Any ballin' companies selling shares?

[NSKlad]

I know this is a longshot, and I have a feeling I know the answer already, but....

Are there any big-time paintball companies out there which aren't owned by individuals or just a select group?

The reason I ask is I'm doing a bit of a roleplay for my Business Studies, and I need to be the financial consultant, so I've got to find three companies to invest £15000 each in. Obviously, this was the first thing I thought of...

So, yeah, any companies selling shares on the market?

 

[sumo89]

Paintball companies aren't going to give you the best returns, you should look at things like pharmaceuticals and financial services if you want to do well.

 

[NSKlad]

Paintball companies aren't going to give you the best returns, you should look at things like pharmaceuticals and financial services if you want to do well.

Yeah, know what you mean, it was more just a play round thing my teacher suggested...

Getting in on Barclays at the moment.

 

[Mario]

I know this is a longshot, and I have a feeling I know the answer already, but....

Are there any big-time paintball companies out there which aren't owned by individuals or just a select group?

The reason I ask is I'm doing a bit of a roleplay for my Business Studies, and I need to be the financial consultant, so I've got to find three companies to invest £15000 each in. Obviously, this was the first thing I thought of...

So, yeah, any companies selling shares on the market?

isn't Kee public? in the states at least? Or part of a company that is public?

Im sure there was a large buyout from some action sports company a few years back...

 

[Gassy]

Invest in a some columbian white,high risk but higher rewards

 

[NSKlad]

isn't Kee public? in the states at least? Or part of a company that is public?

Im sure there was a large buyout from some action sports company a few years back...

Excellent suggestion, thanks, but if so I can't find any details, the few profiles I've found of the company suggest it's privately owned.

Invest in a some columbian white,high risk but higher rewards

You offering?

Before we make any business deals, please be aware that you will be the one transporting said delicacies and not me, I like my stomach how it is, not full of lubed up condoms.

 

[Ainsley]

If you can invest in trusts for this, go for:

1. JP Morgan American Investment Trust
2. Aberforth UK smaller companies Trust
And just a normal share:
3. Halma on the FTSE 250

Thats top secret info though so if you tell anyone else I'll have to kill you.

What is the time frame though, as my list would change?

 

[NSKlad]

We begin the coursework within a few weeks, and will be watching the share prices of the companies we collect over the summer holidays.

No real money involved.

 

[Ainsley]

No real money involved.

Lol, I gathered that

Even if you don't win, you're teacher will be impressed - I bet no one else will invest in trusts in your class. You can say that you decided to invest in 2 trusts as it offered less risk to your portfolio and offered a degree of insulation from the current economic climate. Halma was a bit of a punt; following a recent profits warning you felt the shares were undervalued and the risk was offset anyway by your good spread of investments in the trusts

 

[stongle]

You really want to make a killing (or get good marks), then look into long / short positions in Financials / Banks. These are very volitile at present and it's pretty easy to see which way they are going to go on a given day.

There's a fair amount of bullish sentiment in the market at present, but I don't see the fundamentals there to make it last. The bond market has come out of a 20 year Bull run, and the adverse affect this will have on interest rates will put a lot of pressure on banks (IMHO), especially those with dodgy funding postions - (heavily leveraged with sh*tty loan books). I wouldn't touch anything with a lot of Spanish residential exposure with a barge pole right now.

Funds and Trusts are more diversified and less risky, but the P & L (profit & loss) reflects this. Although for good marks, you should probably explain what level of risk profile you want and why. Lot of advice to Sell USD buy EUR at the moment, which for good marks is always worth consideration.