Anyone play the stock market?
Saturday is never a good day to blog so I am hoping rather than expecting responses. I've just gone into a buying partnership in a small way with lovely man-friend who has played the market for decades (longer even than I have known him) and $$ signs are dancing in my eyes.Did make me wonder if there are others who dabble or for that matter plow right in, here on CS. I know of one very together lady here who works in the biz and hinted at her that I would love tips. She hinted right back that I could forget it
Actually seems to me any ways that anyone knows of making (or okay gambling) extra cash would be of great interest to most of us.
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No idea about stock markets..
Have a great weekend and enjoy Spain.
Yup last loads of laundry being done ready for packing, soooo exciting
I will not play the game that I don't really understand what the rule and how to play..
You have to be active in monitoring in stock exchange movement... Which I don't have time for that and I can't count on the agent to play..
It's abt timing...
Ideally I want to be a multi-millionaire when I'm 50 so I can help my roots, but my business now just will not make that kind of money.
And yet - this may be the time to buy. I suspect a lot more fraud will suddenly be uncovered with other car companies and VW will end up smelling if not of roses, slightly less bad than they smell right now!
Sent me a msg by phone before fly so I can save your number. Weathers wonderful.
So be prepared for fun.
Or you could get an attitude adjustment and lighten up a little, even at the expense of your immortal soul, especially as I suspect you don't believe in immortal souls.
Life will get better. Or worse. But if you think positive, it will seem better.
No at the time my bank shares took a dive, THEN after a couple of weeks tripled I made a killing BUT then found out
Funny, no-one else has mentioned any other ways of making some extra dosh yet. No-one running a little workshop from their garage? Guess you'd be too busy to come on line if you did.
I saw an article last week in registering your home / garden / whatever with an agency for possible use as a film set - one example was the very neat, tidy but unremarkable suburban house where Harry Potter lived with the Dursleys, the owners of that house must have done quite nicely out of the films ...
This is a slightly different case - this is an old friend, when he stayed here recently he checked on line about 6 times a day and I was intrigued enough to ask lots of questions. He said (probably to shut me up because he wanted to concentrate) that one of his ventures was an investment group which loans cash to small businesses, relatively low risk but interesting, and that I should try it. I looked horrified at the thought so he (very nicely, I thought) said he would set up a separate partnership for us both, starting from scratch with a small monthly kick-in. We're equally investing around the price of a carton of cigarettes, those $$ signs in my eyes are wishful thinking. (But you never know ...)
I'm only explaining in such detail as your respective comments made me realize I could be implying that people with perhaps more money than sense should leap into financial bed with people with more sense than money and gamble their all. Noooooooooooooooooo!!!! Don't do it!!! My buddy takes it seriously but even he isn't hugely committed. He earns perhaps £1000 a year in dividends to top up his income, enjoys it very much, and was offering me a very small part in a giant worldwide fascination shared by millions so I could enjoy it too without having to break my teeth learning the hard way.
But thanks - I mean it - for the warning
Wall Street. I've been doing this full time for the last 7 years and partime for over 30 years. I have an accounting/finance background and do not suggest anyone using their money try it without at a minimum these skill sets. I trade/invest in the bio-tech space because I enjoy learning about new drugs/therapies.
If anyone says they have a hot tip run fast they are probably looking to dump their stock to u suspecting buyers like you. Caveat Emptor
TBH it does look too engrossing for me to ever risk serious money without serious knowledge but I am fascinated watching those fascinated by it. No wonder you aren't on here much, but we miss you ..
I don't really dabble with the stock market directly. I picked a good mutual fund and let them do all the leg work for me.
But, the US stock market is on shaky ground right now. Don't put more in it than you can afford to lose (at least for the short term). Even though, I doubt you will really lose anything (at least in the long term).
I had a professor that was big time into the stock market. One could even label him as obsessed with it. But, he told the class that even from the times of the Great Depression, the stock market averaged a return of around 10%. So, even if you have money in it and the bottom falls out....hold strong and don't sell.
My step-dad is a remisier. My mom with her dynamic group get companies to be listed in the Kuala Lumpur Stock Exchange for a very handsome fee.
Unfortunately, I don't dabble in stock market
You have your Sunday photo up, I see, very relaxed
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Do these cheap stocks still exist and if they do, can you recommend some to me to invest in?