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 »
June 2021 Portfolio Update
Well that was another brutal losing month, putting me down -3.6% with a YTD return diminished to 9.1%. Market sentiment has utterly turned with »
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 »
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, »
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 »
October 2018 Portfolio Update
Well I don't mind saying that this has been a shocker of a month. I can't remember such a destructive period for a number of years »
September 2018 Portfolio Update
Well this proved to be an unexpectedly busy month; perhaps my most active of the year. This could just be a reaction to an indolent August »