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Good heavens, 30p. Time, I think, for a celebratory cup of tea and a nice sit down.
I think - to a great degree - it's human nature.
Interestingly, an especially in fiscal matters, we have an innate compulsion to compare ourselves to those we see as 'greater' rather than those we see as 'lesser'. Case in point; my very first post on this board was regarding my surprise that so many posters seemed to be able to access what are - for me - colossal sums of money for their investments and casually make purchases running into the thousands. I slightly regret that thread now, although not the very warm, earnest responses it generated, but it's an excellent example of me comparing my rather modest investment capital to those who I see as far beyond me. I did not stop to consider that my meagre few thousand is still far in excess of those with less means than I, and especially those who simply cannot afford to invest.
OilMonkey's original thread was an interesting duality for me. On the one hand, at no point did their thread, opening comment, or syntax ever suggest they were lauding their newfound welath over others and I don't believe for a moment that that was ever the intention. However, the *effect* such statements have remains an uncomfortable reminder to people like myself who have very little money as to how little wealth we have. That isn't OilMonkey's - or anyone else's - fault; but it is an effect regardless. Where that becomes a problem is if we react unreasonably and resentfully.
Ultiamtely, I would suggest that the real quality of this board is not that these unfortunate spats don't break out; rather, that fairly rapidly we have thoughtful threads following those spats where it is generally - and to my mind, rightly - agreed that perhaps we have treated one another a little unfairly and it's time to take a moment to pause and reflect.
To echo J47's excellent warning, I note that that particular website is served over the insecure HTTP protocol, opening it up to a wide range of trivially easy data abuses. Given the simple application of securing a website these days, the owner of that site really has no excuse for leaving it so open to abuse.
As a fellow new poster but not necessarilly new board lurker, I'd like to second this. Some of the posters here - and Paddy especially - have been beneficially instrumental in helping me many of us form sensible, balanced judgements about this investment. Personally speaking, Paddy's excellent series of satellite updates have led me not only to research GGP specifically, but also to start taking a real interest in the whole fascinating field of mineral exploration :)
Thank you everyone who has taken the time to answer, and for being kind to a newbie :)
Some really excellent points and, if I'm completely honest with myself I think there probably was an element of "I see this fanstasic investment opportunity and others are able to buy so much more than me so why not meee???" to my question, although I do try to keep a cool head and not listen to emotions.
I think what mercedesman and others have said about patience is absolutely spot on. I've been building a small, but solidly diversified, portfolio for several years now but I simply lack the bulk capital to make large returns (and I point blank refuse, under any circumstances, to go into any form of debt in order to invest; that way lies ruin).
In addition to a lack of capital, I think also I haven't seen huge returns as I've always gone for safer, de-risked investments (hence my late arrival at GGP). In this particular race I much prefer to be a plodding turtle with steady returns than a frantic hare with the chance of wild returns but with the threat of equally wild losses.
Specifically with GGP, I do believe that with patience and a cool head I can turn my modest little sum into a moderate little sum over the next few years and, who knows, maybe one day I'll be in a position to top up 10k at a whim and be advising another newbie how I got there!
I'm a very smalltime investor and have placed a large bulk of my portfolio in GGP. Sadly, I've probably missed the boat and was only financially able to get onboard at 23p...
...which brings me to my question. I've been lurking on this board for a few weeks now and seen multiple comments where other investors talk about topping up with 'just' 10k, or filling up an ISA with GGP shares and I'm wondering how.
For myself, I have a very small portfolio on InteractiveInvestor. The whole portfolio is just 6k and that's taken me years to build up by trickling in small abouts of my salary. I'm very confident in GGP, and believe the returns will be good, but it always amazes me when some posters casually say they can afford to top-up with thousands, or - as in a recent thread - blithely talk about purchasing large amounts of gold Britannias (I'd have to save for a year to afford just one of those coins!)
So as a smalltime investor I'm genuinely interested in fidning out, without providing any personal details, just how some investors can afford to make these collosal purchases. Is this all just money you've made from GGP and other investments? Do you remortage your houses to afford it? Where on earth does this vast amount of money come from?
This isn't a complaint, just a genuine question; how on earth do people find these life-changing amounts of money to throw into investments like GGP?