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Why a diversified portfolio is easier to manage than a concentrated one 23 Aug 2013 | 07:04 pm
I’ve had a few conversations with investors recently about how time consuming it is to run a diversified portfolio of hand-picked shares. It seems obvious enough. You have to think about the strateg...
Domino’s Pizza shares – buy, hold or sell? 10 Aug 2013 | 05:27 pm
Buying Domino’s Pizza shares will give you part ownership of a Master Franchise of the world’s leading pizza delivery company. Domino’s Pizza shares are listed on the FTSE 250 and the company has a m...
FTSE 100 Valuation – August 2013 5 Aug 2013 | 04:42 pm
Unfortunately most of the investment media focus on the daily movements of the FTSE 100. While this makes a nice soundbite at the end of a news feed, it has about as much use for investors as a choco...
3 Reasons why property investors should consider the stock market 19 Jul 2013 | 03:34 pm
The UK is obsessed with property investing and the property market, but not the stock market. The stock market is generally thought to be high risk, confusing and no place for the inexperienced. But...
Are these investment mistakes costing you 6 percent a year? 10 Jul 2013 | 06:01 pm
The average active, private investor underperforms the stock market by anything up to 6 percent a year. 6 percent may not sound like much when compared to the 20 percent or so that many investors exp...
Case Study: Interserve investment returns 117% in 2 years and 4 months 9 Jul 2013 | 01:31 pm
Interserve is a FTSE 250 listed support services and construction business with a current market cap of £651 million. It’s a steady company in a relatively dependable industry and it makes profits ev...
UK Value Investor model portfolio: 2013 half year review 5 Jul 2013 | 10:49 am
I started the UKVI model portfolio back in March 2011 to show that the UKVI stock screen and investment strategy work, and also as a way of teaching investors how to use them to pick stocks in the rea...
Are Carillion PLC shares a good investment? 27 Jun 2013 | 06:41 pm
Sometimes when I’m scouring the markets in search of a good place to put my money I’ll get a sense of déjà vu, a kind of, “hang on, I’ve been here before” moment. That’s exactly what I get when I loo...
Is Royal Bank of Scotland CEO Stephen Hester worth £2 billion? 14 Jun 2013 | 06:33 pm
The Royal Bank of Scotland announced this week that its CEO, Stephen Hester, would be stepping down later this year. The market reacted badly and RBS suddenly found its market value down by about £2 b...
3 Components of a well diversified portfolio 12 Jun 2013 | 06:15 pm
I’m a strong proponent of the Uncertainty Principle when it comes to the stock market. That’s because the number of things we don’t know far outweigh the things we do know. One consequence is that ha...
