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The best time to buy is when you can afford it. TBH a £20-£30 swing either way shouldnt make too much of a difference if you're holding for the long term and not going to need to sell in a few months.

The best time to buy is when you can afford it. TBH a £20-£30 swing either way shouldnt make too much of a difference if you're holding for the long term and not going to need to sell in a few months.

The best time to buy is when you can afford it. TBH a £20-£30 swing either way shouldnt make too much of a difference if you're holding for the long term and not going to need to sell in a few months.

Received yesterday, a very nice and special Five Pound Piece.



 
 

No one can deny there is a generational disparity especially from those who lived and worked in the 60-70's to those now living and working in the 2010-2020's.  
The system has changed, no way will it be allowed for someone to work 25-30 years and be able to retire for 40 years, it's not sustainable debt is always levied onto the next generation.  Yes every generation has had their challenges and it's easy to start to sling mud at each other, everyone must see the social engineering that it taking place and it will effect everyone.
The system is set up in such away it's next to impossible to leave school at 16 get a job and raise and support a family, in the 60-70's you left school  got a job and most were married and had kids in their late teens early 20's.     This is social engineering 101,  put so many hurdles in front of a generation, make it socially acceptable  to put off having kids as everyone is shoehorned into going to university, make is so an average house is now 10-12x a wage where only a generation ago it was 2 -2.5x a wage.   Get everyone confused about their sexuality and brainwash a generation into thinking they are special......The result will be a messed up complaint generation who do not  breed or breed factors less than the previous generation.  
The only thing that's keeping the birth rate up is immigration,  why don't they just get our population to breed? Because sooner or later they will demand a better quality of life for their family  and will demand more money from the ruling classes.....So they  bring in loads of immigrants all at child baring age, they will do jobs without complaint and it nails the job market keeping wages and real standard of living low.  
No way am I blaming immigration (just explaining one part of the system)  I don't blame anyone for wanting a better quality of life, we all see facets of this new social engineering  system , whether it's inflation, society going digital, generations being manipulated into not breeding, freedom of speech and movements reduced,  controlling people though pitching  one group against  another who are  diametrically opposed,  this is why they want everyone to identify as one thing or another it's not freedom it's control and censorship, the masses will scream for evermore control and censorship the more their identifying group is challenged it's a closed loop of control, most of the old will be electronically ostracised as they have not kept up with the new digital system and services what they once knew no longer exist.........
Just try stepping back and looking at the bigger picture.......It will effect every generation, we are seeing a historic event the shift from the 3rd to the 4th industrial revolution.   
 
 
 
 

ah bless. the poor bloke had to cut down on his socialising. and get a blanky out to watch telly.   he can't afford a flat in London. oh dear..  
. there was no way anyone I knew could afford a place on their own. I got mine with my missus and we had to get a loan for furniture
the price of my, sorry our,  first house went down 15 per cent and that was with inflation at well over 5. its took nearly a decade to get back to level in actual terms, not index linked.
if your generation doesn't have the balls to vote for less socialism expect it to continue.   and if you dont want to 'work; for pensioners perhaps you can pay em back for your, education and health care etc up till now..
maybe some pensioner can pop in a little video about heating in the 40's and 50's. what their working conditions were like and how they decided there was no point as they couldn't get on.  oh hang on. they got off their arses and did  
 

But that doesn't matter for stacking .

Maybe worried about future confiscation?

For trading (spread betting) I mostly use IG 

Agree with @Stacktastic, I am using 212 and have no complaints. They introduced a small fee for card transfers recently I think but it's free to bank transfer funds.
They have a decent selection of stocks, I have pretty much always been able to buy what I want. 👍

There is already a thread or two on this subject. 

I use 212 and have had not issues with it, very good although they were restricting new accounts. 'Free' to you for most trades, although they sell your data to hedge funds. 
Depends what you want to do, but for a beginner its fabulous - for a trader or more advanced stock manager (ie different exchanges & out of hours) then there are better ones. 
For general investing there is more than enough choice on 212, although I have asked for Sprott a few times.

I have spent the whole day looking into this & I feel that commodity prices are really starting to look out of favour hoping forward & even in a market correction they will do OK eventually. 
Funnily enough today I got an email saying that my energy provider has been experiencing 200% increases this year & needs to up the costs. Time to invest in solar & making bio fuel me thinks. 

