Make your money work as hard as you do
Today’s Investors Chronicle magazine leads with “FTSE350’s Super Fit Shares – Financially sound havens for your money”. Other headlines include “Where to go for secure income and the chance of a windfall”, “Stock Screen – Cash-rich comforters” and “Diversify with currency funds”
News and share tips this week include:
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The FTSE 100 plunged 239.37 points today, to 5092.23 and the FTSE250 finished at 9,844.25, down 525.17 points as uncertainty returned to European and US markets.
Meanwhile the spot price of gold hit $1,816.09 an ounce, another record.
The Amateur Investor once again took advantage of plunging share prices to reduce the average buying price of half a dozen holdings. The trades made today were (the buying price is total price per share including stamp duty):
Well the FTSE100 has given up its earlier gains, as have the Dax and the Cac 40. I think I might copy that last sentence to my clipboard, as I can see I might be using it again!
The FTSE100 is currently trading up 40.94 (or 0.82%) at 5048.10 having been up more than double that in earlier trading. The index has bounced off a low-point (around 11am) and is currently trading in a narrow range. It feels like it’s getting ready to drop again.