February 2018 Portfolio Update
Well that was an exciting month after the relative calm of January and 2017 as a whole. For a few days there I was a worried »
ShareSoc Company Seminar - February 2018
ShareSoc always takes a break over the Christmas period as companies generally aren't keen on presenting near the year end and the hard-working ShareSoc team need »
January 2018 Portfolio Update
They say that investing is a learning process and that's certainly true in my case. While I've had various amounts of money invested in shares for »
Photo-Me International: In a supermarket near you
There are some brands that are ubiquitous; cleaning companies perhaps or white-label bakeries. They're everywhere and yet no one notices them. Photo-Me International is just such »
Portfolio Review 2017
Last year was very much a year of transition as I moved from a hybrid high-yield/growth strategy to one focused on quality and momentum. This »
ShareSoc Company Seminar - November 2017
As regular readers will know I'm a big fan of ShareSoc and all of the amazing work that they do on behalf of individual shareholders. The »
ShareSoc Company Seminar - October 2017
After a very pleasant summer off, mostly ignoring my portfolio, it was a pleasure to attend another ShareSoc growth seminar in this autumnal month. This time »
Remembrance of Things Past: Mello 2014
Just over 2½ years ago I attended the Mello investment conference up in Derby; a whirlwind of inspiring lectures, company presentations and face-to-face meetings with management. »
Fever-Tree: Creating an iconic brand
For many years consumers were quite happy with their G&Ts. A shot of Beefeater gin with a hefty splash of Schweppes tonic and that »
ShareSoc Company Seminar - April 2017
This month the ShareSoc Seminar moved to a new location at Capita Asset Services, now that the compliance department of Finncap has put the kibosh on »