Shares

Shares just... SOARING today. Up about £2300... one of my best days.

Shares

Shares up about £1400 so far today.

Shares

Up about 1200 so far today.

Job interview confirmed for tomorrow.

Job interview confirmed for tomorrow.

Why I Believe My Best Share Investing Days Are Yet to Come

Blasting this one out quick for you for free...

I believe my best share investing days are yet to come. Been doing it properly for 11 years now and I'm STILL learning something new practically every day. My contacts are better than ever before and my understanding is better. Here's to a profitable future!

Shares

Shares powering up again... up about £900 so far today. My shares have consistently been some of the biggest risers in the whole index over the past few days :)

Great Share Day

Turned out to be a great day for my shares! Up around £1200. So pleased I've got my timing right in buying recently. Barratt Developments plc has soared up today, BG will probably be my quickest profit ever... everyone performed excellently. Spoken to a lot of employers today too and many are keen to interview me... every day is goal day :)

Donations

Quick post here...

I've had a few offers for paid writing recently...

And I anticipate doing some paid writing in the future...

What I really like doing is just blasting writing out here though. I've been pleased with the donation levels recently, they're hitting record highs... just an easy link for you here now too. More donations means more articles here! Donate

Also feel free to contact me about paid writing. Over 100,000 people have seen my writing at www.fool.co.uk and www.shareprophets.com

Powered in with an early poker win :) £££

Powered in with an early poker win :) £££

Making the Right Decision Now

I was stalking the BG share price today. I got about 40 quotes.

The first quote I got was 961. Hmm... not a bad price I thought... but it had been 960. I decided to buy if it got to about 960 again.

I had already won one of my biggest pots in poker for a long time... partly by being patient and waiting for a chance I guess. I started playing another poker tourn as well at the same time as stalking.

I cashed in that poker tourn at the same time as checking the share price.

But the BG price kept creeping up. I started getting a bit annoyed at myself for not making the decision before. Because part of the thoughts in my mind was... it's worth a bit of my time to getting it at a slightly lower price than 961.

But then I started thinking more logically. BG is going to get taken over by Shell- this will be confirmed in the meeting tomorrow. This should mean that all other things being equal the price will rise over the day. I had a feeling the price would spike right at the end of the day.

I ended up buying 976.

They're 991 already today. If you're not a share investor basically what will happen with buying BG (British Gas) at this price is you'll get about a 10% return on your money. In one month. Then you'll get Shell shares which will go up over time too.

What have I got out this?

Probably that it's good to get the right logical framework and then make a good quick instinctive decision. A good life can be made up of making many right decisions at the right time.

I think with shares you can like pick up good ideas from research... but then it's about executing those ideas at the right time at the right price.

All you can do is make the right decision in the moment you're in now.

Secondly that I might actually do more 'shorter term' trading. It's something Chris Bailey suggested to me. It'd be a new skillset in a way but I could learn it. All that matters in shares is how much money you make.

Thanks for reading and super pleased we're above FIFTY TWO THOUSAND now!

Bought BG today for a quick profit... hit me up with job offers world! Will be ringing up after poker.

Bought BG today for a quick profit... hit me up with job offers world! Will be ringing up after poker.

Poker

and x5 your monies or you treat it as a hobby/fun and only do the latter
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 15s16 seconds ago
at higher stakes man
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Chris Bailey
either you have the balls to believe in the former
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 31s32 seconds ago
"i'm a consistent winner but i don't play high stakes" - one part of this is underutilised
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it's harder
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 2m2 minutes ago
And part of the credit has to go to @Financial_Orbit let's get the quote...
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 2m2 minutes ago
Poker going VERY well... in final table out of over a 1000 players and won my biggest pot for a LONG time :) £££

This week I think I'm going to be ringing up jobs quite hardcore... might actually go into Huddersfield to talk to recruitment agencies too.

This week I think I'm going to be ringing up jobs quite hardcore... might actually go into Huddersfield to talk to recruitment agencies too.

Jobs

Speaking about some decent employment opportunities today and looking to get into an interesting job soon! Feel free to contact me.