I have decided to make a move on PolyMetal at some point for silver exposure & a great dividend (not to mention an emerging market) - it will need to go lower & looking at Gold silver might have bottomed today. 

I am very interested in Uranium - but it needs to go back down IMO as I dont want to day trade. I have been watching it all day and its choppy so will make moves in both directions I think. 
Swing trading makes sense with this as it could be like this for years. Maybe at most cash out 100% on initial positions?? 

Yellow Cake share price makes sense for a trade as its about £3 & UK based - Kazatomprom longer term.
I would dream of scooping up polymetal, Kazatomprom & Gazprom in a correction. 

And I have decided to also purchase some Platinum if this continues to go down as its potential upside is huge!
Silvania is looking very tempting as the figures are amazing & it has a great dividend & no debt. Funny refining 4 month thing though. 

And a decent copper producer with a dividend like Angtofagasta or Sol gold if that tanks. 

Base metals - probably one of the majors TBH. Maybe Evraz as the dividend is amazing. 

Thanks for your reply @Stacktastic I'll definitely research what you've suggested and maybe start taking a look at uranium, I've been reading @HerefordBullyun posts on uranium for a little while so know he's a fan.
@HerefordBullyun 7k in a day - now that the level of investing id like to get to

Certainly noteworthy. The miners for me is where you get the leverage but they are the drivers behind it. I think it could go ballistic if the listing is made. Rick rule stated you ain't seen nothing yet. I made 7k today for doing nothing. The banks can shove Thier Managed ISA s up Thier fat Arris. ACH has done well today in aluminium front also

Hmm yes if only you want to hedge inflation & across the board they are cheap with regards to the spot price, PE ratios & general health of most the major miners. 
They are starting to increase dividends also - I think Barrick is a good choice although its a bit more expensive. 4% or something now. Wheaton too. 
Everyone is confused by gold miners as they are in great shape and the fundamentals are perfect - which IMO is a good time to buy. 
It wont make you rich but thats not the point. Having said that if the world gets scared or the markets dump then gold will do very well indeed. Easy 4x return.

Im starting to reconsider uranium & am thinking of waiting for the next pull back as this has a long time to play out. 
This guy is right and yes there will be another Sprott or two & with such a small Market cap & amazing macro fundamentals it a no brainer. 
Have a look at Yellow Cake as its a royalty company. i personally like Kazatomprom & the dividend is amazing. 

Just not sure now thats all. I am tired of chasing stocks. I have a family and not a lot of savings so its quite stressful
I just want to get into a move early and relax. i missed oil last year, i missed Uranium last year (although I bought both inc. Dennison at 30p a share).
This shows I can see patterns with out of favour sectors and am good at not following the herd - so maybe this is my strength? 

But comparing myself to other people is dangerous as I am new to this & have learnt the hard way. At some point i will be spot on & confident, that is not now. 
Hereford seems to have an ideal lifestyle to trade the markets plus experience of the commodity sector (esp.oil) & towards retirement age (I think)
 
 
 

