Investing in public transport

[soil]

Any shareholders here?

There are a number of big UK-based companies:

FirstGroup (FGP)
National Express (NEX)
Go-Ahead Group (GOG)
Stagecoach (SGC)

All riding fairly high at the moment with the exception of FirstGroup which is seen as something of a basket case having cut dividends + made a rights issue.

 

[DaveNewcastle]

Yes, I do, though I'm reluctant to refer to it as "investment". I think of it as an exposure to risk, and not as an investment!

I have made many 'investments' on the markets, and several of these have been highly speculative in global growth markets, and with some of them in safer sectors, but I view the 'transportation' sector as a tracker of the baseline of the European economy.

I'm guessing that its 3 years since I last posted a graph or Company statement to the markets on here. Maybe I've lost interest, or . . . . maybe the sector doesn't do anything interesting any more!

 

[Donny Dave]

I'm not a direct shareholder in any transport companies, but perhaps through a couple of funds that I've invested in have some shares in them, but I'm not sure.

 

[soil]

Unfortunately if you have money it is exposed to risk. If invested in shares, the shares can decline in value. If you stick it in the bank, you can find that inflating asset prices leave you far behind.

Actually FirstGroup have had an interesting year from an investment point of view.