Apologies to my readers that I haven't written anything after my 2018 performance article. I started a regulated role in February 2019 and decided to cease writing about my investing, to avoid potential complications with my current employer. I also was a bit inactive last year, since I was studying for the CFA Level 3 …
Considering the FTSE 100 slid about -11.50% and the FTSE 250 went down almost -15%, I'm not too unhappy with my performance for 2018. My quarterly returns were: Q1: -1.09% Q2: 7.43% Q3: -5.27% Q4: -1.89% If I just took an average of these to calculate my yearly return, the result would be -0.82%. Unfortunately, …
I started this quarter with £7,232.96 in my ISA, of which £7,050 were contributions and £182.96 were profit. I put in £3,200 more, bringing my total contributions to £10,250, and ended the quarter with £10,266.24, a profit of £16.24 from my investments (down £166.72 since the previous quarter). Inputting all the above details into excel …
I started this quarter with £4,512.28 in my ISA, of which £4,050 were contributions and £462.28 were profit. I put in £3,000 more, bringing my total contributions to £7,050, and ended the quarter with £7,232.96, a profit of £182.96 from my investments (down £279.32 since the previous quarter). Inputting all the above details into excel …
I passed the June 2018 CFA Level 2 Exam! And that is no guarantee when it comes to investment performance, but the knowledge acquired will (I hope) prove to be useful when analysing companies to invest in. Due to my (perhaps misguided) increase in confidence, I decided it was time to invest more of my …
I started this quarter with £3,705.42 in my ISA, of which £3,550 were contributions and £155.42 were profit. I put in £500 more, bringing my total contributions to £4,050, and ended the quarter with £4,512.28, a £462.28 profit from my investments (up £306.86 since the previous quarter). Inputting all the above details into excel and using …
I bought 15 shares of Shire PLC for about £40 each on April 25 following news that the company had accepted, on a preliminary basis, an acquisition offer from Takeda for £49 per share ($30.33 in cash and 0.839 new Takeda shares for each Shire share). I actually didn't think I would be able to …
