RE: Big Buys19 Sep 2020 18:37
Noggers, hear me out... I've been thinking a lot about this over the past 24 hours.
What happened in February/March was very different. It was a major shock to the markets and each escalation caused another little tremor until March 23rd, the day the lockdown began, when the markets rapidly recovered some of their huge losses. This time is different. It was expected, 'inevitable' as described by Boris this time. The markets have been ready for this for the past few months. It's why the likes of NEX, a fundamentally sound business, couldn't catch a break back to the 200s.
This time will be different. Share prices will not crash indiscriminately. Lockdowns will be somewhat localised and much shorter. Any falls will be quickly bought into. Only those businesses most at risk of bakruptcy will be badly hit. I think lockdown or not NEX has found its bottom...
I reacted Friday by selling my riskiest contrarian stocks - CINE & RR. I then topped up on synairgen and novacyt (covid related stocks) and a little more in NEX.