RE: Buy the dip...Excellent opportunity!!5 Nov 2021 19:32
It is a bit moronic comparing blue chip companies like Lloyds and BT to a biotech like Avacta.
I have a lot of experience with Lloyds shares and generally Lloyds is company with low risk approach until you might recall in 2008 there was a financial crisis/ black swan event that shattered banking shares and Lloyds ended up having to take on HBOS with government finance. This was a low risk share negativity affected by a major events. Generally it tracks the market and was popular at one time for the dividends.
Avacta was/is a high risk share that has been positively affected by the same event that has affected Lloyds negatively. In short, your investment can go down as well as up. No s h i t sherlock?
Trading is different proposition and skill set. You have to sit there and watch it. There is a cost to that time … and clearly many on here (whether they are honest about it or not) have the time and inclination to do so. But investing is a risk … and we spend far too much time bickering about assessing the risk to Avacta when it fact we are coming from completely different approaches to risk.
I’m just trying to be put some of what has already been pointed out in a polite way… if you aren’t prepared to invest in a high risk share - quit bleating about it and go put some money in Barclays - they are a bit less susceptible as diversified in other markets - not just UK. Or maybe a tracker fund???