Investment & Investing

interesting read, cheers.

There are so many things which can't be coincidence, so much fuckery was employed last time round, got to be something to it.

I've just joined Freetrade (PM me for a free share! Etc etc) and I've already made some terrible investment choices. Now following this thread to see if I can glean any decent tips.

But my main question is, how do you stop yourself from obsessively checking it every hour?

But my main question is, how do you stop yourself from obsessively checking it every hour?

Uninstall the app, log out when you’re done and set an annoyingly long password

And set up 2FA so you have another hoop to jump through when logging in

You have to..... get a life :)

stop yourself from obsessively checking it every hour?

dont have an app on your phone

Put more than you should in and buy risky shares - you’ll be too scared to check it then.

Does anyone else miss the days of fools yolo’ing >5 figures on wallstreetbets? It seems like everyone’s favourite gaming store broke that part of the internet.

You don’t!

Depends how you want to use it but I have some longer plays and for fun I’ve some I’m waiting for a little bit of a rise then I’ll probably trade or take profits to put into something else. So I check it every day. So putting in annoying 2FA or deleting the app would be pointless?

The novelty of it will wear off eventually. Especially if it’s all red. :)

Anyway YOLO GME

But my main question is, how do you stop yourself from obsessively checking it every hour?

As others have said, give it a week or so and you'll stop doing that on your own.

WTF just happened with Vanguard?
FTSE Developed World UCITS ETF (VEVE)
S&P 500 UCITS ETF (VUSA)
FTSE Developed Europe ex UK UCITS ETF (VERX

all just crashed to £0.00 right now, is that some kind of software glitch?

They're not zero now, and I think we would have heard if all five hundred companies in the S&P folded simultaneously, so: yes, it's a glitch.

Perhaps you managed to look at it just as they were updating the reference price, or while one component was down or something.

It's back to normal but that's not something you want to see before going to bed.

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we would have heard hundreds of helicopters, planes and motor convoys rushing the rich to secluded safety if all five hundred companies in the S&P folded

Ftfy, hollywood-style.

Absolutely no inflation here, no, nothing to see.

"Price rises see record jump as food costs soar in August"

3.2% to August.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-58563417

Me and the boys saving cash for our 1 bed flats on the outskirts of Scunthorpe

US

Looks a bit scary

Time to take my £200k out of Vanguard?

Do you wanna hold cash during high inflation? Not unless you're a poor millennial renter like me with no better options

Oh wait, I just realised you mean in anticipation of a crash? Not sure anyone can tell you that. Depends whether you're likely to need to spend it I guess - if so take it out and eat the cost of inflation, if not leave it there and buy the dip

PS. don't sue me if you lose it all, you should speak to a professional instead of reading my nonsense

Nobody knows anything. Luck swallows everything.

Investments can go up as well as down!

Pretty sure stonks, crypto and nfts are your friend here

A few soccer dog NFTs should be a safe investment

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/sep/17/chinas-lehman-brothers-moment-evergrande-crisis-rattles-economy

More on we evergrande and contagion
https://twitter.com/INArteCarloDoss/status/1438944431734919175?s=19