Recent content by bobg

Hi Guys, Well I'm VERY new to the whole stockmarket scene as I have mentioned in other recent posts. I was looking at the government bond and I am now looking at Hybrid securities... A friend of mine mentioned they are fairly secure and not a bad idea for someone who wants a low risk, but...

Once again, Thank you for your very informative response. I am currenlty looking into Hybrid securities as an option. I'm still getting my head around the terminology, but at the moment they seem like a 'relatively' safe investment and return higher than I would get just leaving it in the...

Thanks mate, I must admit a lot of this is still going over my head... I have a lot more research to do still. Cheers.

Thanks guys your assistance is very much appreciated.

Hi Guys, I'm totally new to the stockmarket and I am beginning my education. I've been reading investopia which seems to have the basic information I need to understand concepts. Now, I was looking at buying some government bonds, but would I be right in assuming that the value of bonds I...

Hi Everyone, Well I might be a bit older than a lot of the begginers around here. I'm 30. Last year I was quite happy to leave my money in the bank earning~8% interest. Now its dropped below 4% so I'm looking for a way to get my earnings up around the 8% mark again with not TOO much risk (...