Global Reach

Consistently getting views from all around the world now... Russia has been hitting me up big time lately... surreal.

Property

I have a LOT of property contacts on LinkedIn and generally now... been talking to some recently. I believe I'm a good investment for any kind of property sales job, feel free to contact me.

Oil

I think for once I've got the timing on oil right. Made the call about 40 hours ago that oil wouldn't go much below 28 dollars and could well spike- well it has massively. Been talking to a lot of experts on this... I think that oil will be 45 dollars or more by the end of the year.

Jobs

Rung two recruiters up today... I'd like to say at this point to recruiters to please just check out my LinkedIn and email me. I've been a bit too 'lazy' today in watching my shares go up by over £2000 which is quite cool but should have contacted more people. But I am ready to go fully into a sales role and get a lot of sales!

Howitt Share Team

Blasting this one out quickly...

I kind of think of myself and my shares as a 'team' in a way. I haven't sold any shares for over nine years. Nice and quick for you to read that sentence, but over nine years is a LONG time and very few investors haven't sold any shares in over nine years.

Sometimes some members of the 'team' go through bad periods. I bought some BT at 89p when they were having a bad time. They're now 484.5p.

Some LGEN were bought for 36.88. They're now 240.

Many members of my team today have gone up by about 4 or 5 percent... in one day.

I do believe that a lot of my team members will rise from here in the future. And I'm prepared to give them time to win.

Very good day/recovery for shares today. Up about £2000. Poker going well too.

Very good day/recovery for shares today. Up about £2000. Poker going well too.

twitter

One tweet over 2500 impressions... power of twitter ;)

Can I Manage a Six Figure Share Porftolio And Do a Job?

Hi employers,

One thing that sometimes comes up in interviews (probably if the employer is 'not sure' about me) is the fact that I have a six figure share portfolio. A few have been like... but can you really manage that and do a job?

I don't think the other candidates for the job have a six figure share portfolio. The interviewers aren't share investors.

The answer is... YES I CAN. I am a long term buy and hold share investor. That means it's up to me to spend as much time or as little time as I like on my shares.

I'd like to say WELL DONE to the good companies I've worked for (some of the best in Britain) who know that I can do sales jobs (for example) AND manage my portfolio. Personally I think it would be a plus to have a candidate who'd accumulated that much money... and was keen on getting more. Sure anyone can say they're 'money hungry'... but a lot of salespeople are too impulsive with their money and will never get rich.

Anyway I'll be ringing some more jobs up today!

Spoken to a lot of recruiters today and will probably do so tomorrow. Want an interesting job asap... as well as being a share investor with a 6 figure portfolio :)

Spoken to a lot of recruiters today and will probably do so tomorrow. Want an interesting job asap... as well as being a share investor with a 6 figure portfolio :)

Quick tip for recruiters- I don't even have to send you my CV! It's all on my LinkedIn. If it's an interesting job I'll still send it though.

People Lie AKA Gage Masterson Lies to Mark Howitt

Blasting out this one because it's been on my mind lately.

I think it's good I'm doing it while in a nice mood since shares up over £1000 today.

I've been thinking how much people lie recently. It's quite a lot. A 'typical person' must lie several times a day.

How much does it cost to lie? Nothing.

For about 7 years now to people I like and as much as possible I've been trying to say what's on my mind as much as possible and not lie. I mean there may be times where someone's asked me for some exact info sometimes and it's been slightly inaccurate- you could call that a lie but it might be worth saving the time to getting it largely accurate. Those kind of 'lies' are ok.

And there might be other times where it's 'ok' to lie aka if you were saving a good person's life for example.

But some people will just lie because they feel like it. Think Violet Rowan. And unfortunately think Gage Masterson.

In 2014 I was pretty keen aka desperate for a job. I was offered one by Gage. Looking back it's interesting to see he offered it on a self employed basis at first. But later he agreed to pay me. Only he didn't- I worked about 7 days for free and spent other time worrying about it.

Anyway, can't change the past and hopefully this will be a warning to others. It's like when you google Craig Joyce now in google you see the first thing that comes up is his assault on me. Maybe this will be near the top for Gage too.

