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Post by benaj on Apr 8, 2020 11:06:10 GMT
Any major changes in your P2P Portfolio in this new tax year?
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Post by corto on Apr 8, 2020 19:18:44 GMT
Reduce for a number of reasons
- move some funds on a short term into tax-wrapped alternatives (this could be easier in p2p; so they loose out)
- avoid unnecessary losses expected due to the current and potential near future situation
- reduce below 10% of funds in p2p (the FCA suggestion by now does make some sense to me)
- currently better options than p2p elsewhere
- p2p liquidity problem combined with high losses in failed loans (PF funds only half solve this panic-inducing problem)
- reduce number of platforms because diversification across platforms does not seem to work (in the future, platforms will have to develop some sort of health indicator for me to invest into them; Companies House records are not enough)
I still consider p2p an alternative investment between saving accounts and shares, so will keep some funds in it.
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Post by failedtheturingtest on Apr 8, 2020 19:21:15 GMT
Any major changes in your P2P Portfolio in this new tax year? I'm drawing down P2P and betting on the stock market. Specifically, it seems to me that stocks that have dropped in value by 20% since the end of last year because of covid will probably return to their former levels in a year or so, so I'm pulling money out of P2P (earning 6% to 8%) and buying stock funds / ETFs of countries that have gotten past the worst of the pandemic, in the hope of getting a 20%ish return over the next year or so. Wish me luck...
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Post by ceejay on Apr 8, 2020 19:52:13 GMT
Any major changes in your P2P Portfolio in this new tax year? I'm drawing down P2P and betting on the stock market. Specifically, it seems to me that stocks that have dropped in value by 20% since the end of last year because of covid will probably return to their former levels in a year or so, so I'm pulling money out of P2P (earning 6% to 8%) and buying stock funds / ETFs of countries that have gotten past the worst of the pandemic, in the hope of getting a 20%ish return over the next year or so. Wish me luck... I'll wish you luck - you may need it! Not that I think you're wrong, necessarily - but this could play out in a lot of different ways. The biggest unknown is how long it takes us to get on top of the virus (anything from 3 to 18 months?) followed by the speed of recovery / depth of possible depression that might follow. The stock market will recover, sure - I think there is an excellent chance of that, bordering on certainty. But within a year ... maybe. I'll be making some cautious punts in the same direction, but not with any cash that I expect to need inside the next ten years.
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Post by failedtheturingtest on Apr 8, 2020 20:33:42 GMT
Oh, carefully and cautiously to be sure! I'm shifting money from P2P to stocks, but 40% of my portfolio will remain solidly in cash and bonds. And anyone contemplating something similar should make sure they have enough cash to ride out a possibly long economic downturn. But if you are secure enough, right now stocks offer more potential than any P2P platform, even if it takes two years for the stock market to recover. And the stock market is forward-looking, it will recover before the economy does.
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Post by df on Apr 8, 2020 21:28:48 GMT
Any major changes in your P2P Portfolio in this new tax year? No major changes. Just a general reduction across my p2p portfolio. Reduced by approximately 8% since last December. Assetz Capital- since the recent change of market conditions I'm withdrawing all MLA returns, recent I** pay out and most of scheduled 30/90 day. Growth Street - slight reduction just before entering 90 day "liquidity event". Unbolted - more returns than new loan allocations so I'm withdrawing the surplus. Lending Crowd - the same, very few new loans and some repaid early, making weekly withdrawals. Ratesetter - on wind down, I've invested a little bit in MAX when the rate went up to 6%, otherwise just withdrawing returns. Collateral - no changes Lending Works - reduced by about 35% after the rate of return became uncertain. Welendus - had a generous hand out last month, reduced by approx. 20%. Ablrate - only a slight reduction. Fundingsecure - some pawn loans repaid. Saving Stream - one of my loans returned a small amount. Moneything - some small repayments from CSP. Zopa - on wind down since they've scrapped PF, withdrawing returns weekly. Rebuilding Society - slight increase. Bond Mason - no changes, loans traveled from "watchlist" to "recovery", but no returns from BM. Huddle Capital - no new loans, just withdrawing returns. Funding Circle - only 2 live loans left there, some recoveries are still coming in.
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Post by mikeb on Apr 12, 2020 14:23:47 GMT
Any major changes in your P2P Portfolio in this new tax year? Assetz Capital- since the resent change of market conditions I'm withdrawing all MLA returns, recent I** pay out and most of scheduled 30/90 day. Freudian?
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Post by peertopier on Apr 29, 2020 0:02:02 GMT
I've been selling loans to reduce my P2P risks. I've got small amounts stuck in Collateral, Lendy and Moneything (most loans non performing). I'm reducing Zopa and Ratesetter down to amounts that I could cope with losing or not having access to for years. I'm continuing to invest in Ablrate but limiting my investment per loan and taking anything else out as cash as it's paid. I've got a small amount in FundingCircle which I was drip feeding out as payments were made.
Essentially I'm moving out of the P2P market and just leaving some small speculative funds dotted around. I'm transferring the money to a self select ISA where I'm spreading it across bonds, gilts, tracker funds and a useful fund of funds.
My invested funds index dropped by 25% in March but has recovered somewhat already. Now is a good time to buy so I'm buying things each week to spread the risk.
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