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stockmarket trading
#1559114
05/01/2016 12:35
05/01/2016 12:35
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technics
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I need some sleep
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I need some sleep
Joined: Feb 2007
Posts: 3,486
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I've always been intrigued by this for a long long time and never done anything about it but everyone has to start somewhere. I know there are risks involved but im just after some info or places to start?
Maybe some good apps or websites where you can practise for free and learn the terminology etc and how it all works......
Many thanks....
Maurizio.
Now in the 400+ bhp club!
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Re: stockmarket trading
[Re: technics]
#1559128
05/01/2016 14:02
05/01/2016 14:02
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Enforcer
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Enforcer
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Extensive research has shown that predicting a stock's next move (up or down) is impossible. You are just guessing. All the fancy software, consultants, theories, etc., are just money-making schemes for people who are unable to do the predictions.
I buy shares, but the only reliable way to make a profit out of them is by sitting and waiting. If they are blue-chip, the chances are high that eventually they will return a profit, but no-one knows how long that will take.
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Re: stockmarket trading
[Re: mrc]
#1559266
06/01/2016 14:29
06/01/2016 14:29
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Jonny
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Jonny
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Bought some oil shares a few years ago. Not doing particularly well at the moment
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Re: stockmarket trading
[Re: technics]
#1559310
06/01/2016 22:34
06/01/2016 22:34
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cyborg7
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Club member 1400
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Ditto what Enforcer said. I read the Fast thinking-Slow thinking book by Daniel Kahneman and one of the conclusions (following extensive research) was unsurprisingly "never to entrust your money to a stockbroker" http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books...our-brain.html.On the same principle that the bookie never loses, it seems to me that it's only really the stockbrokers and investment banks who consistently make the serious money (taking their cut regardless of the outcome). Also there'so much mis-information on company and countries performances that it's a bit of a lottery without some inside (albeit not insider) information. I always think that if major auditors can be conned despite supposed due diligence and companies acquiring others like HP duped so epically by Automony that there's little hope for the likes of us ever getting a sound view on what's worth investing in. If I ever find myself starting to believe that investors know what they'd doing I just remind myself of the sequence leading up to the 2008 freefall. http://www.theguardian.com/business/2008/dec/28/markets-credit-crunch-banking-2008.That said, I wish I had the secret of the founder of Foxtons boss who sold up for £360m with perfect timing a month before the crash...
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