Your worst performing share pick.

richie123 · 01-12-2020 10:50pm #1

I'll start the ball rolling.
I bought aryzta a few years back.
A full 97 %loss to date.
Can anyone better that ??:):)

Timmaay · 01-12-2020 11:59pm

richie123 wrote: »

I'll start the ball rolling.
I bought aryzta a few years back.
A full 97 %loss to date.
Can anyone better that ??:):)

Fairly impressive, best I can do is Luckin Coffee, 93% loss ha.

crushproof · 02-12-2020 12:39am

TAW/A40

Not the only one on this forum to lose 100% on that disaster! Had plenty of opportunities s to get out but kept faith in what was being said by the company and opinions given by believers in the company.

Lesson learnt, take advice but at the end of the day DYOR!!

Geuze · 02-12-2020 12:43am

AIB
Anglo
PTSB
BoI - we patted each other's backs as we paid 10 euro for them, years later a friend paid 10 cent

Glanbia

howiya · 02-12-2020 3:05am

Flybe

richie123 · 02-12-2020 9:14am

Timmaay wrote: »

Fairly impressive, best I can do is Luckin Coffee, 93% loss ha.

Best thing about buying shares Is you don't have to sell so my loss isn't realized..when it hit 97 % of a loss I bought more ..I have some hope of getting it back maybe I'm mad !!

Comhrá · 02-12-2020 10:05am

BOI, AIB and Anglo. My trio of investments from Hell back in my early investing days. Older and wiser (I think) now.

cronos · 02-12-2020 10:11am

Nio so far. Bought at 50 USD and then added a little more at 45 yesterday.

krissovo · 02-12-2020 10:26am

I lost ~50% on snapchat a few years ago, it was when I started to dabble in day trading, while the percentage was not huge I lost about €15k which really hit my strategy for 6 as I just started out and lost a lot of my initial investment.

I thought I was buying at $13 a share but ended up buying at the peak which was around $20. It was a hard lesson in setting limit orders correctly.

Kilboor · 02-12-2020 11:12am

This year I lost 38%-40% on a biotechplay - RGLS - my own fault I missed the news I was waiting for to exit the swing trade and would have left with 30% positive had I looked properly and realised it was what I was waiting for. Was my smallest play at the time thankfully.

Down 25% currently on Lansdowne Oil and Gas and this is definitely my biggest figure loss, first time I've lost over 1k in one stock in the same year. Also in the same boat I'm break even on Providence Resources but was in the profit at 85% gain up to Monday.

richie123 · 02-12-2020 11:51am

cronos wrote: »

Nio so far. Bought at 50 USD and then added a little more at 45 yesterday.

Yes but in 10 years time it'll be a very different story.hold on to them.I will stay investing in electric car industry.
I missed Tesla but there will be a big pullback there yet and I hope to get in when that happens

richie123 · 02-12-2020 11:53am

Comhra wrote: »

BOI, AIB and Anglo. My trio of investments from Hell back in my early investing days. Older and wiser (I think) now.

Aib and boi are still in play did you sell out ?
I never sell at a loss maybe I'm wrong..
I go all out might as well lose it all and chance it

richie123 · 02-12-2020 11:54am

Kilboor wrote: »

This year I lost 38%-40% on a biotechplay - RGLS - my own fault I missed the news I was waiting for to exit the swing trade and would have left with 30% positive had I looked properly and realised it was what I was waiting for. Was my smallest play at the time thankfully.

Down 25% currently on Lansdowne Oil and Gas and this is definitely my biggest figure loss, first time I've lost over 1k in one stock in the same year. Also in the same boat I'm break even on Providence Resources but was in the profit at 85% gain up to Monday.

I think oil and gas companies are a good bet now with the rollout of the vaccine and world getting back to normal

Kilboor · 02-12-2020 11:58am

richie123 wrote: »

I think oil and gas companies are a good bet now with the rollout of the vaccine and world getting back to normal

I can see a recovery in oil prices next year definitely. Medium term it could be argued that both Oil and Tobacco companies are undervalued right now. Even Tullow oil is starting to make a recovery.

