You may recall that back at the start of October my portfolio was doing particularly well, versus the market. One month on and there are a number of great DIY...
I last updated my portfolio in mid-August which coincidentally was days before the stock market crashed over 10%. You may recall that at the time I was beating 87% of fund...
My £50,000 portfolio has now been running for 5 months. In that time I've navigated a Chinese bear market, the Greek debt crisis, a General Election in the UK as...
It's been a fascinating month in the markets. June was an awful month for DIY investors and fund managers alike. Incredibly 96% of funds LOST money and those few that...
For some time China has troubled me. I've covered in detail the prospects for China in my recent piece - Chinese equity funds – bubble or buy?. As you know I timed my original entry point into Chinese equities well, getting in just before the market soared 15% in mid April. So why...
10 days have passed since I wrote my piece Damien’s portfolio update: Steady as she goes and a lot has happened since then! For starters the UK General Election delivered a majority...
Two months have passed since I did something that, as far as I am aware, no other investment commentator or analyst has done, that is to invest £50,000 of their own money...
Over a month has passed since I did something that, as far as I am aware, no other investment commentator or analyst has done, that is to invest £50,000 of...
One of the biggest problems with the world of finance is that people just don't have 'skin in the game'. Funds are often run by managers who don't have significant...
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