More risky share tips!

Last week I bought a few 'risky' shares/ETFs inside my ISA. Yesterday the whole market was down, but when the UK market opened this morning, it was looking better.

First, I have bought £1000 of  the NASDAQ 100 x3 long QQQ3 this morning as I notice that EQGB, XLKQ and IITU are all up this morning (probably due to Alphabet/Google).

Then I checked on my recent smaller mining holdings which are also up today:

• £200 APM Andean Precious Metals (+30% in 1 week)
• £200 MUX McEwen gold and silver mining (+23% in 1 week)

Yes, I have broken my cardinal rule of never investing in mining companies because gold and silver seems to be considered the only 'safe' place at the moment and the miners show a greater gain than simply holding physical gold and silver ETFs would. I will probably regret this risky decision (which is why I am not betting too much on them!).

I do have 9.3 shares in GOOG which went up nicely today (5%) after the news that Google was not being forced to split out Chrome.

I also see FIX Comfort Systems USA is showing some signs of life (currently 1.6% up) after my recent purchase.

HIVE is still doing well but seems quite volatile at the moment, I may buy more on a dip as I only have approx £280's worth but it is currently at £350 (28% gain). 

COFF Coffee is up 30% in 1 month but may have peaked. I did not buy this and now I feel it is too late :-(

ANTO Antofagasta copper miner is up 2% today. I don't have this but as copper will always be required for electric motors and turbines, etc. I had often considered buying it if it ever dips again as it did in April 2025 (as did most things).

IUCM is a favourite of mine and is up 2% today so far. It has returned 38% in 1 year. I pair IUCM with IITU or the slightly better synthetic XLKQ as this covers two different areas of Tech and seems to show better gains than even the NASDAQ 100.

Bitcoin/crypto seems to defy gravity still, but I am still glad I sold all my bitcoin holdings as I think investing in vapourware is extremely risky. 

Coinbase (COIN) the crypto exchange broker has gone up 60% in 1 year but it was down 50% at the end of March 2025. I am down 11% on COIN currently (unrealised loss of -£160). I am looking to sell if it peaks as I think the crypto fad is passing and unfortunately the ones who are left holding the baby will be the foolish retail punters who have not taken profits and protected themselves. 

Trading 212 account status

My GIA Invest account is showing a gain of £5K on a total deposit of £70K (DCAing over 14 months) and so is now recovering after the April Trump dip and my 5 month old £20K ISA started in April 2025 is showing a gain of £3K...

 

I take more risks on the holdings in my ISA and so far the lower Rate of Return figure of 15% shows that it has not yet beaten the Invest portfolio performance.

T212 ISA

 

T212 GIA 

 

Small positions are used a place holders so I can track them on my 'radar' and buy more if and when appropriate. I am deliberately using a 'spray and prey' approach over different sectors, countries and commodities as everything is so chaotic at the moment!

I am rather nervous of inflation however. Bond prices seem to be rising and everyone is saying that share price P/E ratios are too high. The GBP, Euro and $USA are all looking weak. I am watching very carefully at the moment for any large volume sells and price dips when the US market opens this afternoon!