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hampshireblue said:
I think it is best to stop looking. It's so volatile at the moment and if you're not already in drawdown from your portfolio then better to not worry about something you have no control of. Selling down now realises the 10% drop, whereas holding firm means you've lost nothing.
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True. But I did manage to liquidate circa £70k of my portfolio about a week ago. And on too of that I have £60k in a money market fund. So im looking at how and when I buy back in.

My base plan is the wait for the next round of inflation data and interest rate decisions. Assuming the Iran war goes as predicted I.e. it rumbles on then there is more bad news to come. But at the same time as soon as a few ships get passed the straights markets will probably jump back. So my plan is subject to change.
 
Gareth Barry Conlon said:
True. But I did manage to liquidate circa £70k of my portfolio about a week ago. And on too of that I have £60k in a money market fund. So im looking at how and when I buy back in.

My base plan is the wait for the next round of inflation data and interest rate decisions. Assuming the Iran war goes as predicted I.e. it rumbles on then there is more bad news to come. But at the same time as soon as a few ships get passed the straights markets will probably jump back. So my plan is subject to change.
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My IFA always says the biggest risk is not when to sell out but missing the opportunity to go back in. Good luck with it. Talk about volatile, it's gone from down 230 to up 65 already today.
 
Down about 5% in the last 3/4 weeks, but did sell off about 20% of my holdings 3 months or so back, influenced by some underperforming funds and the warmongering **** in the shitehouse. Picking the time to buy back in is something I have zero experience of so I'm likely to miss out to some degree, but at least its safeguarded a fifth of my ISA for now
 
dickie davies said:
Im roughly 4% down over the last five weeks
By close this evening that could be 2% or 8%!
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I’m about 15% down overall from a high at the end of Feb. It’s back to where it was 3 months ago but it’s still up 15% over 6 months and up 32% over a year. All swings and roundabouts.
 
west didsblue said:
I’m about 15% down overall from a high at the end of Feb. It’s back to where it was 3 months ago but it’s still up 15% over 6 months and up 32% over a year. All swings and roundabouts.
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Was about to say, that i started investing into Vanguard indexes in September, and im back to square one now, after being about 7-8% up around 3 weeks ago

Just goes to show that the market can seem to collapse in the space of a few weeks, but over a longer duration youll still be alright

Hopefully in 6 months time ill have it back and more!
 
west didsblue said:
I’m about 15% down overall from a high at the end of Feb. It’s back to where it was 3 months ago but it’s still up 15% over 6 months and up 32% over a year. All swings and roundabouts.
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Listening to a lady speaker on 5 live who writes for the FT and she said volatility if off the scale, which we all knew, but worryingly, she said a real crash is on the horizon and it's all down to trump
 
dickie davies said:
Listening to a lady speaker on 5 live who writes for the FT and she said volatility if off the scale, which we all knew, but worryingly, she said a real crash is on the horizon and it's all down to trump
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Volatility can be seen on the Vix index.

It is higher than it has been recently due to the obvious but it’s nowhere near levels seen during the banking crisis / COVID or even Trump’s tariff announcement last year.

Hopefully it will settle soon if some sort of behind the scenes deal is reached.
 
hampshireblue said:
I think it is best to stop looking. It's so volatile at the moment and if you're not already in drawdown from your portfolio then better to not worry about something you have no control of. Selling down now realises the 10% drop, whereas holding firm means you've lost nothing.
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But surely that only applies if you leave it long enough to get back to where you were before the loss.
 
MCFC_ Phil said:
But surely that only applies if you leave it long enough to get back to where you were before the loss.
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That might only be a month away,or a bit longer , point is unless you need it now you investment strategy shouldn’t change on any drop in the markets, over time the market will rise. I add £200 every month to my portfolio regardless whatever the market is doing.This year it’s dropped but over the years it’s been going despite some drops bigger than this it’s grown fairly substantially.
 
blueparrot said:
That might only be a month away,or a bit longer , point is unless you need it now you investment strategy shouldn’t change on any drop in the markets, over time the market will rise. I add £200 every month to my portfolio regardless whatever the market is doing.This year it’s dropped but over the years it’s been going despite some drops bigger than this it’s grown fairly substantially.
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Yeah, I get it. I pay £125 into mine, and the rise over the last few years has been more than I expected. I just need to look at it that way.
 
Down about 12% overall but mainly due to a couple of company stocks I have a large position in. I’ve re-bought today and expect we’ll begin to move back up in the coming weeks..
 
hampshireblue said:
If you were buying a month ago, you sure as hell should be buying at a 10% discount right now. I know it's against human nature but look up pound cost averaging to see the concept.
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I understand the concept but I don't invest on a regular basis. The cash available is from a sale about 3 months back. Sat waiting for a drop
 
hampshireblue said:
Drip feeding it in is the best method. We'd all be millionaires if we knew when the top and bottom of the market is.
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I know, but I'm not in a position to do that anymore, early retirement, no income, living on other money whilst the S&S ISA builds for later life. Seems a no brainer though to wait for the end of the Iran war before buying in again
 
flook said:
I know, but I'm not in a position to do that anymore, early retirement, no income, living on other money whilst the S&S ISA builds for later life. Seems a no brainer though to wait for the end of the Iran war before buying in again
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If you wait for certainty you’ll have missed the boat. Some of my best performing investments were bought in March 2020 when no one had a clue how long COVID would last.
 
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