on this.. appreciate it.

 

[Manager102]

Very strong opening for ALBA this morning!

 

[s28]

It's a thing of beauty right now

I think the 'Royal Welsh Gold' angle could give it a bit more of an aura and premium to both its Gold and its share price than it deserves so setting a short term (one month) target of 0.50 to 1.00 right now

 

[Manager102]

It's a thing of beauty right now

I think the 'Royal Welsh Gold' angle could give it a bit more of an aura and premium to both its Gold and its share price than it deserves so setting a short term (one month) target of 0.50 to 1.00 right now

Nice price target, that range seems to be the consensus based on what I've heard from other analysts - very promising

 

[Justcrazy]

Can anyone suggest a free website to track investment ? A kind of online investment protfolio ?

 

[msaaim89]

You don't need to, to start of with can buy index tracker funds (ETF's) which spread your investment across companies, doing it monthly for the long term could see a nice pension by the time you hang up your boots. Some of the funds include

S&P 500 - America's top 500

There is a UK one to I wouldn't bother with that

Global Clean Energy - This is a great one, in terms of investing in companies looking ahead with the renewable energy

Invesco EQQ - This mainly includes the tech companies, I personally like this one given how the returns have been great recently

To compliment these you can also buy shares in 'blue chip' companies if you like such as Google, Amazon, Apple etc I see Disney as a blue chip to meself. Key is to invest money when you have it for the long term and to invest money you wont be needing anytime soon

How much would you typically put in? The equivalent of what you would put up for a pension scheme?
[MENTION=137142]JaDed[/MENTION] @BewalExpress @S28

 

[msaaim89]

Another question. Would you consider investing in construction given the promises to build our way out of economic trouble and also with HS2 now going full steam ahead.

 

[JaDed]

How much would you typically put in? The equivalent of what you would put up for a pension scheme?
[MENTION=137142]JaDed[/MENTION] @BewalExpress @S28

In stocks? It depends on what you are looking for, to me(not an economics major) majority tech stock seems over valued except for a few.

Also there are various investment strategies one can try for , aggressive, dividend oriented etc..
My advice would be utilize robo advisors for 6 months(first year is usually free for 5k $) to see in which ETFs that invests and then see the returns..

And the belief that land will have more value in few years imo could be true for subcontinent,can't predict for western world where they can print their money.. unless you are talking about real investment funds which are at super low value and yeah might be worth it unless they go bankrupt.

 

[s28]

Expanding my repertoire of Gold juniors with ORR Oriole Resources (formerly Stratex STI)

IT's one of the smallest Gold juniors on the UK market with a Market Cap of only £3m but it is searching for Gold in 'Elephant' Gold discovery district of West Africa with Medium sized Gold miner IAMGold $2bn funding them

Chart is forming a nice 3 year 'bowl formation' time to complete to upside ?

Gold could be important for 2 reasons right now

Trump causing massive stimulus to get re-elected (devaluation of US currency / inflation)
Any political instability around Trump v Biden (US Civil War 2.0 ?)