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Title: At what point
Post by: Snoopy on October 10, 2008, 11:32:34 AM
Should we start to buy shares in the expectation hope of making a killing in a year or two?

Anyone planning to do some investing now that shares are at their lowest for some years?
Title: Re: At what point
Post by: Barman on October 10, 2008, 11:43:54 AM
Quote from: Snoopy on October 10, 2008, 11:32:34 AM
Should we start to buy shares in the expectation hope of making a killing in a year or two?

Anyone planning to do some investing now that shares are at their lowest for some years?
I think it can go lower yet...  whistle:

However, it is clear that some shares are undervalued at the moment.

The Bank of squeaky floorboard is prolly your safest bet at the moment...
Title: Re: At what point
Post by: Snoopy on October 10, 2008, 11:45:46 AM
More or less my feelings.
We are agreed, I suspect, that there has to be some benefit to us and not just the fat cats out of all this.
Title: Re: At what point
Post by: Barman on October 10, 2008, 11:47:41 AM
Quote from: Snoopy on October 10, 2008, 11:45:46 AM
More or less my feelings.
We are agreed, I suspect, that there has to be some benefit to us and not just the fat cats out of all this.
That would be nice...

Although I feel they would have been better off investing the £500billion (or however much it is today) in pension funds instead of giving it to wankers bankers...  noooo:
Title: Re: At what point
Post by: Grumpmeister on October 10, 2008, 11:52:49 AM
Work out the larger multinational conglomorates and the essential companies and keep an eye on their prices and news.
Title: Re: At what point
Post by: Snoopy on October 10, 2008, 11:58:28 AM
Like my last employer. This is their share price chart since I left them. The first big dip equates to the year after I left.
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthisismoney.digitallook.com%2Fchart_image.cgi%3Ffinance_chart%3D1%26amp%3B%26amp%3Baction-charts%26amp%3Bchart%255Faction-chart%255Fdraw%26amp%3Bchart%255Fannotations%3Dnone%26amp%3Bchart%255Fmoving%255Faverage%255F1%255Ftype%3Dnone%26amp%3Bchart%255Fmoving%255Faverage%255F2%255Ftype%3Dnone%26amp%3Bchart%255Fmoving%255Faverage%255F3%255Ftype%3Dnone%26amp%3Bchart%255Fprimary%255Fticker%3DLSE%253ARTO%26amp%3Bchart%255Ftime%255Fperiod%3DALL%26amp%3Bco%255Fdimension%255Eheight%3D380%26amp%3Bco%255Fdimension%255Ewidth%3D600%26amp%3Bcsi%3D10075%26amp%3Bfinance%255Fchart%3D1%26amp%3Bfixed%255Fticker%3D1%26amp%3Bid%3D10075%26amp%3Bprimary%255Fchart%255Ftype%3Dstack%255Fline%26amp%3Bshow%255Fmin%255Fmax%255Fpoints%3D1%26amp%3Bco_dimension%5Ewidth%3D600%26amp%3Bhide_volume%3D%26amp%3Bplot_colour%3D%26amp%3Bcanvas_colour%3D%26amp%3B%26amp%3Bco_dimension%5Eheight%3D380&hash=472b7f95ef70ab0f5867ba8267eab284039ef1ea)
Title: Re: At what point
Post by: Barman on October 10, 2008, 12:06:56 PM
Quote from: Snoopy on October 10, 2008, 11:58:28 AM
Like my last employer. This is their share price chart since I left them. The first big dip equates to the year after I left.
(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fthisismoney.digitallook.com%2Fchart_image.cgi%3Ffinance_chart%3D1%26amp%3B%26amp%3Baction-charts%26amp%3Bchart%255Faction-chart%255Fdraw%26amp%3Bchart%255Fannotations%3Dnone%26amp%3Bchart%255Fmoving%255Faverage%255F1%255Ftype%3Dnone%26amp%3Bchart%255Fmoving%255Faverage%255F2%255Ftype%3Dnone%26amp%3Bchart%255Fmoving%255Faverage%255F3%255Ftype%3Dnone%26amp%3Bchart%255Fprimary%255Fticker%3DLSE%253ARTO%26amp%3Bchart%255Ftime%255Fperiod%3DALL%26amp%3Bco%255Fdimension%255Eheight%3D380%26amp%3Bco%255Fdimension%255Ewidth%3D600%26amp%3Bcsi%3D10075%26amp%3Bfinance%255Fchart%3D1%26amp%3Bfixed%255Fticker%3D1%26amp%3Bid%3D10075%26amp%3Bprimary%255Fchart%255Ftype%3Dstack%255Fline%26amp%3Bshow%255Fmin%255Fmax%255Fpoints%3D1%26amp%3Bco_dimension%5Ewidth%3D600%26amp%3Bhide_volume%3D%26amp%3Bplot_colour%3D%26amp%3Bcanvas_colour%3D%26amp%3B%26amp%3Bco_dimension%5Eheight%3D380&hash=472b7f95ef70ab0f5867ba8267eab284039ef1ea)
The ol' shares soon picked up when they realised you weren't coming back then Snoops...?  whistle:
Title: Re: At what point
Post by: Snoopy on October 10, 2008, 12:14:16 PM
Nah ~ after They pensioned me off they made a lot of others redundant under a "reorganisation", sold a few companies and sacked Sir Clive Thompson who had been CEO. From then on it has been all downhill. From 465 pence a share in my day to 49.75 pence today. I don't see them coming back. The group is being progressively broken up. They have lost the plot.
Title: Re: At what point
Post by: Nick on October 10, 2008, 12:21:19 PM

(https://www.virtual-pub.com/SMF/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.postimage.org%2FaVYs3Fi.jpg&hash=bd6817a2fb13f999a9195f7d6c84f170012811ed) (http://www.postimage.org/image.php?v=aVYs3Fi)

I want to kill the ignorant shite!
Title: Re: At what point
Post by: Snoopy on October 10, 2008, 12:28:57 PM
Every cloud has a silver lining

Quote
Oil prices plummeted to a one-year low in European trading, with the price of US crude oil falling below $83 a barrel.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/7662572.stm
Title: Re: At what point
Post by: Nick on October 10, 2008, 12:30:21 PM
And Gordo is claiming the credit!
Title: Re: At what point
Post by: Grumpmeister on October 10, 2008, 12:35:33 PM
Quote from: Nick on October 10, 2008, 12:30:21 PM
And Gordo is claiming the credit!

You were expecting anything different?