I'm happy to hold my oil plays

Comhrá · 02-12-2020 12:02pm

richie123 wrote: »

Aib and boi are still in play did you sell out ?
I never sell at a loss maybe I'm wrong..
I go all out might as well lose it all and chance it

Well AIB was nationalised so I lost a fair wedge then. I eventually sold my tiny remnant position in BOI to offset CGT. Anglo was of course, a write-off. I now have a very small position again in AIB & BOI but only since early Nov, so watching them closely this time, lol. Once is enough to be closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.

robman60 · 02-12-2020 12:23pm

2007, aged 11, my dad used to always be checking the stocks on teletext. Naturally I wondered what it was all about. Bought in a parent's name with €1500 spread over 5 stocks, three of them being AIB, BoI, and Anglo. I'll always remember my dad's line, the banks will always do well. Now mid-20s I think it was a valuable experience to get with a small amount in the scheme of things.

Lesson banked (pun intended) early, now to use that knowledge for the next 50 years. DYOR, and don't trust the hot stocks always.

L1m1tless · 02-12-2020 12:25pm

NMC health. Very small holdings, but it went to 0% &#55358;&#56599;

Unknownability · 02-12-2020 12:43pm

Mine would be Kalytera therapeutics, not sure what is going on with them last I heard they were getting rid of the auditors, always a good sign.

Meeoow · 02-12-2020 2:40pm

Eircom, my mother's bought some back in the day. Scam.

Static M.e. · 02-12-2020 3:00pm

I have owned a lot that went to zero. I even donated some during the week after closing out of an account

I haven't lost a fortune but I have learnt a lot of valuable lessons. The main one is that I don't invest in areas that I don't understand (Oil Stocks in this case) and I'm far better off just owning the market S&P 500 or the total market.

cefh17 · 02-12-2020 3:17pm

crushproof wrote: »

TAW/A40

Not the only one on this forum to lose 100% on that disaster! Had plenty of opportunities s to get out but kept faith in what was being said by the company and opinions given by believers in the company.

Lesson learnt, take advice but at the end of the day DYOR!!

Same, still stings a bit. My lesson learnt was the eggs in a basket one

crushproof · 02-12-2020 4:00pm

cefh17 wrote: »

Same, still stings a bit. My lesson learnt was the eggs in a basket one

What's annoying is it still appears on my Degiro portfolio, just go away please.

cefh17 · 02-12-2020 4:06pm

crushproof wrote: »

What's annoying is it still appears on my Degiro portfolio, just go away please.

Same as the Cowan shares awarded (which were recently hush sold to people who magically are the same ones who got Taw/A40 for cents on the dollar).

Can you ask Degrio to remove shares off of an account, I don't know what the delay is? I know it sounds stupid but it's annoying seeing them there everyday

cronos · 02-12-2020 8:16pm

Meeoow wrote: »

Eircom, my mother's bought some back in the day. Scam.

Same. Don't even know where they are these days actually. I remember they became vodafone shares or something but the letters stopped coming.

micosoft · 02-12-2020 10:30pm

Hertz....
Bought at $2:20 sold at $1.14
To be fair a total punt when it looked like it might go bankrupt...

Mad_maxx · 02-12-2020 10:47pm

richie123 wrote: »

I'll start the ball rolling.
I bought aryzta a few years back.
A full 97 %loss to date.
Can anyone better that ??:):)

Banco espirito ( portugese bank ), 100% loss as it folded in 2015 , 564 euro ( small punt ) of a loss , thing still showing up on my holdings for some reason , cant delete it

Static M.e. · 03-12-2020 10:08am

cefh17 wrote: »

Same as the Cowan shares awarded (which were recently hush sold to people who magically are the same ones who got Taw/A40 for cents on the dollar).

