Anyone Have Experience Of Playing The Stock Markets?

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  1. Ged

    Ged Tits and Thigh Man.

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    I'm due to come into a sizeable amount of money soon and am looking for ways to make it multiply from the comfort of my own home.Do any of you have experience of investments and stocks? How would I get started and how risky is it? Any software that could help and so on? What books should I read? Thanks.
     
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  2. drumminmama

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    motley Fool folks wrote a decent book on beginning investing.
     
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  3. Ged

    Ged Tits and Thigh Man.

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    Thanks.I will see if I can find that.I will probably set aside a certain sum as an experiment to see if I can make any money and see how that goes.I like the idea of investing in sustainable industries,which hopefully will be a growing market.
     
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  4. OldDude2

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    Yep, it's a really easy way of losing a lot of money in a short time.
     
  5. drumminmama

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    IME, sustainable isn't a quick return.

    Don't sink it all into investments right off. Put some aside to add when the market is on an upswing.

    Some people have had better luck directly investing in start ups, either as venture capitalists or angel investors.
    Get a mentor, for sure.
     
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    Go slow, diversify, stay rational and out of any gold rushes, there are a lot of shady figures out there, so don't be too trusting in internet forums, 'analysts', banks, the companies you are planning to invest in. One more, don't go all in, keep some cash, just in case.
     
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    Yep, it's a really easy way of Earning a lot of money in a short time. If you have a good experience.
     
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    just buy gold and sit on it..
     
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  9. Ged

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    I'm thinking of starting a small record label.A sure way to lose money but it'll be fun and the money won't last forever anyway.
     
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  10. Scorpio Kenny

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    Hi Ged,

    I'm looking into building a Real hippie Disneyland. Sort of a Woodstock, Burningman, Love-in, Chochella, Renaissance Fair, Oregon Country Fair, type of thing with solid Classic Rock as a "Living History Museum". A part of this would involve land investment and development. Let me know if this sort of thing peaks your imagination. We could talk further.

    After all, 2017 is the 50th anniversary of "The Summer of Love"


    I also know a friend who had been the recording business in Hamburg.
     
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    buy netflix when it hits ⬇1.00 like this very moment
     
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  12. Ged

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    Hi Kenny.Please see the pm I sent you.
     
  13. Scorpio Kenny

    Scorpio Kenny Church of the Good Earth - ArchBishop

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    Hi Ged
    I P.M.ed you some details back.
     
  14. Ged

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    I have an idea for a business but it's secret until I can get the web domain name and get started. It's work that I can start on alone, and then employ others if it expands, and using skills I already have. Initial investment is small, needing a van, relatively cheap materials, business cards and some niche advertising in the appropriate magazines. I think it's a goer.
     
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  16. Ged

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    Christian Lagarde looks like a lizard woman.
     
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    Going into business is risky - when I did it I ended up loosing most of my money. Most new businesses fail relatively quickly. The UK economy is looking very unpredictable at the moment, so I'd proceed with caution if that's what you're thinking about. Unless of course you have some very original idea, but even then I would be careful how much of you own money you invest in it.

    Gold or Bitcoin are both good ways to store value and avoid negative interest. And Bitcoin has gone up in fiat value quite a lot in recent months.
     
  18. drumminmama

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    How do you make a million in music? Start with two million.
     
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  19. Asmodean

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    I did play the stock markets like a fiddle in GTA5
     
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    Just a few figures. Bought Bitcoin about 3 years ago, soon after Mount Gox crashed, at £270 approx. as of this moment, 23:26 BST 22/09/17 price is £2,609 rising slowly.. If I'd posted this two weeks ago before the current issues in china, as high as £3,500. So - I sell half for gold now, and my profits are secured. I still have BTC at £2,700. Ten times my investment. If it starts to look like wipeout time - buy more gold with the coins. Seems to me like one of the few can't loose scenarios I've ever been in. But fuck - it's only money.

    Glad I took the time to look into crypto when I did.
     
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