Investing In A Rising Market

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Jill Ralph

Published in Investing Strategy on 13 February 2013

VIDEO: Two Fools look at whether it is a good idea to be regularly investing in a rising market.

Following a 4% rise in the FTSE since the turn of the year, Jill Ralph and Nate Weisshaar examine what to look for in a rising market and discuss Vodafone (LSE: VOD) (NASDAQ: VOD.US) and BG Group (LSE: BG) (NASDAQOTH: BRGGY.US).

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goodlifer 13 Feb 2013 , 11:01pm

Could we please please please have a transcript?

goodlifer 13 Feb 2013 , 11:51pm

Is this the bull market so many Fools seem to have been keeping their powder dry for?
If so, what are they actually doing about it?
How are they cashing in?

It's a nice feeling to see the Gain/Loss column of my portfolio in pretty technicolour green, but how does it make me any richer?

Anyway, I thought I ought to give it an amateurish go, if only for the new experience.

So sold half my most expensive holding - SHRS - currently yielding 5.3%, with a P/E of !8.6.
Can't see them rising much further.

Spent the winnings on SBRY, yielding 4.9%, at 11.2 times earnings.

Doubt if I'll lose much money, but there['s a nasty feeling I'd have done better doing nothing.
Who knows?
Not me.

Any way, let's just hope Footsie flops back down again, and the quicker the better.

What did you do in the Great Bull Market, Daddy?
How did you help us to win?

ANuvver 14 Feb 2013 , 11:12am

gl:
The summary is:
1. Don't try to time the market, no-one can;
2. Even when everything is rising, some trail behind and that's where to look at times like this;
3. Nate identifies VOD and BG as laggards and suggests they may be interesting if short-term market punishment proves unjustified.

(Nate also rather fairly makes the point - in the context of VOD - that while Woodford is a legend, nobody gets it right all the time.)

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I agree with you, in that I'd be perfectly happy to see the green bleed out of what I am happy to continue holding, to reveal more attractive entry points for my accumulated cash.

Meanwhile I still regard things as overly exuberant and am happy to wait, except for finding a candidate for the year's ISA allowance before April Fool's Day.

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