bachelor Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 (edited) Here we go again FTSE250 currently at 10,032.90 Closed just short of 10,000 today. Still looking pretty good. Edited September 29, 2006 by bachelor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shedders Posted October 4, 2006 Share Posted October 4, 2006 The Dow is back to where it was 5 years ago.Since that time Gold has doubled in value.If you had stocks in the Dow you lost 20per cent of your investment.If you had gold you gained 80 per cent after inflation. The market is driven by US politics.Sooner or later you will have to face the forces of the market.Gold will then soar.The dow rise is political and it will not last. The trend is your friend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penbat1 Posted October 4, 2006 Author Share Posted October 4, 2006 The Dow is back to where it was 5 years ago.Since that time Gold has doubled in value.If you had stocks in the Dow you lost 20per cent of your investment.If you had gold you gained 80 per cent after inflation. The market is driven by US politics.Sooner or later you will have to face the forces of the market.Gold will then soar.The dow rise is political and it will not last. The trend is your friend. Not disagreeing with you. the FTSE100 has significantly underperformed even the Dow although the FTSE250 has done quite a lot better than the Dow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penbat1 Posted October 5, 2006 Author Share Posted October 5, 2006 JESUS THE FTSE250 HAS GONE BALLISTIC TODAY !!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penbat1 Posted October 12, 2006 Author Share Posted October 12, 2006 JESUS THE FTSE250 HAS GONE BALLISTIC TODAY !!!!! OH MY GOD FTSE250 is doing its nut again today. Anyone understand why it has out performed the FTSE100 for years and still does ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slurms mackenzie Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 (edited) OH MY GOD FTSE250 is doing its nut again today. Anyone understand why it has out performed the FTSE100 for years and still does ? I'm very basic at this as i only started investing in august (defensive stocks) but the first book i read said that mid caps perform better than large caps when confidence is high, i guess they have more room for growth etc, but when confidence is low there is a "flight to quality" and large caps will outperform mid and small caps. Equity stalwarts feel free to flame me. ---edit to add I've just realised i don't even know if the ftse250 is full of mid caps or not! oh crap i'm gonna lose loads! Edited October 12, 2006 by slurms mackenzie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bachelor Posted October 12, 2006 Share Posted October 12, 2006 (edited) The FTSE 250 is broadly made up of mid caps and has in recent years seen much attention from investors, it might be worth while looking at some blue chip defensives like BATS, I'm up 14% since December Edited October 12, 2006 by bachelor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penbat1 Posted November 30, 2006 Author Share Posted November 30, 2006 (edited) I notice that even after all this time of big rises the FTSE250 is still well outperforming the other indexes. Right now it is the only index in positive territory for the day. It has been doing this for days. Edited November 30, 2006 by penbat1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
penbat1 Posted December 5, 2006 Author Share Posted December 5, 2006 NEW RECORD HIGH TODAY 10,834.10 up 82.20 0.76% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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