September 2021 Portfolio Update
What a brutal and miserable month. Just about every commentator is saying that the bull market is over and that the spectre of inflation is deflating »
July 2021 Portfolio Update
After a rocky period my portfolio managed to finally reverse the trend with a 3.1% gain taking me up to 12.5% YTD. This is »
May 2021 Portfolio Update
One of the truisms in investing is that you should sell in May and go away (if you want to avoid the summer doldrums). I certainly »
March 2021 Portfolio Update
It turns out that March was a remarkably positive month for my portfolio with 90% of my holdings either rising strongly or being broadly in-line with »
January 2021 Portfolio Update
I'm so glad that we've made it into a new year. Finally there's some light on the horizon, with people being vaccinated at quite a pace, »
December 2020 Portfolio Update
It's with a sigh of relief that I write these words on the first day of 2021. I'm hardly alone in being glad to see the »
October 2020 Portfolio Update
Well that was a month that I'm happy to forget. Many of my larger holdings decided to put in double-digit declines as the market concerned itself »
September 2020 Portfolio Update
This month has been incredibly busy with numerous company announcements every day. It's been quite the blizzard with a wide gulf between the pandemic winners and »
July 2020 Portfolio Update
This month has been incredibly busy for me with something like 20 trades. A drop in the ocean compared to many investors but a blur of »
March 2020 Portfolio Update
Well that was a month from hell for so many reasons. It quite took me back to 2008 and my disbelief that the market could keep »