If we leave the EU?

[websaway]

I bought dollars last week - also sold some UK shares and bought Apple and Google etc
It's a weird thing to be hoping to lose money... (I expect to if we remain)

So if we stayed in the pound would regain 3 cents from when you bought dollars and Apple and Google would bomb, is that how you would lose money.

You could just hedge by betting on Brexit at 6/4 . Though I don't think those are good odds I think they've been driven down by hedging.

 

[websaway]

No one fancies investing in domains then?

Probably not .EU

 

[TallBloke]

Probably not .EU

lol

 

[websaway]

I wonder if there's a way to make an "all or nothing" type bet in such a way that it returns much more than a straight bet on Remain/Leave would, but where you can't lose more than your stake.

I don't know much about it, which is why I'm asking, but maybe there's some kind of leveraged forex trade that could provide what I'm talking about? (so that eg if the pound plunges >5% you make a ton of money but if it doesn't you just lose your investment)

Bit ironic, you were the person who would not touch bitcoin with someone else's money because it was risky. Now you are looking to trade on margins.How views change .

 

[websaway]

Irrelevant of your voting position the marekst will be in turmoil for the next week.

Share markets are dropping
Pound and Euro is dropping
Gold price is going up

What you doing to protect assets?

Doug

Whats the marekst ?

 

[wonder_lander]

It's an obvious typo of markets, are you on some trolling award hunt?

 

[bonusmedia]

Why can't this just be merged with the other thread?

Seems irrelevant having two threads of SSDD.

Otherwise it will just turn into the same as the other one:


YOU'RE WRONG

It was an amicable discussion until you made this post. If you're not interested in discussing ways of preserving capital, kindly go somewhere else

 

[spiderspider]

It was an amicable discussion until you made this post. If you're not interested in discussing ways of preserving capital, kindly go somewhere else

I merely pointed out what would happen, and it did

 

[bonusmedia]

So if we stayed in the pound would regain 3 cents from when you bought dollars and Apple and Google would bomb, is that how you would lose money.

You could just hedge by betting on Brexit at 6/4 . Though I don't think those are good odds I think they've been driven down by hedging.

This topic is not relevant to you - please don't troll in the thread

 

[bonusmedia]

No one fancies investing in domains then?

Not really a short term hedge - but if you have anything super premium...

 

[spiderspider]

This topic is not relevant to you - please don't troll in the thread

How would you know if it is, or is not relevant to me? What a numpty accusation to make.

As for trolling, my quoted post was number 9 on page 1. You the decided to bring it back up on page 3, post 7. Look more like you're trolling. Plus if you really wanted to keep this on topic, you wouldn't of even brought it up.

 

[bonusmedia]

Volatility is crazy at the moment, I have shares that fell 15% yesterday and rebounded 10% today

How would you know if it is, or is not relevant to me? What a numpty accusation to make.

As for trolling, my quoted post was number 9 on page 1. You the decided to bring it back up on page 3, post 7. Look more like you're trolling. Plus if you really wanted to keep this on topic, you wouldn't of even brought it up.

I wasn't talking to you - perhaps read more carefully. Please allow the thread to stay on topic.

 

[spiderspider]

wasn't talking to you - perhaps read more carefully. Please allow the thread to stay on topic.

My mistake!

Yes, lets keep it on topic. All of us

 

[bonusmedia]

Swiss franc is another one to consider - if less risk is priced in then it may not swing back as much if we remain

http://www.cnbc.com/2016/03/15/scared-of-a-brexit-consider-this-currency-hedge.html

 

[markb]

I don't think there's any need to panic, things might be volatile for a while but they will settle down quickly after the vote.

 

[bonusmedia]

I don't think there's any need to panic, things might be volatile for a while but they will settle down quickly after the vote.

Not panicking - planning for a range of eventualities. You think things will settle down quickly, many disagree. The rational position is to be prepared for both of those outcomes

 

[websaway]

Staying with my loyalty to the UK and sticking with the pound.
Which should rally after a Brexit.
Remember if the experts were correct they would not be in salaried jobs.

 

[TallBloke]

Not really a short term hedge - but if you have anything super premium...

My comment about investing in domains was slightly tongue-in-cheek and wasn't a sales pitch

No, domains don't tend to be short-term investments but for longer term would any Acorn domainers sell shares/ISA's/etc and re-invest in domains?

 

[Edwin]

No, domains don't tend to be short-term investments but for longer term would any Acorn domainers sell shares/ISA's/etc and re-invest in domains?

Domains tend to be highly illiquid. At a time of volatility, I'd have thought having maximum flexibility is key to taking advantage of opportunity while dodging the worst of the problems, so by tying up capital domains would go against that.

That said, if financial straits forced someone to firesale a top quality portfolio for pennies on the pound, well that could be an opportunity to look at.

 

[Adam H]

Bloomberg's list of indicators surrounding brexit can be seen here for anyone that's interested :

http://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2016-brexit-watch/