 Whats the best way to invest £70,000? |
| Ive been thinking about buying abroad, places to let out, but dont know how secure that would be, or doing property development which I know nothing about! Ideally, I am looking for something to ... |
|
 How do I start investing for the future? Now? Im 23.? |
| I have been trying my hand at investing after reading a few books but I have no 'real' world guidance. So I wanted to know how would I get going to start investing in things like mutual ... |
|
 I recently inherited 70k from a relative how do you think I should invest it? |
| I'm 18 right now and I'm planning on investing it for 10-15 years. Any suggestions of how I should invest it to gain the most interest?... |
|
 How can I make $100000 ? |
I live in iran and I need to make $100000 until next year.
how can I do that?... |
|
 Where is all the money now? The banks don't have any, the stock market has been drained, a lot of the ? |
| finance institutions have gone bankrupt or appear to be on the verge of doing so. The value of many companies has been reduced by trillions of £s/ $s and so it goes on. Where is all the money? For ... |
|
 How do you make money ? |
| i need to get money without breaking the law any ideas?... |
|
 What is your problem? |
| do you have something in your life that just doesnt let you relax and enjoy your life ; something like "if i only could do that.. get that thing...solve this... i would be the luckiest MF on ... |
|
 Who is warren buffet? |
| please tell me more about ... |
|
 I need help choosing a 3 stocks for a school project?? |
| For my economics class i need 3 stocks for a portfolio thing and i was wondering what would be the best three stocks to invest in...... |
|
 How much money would you need so you never need to work again and could live comfortably? |
Unfortunately I don't have alot of money, but I was wondering how much you would need so you could live comfortably from the interest?
What is the best way to invest this much money ... |
|
 Would you turn in your Gold to the government if the decided to confiscate it, like in 1933? |
Also suppose i decided not to turn it in, would there be an underground market for it?
What if i sent it to a family member in another country. Would i be able to profit from it there?... |
|
 I want to invest money....? |
| I am a 35 year old woman with a little extra money in the bank. I really want to do something productive with it for my future like investing it. Can anyone point me in right direction as I am ... |
|
|  |
frankie | How do you make profit when buying and selling shares? how does it work? |
|
 |
 
r_kav
|
If you have to ask this question, don't even think of trying to do it. Even the experts only get it right about 60% of the time. |
|
babysmallpo
|
Having insider information is not legal. You also have to remember that the price can go down as well as up so you can lose your money. Also, the comission charges mentioned are the fees your bank / broker will charge for buying and selling the shares for you - this can eat into your profits.
Some shares will pay a dividend, which is a share of the profit the company has made, so you could receive a cash payment a couple of times a year, but this is not guaranteed. If there are dividends to be had, you can sometimes elect to have these automatically coverted to extra shares.
Another way to make money is to own shares in a company which is being taken over, the price offered in a take over can often be attractive and you might make a profit.
I agree with the previous poster that this is not something to rush into if you're not sure what you're doing. You may be better to put some money into a finacial product linked to shares, such as an ISA. That way the shares side will be taken care of by a professional.
Good luck! |
|
robert h
 |
You buy shares for one price and sell them on when they are worth more inside information always helps. |
|
B0uncingMoonman@aol.com
|
You have received plenty of sensible advice on the actual buying and selling of shares - ie, how to do it.
I`d like to add that one of the golden rules is not to `gamble` with money you cannot afford to lose. You can make or lose big bucks buying and selling shares, but you need to be able to take it on the nose if things go seriously wrong.
Watch for `opportunites` in the news, media, papers, anywhere. Opportunities are happening all the time - it is spotting them that is the secret. Share values see-saw all the time, every minute of every day -
If there is a rumour that a company is about to be taken over, it`s shares often rise - sometimes dramatically. Occasionally a company makes a `mistake` and for a few weeks its shares plummet - but often rise again. Some are slow-burners...try to spot these opportunities. |
|
Mike10613
 |
The LSE London Stock Exchange makes the market - you sell to them and buy from them. But you have to buy and sell through a member of the exchange! You usually contact the member through a stock broker. With all the fees and commissions - it is not for poor people! Shares can now be held electronically and some dealers will deal at a low price if you let them handle that for you. You can also get information on any company quoted on the LSE and look at their annual report and judge for yourself the value of the company and if it's share price is low - buy and sell when the share price goes up. Northern Rock got in trouble when there was a run on that bank - people queued to take out their money. People feared that the company could go in to liquidation - so sold their shares. The share price dropped. But dropped so low it made Northern Rock like a target for a takeover bid by another bank. So people start buying again - the price goes up. There is no takeover. People start selling again. The main thing to worry about is most of the traders are hooray Henrie's who panic at the slightest rumour. If you want to learn more try some virtual trading on Wall Street - the US stock market. You can do this by registering with http://www.marketocracy.com and they will give you a $1,000,000 to invest as a fund manager. See if you can turn that into $2,000,000 by buying and selling. |
|
Man of La Mancha
|
Buy low, sell high , substract fees and taxes and the difference is profit... this is a very simple formula... |
|
jduck1979
|
Quite simply, you need to do a little bit of homework researching the shares before sticking any money on them, instead of just picking any company at random and crossing your fingers.
