Lampwick Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 So with most companies in free fall will Stock markets be suspended and what are the potential impacts? Is it a good time to buy cheap shares and if so in what sector? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bavarianbrit Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Should have kept this post in your head imo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TIGHTCHOKE Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 18 minutes ago, TIGHTCHOKE said: That's a blast from the past. It was funny then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henry d Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Where there are dead bodies there are vultures Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
udderlyoffroad Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 2 hours ago, henry d said: Where there are dead bodies there are vultures Nonsense. If compulsory 3-week lock down isn't a good time to get your finances in order, when is? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 If you look at the history of the stock market over the last 35 years you have to be in it for the long term Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampwick Posted March 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 4 hours ago, henry d said: Where there are dead bodies there are vultures What's your point? 5 hours ago, bavarianbrit said: Should have kept this post in your head imo. Why? iyo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) hello, buying UK company shares now might help them and the economy after the UK comes out of this corvid 19 situation, share dealers from the city who are now home based will no doubt be doing this, that is how the market traders earn money for their clients Edited March 24, 2020 by oldypigeonpopper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampwick Posted March 24, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Just now, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, buying UK company shares now might help them and the economy after the UK comes out of this corvid 19 situation Steady, you may get accused of being a vulture! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, oldypigeonpopper said: hello, buying UK company shares now might help them and the economy after the UK comes out of this corvid 19 situation, share dealers from the city who are now home based will no doubt be doing this, that is how the market traders earn money for their clients The price of a companies shares has little benefit to a company in the short term. No trader will be buying shares for sentiment. You buy if the outlook for a company is good and therefore shares will be in demand and will go up. I can’t see any companies I would recommend to buy at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 3 minutes ago, Lampwick said: Steady, you may get accused of being a vulture! hello, have been called worse that that but not on PW, i think it would be more appropriate for the scum who are stealing from food banks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mice! Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 1 minute ago, AVB said: The price of a companies shares has little benefit to a company in the short term. No trader will be buying shares for sentiment. You buy if the outlook for a company is good and therefore shares will be in demand and will go up. I can’t see any companies I would recommend to buy at the moment. I did read something last week saying China would be buying all the stocks at low prices! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 2 minutes ago, AVB said: The price of a companies shares has little benefit to a company in the short term. No trader will be buying shares for sentiment. You buy if the outlook for a company is good and therefore shares will be in demand and will go up. I can’t see any companies I would recommend to buy at the moment. hello, when i was buying shares it was never for the short time, my portfolio was 10 years Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Green Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 (edited) My stockbroker has advised sit tight. This is why ordinary investors are much better off investing in funds, you, as an individual, haven't got the background knowledge to know which shares are going to come good and which are going to crash and burn Edited March 24, 2020 by Vince Green Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 4 minutes ago, Mice! said: I did read something last week saying China would be buying all the stocks at low prices! A companies value is its market capitalisation (number of share in issuance X share price) so yes in theory the lower the share price then the cheaper the company is to buy. Not as simple as that though as if you buy more than 3% of a company it needs to be declared and if you want to buy a controlling stake then you need to formally make an offer to buy all the shares which set in play a defined process. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Heron Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 Shares closed up 9.3% tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted March 24, 2020 Report Share Posted March 24, 2020 20 minutes ago, The Heron said: Shares closed up 9.3% tonight. Dead cat bounce. One of many. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djrwood Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 I’m thinking of investing in Apple, Tesla and amazon. All of them are down 30-40% from the start of corvid and they all should have the finance and longevity to get through this. Might take a year or two to get back to where they were but still will be a decent return Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldypigeonpopper Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 hello, there has been a lot of gains check out bbc 1 red button Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AVB Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 4 minutes ago, djrwood said: I’m thinking of investing in Apple, Tesla and amazon. All of them are down 30-40% from the start of corvid and they all should have the finance and longevity to get through this. Might take a year or two to get back to where they were but still will be a decent return Tesla have a massive amount of debt a lot of which need to be repaid in the at the end of this year/early next iirc. Amazon perhaps as it is taking over from the high street but I see Apple struggling as people won’t have money for a new phone. Personally I wouldn’t be putting any money into equities for a long while. I will be selling as the markets recover a bit to recoup some of the massive losses I am sitting on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retsdon Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 I wouldn't buy stocks to hold right now. Global stock prices were looking distinctly frothy even before the big crash (prices much inflated by buybacks) and nobody is able to quantify the knock-on effect of this worldwide shutdown. I've seen predictions that the S&P could go to below 1200 - and why not? Short of actually buying company stocks to artificially goose the markets the Fed seems to be running out of ammunition. And a swing is long overdue. There hasn't been a sustained bear market for nearly 40 years and there could be a long slow downward grind from here. Just my thoughts. The current volatility is well tradeable though if you have the stomach for it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoBodyImportant Posted March 28, 2020 Report Share Posted March 28, 2020 I put 25% of my pay into the market every week. Even with fluctuations it’s paid off pretty good for me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lampwick Posted March 29, 2020 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2020 What platform do you use to buy stock with? I was told Hargreaves Landsdown was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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