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Problem is, as much as we want to see Trump fail. America's economy tanking, has a knock on effect on the rest of the world. It's bad for all of us.

We all recall the 2007 global financial crisis that lasted for 2 years, that snowballed from the collapse of the US subprime mortgage market.
 
One Fan Clapping said:
I’m down that and a bit more.

Not concerned though. It’s gone down before and will come back again.

I really think Trump is driving the markets down so he can invest low. Don’t trust him at all!

Please don’t make rash decisions and don’t look every day. It’ll eat you up!
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Or to make his crypto look more desirable???
 
Hopefully a bit of calm restored. My 5% fall on a well-diversified portfolio is now back to about 3% down from its' peak in January. I hadn't checked it for over a week and am pleasantly surprised how much it's come back. Fingers crossed the markets have factored in tariffs now.
 
hampshireblue said:
Hopefully a bit of calm restored. My 5% fall on a well-diversified portfolio is now back to about 3% down from its' peak in January. I hadn't checked it for over a week and am pleasantly surprised how much it's come back. Fingers crossed the markets have factored in tariffs now.
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Friday was a big revovery day, Monday was another day of extreme falls and yesterday a mild recovery
Orange **** is causing chaos

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hampshireblue said:
Hopefully a bit of calm restored. My 5% fall on a well-diversified portfolio is now back to about 3% down from its' peak in January. I hadn't checked it for over a week and am pleasantly surprised how much it's come back. Fingers crossed the markets have factored in tariffs now.
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I’m down about 5.8%, managed to trim some exposure before it all went bat shit crazy else would be looking at 10% now.

Only decent returns trade I see is getting long volatility but they always horrible to cash out on, I will likely be fairly passive for now and just weather the storm from here adding to some of my longer term plays if the price looks attractive enough.
 
hampshireblue said:
Not disastrous depending on your age and whether you're in drawdown. Although down, mine's still 4% up on a year ago.
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mine's at a similar point compared to last year, just under 5% up. Still not pleasant though I aim for 7% annual growth as an average, so not ambitious and should smooth over the ebb and flow of the stock market. It's the possibility of Trump for 4 years plus which concerns me. Still 2 or 3 years until I have to consider drawdown from this though
 
flook said:
mine's at a similar point compared to last year, just under 5% up. Still not pleasant though I aim for 7% annual growth as an average, so not ambitious and should smooth over the ebb and flow of the stock market. It's the possibility of Trump for 4 years plus which concerns me. Still 2 or 3 years until I have to consider drawdown from this though
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Move what you’d need to draw down in years one or two into cash/fixed interest, crystallise the profit on that and then don’t stress for the remainder of his term.
 
SWP's back said:
Move what you’d need to draw down in years one or two into cash/fixed interest, crystallise the profit on that and then don’t stress for the remainder of his term.
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I have other options rather than drawing down in years 1 and 2, if there is no recovery before then I'll use those options. Might be something to think about though if the slump starts up again, thanks
 
hampshireblue said:
Hopefully a bit of calm restored. My 5% fall on a well-diversified portfolio is now back to about 3% down from its' peak in January. I hadn't checked it for over a week and am pleasantly surprised how much it's come back. Fingers crossed the markets have factored in tariffs now.
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Mixed story for me. Investments in funds are down around 7% since their peak about 6 weeks ago but still up about 5% over the last year. However my investments in individual shares have more than offset this with gains of 20% since my funds peaked and about 40% over the last year so overall I’m up about 20% in a year. Went quite heavy into gold mining and defence and that’s paid off really well so far.
 
west didsblue said:
Mixed story for me. Investments in funds are down around 7% since their peak about 6 weeks ago but still up about 5% over the last year. However my investments in individual shares have more than offset this with gains of 20% since my funds peaked and about 40% over the last year so overall I’m up about 20% in a year. Went quite heavy into gold mining and defence and that’s paid off really well so far.
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Gold mining is the one sector I play the market, albeit in a small way, made about 140% profit over the last 5 years or so, but unfortunately sold a couple of months before Shitgibbon came to power, nice profit but nothing like what it would have been now. Bought at 179, sold at 238, currently 274
 
flook said:
Gold mining is the one sector I play the market, albeit in a small way, made about 140% profit over the last 5 years or so, but unfortunately sold a couple of months before Shitgibbon came to power, nice profit but nothing like what it would have been now. Bought at 179, sold at 238, currently 274
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Gold is now over $3000 an ounce and with Trump doing his best to trash the world economy I don’t think it will be going down any time soon.
I’m invested in a company (GGP) that’s evolved from explorer to producer, and I’m up over 80% in the last year or so. I’ve no intention of selling any time soon as I believe it’s got a long way to go up still. Worth a look but like any investment you need to DYOR.
 
I’m unsure what to do. I have a personal pension and am old enough to begin drawdown but know nothing about how the market might impact it. My adviser is typically non-committal. I was made redundant and at the moment am using savings with the idea to return that money with my tax free lump sum. Should I wait it out or take the plunge?
 
City Raider said:
I’m unsure what to do. I have a personal pension and am old enough to begin drawdown but know nothing about how the market might impact it. My adviser is typically non-committal. I was made redundant and at the moment am using savings with the idea to return that money with my tax free lump sum. Should I wait it out or take the plunge?
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Without knowing your personal circumstances it’s impossible to say. It mostly will depend on your own aspirations and whether the income you could get will allow you to do what you want to do.
 
west didsblue said:
Gold is now over $3000 an ounce and with Trump doing his best to trash the world economy I don’t think it will be going down any time soon.
I’m invested in a company (GGP) that’s evolved from explorer to producer, and I’m up over 80% in the last year or so. I’ve no intention of selling any time soon as I believe it’s got a long way to go up still. Worth a look but like any investment you need to DYOR.
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I bought them at 20p! Of course they immediately went to 6p!

Well done on getting the timing right. Seem to heading the right way now.
 
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