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[Closed] ISA loses 25% in 6 months - what to do

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I have just had my 6 month statement for an ISA and it has lost 25% of its value in the last 6 months!

1) Do I get the money out and put it somewhere else - if so where?
2) Do I leave it there and hope it recovers?
3) Do I ignore the financial problems and shag an under-age Italian prostitute?


 
Posted : 31/10/2011 2:49 pm
 bonj
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get a cash isa rather than a maxi one you greedy git.


 
Posted : 31/10/2011 2:51 pm
 5lab
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depends when you need the money. Long term, stocks normally out perform cash. Short term, they are too variable to predict. If its a retirement fund or some other long term goal, leave it in there.

Presumably its a stocks and shares isa? I had one once, got burned. I'll only go that way again if I have significant money to invest (unlikely whilst I have a mortgauge)


 
Posted : 31/10/2011 2:52 pm
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3) Do I ignore the financial problems and shag an under-age Italian prostitute?

It's the way of the world. Embrace it.


 
Posted : 31/10/2011 2:52 pm
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Buy Greece


 
Posted : 31/10/2011 2:55 pm
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Yeh we had a couple of stocks and shares isss once, never again. At least if it's in a standard bank account your capital is safe.


 
Posted : 31/10/2011 2:56 pm
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I cashed my investment isa in days before the markets tumbled when they were near their peak, purely by chance and a rather large credit card bill! Think I made about 25%.

Looks like its time to re-invest again.


 
Posted : 31/10/2011 2:56 pm
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Start preparing for the world to resemble Mad Max. Learn some survival skills and how to be more self sufficient. An ISA will be the least of your worries 😉


 
Posted : 31/10/2011 2:58 pm
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What are you invested in, when was the valuation? Markets have been very volatile because of the Euro crisis, lost more than 16% but has recovered nearly three quarters of that. Whether it will maintain that is another matter.

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Posted : 31/10/2011 3:00 pm

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