Can you ask Degrio to remove shares off of an account, I don't know what the delay is? I know it sounds stupid but it's annoying seeing them there everyday

On the account I just closed you had to donate the shares to get rid of them otherwise they just stayed in the account. Not sure if you can do that on Degiro but it might be worth a shot

daheff · 03-12-2020 12:07pm

Wirecard. bought at 192 EUR...now trading at ~0.50. I'll actually lose money if i sell the shares i hold because of trading fees.

b*stards

I was even in profit for a while.

99.73% loss

Mad_maxx · 03-12-2020 12:15pm

my biggest ever gain on a stock was Groupon back in 2013 , $25 k in one day , i subsequently lost $8 k on it in the following year , never went near it since as its a zombie company effectively

Tesla has made me a lot this year , i sold most of it when it hit $600 the other day but bought back in again yesterday @ $550

bank of ireland made me a lot in 2013 but ive never made a bean on it until this year again as i got out post brexit and only observed it

i made great money on kerry and glanbia from 2009 to 2013 but got out , should have kept kerry , also regret never getting into kingspan , the best ran company on the ISEQ

FB has always been a good one , ive never done well on Apple , trading Apple is pointless , as jim cramer says , just own it

sk8board · 03-12-2020 12:20pm

The common trend so far seems to be that the main losses are shares bought when we were younger and inexperienced, and it was a gamble that didn’t pay off, rather than investing based on research and data.
That’s the key lesson.

This year will be my biggest % gain, and yet I was heavily negative in early April, but stuck to the strategy of investing every month irrespective. That’s my big learning this year. Did the same in 08-11.

As for losses, I had a LOT of options in a past employer that covid sank unfortunately. None of the outstanding shares had vested or could be sold so I never counted them until I had control.

Trish56 · 03-12-2020 1:21pm

permanent tsb, bank of Ireland and Eircom.

ganmo · 03-12-2020 3:28pm

I've only been buying stocks a year and mainly since April(haven't sold anything yet)
Biggest loss so far is c&c, bought on the iseq and should have sold before they went to the lse.

Rustyman101 · 03-12-2020 6:41pm

96000 Waterford Crystal shares bought over the years with the company, highest i remember was 1.03, lowest 0000, nice looking share certs !

garbanzo · 07-12-2020 7:48pm

Anglo and AIB back in the day like a lot of earlier posters. Wiped out entirely on both positions. Ouch... it still hurts !

The only positive with it all is I was able to offset some of the losses against a capital gain I made a couple of years ago so that helped restore my faith in my financial planning capabilities.

I’ve been meaning to frame the Anglo share cert and put it up in the toilet as a reminder.

neris · 09-12-2020 12:15am

45% loss on a britsh company called Raven that invests in high grade Russian warehouses.

Atlas_IRL · 09-12-2020 1:42pm

Was following some guy on twitter called Stan the trading man I think anyway he gets slagged off now. Blindly backed a stock he was pumping called Lilis energy and it got delisted about a week or two later, was only around $300 but I stopped that strategy quickly!

BailMeOut · 09-12-2020 1:48pm

AIB and BOI were the most stupid trades I have done in the last few years. (Kingspan was the best)

crushproof · 09-12-2020 4:43pm

Atlas_IRL wrote: »

Was following some guy on twitter called Stan the trading man I think anyway he gets slagged off now. Blindly backed a stock he was pumping called Lilis energy and it got delisted about a week or two later, was only around $300 but I stopped that strategy quickly!

Ha the problem is there's so many like him it's impossible to weed out the spoofers. I'm sure there's plenty on here too that have gone quiet after some awful recommendations. Part of the game I guess!

Atlas_IRL · 09-12-2020 4:58pm

crushproof wrote: »

Ha the problem is there's so many like him it's impossible to weed out the spoofers. I'm sure there's plenty on here too that have gone quiet after some awful recommendations. Part of the game I guess!

