Below are the performances of my model portfolios in 2020. See here for a reminder of their rules and make up. Its interesting that i did not want to pick Hurricane Energy as a mechanical short, i liked the look of it. It fell over 90% during the year and the mechanical short proved correct! […]
Read MoreUK Large Caps StockRanks NAPS – 2nd year performance
This is the second full year of running this portfolio and im pleased it has outperformed compared to slight underperformance in it’s first year. A reminder of the portfolio criteria: Approx 20 companies. Each stock circa 4.5% position. Each company must be >£1billion market cap Pick of 2 stocks from each of Stockopedia’s ten sectors […]
Read MoreA letter to Investors: The Case for Bitcoin
A letter to Investors: The Case for Bitcoin In this article I give an ‘entry level’ overview to people already familiar with investing, as to why I believe Bitcoin is worthy of your attention. I touch superficially on many topics to provide a starting point for your own research and debunk some common misconceptions. Many […]
Read MoreModel Portfolios for 2020
<03/01/21 re-uploading portfolio images after they were lost in webhosting upgrade – see next post for review of performance> The NAPS discretionary long has a mid cap blend bias whereas the NAPS discretionary short has a mid cap growth bias. There were no longs or shorts within the telecoms sector to select that fit the […]
Read More2019 Model Portfolios Performance
So how did these model portfolios do in 2019? The combined portfolio scores are on the performance page(weighting longs 2/3rds and shorts 1/3rd but the individual components are below: The NAPS discretionary shorts performance for the year was -11.6% so pretty good. The shorts were very volatile – plenty of 100% swings in both directions. […]
Read MoreNew Portfolio Strategy
Since starting investing years ago i have moved from barely tracking overall performance to annual reviews which attempt to track overall portfolio performance but this is hindered by the my various accounts, cash balances and leverages that have been used. My investing style was varied, entirely discretionary and ad-hoc. I would like to more clearly […]
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