With the World  in turmoil following the Covid Pandemic, the ongoing situation in the Ukraine and the Worldwide impacts of both the "Markets" have been up and down.....(Like a Bride's Nightie)....

 

I invested in an ETF .....Oil (Wisdom Tree) Ticker "PCRD" in January and it has done nicely!

 

I believe that with the European wish to remove themselves from high dependance on Russian Energy and that when China opens up again that there will be a huge demand for Oil again.

 

I also have shares in a few BioTech companies but, I want to diversify more!

 

May I ask what you think are good potential shares?

 

I am wary of "Tech Stocks" as they are so volatile at the moment!

 

I welcome your ideas.

 

Many thanks!

 

 

 

 

9 minutes ago, Troy Tempest said:

I welcome your ideas.

Thai cows & buffaloes.

that is listed on the LSE. 5.2 million quid total capitalized value, as I read it. The gereral 'rule of thumb' is to invest in nothing below a cap value of 10 milion quid/usd. and that is the bottom of the barrel. (no pun intended) . you've done well - good luck.

5 minutes ago, paddypower said:

that is listed on the LSE. 5.2 million quid total capitalized value, as I read it. The gereral 'rule of thumb' is to invest in nothing below a cap value of 10 milion quid/usd. and that is the bottom of the barrel. (no pun intended) . you've done well - good luck.

Thanks Paddy....I like a "Gamble"!

 

Have you got any Horses for a bet today? 

23 minutes ago, Kwasaki said:

Thai cows & buffaloes.

He didn't ask what's the best investment for his girlfriend 555

If he would invest in this, he would not worry about a return as it's a total write-off.

9 minutes ago, Troy Tempest said:

Thanks Paddy....I like a "Gamble"!

 

Have you got any Horses for a bet today? 

I am heavily in Shell and it's doing great this year.
Thursday, quarterly figures.
BP did extremely well yesterday.
Also heavily in LGEN.
Not doing so well since the russian war but a good, steady, high dividend payer.
Get them now and get a 7% dividend yield.

44 minutes ago, Troy Tempest said:

and it has done nicely!

yet you are asking the poorest, least educated, most beer drinking, bar hopping backpacker expats with less than 80 baht to their name?

 

great!!!

 

take 7.83732982 percent and put it into high-yielding, BBB- grade, 4.9% double-tax free Swiss paper 2032.

 

with 0.98282332%......... oh, hold on, you want this info for FREE??????????????

 

"you are asking the poorest, least educated, most beer drinking, bar hopping backpacker expats with less than 80 baht to their name?"

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I represent that remark.................

1 hour ago, Troy Tempest said:

May I ask what you think are good potential shares?

 

I am wary of "Tech Stocks" as they are so volatile at the moment!

I am invested in tech stocks (Shopify, Trade Desk, Wayfair, Netflix, Nvidia) and the S&P500 (meaning more tech stocks: Apple, Google) with about one eighth of my investment portfolio. However, I don't expect a rebound in prices anytime soon. Being 20-25% 'in the red' right now with this part of my portfolio, I have no plans to sell until 2036, which leaves some room for markets to rebound.

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I am heavily into gold and silver, too many governments printing money.

Gold would seem a good bet now. Hex crypto too.

Thank you all for your replies......Many were funny!

 

I was just wondering as my Broker is scratching his head right now and most of his clients are haemoraging DOSH!

 

I am still up YTD!.....But not by much!

 

Good luck Guys and Gals! 

30 minutes ago, Troy Tempest said:

Thank you all for your replies......Many were funny!

 

I was just wondering as my Broker is scratching his head right now and most of his clients are haemoraging DOSH!

 

I am still up YTD!.....But not by much!

 

Good luck Guys and Gals! 

Oil and gas.

3 hours ago, RafPinto said:

I am heavily in Shell and it's doing great this year.
Thursday, quarterly figures.
BP did extremely well yesterday.
Also heavily in LGEN.
Not doing so well since the russian war but a good, steady, high dividend payer.
Get them now and get a 7% dividend yield.

In 50 years of investing, I have never bought oil nor tobacco.

Of course, over the years,,  I have invested heavily in Guinness and Midleton (premiums and Paddy blended) whiskeys. 