I know! i have a nicely curated twitter now with great info and have weeded out most of the spoofers.

p to the e · 09-12-2020 5:16pm

Definitely the oil and gas exploration stocks in Aminex and Solo Oil (now called Scirocco Energy). They were some of the first stocks I ever bought about 5 years back thinking I was going to be a millionaire. At the time they were waiting on various licence sign-offs. Recently Aminex had a huge rise with word of one of these licences being signed off and a farmout then when the RNS drops it says that drilling will commence Q1 2022 and price plummets again. Guess I'm waiting until next year.

If we're talking about regrets then it would have to be a few years back when me and a co-worker were discussing what this bitcoin thing was and we said sure why don't we buy a few to see what's up with it. The price at the time I think was about $180 and we thought that was a bit expensive for something we know little about so left it.

makeorbrake · 10-12-2020 1:10am

p to the e wrote: »

If we're talking about regrets then it would have to be a few years back when me and a co-worker were discussing what this bitcoin thing was and we said sure why don't we buy a few to see what's up with it. The price at the time I think was about $180 and we thought that was a bit expensive for something we know little about so left it.

What you should investigate is whether you're in a similar position in this very moment. The multiples may not be the same but maybe that possibility is real.

Covit · 12-12-2020 12:07am

cronos wrote: »

Same. Don't even know where they are these days actually. I remember they became vodafone shares or something but the letters stopped coming.

Ya I think if u sold out in first few weeks there was a profit to be taken but most people held on . Lost a lot in our house I remember . Lost on Waterford Crystal and got a tip on elan shares I’d be better if I went and pist it up against a wall - lol

Treppen · 12-12-2020 12:04pm

Anyone remember Eircom shares ?

Loss was infinity %

cc87 · 01-04-2021 11:05am

Thought I would bump this thread.......some context for people (myself included) with 10-20% losses in the last couple of weeks.

neris · 01-04-2021 12:35pm

Small amount of RBS/Natwest shares from years ago down close on 60% and would cost more to get rid of then theyre worth. Raven a British company that owns warehouses in Russia down 40% on their ordinary shares since last year after been at break even in early 2020.

Pussyhands · 01-04-2021 12:55pm

krissovo wrote: »

I lost ~50% on snapchat a few years ago, it was when I started to dabble in day trading, while the percentage was not huge I lost about €15k which really hit my strategy for 6 as I just started out and lost a lot of my initial investment.

I thought I was buying at $13 a share but ended up buying at the peak which was around $20. It was a hard lesson in setting limit orders correctly.

Ouch. Hindsight is a great thing.

I'm currently down 25% on IPOF. Not sure if I'll ever get back to even.

Biggest locked in loss was 25%ish on Li Autos. Sold it and put a bit more to buy Apple instead.

littlevillage · 01-04-2021 1:09pm

neris wrote: »

45% loss on a britsh company called Raven that invests in high grade Russian warehouses.

Now if it was high grade Russian w**rehouses.... Sin sceal eile. ;-))

richie123 · 01-04-2021 1:26pm

I'm well down on cciv
Down a little on nio.
Caster maritime, down.
Aryzta loss gone from 97 to 80 %loss lol
Boi losses much reduced too.

Everything else is is up thank god

Wingman2010 · 01-04-2021 1:38pm

Fubotv for me. I’m down 51% with it! It was been pushed a lot by the Atlas crew so it clearly was a pump and dump stock! Lesson learnt though as I didn’t do enough DD before investing in this one and to avoid anything been pushed by the Atlas folks!

cal naughton · 01-04-2021 2:09pm

Rather than a specific stock for me . The AIM index for me is just so frustrating with very little volume the stocks just move in any direction.

An example of this is 4D . Although i will keep the faith.

Take Your Pants Off · 01-04-2021 3:42pm

Wingman2010 wrote: »

Fubotv for me. I’m down 51% with it! It was been pushed a lot by the Atlas crew so it clearly was a pump and dump stock! Lesson learnt though as I didn’t do enough DD before investing in this one and to avoid anything been pushed by the Atlas folks!

Same here. I am down considerably as well. But I am holding till the end of the year anyways. What about you?

Your worst performing share pick.

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