What's the next big thing?
What's the next big thing?
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CzechItOut

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2,156 posts

222 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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I saw an advert on Facebook (always the best place to get your investment advice) saying rare whiskies have risen in value by 582% in the last decade. This to me doesn't make me want to invest, it makes me thing I've missed the boat.

With house prices at an all time high and stock markets at record levels, what's going to be the next big thing?

troika

2,150 posts

182 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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Frozen concentrated orange juice futures.

andy43

13,278 posts

285 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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Drone-delivered takeaway food.
Greggs are looking into it apparently - but it could just be pie in the sky...

dingg

4,564 posts

250 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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andy43 said:
Drone-delivered takeaway food.
Greggs are looking into it apparently - but it could just be pie in the sky...
Don't want a greggs pasty dropped onto your head, good chance it'll kill you.

louiebaby

11,000 posts

222 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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dingg said:
Don't want a greggs pasty dropped onto your head, good chance it'll kill you.
Marginally quicker than eating too many of them would I guess...

Simpo Two

93,001 posts

296 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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Holidays.

devnull

3,870 posts

188 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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As I'm sure you're aware, anything that has started to be advertised on Facebook or social media in general will have been long wrung out and drained of any value, and you'll be at the level of scammers trying it on.


bitchstewie

68,208 posts

241 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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CzechItOut said:
I saw an advert on Facebook (always the best place to get your investment advice) saying rare whiskies have risen in value by 582% in the last decade. This to me doesn't make me want to invest, it makes me thing I've missed the boat.

With house prices at an all time high and stock markets at record levels, what's going to be the next big thing?
Probably the thing you won't read about on PistonHeads.

That probably sounds snarky but it isn't meant to.

bogie

17,100 posts

303 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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oil smile


CzechItOut

Original Poster:

2,156 posts

222 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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bhstewie said:
Probably the thing you won't read about on PistonHeads.

That probably sounds snarky but it isn't meant to.
I'm not looking to get in on the ground floor, but everything seems overvalued to me at the moment.

vulture1

13,790 posts

210 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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Space travel companies? They could have taken off already to be fair...

bitchstewie

68,208 posts

241 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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CzechItOut said:
I'm not looking to get in on the ground floor, but everything seems overvalued to me at the moment.
Time in the market not timing the market.

Scootersp

4,125 posts

219 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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andy43 said:
Drone-delivered takeaway food.
Greggs are looking into it apparently - but it could just be pie in the sky...
That would be Pukka!

vulture1

13,790 posts

210 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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bhstewie said:
CzechItOut said:
I'm not looking to get in on the ground floor, but everything seems overvalued to me at the moment.
Time in the market not timing the market.
Agreed but it helps if you start off at a historic crash,

bitchstewie

68,208 posts

241 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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vulture1 said:
Agreed but it helps if you start off at a historic crash,
Of course.

When's the next one? smile

chinnyman

256 posts

220 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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An Amazon advert popped up on mine to run your won distribution centre.
Must say it was tempting...

Grrbang

755 posts

102 months

Friday 13th November 2020
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I'm no investor, but my job involves working on patents and I've observed a few things:
- Tons of money will be spent on 5G infrastructure over a long time. This is the beginning.
- Tons of money will be spent on energy density and efficient semiconductors. There is much excitement over Gallium Nitride at the moment.
- Tons of money is being spent (and will be spent) on renewable energy. Perhaps also electric vehicle infrastructure.

matrignano

4,702 posts

241 months

Saturday 14th November 2020
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There is a company I've invested in that is patenting a secret formula for 20/20 hindsight.
It made a killing.

Simpo Two

93,001 posts

296 months

Saturday 14th November 2020
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Grrbang said:
I'm no investor, but my job involves working on patents and I've observed a few things:
- Tons of money will be spent on 5G infrastructure over a long time. This is the beginning.
- Tons of money will be spent on energy density and efficient semiconductors. There is much excitement over Gallium Nitride at the moment.
- Tons of money is being spent (and will be spent) on renewable energy. Perhaps also electric vehicle infrastructure.
Where is nanotechnology at the moment? I don't recall seeing a 'nanotech fund' but I expect someone's done well out of it.

The problem is that it's all very well to predict the next big thing - not least A Vaccine Which Will Save the World And Make A Fortune - but exactly where to invest to take any advantage of it is another matter.

Mazinbrum

1,398 posts

209 months

Saturday 14th November 2020
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Simpo Two said:
Where is nanotechnology at the moment? I don't recall seeing a 'nanotech fund' but I expect someone's done well out of it.

The problem is that it's all very well to predict the next big thing - not least A Vaccine Which Will Save the World And Make A Fortune - but exactly where to invest to take any advantage of it is another matter.
With Covid, long covid, aging population and the inevitability of another pandemic on the horizon I'm thinking of putting a chunk in a health care fund for at least 5 years.