Pokerchips18 Oct 2018 18:46
Thank you for your post, I expected you to have a pop at me, but you didn't so thanks. I think some that play the stock market, don't get that a lot of non professional shareholders have shares in I.S.A.s as a long term investment so can't trade in & out regularly. If you have 50k invested in an I.S.A. & sell you can only buy 20k back, I think, correct me if I am wrong. Also stamp duty is a big problem, unless you spread bet, but we all know the bookie always wins in the long run, & that's what spread betting is. Of course the question here is, whether buying shares as a long term investment is a good idea anymore & have shares become, just a tool for professional gamblers?, like bitcoin is. Of course the mighty He who shall not be named ( Lets call him Mr bean) heinz57 bragged about having 57 different sources of info to guide him, what a sauce! By the way, did you know that if you back a horse in 6 different races in doubles,trebles & accumulaters, you have 57 bets & the bet is called a heinz. Sorry about that useless bit of info, but just going back to my days as a bookie.