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Shares / Re: Does anyone here gear their investments?
« on: May 22, 2013, 11:49:35 am »
If you are, make sure you use a separate account from your investment as your tax will become a nightmare like mine.
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Shares / Re: Long term investments
« on: May 16, 2013, 05:28:56 pm »Could you reprimand vodacom for me while you're at it. It's my only stock still in the red...Sorry. Don't have it in my portfolio so cannot use my psychicological stuff on it. Try burning sage and doing a rain dance around your pc.
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The Investor Challenge / Re: Percentage gained
« on: May 16, 2013, 03:53:11 pm »
Patrick. You will notice that holders of a large chunk of CML in their portfolios will drop in their positions in up days like today but in an undecided market they move up.
A phenomenon that I picked up on the other contest. A good month will put me in a satisfactory position and a flatish or bad month will put me on top.
Keep an eye on this.
A phenomenon that I picked up on the other contest. A good month will put me in a satisfactory position and a flatish or bad month will put me on top.
Keep an eye on this.
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The Investor Challenge / Re: ETF vs the world
« on: May 16, 2013, 01:23:12 pm »
STXIND to go down for those wanting to buy.
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The Investor Challenge / Re: Percentage gained
« on: May 16, 2013, 10:52:43 am »
I got done in here. Lost 1 day and close to 2% trying to register via android tablet.
Patrick. You owe me 2% boet.
Patrick. You owe me 2% boet.
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The Investor Challenge / Re: Percentage gained
« on: May 15, 2013, 05:39:03 pm »
What happened to that guy in 1'st place doing 19%? He has just disappeared like in a flash. Was i not SaiyanZ? Now sitting near the bottom with JaDEB?
Would love to know the stock that led to his downfall.
Would love to know the stock that led to his downfall.
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The Investor Challenge / Re: ETF vs the world
« on: May 15, 2013, 05:25:55 pm »There's a lot of ETFs out there, so you're still picking, you're just picking a basket. I've been happily holding the satrix indi for some time now, and it's beaten just about every fund manager out. Whether it will continue to is the question.Good choice. I have always recommended STXIND to people that don't have time to watch their portfolio every day. The day I retire I will transfer all my pension into it and only check up on it after my fishing trips. It has been the least volatile and best performing STX of all and doing 30%+. UT managers would love to get the same gains.
Tip. Buy it via a broker on the JSE and not on the Satrix website. Cheaper and you can sell at a click of a button if needed.
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The Investor Challenge / Re: ETF vs the world
« on: May 15, 2013, 03:30:59 pm »This competition is about the 'top performers', and that's most likely to be the person who makes the best bet on an individual company (or two). In reality I wouldn't be that foolish. I would (and do) stick to ETFs. But seeing as this is just a game, it's all about "the punt" and I don't mind just throwing my money on a company like I would on a race horse.
I have been using the same stocks that I have in my real portfolio in the other competition since June and so far I have not been knocked off my perch as League Leader. I use the same stocks here too and am happy so far. Only 3 stocks and I am not being Foolish by punting my pension money.
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Shares / Re: Long term investments
« on: May 14, 2013, 06:15:47 pm »
MTA read this post and is shooting the lights out now. Up 3.6% today. I must reprimand my stocks more often.
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The Investor Challenge / Re: Upcoming rule change affecting hidden holdings.
« on: May 13, 2013, 12:43:06 pm »
I really can't see why one would want to hide ones stocks other than to keep people from copying them the following year. Are we not here to learn and get tips and stuff?
I for one would benefit as I use historical performance in my choice of stocks.
I for one would benefit as I use historical performance in my choice of stocks.
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Shares / Re: Long term investments
« on: May 13, 2013, 12:16:08 pm »Metair. You have been my worst performer over 12 months. Doing less than 40%?It worked. She woke up at long last.
If you don't wake up now, I will sell you and add to your room mate CML that has done 111%. Even your other roomy PNC is beating you by 20%.
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The Investor Challenge / Re: Meaning of greyed out names - Leaderboard ?
« on: May 10, 2013, 05:58:09 pm »What concerns me more is that porno_ster is 48th and I am only 223rd . Thus he/she has a better job than me, and they are better at investing....You being screwed pal. Porno is on top and you on the bottom.
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Shares / Re: Long term investments
« on: May 10, 2013, 03:22:50 pm »
Metair. You have been my worst performer over 12 months. Doing less than 40%?
If you don't wake up now, I will sell you and add to your room mate CML that has done 111%. Even your other roomy PNC is beating you by 20%.
If you don't wake up now, I will sell you and add to your room mate CML that has done 111%. Even your other roomy PNC is beating you by 20%.
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Shares / Re: Today's Outlook
« on: May 07, 2013, 03:53:02 pm »
Markets do strange things that we cannot fathom. Look at Black Monday in 1987 I think. If I remember correctly the Dow dropped 27% in 1 day and nobody knows why.