I am open to investing in one of these Canadian or US hemp farms ????

 

Just now, paddypower said:

In 50 years of investing, I have never bought oil nor tobacco.

Of course, over the years,,  I have invested heavily in Guinness and Midleton (premiums and Paddy blended) whiskeys. 

I am open to investing in one of these Canadian or US hemp farms ????

 

PS and, sadly racehorses and greyhounds.

 

4 minutes ago, RafPinto said:

Oil and gas.

Even Buffett is bullish on oil stocks now.
My Shell investment heavily up this year and tomorrow quarterly figures.
Fingers crossed.

 

Shell PLC

4 minutes ago, RafPinto said:

Oil and gas.

We think alike!

 

My portfolio is now 75% Oil and 25% Gas, but not that type of gas.

 

Linde Plc...... 

 

Linde.com

 

Good luck to you all! 

 

9 minutes ago, paddypower said:

PS and, sadly racehorses and greyhounds.

 

Love it Paddy! 

In general best to invest in companies that “make stuff” and are profitable.  This takes many/most tech companies off your radar.  With interest rates increasing tech and bio tech not a good space to be.  Commodities … agricultural, industrial metals, precious metals are where you will see the best returns.  Shortages (Russia sanctions), China (end of lock downs, government stimulus), US dollar/FX are the conditions that will drive risk asset prices in these spaces. If you are fond of risk would buy Russia gold miners.  They are presently dirt cheap and it’s almost a sure thing that Russia will back their currency with gold/commodities)

When I retired I had to reinvest my retirement plan from the agency I worked for.    I went to an investment company.  The money was put into an account with only 20% stock.  The rest was balanced out in different types of investments. This was the least risk I decided to take. This is commonly referred to as an asset allocation fund.  
It did increase during the last few years.  But of course I lost some money during the market’s downturn lately. 

I have made some very good coin in the last 6 months, gold, lithium and miners.

 

The prior 2-3 years were very mediocre, nevertheless have always made my monthly budget targets.

 

2017-2018 were pretty similar to the last 6 months, very good.

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When I retired I had some great bonds in NZ which were paying around 7.5% per annum, but as the markets changed, there was very little to be had in the way of bonds with a reasonable return, so I looked elsewhere.

 

I chose just two stocks on the NZ share market, both types of utilities, both paying around 5.5% in dividends, but both with good growth potential IMO.

 

So far they have done well, with one of them more than doubling its share price, and the other one increasing it by about 15%, but with good growth prospects.

 

That still left me with some cash so I sought out a couple of companies in NZ (there are some in Australia too) who engage in "peer-to-peer lending", whereby somebody who wants to develop/build another house on their property needs to borrow in order to do so, but the banks are reluctant to lend for this, especially if the owners are retired, even though the value of the existing property and land could be in the millions of dollars!!

 

Step in the "peer-to-peer" lenders where they will gather a group of investors together in order to lend the money to the developers/builders who will pay around 6.5 % per annum (paid monthly) so that they can finish the job and sell the property for a good price (the property prices in NZ have gone through the roof).

 

The whole deal is covered by a trust deed, overseen by lawyers, whereby if the borrower should renege on a payment, the lawyers can repossess the original property and land, and the investors will be paid out.

 

So 50% of my savings are in the two stocks I mentioned, with 35% being in the "peer-to-peer lending" property investment, with the other 15% being in short-term term deposits for ready cash if I need it.

 

And of course a small pension tops things up.
 

In Thailand invest in cement. You can't get anything more concrete than that.

Block chain + Gaming, web 3 ????

Commodities (metals,oil&gas, agri, etc) and military defense stocks.

I leave it all up to my financial adviser. I'm worth 50% more now than when I arrived here nearly 20 years ago. Don't know what to do with it all. ????‍♂️

1 hour ago, JetsetBkk said:

I leave it all up to my financial adviser. I'm worth 50% more now than when I arrived here nearly 20 years ago. Don't know what to do with it all.

A thai girlfriend would love to take care of you.   ????

Gold and silver. Crypto if your inclined

3 hours ago, William C F Pierce said:

In Thailand invest in cement. You can't get anything more concrete than that.

Invest in Mango & Sticky Rice. It's in the news every other day. Must be a reason...