There's some excellant lessons on this sort of stuff to be found at http://www.fool.com & http://www.fool.co.uk
This is one of my favourite articles, and often recommend to beginners to buying/selling shares:
HOW TO PROFIT FROM SHARES
http://www.fool.co.uk/Investing/guides/When-Not-To_Invest.aspx
This is another favourite, a Biography on Warren Buffett.... he's rather good at making a profit with shares (to the point of becoming the world's 2nd richest man):
http://beginnersinvest.about.com/cs/warrenbuffett/a/aawarrenbio.htm
Once you've done your research, via somewhere like http://quote.fool.com / http://quote.fool.co.uk (was acting up last time I tried it), stick the money you want to invest on the company shares you've finally chosen.... remembering you've got to pay a commission fee on top of it (and the more you buy/sell, the more commission fees you pay, and the more it eats into any profit).......... then just sit back and watch the value of the share increase over a number of months, or even years. |
|
jonathan c
 |
u dont really make money when u buy the shares u make profit when they go up or u can make profit when they go down.Go with option forget buying share right out its not worth it not unless its in a mutual fund or something like that |
|
Adam
 |
Technically, acting on insider information is what is illegal, I could have insider information as long as I don't act on it.
Anyway, there are several ways to make money on shares. The most obvious way is the one that most have mentioned which is to go long on a stock (purchase it and own it) and then sell it when its price has appreciated. There is also selling stock short which means you borrow stock from a broker, sell it and then (hopefully) buy it back when it is lower, the spread between the two prices would be your profit (this is the same idea as buying long since you are buying low and selling high it just happens in the reverse order). There are also options contracts as well which are ways that you indirectly make money off of shares.
If you are inexperienced take a look at investopedia.com, they offer a lot of information as well as an investment game where you buy and sell stock using fake cash. They allow you buy options and sell short as well so you can experiment with more advanced investment strategies. |
|
Rick B
|
Well, if you buy the stock when it is low, and sell it when it is high, you make a profit (assuming the fees you paid to buy and sell don't eat up those profits). |
|
brian m
|
im pretty sure u need to buy them and then you can sell them.
why doesnt anyone ever share a share its all buy and sell, they are called shares people a little give and take please. |
|
BIKER
|
The bottom line is you buy shares through a broker who charges a commission, when you sell them you also sell through a broker who again charges a commission.
If you are lucky you sell for more than you bought them.
Whatever happens the broker gets a comission for each transaction.
Result = No poor brokers. |
|
josephrob2003
|
well you buy the share's when they are worth less ,then wait for their value to go up,you can check this in the financial times or even on teletext,when they do rise you can then sell them and make a profit,its that simple |
|
Luke Warnes
 |
If you buy 1000 shares at, say £5.00 that's cost £5,000.
If you then sell all 1000 shares at, say, £6.00, that's a return of £6,000.
That gives a gross profit (before any commission charges etc.) of £1,000. Then you can add in any dividends you have received while you held the shares.
And if you bought at £6 and sold at £5 that's £1,000 loss together with commission charges etc.
Simple really. The hard bit is picking the right shares! |
|
TroubledStar
|
The comment regarding a Financial Advisor is not only extremely bad advice, but is not in good taste in this discussion.
I personally would honestly recommend (If you have a suitable monthly figure to invest or a lump sum) to have a chat to an IFA (Independent Financial Advisor). S/he may be able to advise on a good pooled investment such as one of Fidelity's funds, wrapped in an ISA for example.
Stocks/Shares however can be a real way of making good returns over an above inflation and current market sentiment. It can also be a great way of loosing lots of money. A typical shares account can cost up to £10 per transaction, and this eats into profits if you've not got a large amount to blow.
The old adage is that you need money to make money. If you have none, you firstly need to build some emergency funds into a short term deposit account, then think about using an ISA for your £7000 limit wrapped up in an OEIC (Open Ended Investment Company), and then by all means have a go at stocks and shares, but only if you're prepared to loose money as well as gain.
Most people believe their attitude to risk is nonchalant, but in reality when faced with the bitter dread of loosing hard-earned cash, it's more difficult.
It is for this reason that if you're serious about growing your capital, you speak to somebody who knows more than you do. That may be an IFA or a tied agent, but frankly more than people on Yahoo answers.
Incidentally, the Financial Services Authority regulates all IFA's, and commission disclosure is mandatory prior to any selling of products. The initial meeting is usually free of charge.
In the past two years, I have made £20,000 on a £50,000 investment (Now worth £70,000) because of my IFA and the decisions we made together. I would have spent the money I gained now if it hadn't been for that meeting. |
|
steeley
 |
You pay loads of money to a bloke who pretends to know what he's talking about (financial adviser) and invest it.
The bloke gets his commission ,you lose all your money.
Simple as that. |
|
Ani
|
look it up on the net! |
|
Frank Castle
 |
Buy at $10.00 and sell at $10.01 |
|
| |
|
| | |
| Questions List |
Answers | Last Post
| | | |
18 | 2 minutes(s) ago
| | | |
18 | 23 minutes(s) ago
| | | |
18 | 33 minutes(s) ago
| | | |
18 | 49 minutes(s) ago
| | | |
18 | 58 minutes(s) ago
| | | |
18 | 2 hour(s) ago
| | | |
18 | 7 hour(s) ago
| | | |
18 | 11 hour(s) ago
| | | |
18 | 1 day(s) ago
| | | |
17 | 4 day(s) ago
| |
|
Homepage 
Financial
Forum 
Investing 
No Spam
Adult 
Gambling
Unfinished
Deception
Plagiarism
Not English
