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, »
November 2020 Portfolio Update
It's a pleasure to report on a decent result this month despite the great rotation from growth to value. Clearly news of multiple vaccines proving effective »
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 »
August 2020 Portfolio Update
I generally see August as a month in which the market goes to sleep and nothing much happens. Certainly very little company news emerged and trade »
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 »
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 »