So when you're talking or negotiating with someone remember THEY COULD BE LYING. Some people won't blatantly lie but some will. If you know the person has a 'good reputation' or hasn't lied to you before you could conclude there's less chance of them lying. But they still could. Remember to focus on concrete things like how soon you will get money when working for them.

Fool Articles

Checking out some 'Fool' articles... writers banging on about how... THESE STOCKS ARE SET TO SOAR... FILL YOUR BOOTS. Some writers do about 50 articles like this. Do they have these great shares? Nope. What you've got there are writers who just like taking the £45 per article... but aren't REAL SHARE INVESTORS tbh. You could call them share writers maybe. But a share investor would actually be BUYING these shares if he had enough money.

Oh btw... I'm up over £1000 so far today ;).

Ringing up about sales jobs tomorrow... been doing a lot of poker today and doing it now.

Ringing up about sales jobs tomorrow... been doing a lot of poker today and doing it now.

Only to give this a bit of time today but GLAD SO FAR TO SEE SHARES RISE. Up about £500 so far.

Only to give this a bit of time today but GLAD SO FAR TO SEE SHARES RISE. Up about £500 so far.

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value shares out there at the moment... and I hope the market will go up tomorrow.
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481 on Friday and I don't really want to spend much time on shares until the Lloyds offer. All I will say is that there are a lot of good
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Hoping shares go up tomorrow... I still know I have share investors from all around the world reading my writing. I bought more HSBC at

Poker

Finally blasted out a win in a high level turbo one on one sit and go after too much distraction ;)

You have to be 'in the moment'... but aim to do that for AS LONG AS YOU'RE ALIVE... and for a long time.

You have to be 'in the moment'... but aim to do that for AS LONG AS YOU'RE ALIVE... and for a long time.

You Only Get So Much Of High Value People's Time

Well this is quite a post intense day today! None tomorrow as I'll be viewing a buy to let property and been doing a lot of research today.

But let's get right into it and blast out another post.

I rang up Christopher Watkins today, he's a property expert. We chatted for just over 5 minutes... and then I was ready to go because I didn't want to take up too much of his time. In those 5 mins I got a lot of great advice that I will implement. I didn't even want to take up his time until I had actioned his ideas.

I've just been talking to another very smart guy. Difference here is I first met him over 11 years ago. He has VERY HIGH social intelligence, one of the highest I know. I tried to get a poker person to interview him once and he was like... no. I asked him if he knew other poker people. He did. But those kind of poker people would want £300 an hour for an interview.

We talked for about an hour then he had to go.

You Only Get So Much Of High Value People's Time

Value can be a relative term. I guess it depends on your view. There are some people that others would view as valuable that I would not at all. Even with my sister's wedding... if I hadn't been paid the £10 in petrol I would not have gone. But it turned out to be an ok investment of time.

So what you can take from this is... if you're speaking to a high value person make sure you ask GOOD QUESTIONS then action what they say to you.

Section of The Tenancy Agreement Broken By the Rowan Family

Here is the section of the agreement broken by the Rowan family. I expect to be compensated for this.

3.5 The Tenant must not keep any pets or other animals at the Property without the prior written consent of the Landlord which must not be unreasonably withheld or delayed. If permission is given, it may be given on the condition that the Tenant pays an additional reasonable amount towards the deposit.

World Famous

Still world famous ;)

Shares Up

Shares are currently having the NOVEL IDEA of going up... up about £700 today. How about you KEEP THIS UP shares... lol.

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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 7s8 seconds ago
Oh... and playing Omaha poker. More than doubled up. Don't worry global share downturn I shall overcome you with my deep philosophy!
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Currently I am listening to JOJO and thinking about buy to let... deep. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leY8eLSkvSk …
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 13m13 minutes ago
'High value people' are quite hard to get aren't they @KarlinaShaw and @Financial_Orbit ;) Lols it's fine though :)

Buy to Let

If you check out the Huddersfield property Facebook group I post there too. I'll be aiming to be a fair landlord and will take on board tenants' feelings.

Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 51m51 minutes ago
Also going to be more proactive in ringing up about jobs- feel free to contact me about suitable jobs.
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 52m52 minutes ago
Going to look at my first buy to let houses this week. Lot to learn yet I am going to be proactive.

More Direct Honesty...

Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 6s6 seconds ago
I will aim to put the same effort into property although I know it's a new skillset and I have a lot to learn.
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 27s27 seconds ago
But I do put a lot of work in and don't waste money on anything so I have more money to invest.
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 46s46 seconds ago
It's like I know I've got a long way to go to reach @Financial_Orbit level of basically working AT LEAST 18 HOURS EVERY DAY on shares
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 1m1 minute ago
Tomorrow I aim to be up at about 7 ready to stalk the market and pounce at the right time.
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 1m1 minute ago
There are many areas in which I can improve as a share investor... but I think I'm pretty good at RESTRAINT.

Direct Honesty About Shares

Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 7s7 seconds ago
I don't forsee a situation where I want to 'give money to charity' like other rich people do.
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 34s34 seconds ago
Shares will rise from these levels but at the end of my life my performance as a share investor will be judged on how much money I make.
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 1m1 minute ago
personal responsibility for it. Maybe this will make me a better share investor in the long run, I don't know.
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 1m1 minute ago
I mean let's be real here... having THOUSANDS OF POUNDS of reduction in your personal wealth isn't good but I still have to take
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 10m10 minutes ago
at these levels... I'll keep an eye on them but instinctively want to save money to go into buy to let even though that's challenging.
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Mark Howitt ‏@MarkHowitt 11m11 minutes ago
Time for some DIRECT HONESTY... feel very bad about shares going down again. I think HSBC BATS and GSK are all good long term buys

Estate Agents

Sent my CV to some estate agents today! Will be following up with phone calls later.

Property

I've done many hours of property research today. Still know I have a lot to do but happy with what I'm learning and the new contacts gained. Any jobs connected with property I will look at and happy to connect with people to partly finance the purchase of my new properties.

Job Search

Been a bit lazy in regards to this but ontop of everything else I'm doing I am looking for a full time job too! Estate agents and anyone involved with letting a property could be ideal as I've got a tenant for a property my family owns and I have plenty of sales experience. Feel free to contact me.

Financing For Buy to Let

Just chatted with my father, a Chartered Accountant, more about buy to let. Looking at various ways of financing the purchase and I have the money to buy it outright if I want to. However I'm still interested to connect with other property investors or finance people who may be able to assist with a loan.

My Situation

Written a message outlining my situation in regards to buy to let. It will allow any buy to let expert to have a quick look at my situation. If you're a buy to let expert and would like to see feel free to contact me.

Buy to Let Research

Lots of research done on buy to let today. Also giving advance notice that 12 Newbury Walk may become available for a new tenant in September. Proved very popular last time and personally I find the current tenant's manner unacceptable.

These are some examples of Newbury Walk and are indicative of the standard I will aim to achieve of any house I let. For more examples just search Newbury Walk in search bar. Improvements actually have been made to Newbury Walk since these pictures have been taken. The list of improvements made to Newbury Walk includes a new number plate at the front of the house, two rooms painted, bath fixed, new lightbulbs and lampshades and trimming of trees and bushes. The rent for new tenants will be around £525 a month.

Buy to Let

I am going to invest more time into looking at buying buy to let property for myself. I know I have a lot to learn but am eager to start!

Shares Not Being Open Has Been Making Me a Bit Bored... But Back to Normal Soon!

Lol longest title ever.

True though.

I actually feel good about my portfolio. Will be getting Sainsbury's dividends on Monday. I think 2016 will be a good year... even if I don't buy any more shares. I do have plans though which I believe will be profitable. Warren Buffet is still learning and improving into his eighties... I'm 32. Quite surreal that nearly 100,000 people have read my writing on ShareProphets alone though. I go into 2016 with more knowledge than ever and good contacts I chat to on twitter every day. There's no hiding place since the world knows my portfolio but I really do think I'll make good money with shares in 2016!