How much money do you trade with?

[vicb]

As a relatively new person to the site and to the stock market I thought it would be interesting to know what amount of money people have to invest in the stock market.
I thought by doing it by a poll, it would allow people to be anonymous and honest.

 

[vicb]

We do seem to have a good spread of investors. Thanks all for your imput.

 

[constable]

Hopefully everyone is trading with a little more money now

 

[insider]

I'm between 10000 and 50000 but its 100 percent

 

[nizar]

I'm between 10000 and 50000 but its 100 percent

What do you mean 100%??
100% equity??

 

[CanOz]

What do you mean 100%??
100% equity??

Yeah, this sort of threw me...but i think he means he's 100% in MTN right?

 

[constable]

Probably 100% owned and unleveraged.

 

[insider]

100% is all the money I have

What did you think I was talking about? Fat Free!

 

[Rafa]

i am 50/50 real estate (my own home) to shares...
got a fair bit in the market at the moment

and probably 60% of the house and 40% of the shares are funded by debt!

 

[Judd]

In super some $900k is in the share market (with AGEST not SMSF). Outside super over 400k at 20% gearing. Ready cash at bank at a level to be comfortable and meet on-going debts.

 

[Mousie]

i am 50/50 real estate (my own home) to shares...
got a fair bit in the market at the moment

and probably 60% of the house and 40% of the shares are funded by debt!

Lord that's some gearing you have Rafa - margin lending/personal loan/other loans/plastic fantastic for the shares just out of interest?

 

[niknah]

I am 1/3 shares, 2/3 property. And 1/3 debt overall. ie. using the low interest property mortgage to invest in shares. If I sold all the shares I'd have nothing but property.

 

[Rafa]

Lord that's some gearing you have Rafa - margin lending/personal loan/other loans/plastic fantastic for the shares just out of interest?

no, just margin loan for shares...
i plan to reduce this in the not too distant future...

interestingly, i almost had zero margin lend going back a month (as my portfolio was in speccies / cash)... but the crash in March made some of the margin loan suitable stocks look better value so i now have a margin loan once again!