Can you believe Covid19 is still around! Early on we all thought it would be gone by now! The vaccine program roll out has been a success in general and is starting to have a positive effect on the number of cases and more importantly the number of deaths!… Read the rest...
Author: Investor John
Investing as a Private investor John has shown success over the last 20 years with a straight forward common sense approach to investing - He can help you to learn and will gladly share his knowledge to get you started.
Quarter 1 of 2021
Can you believe it is Easter of 2021 already!
Covid19 is still around unfortunately but hopefully the vaccine program is starting to have a positive effect on the number of cases and more importantly the number of deaths!
It has been a relatively quiet quarter for me so hence the prompt summary as there is not much to summarise!… Read the rest...
Bed and Breakfast time!
No, I’m not talking about staying away from home for the weekend – haven’t you heard that we are still in lockdown?
The Bed and Breakfasting that I am talking about is the act of selling a share and buying it back again to realise a gain or a loss.… Read the rest...
The year that was 2020…
… Read the rest...In Summary my overall portfolio is up by 24% for 2020 🙂
2020 is finally over and my YTD is +24% which I am very chuffed with since I was down 40% at one point in march! At one point I would even have been happy with breakeven!
Its October already!! An insight into another Private Investors’ portfolio…
So much for giving an update in August! Hope you all had a nice summer and remain safe and well?
It has been busy, busy for me and there always seems to be something better to do than to update things here!… Read the rest...
Next update is at the end of August…
Hi everyone,
I hope you don’t mind me being lazy with my updates for the summer! I haven’t traded much so far in June and July but will give you all a full update at the end of August. I will still be investing and monitoring my holdings but no updates will let me enjoy the summer sun if it ever appears!… Read the rest...
Investor John’s May
Welcome again…This is my Diary entry for May – its been a quiet month for me in terms of investing as the prices ZOOM upwards again and the amount of bargains disappear! I am still very busy with work and a bit of home schooling work so haven’t spent as much time as some other months looking at investments… Sometimes being busy is a useful distraction to keep me from over trading etc!… Read the rest...
Investor John’s April
Welcome again…This is my Diary entry for April- we’ve all seen a bit of a recovery in the markets but still a long way off previous levels!
I’m writing this on the 8th of May 2020 – Each month I am getting later!… Read the rest...
Investor John’s March
Welcome again…This is my Diary entry for March – Well what a month that was and possibly more of the same to come?
I’m writing this on the 3rd of April 2020
None of this is advice or recommendations.
Month Summary
- Number of Holdings 34 at month end.
Investor John’s February
Welcome again…This is my Diary entry for February – It has been an eventful month on the Market and maybe one I would rather forget! or indeed one I wish I could have skipped!
I’m writing this on the 2nd of March 2020 so slightly behind schedule.… Read the rest...