… Read the rest...In Summary my overall portfolio is up by 27.8% for 2021
2021 is finally over and my YTD is +27.8% which I am very happy with as it was a long slog of a year! (In 2020 I gained 24%) You can see from the graph below that the portfolio peaked in September and then dwindled down a few percentage points as quarter 4 continued.
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Black Monday Sells…
Excuse my post title – its not really black monday I don’t think… but the title hints at the fact that I got hit today by a profit warning on one of my holdings today.
That was ARC Arcontech Group PLC – they were already on shaky ground for me with my decision to hold on to them back in September at the time of their final results coming back to haunt me!… Read the rest...
Black Friday Sales!
Well Friday was a choppy day on the markets alright! Fears from the new Covid variant seeming to spook the market. My YTD figure promptly dropped back to around 23% from 30% at the start of the week so quite a hit.… Read the rest...
Portfolio update Q2 & July 2021
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...
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...