RE: Pokerchips.23 Apr 2020 13:15
Bluedreamer.....I quite agree with your sentiments. I agree I have made some pretty bad investment moves losing a lot of money, but on the flip side I have made some pretty good ones too...as previously mentioned my biggest mistake was Southern Cross, I had £50K invested there when they went tits up and the Directors lost not a penny. As for CNA I guess I was convinced that it was a rock solid investment when I first took the plunge, I feel now that I tried to average down too soon and because of that put more money into it than I really wanted to, hence I have over £250K, whilst the divi was still good I was happy despite making a large loss, but as they say it is only a loss when you sell. I am in a lucky position that I nave a very highly paid job for doing what I consider to be a hobby. Overall my investments over the past 25 years or so are well in the blue despite some bad luck, I have made some pretty good gains too, Taylor Wimpey, being a star and Red Rock when I sold my inital large holding of 0.2p a share for 19p a good few years back.The worst thing about these boards is that some folk take great delight in rubbing folks noses in the **** when they are making a loss, a prime example being Toff and Westcountry. Anyway, as they say you should only invest money that you can afford to lose and that is what I have done. I am happy with life, I have a nice house, a nice Hallberg Rassy yacht and a nice lifestyle to go with it. We are all going through some pretty tough times right now but it is what it is. I am missing the flying but just got a call to get ready to do a medivac flight to the states and back so I better go do some planning....enough time wasted on here. Thanks for your support, take care and stay safe. Oh, and yes, I still think CNA will survive and come out of this fiasco fitter and better. At the moment though all my Spare money will be drip fed into BP, RDSB, BT and TW.