With the £ crashing, the FTSE crashing, the Banks sitting on their hands and the office having run out of tea bags, things are pretty bleak.
But I remain convinced now is a time to buy.
For a start, if the £ is well down, that will make exporters very happy. Because of oil's precipitous fall, inflation overall, will, I suspect, be muted, and I would be willing to bet we see interest rates of 3% or lower from the BofE within 6-8 months. All these should produce higher profits ( or lower losses) as time goes on. Quite a few seriously good businesses are now sitting on PEs of less than 4 - and yielding 11% plus. Of course they will retrench, but two in particular I like have never been on less than a PE of 10 and a yield of 3% - which probably means they are about to go bust if I like them
The other point is it's much easier to buy as a share drops than when it is going up.
We have a long way to go, and if you feel you would like to wait feel free.
But I maintain my view that 3800 on the FTSE, give or take a few points, will be it.
My left palm has been seriously itchy for a few days......
PS
Not everyone thinks left hand itchy is money coming in. My Granny always said it was and that's good enough for me.
The problem is the avalanche of forced sellers.
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