Investment Ideas
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Investment Ideas
The old family home is to be sold and it looks like I'll get about £30k of the proceeds. With no immediate use for the money (due to covid!) and bank interest rates being virtually zilch I would like to put it to work. I have set up an app called Freetrade and are ready to go, I am looking for growth rather than income and probably would leave the money invested for at least a year but there's just so much choice in terms of stocks and funds I honestly don't know where to start. Just wondering if there are any experienced investors out there in expats land who have any recommendations.
#3
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You could buy 0.74 of one Bitcoin. I wish I had bought more in 2016.
I should point out that the 2 coins I sold in 2016 for $800 would now be worth $140,000 if I'd grown a set of balls and held on to them.
I should point out that the 2 coins I sold in 2016 for $800 would now be worth $140,000 if I'd grown a set of balls and held on to them.
Last edited by Danny B; Mar 16th 2021 at 9:36 pm.
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Ouch, I feel your pain, I first looked at bitcoin when they were about $400 and people were predicting $1000 and thought to myself it's just a passing fad! I heard someone say last year that bit coin could go to $1m which seemed crazy at the time but after the recent highs it would seem that $100k at least is not out of the question.
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The old family home is to be sold and it looks like I'll get about £30k of the proceeds. With no immediate use for the money (due to covid!) and bank interest rates being virtually zilch I would like to put it to work. I have set up an app called Freetrade and are ready to go, I am looking for growth rather than income and probably would leave the money invested for at least a year but there's just so much choice in terms of stocks and funds I honestly don't know where to start. Just wondering if there are any experienced investors out there in expats land who have any recommendations.
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Just to piggyback off this thread, any recommended podcasts, apps or resources for people wanting to learn more about investing in Canada?
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I've been a bitcoin sceptic from the start, but wish I had been a bit more of a risk taker. How much did you pay for the two coins you bought.
#11
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Could have been worse, but no where near as bad as this poor bloke.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/15/uk/bi...ntl/index.html
#12
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I bought 2 coins at USD $232 each in Feb 2015 and held on to them until Dec 2016. I sold them for $450 each.
Could have been worse, but no where near as bad as this poor bloke.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/15/uk/bi...ntl/index.html
Could have been worse, but no where near as bad as this poor bloke.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/15/uk/bi...ntl/index.html
When you bought yours how does it work ... did you just buy them online with a credit/debit card?
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I guess my mindset is the way it is as I never had the money I could risk on investments, but looking back if I had a time machine, I have a few spots in life where I could have made a small fortune, but of course at the time the risk was high and not looking like it would have paid off. One such was when the airline I was working for stock went to like $2 a share, then a few years later with mergers those shares were bought for $45-$50 a share, had I taken all the money I had at the time and just bought said stock sat on it, I would have made enough to buy a house in San Diego at that time and still have some money left over.... Oh well it is what it is, I couldn't have afforded to lose that money, hence why I didn't invest it as the risk at the time was greater at losing than winning.
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I guess my mindset is the way it is as I never had the money I could risk on investments, but looking back if I had a time machine, I have a few spots in life where I could have made a small fortune, but of course at the time the risk was high and not looking like it would have paid off. One such was when the airline I was working for stock went to like $2 a share, then a few years later with mergers those shares were bought for $45-$50 a share, had I taken all the money I had at the time and just bought said stock sat on it, I would have made enough to buy a house in San Diego at that time and still have some money left over.... Oh well it is what it is, I couldn't have afforded to lose that money, hence why I didn't invest it as the risk at the time was greater at losing than winning.
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I think it was $200 minimum. Keep in mind at the time $200 took me about 30 hours to earn gross and in an entire week I didn't even gross $300 unless I picked up over-time which wasn't available after 9/11, it was a time where you didn't know if you would have a job day to day or if the company would even be there the next day.