Do you dabble in shares?

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Anyone fancy a chat about it?
I've picked some stinkers lately, and also some winners.
I don't really tend to sell, but I'm wondering if I should maybe sell the profit element and reinvest elsewhere.
I'm talking small amounts, about £100 per investment, but one in particular has gone up 89%, I can't see it going any higher and I'm wo during whether to pull the profit. What to you do?

Trying to make a profit on individual stock prices is always a losing strategy in the long run. Even professionals don’t consistently profit from this. I would look more at whether the dividend is good if I were choosing individual shares. I don’t though, I just invest in tracker funds.

Thanks @Weatherwife. I have a tracker fund also, but the individual shares are just a bit of fun, and a competition between DH and I over who can pick the best ones.

Agree with this fully.

I hold around 41 different stocks across a SIPP, ISA and trading account. And about 6 more I've closed positions in the last 12 months.

Out of 41, I've picked 14 winners, the rest losers. About 10 of the losers are stinkers, with relatively heavy losses. Some of the winners have been big though, and the positions big (to me) too. So overall the portfolio is doing ok. Especially considering it's weighted to North American tech mid and large caps.

Everything is on knife edge at the moment. Between the debt ceiling agreement and what then bond yield curve is predicting, couples with inflation and rising fed/boe rates. My normal strategy is long term hold, but even I'm getting a bit worried about things atm.

If this is just a bit of fun with a couple of hundred quid. I'd recommend looking at Crypto, as that's well more dramatic.

I am looking into investing small amounts £100 a month into shares for long term growth 20+yrs I was thinking if electric car companies. Good idea or bad? Any helpful tips would also be great! I’ve been wary hing things for a while but unsure what to do. Thanks

100/month is usually best put in funds rather than equities as trades costs add up with small investments. I never buy equities unless I'm spending £2k+.

Equity market pricing also tends to be highly speculative, and they're pretty high right now as priced for the future. That said, I think EV stocks, especially Tesla will continue to grow.

I've personally just gone in with Enphase ENPH (solar micro inverters) as performance wise they're doing well and have built a bit of a moat around their offering, even if low cost manufacturers flood the space. They're the gold standard and trusted brand.

not sure i would say i dabble.
i've got 40 holdings in equities and 10 fixed income. total value over 200K
not too much of a clue with what i'm doing but i switched from bank managed to self managed.
i started february with 62 holding and only 5 fixed income dumped stuff was was continuously in the red (not a good reason i gather) keep the stuff that is green (not a good reason to keep them either).
for the past 1-2 months i've been trying to figure out how much i receive each month in dividends and interest.
previously when bank managed i was unhappy with the management fees and the total lack of increased value over 10 years!!
so i felt i had very little to loose and try the self management route.

Thanks for the advice I’m definitely need to research more. I do like the idea of Tesla and other up coming EV car companies.

Search for
"warren buffett million dollar bet"

Where he bet $1m by investing in tracker funds and some hedge fund(s) stock picked. The hedge fund lost.

It is worth reading the articles on this bet, especially what Buffet writes about advice to his wife, if he goes first.