RE: Buying back in19 Nov 2020 19:05
Sunny63
Despite what others may tell you, we are all in the same boat. We have all bought just before the fall and all have been caught on spikes or trying to catch a falling knife thinking they have found the bottom, don't panic.
Here are my tips to you which i have learnt the hard way.
1) DO NOT invest in AIM
2) buy a company you understand, if you don't know what they do or how they make money, walk away
3) DO NOT BUY AIM
4) Look at debt levels of a company, its cheap to own debt now but in 3 years who knows interest rates might be 5%. If they have more than 2.5x of debt to annual earnings (like BT) then walk
5) don't listen to people who tell you "its a sure thing" or "there is so much product in the ground". A product in the ground means jack **** as you can not sell it.
6) Look at the share price over a minimum of 5 years, if the trend is down, walk, if the average price is near, walk, if the average price is say £5 and the current £2.5 look into why, it could just be Covid, its probably not.
7) DO NOT buy AIM
8) Has the share price risen significantly recently (80%+) or is it a new company, walk it will probably crash just as fast.
9) NEVER invest money you have borrowed.
10) NEVER get attached to your investment, its not personal, its a purchase. Some will not sell at a loss even though its never coming back up, me included.
11) BEST FOR LAST - Do you believe with the information you have today that the company has a possibility of going under?
I now stick to FTSE 100 companies only. When it looks like Covid is over and Brexit is done (say feb 2021) I would personally look at Bank Shares once more, Pharmaceuticals are good but expensive, insurance is usually a good revenue earner, stay away from builders until May 2021. Lloyds is in a world of pain if Brexit is a load of tosh and jobs disappear over night.
Fusion98