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Monthly Archives: April 2012
BLI transactions
In my Stockopedia Blippy Defensive portfolio I sold SN (Smith & Nephew) and bought VOD (Vodafone). The rationale is that the prospects for SN do not look better than VOD, and the latter gives a much better dividend. VOD is … Continue reading
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6 months ago: Oct 2011
Time for me to review what happened in Oct 2011. Over 6 months, ASX (FTSE All share) is up 2.13% to 3004. HSV, which was subject to a selling scandal, is down 48.3%. If you had missed the initial drop … Continue reading
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Top fund managers
A poster on TMF, coleyfish, offered his 5 favourite fund managers: Neil Woodford – Invesco Perp Income (and others) Link Angus Tulloch – First State Asia Pacific (and other) Link Richard Woolnough – M&G corporate bond Link Tom Dobell – … Continue reading
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F958B HYP-esque strategy
One of my favourite Motley Fool posters, F958B, suggested an "equity income" strategy that significantly outperformed the Footsie over all time periods he studied. It was also not reliant on portfolio size. What is that method? That method is "method … Continue reading
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SYM – Symphony Environmental Tech – a penny dreadful
SYM (Symphony Environmental Tech) was founded in 1995, specialising in the procurement and distribution of polythene bags, sheet, film and other related products in the UK in particular. Towards the end of 1997, the Group realised the need for, and … Continue reading
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TSCO – Tesco – I made a bad call
GuruFocus summarises TSCO (Tesco) full year results: PTP + 1.6%, diluted EPS +2.1%. UK LFL (ex petrol) -0.9%, UK revenues up. International sales up 9.4%, trading profit up 17.7%. Market are disappointed with these results: share price slipped 2.53% to … Continue reading
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Is it all a guess?
Working my way through the post and comments on the Motley Fool article "The Most Exciting Share You Own" on 28-Mar-2012. sketch notes below. Interesting is the discussion about David "Carmensfella". He himself writes: In fairness when I recommended LOQ … Continue reading
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Macrology
I seem to recall that, about a year ago, Jim Rogers said that housing was dead, and probably wouldn’t pick up for another 5 years. My dad also said pretty much the same thing. I plucked out 3 housebuilders at … Continue reading
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GNG – Geong International
Ah, GNG, a beloved stock to watch – in the train wreck kind of way. Spotted this just now: it was down 33% on Friday 20-Apr-2012. It released a trading statement then: The Company, as in previous years, had originally … Continue reading
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TMF on 3 high-tech shares
TMF ran an article on Yahoo Finance on 13-Apr-2012 about 3 high-tech companies. Sketch notes follow. IQE – makes semicondictor wafers that have more functionality and lower power consumption than silicon devices. GaAs (Gallium Arsenide) chips makes them very suitable … Continue reading
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