Let's agree to disagree. For those dipping their toe, I think being able to first play in a demo account for a few weeks or months makes complete sense for those who'd prefer that route.
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Just popped my FY26/27 ISA Allowance on VWRP. I was dallying with the idea of a high interest ISA saving account. Let's see how this looks in a year. At least I don't have to worry about the ERI on this one.
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Without comment -
KOR = Korea; QQQ3 = Nasdaq 3x; VPNG = Digital infrastructure ( Data centres, and that) ;
SEMI = semiconductors; XLK = US tech sector, unleveraged, VWRP = FTSE All-World UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating
KOR = Korea; QQQ3 = Nasdaq 3x; VPNG = Digital infrastructure ( Data centres, and that) ;
SEMI = semiconductors; XLK = US tech sector, unleveraged, VWRP = FTSE All-World UCITS ETF (USD) Accumulating
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Jeepers please dont tell me this is your portfolio, my crypto wallet looks like this but upside down.
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I haven't held anything for a whole year
Long term is heavily tech focused at the moment, and I've had Korea , far east (includes Taiwan etc)
There's an odd one called Artemis Global Income which is managed, goes for high growth but avoids all the US Mag7 type names. It worked when those weren't doing very well.
I've had some BioTechs, too.
In day trading acccounts, I like to use the leveraged versions but they can be hairy - you don't want them even for a moment if they're falling.
I've pulled back on Far East because of the oil supply situation. Korea has Samsung and SK Hynix, which have been rocketing, but are probably "overbought" now.
The big embuggerance is the WAY they move. They mostly move overnight. And they take the stairs up and the lift down.
With many of them if you only hold during the day, you don't catch much of the rises, but it's safer.
Stop losses work on ETF's but you daren't put them close or you get "wicked out". They DO do that on purpose, it's well known. The Stock Market is pretty heavily manipulated.
Inspect this: the rises and falls are often on the blue lines = overnight. They can easily be 10-15%.
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