While i have gained on udg,glanbia & kerry ,I have lost on independent news,aib.c&c & now aryzta and end of day might be lucky to break even on shares after over 10 years . Glanbia has being my star picked up at €2.35 but at 15k down on aib .Imo holding shares long term is only a fools game ,get in low and make 10% and sell ,rinse and repeat .The reason i have picked iseq etf is because i know every company and i do not think they are over valued at moment but at same time you could not trust any of them individually and any soft brexit agreement could only be positive!!
The time to invest in US stocks was over 5 or 6 years ago for europeans, then you were buying them with cheap dollars, remember the exchange rate went to $1.5 to the euro back in 2012. This was also a reason for the under performance of european markets back then, the euro was way over valued and this was a headwind for european equities. Now the opposite is the case you only get $1.13 to the euro and the US markets are way more expensive than europe now.
Risk and return are related. As Jim said, you will mainly be investing in small and micro size companies. Higher expected return but also higher risk. It wasn't that long ago that some of the biggest companies that would have been in the ISEQ were in effect insolvent.
It's just as easy to buy a European or Global ETF that provides access to large cap companies that sell all over the world.
Steven
www.bluewaterfp.ie
The time to invest in US stocks was over 5 or 6 years ago for europeans, then you were buying them with cheap dollars, remember the exchange rate went to $1.5 to the euro back in 2012. This was also a reason for the under performance of european markets back then, the euro was way over valued and this was a headwind for european equities. Now the opposite is the case you only get $1.13 to the euro and the US markets are way more expensive than europe now.
U. S markets are always more expensive than European ones for many reasons including the much more corporate friendly culture of America, the weak euro has done precious little for European equities, we are about 11% below April 2015 all time highs on the euro stoxx 600, Outlook in Europe is weak where as America is booming.
Iseq etf nearing 3 year low but how much lower can it sink ,has hard brexit been factored in fully to the drop in shares ,the 3 year low point was after the brexit referendum so we are back to that point again .Where will it go from here can iseq etf regain its losses or are we on the brink of another recession
Iseq etf nearing 3 year low but how much lower can it sink ,has hard brexit been factored in fully to the drop in shares ,the 3 year low point was after the brexit referendum so we are back to that point again .Where will it go from here can iseq etf regain its losses or are we on the brink of another recession
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