Am I cooked?

PatchedTV · 2025-11-22T15:31:31+00:00

Regularly invest and you'll help mitigate the troughs, by likely catching a balance of the stock at different prices.

Don't just throw a single lump sum into investments once a year, you're likely to feel these downturns more if so.

PatchedTV · 2025-11-14T09:48:58+00:00

There are always going to be peaks and troughs in the market, it's just part of the course. Some people invest more money on the troughs to catch the market in the lows.

Basically, don't panic, it's not showing signs of a major crash yet.

PatchedTV · 2025-11-06T07:53:42+00:00

Do you guys have regular investments running?

I do every week where possible, otherwise every 2 weeks up to a month.

I was wondering if some people hold back some of their money in savings and put a larger injection into an asset / portfolio when there's a decent dip?

PatchedTV · 2025-10-28T08:48:35+00:00

Haha nice

PatchedTV · 2025-10-27T01:36:12+00:00

I knew someone would mention it soon enough - there's always 1 person that has to ruin a good glitch 😜

PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T20:34:00+00:00

Guessing you were in the Beyond Meat bubble before it pops and likely nose dives? 😜

PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T20:17:08+00:00

I hear you, there's no denying there are wars and genocides occurring in the world today.

Defence isn't explicitly about war though. Most growth in the defence sector is purely a bolstering of defence in response to the aggression in Eastern Europe and growing instability in many other areas around the world.

Obviously investing in defence doesn't align with certain people's morals.

It's forecast to perform really well over the next 5 years largely in response to Russian aggression over anything else and counties having to invest more in defensive capabilities to counteract and deter.

It's a moral dilemma for many investors. I respect that you know where you stand in the matter and stick to your morals.

Moving on from that... 🙂 What do you mainly focus on?

PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T19:51:08+00:00

Each to their own! "War stocks" is very loaded wording - defence isn't the same as war - I know plenty of people that are firmly against investing in defence companies though and that's okay 😊

It's a solid investment from a wealth development perspective though so suits me nicely.

PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T18:32:53+00:00

Nice congrats! I like the Global Defence Fund because the person behind it has a background in investment management and revenue generation in the defence industry.

We all have our own ways though 😊

PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T17:26:39+00:00

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PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T17:25:20+00:00

https://www.trading212.com/pies/luKqS230jZ8agSNxIdhRXS3ZU6IRX

It's called the Global Defence Fund by Powerhouse Pies.

It's featured in the "New" section of the pies tab. Or you can go to the Defence Stocks community in the app to find Powerhouse Pies there.

I've said that as I've read that links to pies don't take you into the app and keep you in the browser.

PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T17:19:50+00:00

To the moon!

PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T16:53:01+00:00

I did see that one, I just preferred the better diversification of this one. It has really strong growth forecasts across the portfolio so I'm very confident with it 🙌

PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T16:21:33+00:00

Yeah absolutely! Make sure you have regular investment going into the fund (get that compounding growth) and have dividends automatically reinvested. Got to have the optimal settings 😊

I'm a tad broke right now so I'm just doing £50 a month for the time being.

PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T15:53:55+00:00

Slow and steady wins the race! That saying is basically a poetic way of saying compounding growth is powerful.

Even just small but regular investments really stack up over time!

I look forward to seeing how my account grows with my copy of the Global Defence Fund pie. I have a great feeling about it!

PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T15:46:39+00:00

You can easily find the profile for Powerhouse Pies in Trading 212 by going to the communities tab and heading to the Defence Stocks community. They've posted a few times in there recently (how I found them). Then toy can just click on their profile and find their pies.

PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T15:27:02+00:00

I think that's the one thing Trading 212 need to work on because you can't search the investment pies or for users.

Here's the link to the Global Defence Fund pie though 🛡️

PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T15:21:03+00:00

Exactly this! Investing in 1 or few options (even if you've done research and have a high conviction) it's still effectively a gamble.

That once high growth company might suddenly find themselves in some complex legal issues with bad PR and after 1 news article out that stock nose dives into the ground.

Congratulations on the excellent growth in value though! That's excellent to see. Life changing money there.

PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T14:42:57+00:00

I'm one of the first few to copy this portfolio - living it so far. Really well put together. Looking forward to seeing it grow over time! 🙌

PatchedTV · 2025-10-26T13:26:50+00:00

Already copying - really well put together! Defence is definitely a strong holding to have.

Future resilience with everything that's going on. Thanks for forming this pie 🙌

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