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  • Any traders out there, currency index or shares.
    I swing trade the index here and there as I've learnt that, I tried currency and day trading various things but it was a costly learning curve.
    There are currently good opportunity in the currency markets with the pounds volatility. I'm tempted to do some but apprehensive due previous burnings. Any one got any ideas or strategies?
    Meanwhile our currency is going down and I'm tempted to buy some American shares maintain value apple may be?

  • I'm tempted to buy some American shares maintain value apple may be?

    If you want USA stock then buying in to a tracker i.e. S&P500 might be a good idea.

    Buying a couple of specific companies assumes you have the time and expertise to evaluate those companies - and their sector's - long term prospects.... do you?

    I read the smarter investing book mentioned a few pages back and I've drunk the kool-aide. In your trading can you beat the market return?

    That said I've made a run of offering poor advice here today, so maybe just ignore me :)

  • Seeing as you are around (apols for dredging something 5 months old) but how do you buy into something like a S&P 500 tracker? I read about the Warren Buffet bet recently where he said over a 10 yr period that would out perform any hedge fund.

    Also does anyone know if it's best to drip feed into it rather than place a lump sum in such a ting?

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