Long time member (2008) but first post. Just felt the need to say thankyou to DB and others for the content of this thread. I never took much notice of it until the middle of Feb when I did the 'boxset' version which took a couple of days!
It really gave me a kick up the a**se. I've never bought a share in my life and always thought it was for rich people but decided to join HL (never heard of them till this discussion) and start researching shares. I know you all say DYOR, but this thread WAS my research and continues to be my main source.
So on the back of all the above and having £100k doing nothing but sitting in a rubbish paying savings account I jumped in from around Feb 20th to around mid March. All the shares I bought seemed to be still going down and have been for quite awhile. I bought Drax, Sirius, Imperial, Go-Ahead, Centrica, SSE, Stagecoach, Glaxo, Nat Grid, Vodaphone.
It seemed luck was on my side! They have all done very well since then but I'm aware this could change and watch like a hawk trying not to hit the sell button when they go down for a day!!! Overtrading I think it's called?
Either way, a huge thankyou to all concerned.