thefunkygibbons

It is some risk as they are only part of my high risk portfoilio In reality, it pays to look at the whole investment holding ISA - Index tracker, built up over 6-7 years, and probably worth twice the share portfolios Low risk blue chip portfolio - Astrazeneca, Aviva, Balfour Beatty, BG Group, GlaxoSK, Dairy Crest, Kier, Tesco and Vodafone Higher risk portfolio - Bellzone Mining, Chesnara, Dignity, Faroe Petroleum, Gulf Keystone, Hamla, Interserve, International Ferro, Kalahari, ROK True, it has been easy to make money recently, but that is because I played, whereas a lot of people have stayed out of the markets Right now, certain shares such as Tesco are at low term giveaway prices

Stock options and other derivatives are very dangerous for retail investors Leverage is great when prices go up, but it is a zero sum game the potential to lose money is very high All the literature suggests a buy and hold strategy for value shares with reinvested dividends is the best long term strategy

Looking like the chickens are getting the removal men in for their trip home

I take it seriously If you have only a little money, then it is best to use a low cost index tracker within an ISA wrapper That way, you get the tax benefits plus you get some diversification If you are more serious, then an on line execution only broker is that way to go It does no harm to read around the subject. This can be done weekly through investors chronicle or on line through sites such as http://www.fool.co.uk However, the first decision to be made is - what are your goals? Are you just playing or will you be investing serious money. What is your attitude to risk? Me, I run two portfolios One is in the wife's name as she is risk adverse and it contains mostly blue chip companies with a strong dividend paying record. Many of these such as Tesco, GlaxoSmith Kline and Vodafone are at very attractive prices right now My portfoilio contains riskier shares, but some with explosive growth possibilities such as African miners, small Oil companies etc I am prepared to take some risk, and in fact have had 2 100% losses over the past 2 years. Hence the reason why you need to spread your risks. However, I never panic, and often if a share drops in price, if I still believe the investment case, then I buy more I would guess that over the past two years, I have probably realised about £18k, and both portfolios are nicely up Any questions, do ask

Reality is that it is a television age Despite obvious intelligence, William Hague failed because of his presentation as did IDS, although he is now got a serious portfoilio within Government I do think that Red Ed will be a disaster for Labour and that it will not be too long before the whispering starts

Dream Theater stuff I have stopped now and am slowly selling it off I am about half way through This was the collection http://www.thefunkygibbons.net

Come on Rickie!!! Get in

opps, 42 minutes late

I stand by the opinion If he is proved guilty of glassing someone, then after his prison stretch he can find somewhere else to play

New York A week is enough, but cheap flights, a suitable apartment and it is more than do-able for that money The kids will think it fantatstic, and it is warm and sticky in the summer

Innocent until proven otherwise However, no place in our team if he is guilty Simples

Plenty of drama still to go in this novel. The final chapter sees us dance on PFC's cold dead corpse

I have a one man campaign against the word like Not just my children, but also any other visitors to the house

I will admit to now thinking, if only we can win a few, then our season will be back on COYR

A win, probably just by a single goal

A garden maintenance company in Dorking King of Spades

In addition, there could be inheritance Tax issues should your mum die with 7 years

Have a visit to the debt free board over at http://www.moneysavingexpert.com They have a load of people over there with experience of this

A mix of Companies House for the legal details and Google Street View for the rest It is indeed a scary world out there

Asking on an internet forum is no substitute for legal advice

Vince Cable plays to the Gallery Let's see him introduce some policy that works At the moment he believes his own spin, and is all mouth and no trousers

I wonder what the stats say about our chances in League 1 after the start we have had

What was sliced bread the best thing since?

They sand blast the surface to create a very rough surface for it to stick to

It seems to me that as money was pumped into the public sector over the last few years, that success was measured on inputs, i.e. how much was spent rather than outputs Those salaries for GPs demonstrate what everyone knew. The last Government got the GP contract wrong and managed to pay considerably more money for much less work.