In my opinion your timing and research is good, RDSB are the shares you want, dividend withholding tax on the RDSA ones. I have both companies among others in the sector, to me its a 100% no brainer although perhaps very contrarian at the moment given how much the market hates big oil. Its fashionable to hate them. I am very confident long term (mid 20's), short term I have no idea if we will get further downside or if it shoots up Monday, but be prepared to hold and accumulate through some rough times if oil breaks down again. The downside is limited imo. 
Dividends have been cut on BP by half (still a solid 5-6% dividend depending when you bought), and instead the board are planning to buy back shares using up to 15% of cashflow. The buy backs are discretionary so power has been taken from the shareholders (dividends) and put in the hands of the board, I still expect this to return and compound perhaps 20% per year including dividends over the decade. We will see. 
Shell have cut dividend by 2/3rds, way too far and too fast, I expect this to be raised once oil starts to recover if the board members want to keep their jobs. I expect similar returns over the decade from shell, they are a long term, potentially retirement hold given the dividend potential and position relative to LNG/Hydrogen.
These companies are looking forward at hydrogen production to meet the green agenda (or that is how its being sold), BP in particular, as hydrogen will be the green replacement for natural gas. I am told that gas engineering certificates now include hydrogen, existing infrastructure can be used to transport store and supply it for the most part. There are also geopoitical implications of being able to produce a nations own LNG equivalent (Europe no longer reliant on Russia). This will be renewable or conventional electricity (solar wind nuclear) being used to produce hydrogen, which in turn is used in the existing gas network throughout Europe. Green agenda achieved, strategic energy achieved. Although LNG is cheaper at the moment, these companies have the size and scale to change that over the coming years through investment and development.
As an aside Tesla looks like a shoeshine stock; I don't see anyone excited about oil and no one is talking about hydrogen, just saying. 
Not sure about cruise liners, those are a favourite Robinhood choice so I am staying away. I am looking at Agri shares for inflation (Mosaic, Nutrient, K+S), telecoms (BT.A, VOD, TEF) and infrastructure (DRAX, NG. SSE). I like the big FTSE listed mining shares too but they have gone up too much since march for my liking and are on the watch list. Waiting for a pullback. 

https://uk.reuters.com/article/idUKKBN27W2YE
Tesla to be 1% of S&P 500 weighting! 
A few negatives I can think of, firstly the amount of selling that will have to take place in the S&P to make room for Teslas insane market cap, secondly when this thing goes down it will now take the entire S&P 500 with it.  
Positives are the same reasons but from the perspective of buying the other S&P companies.
Which company will get the boot? An oil and gas company perhaps, possibly Exxon given its removal from the Dow Jones index?
Whichever company it is, view also as a possible buying opportunity in the outgoing.
We thank you Tesla for the gifts we are about to receive...  

The new 24-carat one troy ounce of gold coin has been produced with 'micro-detail' so the waves in the background appear to roll as you look at them from different angles.
The illusion of moving waves is a security measure introduced to make it difficult for forgers to copy. There are others, including a disk by the bottom of the regal figure's dress that also acts like a hologram so you can see either a padlock or trident on it, again depending on what angle you look at it from.
Full Article This is Money
https://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/investing/article-8801321/Is-new-Britannia-coin-golden-opportunity-stocks-slide.html

Just buy from a coin fair, one sovereign from five different dealers problem solved

Many people gift gold and silver to family and friends, and often pay off huge psychologically damaging gambling debts that will trigger their PTSD if discussed.

If that day ever came you could recount the tale of your unfortunate boating accident. Such a sad story.

Theoretically, the limit is 5000 Pounds as far as I know but unfortunately, some dealers ask for an ID at any purchase. That's also the case because the limit is not just 5K for one purchase but per year and obviously they could forget you after a few weeks or months, so there is a grey area and they want to cover themselves - also one member here said, they are under pressure from the authorities. Of course it has nothing to to with preventing money laundering (that's done with fake businesses) but with a paranoid state.
I have once bought only 2 Sovereigns at a well known London dealer who wanted to see an ID but also 5 Sovereigns at once and a few more over the same year at an unknown local jeweller. However, his prices were not particularly good.
I think the objection, if you don't have to hide anything, you don't need to worry leaving your ID there is not thought through. I don't do anything abnormal on the toilet too, yet I would not like a record of it stored at a shop or even the government. History - and the present - have shown time and again, you can't trust governments. The reset is coming closer, it's principally unavoidable in a fiat system and the powers that be talk openly about it now (e.g. at the World Economic Forum). Of course many people will lose their savings in this process and the government will grab everything they can. I think a literal gold confiscation is yet unlikely as their are much easier ways to get much bigger amounts, from the people. However, chances are that they will continue to make it more difficult, add more taxes etc, around gold. That is unless their attempts to install socialism backfire, of course.
So, you can only look for more bullion dealers/jewellers till you find one that doesn't require an ID. I have also once bought a Sovereign at a pawn shop, they didn't ask for an ID either, however, their sell (and buy) prices are often (but not always) really bad. But trying them out is most likely a wast of time, chances are really low there. Try small and unknown jewellers and shops that offer antiquities.

No worse than earlier in the year when it was. 🤔

i hope it keeps going - then a bit of gold shopping this weekend