May 2020 Portfolio Update
While this was a fairly quiet month for corporate news it was anything but dull for investors. Despite further stock-market volatility the relentless bounce-back continued as »
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 »
January 2020 Portfolio Update
Well that was a fairly volatile start to the year with my portfolio return turning negative then leaping to over 4% before settling back at 2. »
December 2019 Portfolio Update
Another year over and a new one just begun. If 2020 ends up anything like 2019 then I'll be very happy as the year ended with »
November 2019 Portfolio Update
It's been a busy month, for me, with quite a few buys and sells. In the main these purchases have been driven by companies on my »
October 2019 Portfolio Update
A pretty decent month all round with more shares going up, rather than down, for once. As mentioned below I bought, or topped up, a few »
June 2019 Portfolio Update
For quite a while it seemed that June would be a quiet month. It turns out that two major profit warnings, from Somero and Craneware, takes »
April 2019 Portfolio Update
Once again I've enjoyed a quiet month with regard to the markets and have done little apart from watch the dividends roll in - thanks XP »
November 2018 Portfolio Update
It's hard to believe that 2018 is almost over. Following a great 2017 this has turned into a very mixed year after such early promise. Having »
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 »