Is Now The Time To Buy Shares?

[snoopy1239]

Not big on the stock market or anything, and I'm mainly influenced by a Futurama epidode I watched today on stocks and shares, but I was just wondering if now was the time to buy shares in some of the online companies.

After the bill there has been a blind panic and shares in many online companies has plummeted to incredible extents. However, with the chance of the bill being over-turned, loopholes being found and other markets yet to be targeted or exploited, can we expect these shares to shoot up?

If so, then which sites do you think might be worth investing in while shares are cheap?

I'm not even sure if that's how the industry works. Buy low sell high, isn't that what they say?

[booder]

Pab poker.com

singaporekev.com

[kvnstv]

Would say it’s a good time to buy shares in general if you’re looking long term but not poker sites. First of all most of them where over valued to begin with, secondly until the US situation is resolved there will be much volatility in this sector and thirdly the current situation has caused a large shake up in the industry and unless you have specific knowledge about the ability of any particular organization to recruit new customers in new markets your really gambling blind

[jezza777]

If your talking poker sites then no way. I understand that they were overvalued to begin with and that one site in particular (i think it was party) have lost 80% of their customer base but have only lost 70% of their value so they are still overvalued.

[ariston]

If your talking poker sites then no way. I understand that they were overvalued to begin with and that one site in particular (i think it was party) have lost 80% of their customer base but have only lost 70% of their value so they are still overvalued.

afraid when dealing in shares its a lot more complicated than that. Although a particular network has recently lost a very large % of its customer base it is still a company with a huge cash reserve making it an easy target (and a very attractive one) for a takeover (meaning share prices would go up quickly prior to said takeover). Suggesting anyone should buy or sell shares on a forum though is as far as I am aware against various laws (new ones were brought in a few years ago to stop internet ramping) so I would suggest people tread carefully on this thread.

[divingduck]

 My biggest concern about buying shares would be that the publicly traded sites that have pulled out of the US market have to some extent burnt their bridges. its hard to imagine them regaining many of the customers they've abandoned when this rediculous law gets overturned. 

[Royal Flush]

My biggest concern about buying shares would be that the publicly traded sites that have pulled out of the US market have to some extent burnt their bridges. its hard to imagine them regaining many of the customers they've abandoned when this rediculous law gets overturned. 

Why?

[tikay]

If your talking poker sites then no way. I understand that they were overvalued to begin with and that one site in particular (i think it was party) have lost 80% of their customer base but have only lost 70% of their value so they are still overvalued.

afraid when dealing in shares its a lot more complicated than that. Although a particular network has recently lost a very large % of its customer base it is still a company with a huge cash reserve making it an easy target (and a very attractive one) for a takeover (meaning share prices would go up quickly prior to said takeover). Suggesting anyone should buy or sell shares on a forum though is as far as I am aware against various laws (new ones were brought in a few years ago to stop internet ramping) so I would suggest people tread carefully on this thread.

We are perfectly entitled to discuss the value of Shares, so long as we don't make actual recommendations. If we WERE to recommend a share, it's highly unlikely the FSA would come running after us, they have far better things to do methinks.

[Bongo]

Don't lie tikay, we all know it's a conspiracy!

It was moved to the secret room so you could give snoops the good advice and now you've moved it back here to stop the rumours.

It will all come out when snoops turns up to the next updates in an aston!

[tikay]

It's important to realise that....

the Markets value Companies on their future earnings potential.

Gaming Shares, generally, are regarded as having "poor quality" earnings, & this is reflected in the share prices of all gaming companies.

Party Poker, in particular, (and I have been saying this on blonde since their original Prospectus was filed), should be avoided at all costs, even at todays price of 27p. The Directors showed you the way by getting out before the price collapsed. Even at their current price, they are over-valued, on fundamentals alone, by any traditional yardstick.

If you want to invest in shares, there are plenty of good opportunities outside of Gaming shares. Personally, I'd not buy ANY Shares right now, the markets are a bit frothy, & we are overdue a sizeable correction, with valuations & P/E Ratios stretched. I actually sold £20k's worth of Severn Trent shares today, the price was getting way ahead of itself). You may as well invest the money in playing poker! 

[tikay]

Don't lie tikay, we all know it's a conspiracy!

It was moved to the secret room so you could give snoops the good advice and now you've moved it back here to stop the rumours.

It will all come out when snoops turns up to the next updates in an aston!

Rumbled!

The truth is, it was moved for exactly the reasons snoops gave, but in fact, he'd been advised incorrectly, so we were happy to reinstate the thread. We may all end up in Court, buit not on these grounds....!

[RED-DOG]

Now is the time to buy shears....

[thetank]

I've called the fuzz.

[ariston]

I wasn't saying discussing shares on a forum is illegal and I have obviously missed some fuss tonight by the reading of this thread now- all I was saying was people should be careful. A family member got in a bit of bother for recommending a certain stock a few years ago on an internet forum. If I was to say you should all go and buy shares in xxxxx I am in fact breaking the law if I have any information at all on company xxxxx. Personally I think a few of the gaming stocks are still overvalued and some are definate buys but I would not say which is which lol.Sorry if I have caused any fuss my post was not intended to do so.

[Indestructable]

Personally, I'd not buy ANY Shares right now, the markets are a bit frothy, & we are overdue a sizeable correction, with valuations & P/E Ratios stretched. I actually sold £20k's worth of Severn Trent shares today, the price was getting way ahead of itself). You may as well invest the money in playing poker! 

Wise words indeed on the market and Severn Trent's price then was £1455 per share and now £1124.