"Rod Speed" wrote in message
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"Nightjar "cpb"@" "insert my surname here wrote in message
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On 18/08/2014 20:29, Dennis@home wrote:
On 18/08/2014 09:56, "Nightjar \"cpb\""@ insert my surname here wrote:


£15k invested with a medium risk portfolio I have with HSBC would have
increased to £22.78k over 5 years. I wonder if he has made as much out
of the FIT.



He would have made about £5k but at zero risk.

Nothing is zero risk.

Some things are.

His house might have caught fire and the fire brigade refused to enter,
because of the solar panels.

Even sillier than you usually manage.

He might have failed to hear an electric car approaching and been run
over and killed before he had time to enjoy ripping off the rest of
society.

Even sillier than you usually manage.

The risks of failure might be low, but they are never zero.

Wrong, as always.

I think that the low risk version of the fund would probably have
produced a similar return to the FIT, although I don't have actual
figures for that option.

But the risk would have been much higher even with that.

The risk is they break down and need repair.
Might be a problem getting matching panels now, they are 3.5 years old.
The new panels all look less clunky then mine..
But everything is now much cheaper.
Also it's a bungalow so little scaffolding needed.

I have never heard of any breaking down.
Touch wood.