PinkDalek wrote:.....
This being a board aimed primarily at beginners....
Good point.
For a beginner, the answer has to be never. Be greedy and lose your shirt.
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PinkDalek wrote:.....
This being a board aimed primarily at beginners....
tjh290633 wrote:Clariman wrote:I have not yet made use of the 2019/20 ISA allowance so would probably have moved some cash to ISA Index Trackers. I was wondering whether now would be a good (or bad) time to do so?
C
You can pay cash into your ISA without buying anything immediately in most cases. If your ISA provider does not allow you to be in cash, use one that does.
TJH
SoBo65 wrote:CrackAddick wrote:colin wrote:When should we get greedy?
Personally I avoid having to make such market timing decisions by holding some lower volatility asset classes , as markets fall I just increase my overall percentage in equities, when they rise some money goes back into lower volatility assets. Roughly speaking I expect to be 100% in equities after they have fallen 30% from a previous high, so basically I just follow the market down and keep buying till I am 100% in risky equities. I should have developed a precise way of doing this by now but I haven't.
In ageing bull markets I find myself doing something similar.
When everywhere is seeming expensive, I find CGT (Capital Gearing Trust) a good place to park spare cash. I will obviously miss out on some upside, but am normally well protected on the way down. Then when the time is right I sell chunks of CGT to invest back into spicier shares. Not knowing where the bottom is, like you, I take nibbles on the way down.
I plan on doing the same, have had 40% of my portfolio in CGT and PNL for last year or so and 15% in cash ready for opportunities like this, but plan on going slowly though...
AsleepInYorkshire wrote:If the trigger to the current pricing structure is coronavirus I'd suggest this news may push prices down again.
Coronavirus: Twelve more cases confirmed in England
The government has said no tactics will be "off the table" as part of its plan to contain the virus in the UK.
AiYn'U
monabri wrote:Looks like supply chains might be recovering.
https://www.scmp.com/economy/china-econ ... 19-backlog
PinkDalek wrote:jackdaww wrote:i also bought quite a lot today
This being a board aimed primarily at beginners, it may help if you expand on how you buy on a Sunday, when markets are closed.
jackdaww wrote:i meant friday ( i think) .
Clariman wrote:If you pay cash into an ISA provider without buying into any funds, do they pay interest on the cash .... or does it sit there earning nothing until you buy into a fund?
GoSeigen wrote:It's looking to me like there may be another leg down. Looking at options, VIX is going ballistic: I've been buying Sep straddles on the way down and they are all in profit at all strikes this morning. Interesting situation.
swill453 wrote:GoSeigen wrote:It's looking to me like there may be another leg down. Looking at options, VIX is going ballistic: I've been buying Sep straddles on the way down and they are all in profit at all strikes this morning. Interesting situation.
I think I understood about 10% of that paragraph
But it's ok, I don't think I want to know any more.
Scott.
Clariman wrote:The only equities I have are Index Tracker ISAs. My assets are currently split:I have not yet made use of the 2019/20 ISA allowance so would probably have moved some cash to ISA Index Trackers. I was wondering whether now would be a good (or bad) time to do so?
- Property - 40% (excludes PPR)
- Index Tracker ISAs - 16%
- Cash - 44%
C
While the circumstances of these falls are very unfortunate, for this account, the opportunity to deploy long-term money at very significantly lower prices is one that won't be missed.
Clariman wrote:Clariman wrote:The only equities I have are Index Tracker ISAs. My assets are currently split:I have not yet made use of the 2019/20 ISA allowance so would probably have moved some cash to ISA Index Trackers. I was wondering whether now would be a good (or bad) time to do so?
- Property - 40% (excludes PPR)
- Index Tracker ISAs - 16%
- Cash - 44%
C
Well I for one am glad I went for cash-ISAs for the timebeing, given where we are at now. However, my 2020/21 ISA allowance will be available in 3 weeks time. What then?!
bluedonkey wrote:I normally start buying too early in a falling market. I haven't started buying yet. My track record therefore would point to much more falls. I do normally see falling markets as bargain territory but I don't have that feeling yet. Totally subjective and anecdotal of course, so make of my comment what you will. Remember the 1970s.
JDot wrote:bluedonkey wrote:I normally start buying too early in a falling market. I haven't started buying yet. My track record therefore would point to much more falls. I do normally see falling markets as bargain territory but I don't have that feeling yet. Totally subjective and anecdotal of course, so make of my comment what you will. Remember the 1970s.
I think I have bought into this too early because I have ran out of money and as of today the market is down another 9.5% today alone! However, I am going to keep going and keep buying. In regard to the 1970s could you give more info?
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