ftbSean Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 (edited) I was just wondering how the HPC audience would respond (a variation appeared on CNN money). Edited September 7, 2009 by ftbSean Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest_Bosworth_* Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I was just wondering how the HPC audience would respond (a variation appeared on CNN money). Well, as luck would have it, a perfect kg of something shiny would take most of it off your hands... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest tbatst2000 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I was just wondering how the HPC audience would respond (a variation appeared on CNN money). Hookers and crack cocaine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
this_prisoner_is_opting_out Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 A conservatory and an en-suite which will increase the value of my house by 40k! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caveat Mortgagor Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Hookers and crack cocaine. No way! Thats just a waste! What a silly thing to do with money (and other high handed responses). An accumulator on Cameroon, Lithuania, Israel, Germany, Italy and Spain turns it into over £50k before the weekend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wait & See Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 A second hand X5 with blacked out windows. Gangsta' cool!! (or buy BP stock and pick up a decent dividend). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 A conservatory and an en-suite which will increase the value of my house by 40k! good grief Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
@contradevian Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Hookers and crack cocaine. I heard of someone recently who blew a £25,000 inheritance on a certain "habit." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IDN Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 No way! Thats just a waste! What a silly thing to do with money (and other high handed responses).An accumulator on Cameroon, Lithuania, Israel, Germany, Italy and Spain turns it into over £50k before the weekend. looks pretty tempting although i'm not sure i'd want to rely on lithuania winning away from home Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest eight Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 An accumulator on Cameroon, Lithuania, Israel, Germany, Italy and Spain turns it into over £50k before the weekend. "The 'roon" have never been the same since Patrick Mboma retired from football; I think this was aroundabouts the same time he signed for Sunderland. eight Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A.steve Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I was just wondering how the HPC audience would respond It's a ruddy hard question. Right now, my answer is 'building society account - ~3%/anm.' It's not a great answer, but it isn't awful - IMHO. I'd really like to see what answers come back for £40K, £80K, £160K and £320K, say. Does my small-scale answer work irrespective of the amount of capital? A more important question is this: "For how long?" Sure, cash in a savings account might be fine right now, but this won't be the case forever. What assets should be monitored with a view to managing a low-risk portfolio? I'm anticipating that the world stock markets will dip significantly sometime soon - but timing that is very hard... real-estate will become a viable investment again - but, perhaps, not for years to come. A further issue arises when I note that a large proportion of not-entirely-transparent investment vehicles (sold as 'investment bonds') are run by financial institutions I suspect might be practically bankrupt - seriously diminishing my trust that they will be motivated to manage my investment to my advantage - rather than to mitigate their other losses. I can see a plethora of high risk (potentially high yield) opportunities - but establishing what to do with cash that, at some point, should buy a house is rather more complicated. Opting for a low-yield savings account feels like a cop-out, but every alternative I can find looks worse. I find this doubly the case when I anticipate that had I the bottle to speculate on the markets, my perspective best suggests derivative positions rather than equity stakes. My lack of confidence in the detail of my predictions (and reluctance to engage in gambling) leaves it rather easy to dismiss equity investment for now, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordofcolchester Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I'd spend 19,000 on drink and drugs and waste the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
otters Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Hookers and crack cocaine. In the present economic climate I think it best to be prudent. I'm sure GB would approve of my way of thinking. So, I would spend half on essentials, half would be saved, and the other half I would just squander. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mammon Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 BTL deposit init Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A_Landlord Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 BTL deposit init beaten to it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scunnered Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 An accumulator on Cameroon, Lithuania, Israel, Germany, Italy and Spain turns it into over £50k before the weekend. Is it Eurovision Song Contest time already? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lepista Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 http://www.jessops.com/online.store/produc...74271/Show.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
this_prisoner_is_opting_out Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 good grief Dur! My house increases by 40k, I MEW 40k and put down 20k deposit on two BTLs - you haven't really thought this through have you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bug16 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Dur! My house increases by 40k, I MEW 40k and put down 20k deposit on two BTLs - you haven't really thought this through have you? Buy some new studio monitors (about 2k) and the rest into savings. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Si1 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Dur! My house increases by 40k, I MEW 40k and put down 20k deposit on two BTLs - you haven't really thought this through have you? sorry. I bow my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1929crash Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I would want to do something useful with my money so I would follow the example of J.K. Rowling and donate my windfall to new Labour's general election campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulu Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 good grief Yes, don't forgot about the laminate flooring. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1929crash Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I would want to do something useful with my money so I would follow the example of J.K. Rowling and donate my windfall to new Labour's general election campaign. Only Joking! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jp1 Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Hookers and crack cocaine. Only with half the money, the rest would just be frittered away Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
juvenal Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 I would spend all £25K on a huge party for HPC posters, where they could fill themselves with the finest food, wines and beers. The following week I would post a poll asking who is the most popular poster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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