Archive for July, 2011

Enough waiting and back to XEL.

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I sold PTCM today. – Just too much loss. They may bounce back with a vengeance but I am starting to feel like I have been had. – Time will tell. If your brave and patient there may be money to be made still but I have had enough.

The £1000 from Porta sale went back into old favourite XEL. Bought for 158p. Bit of a risk as Xcite have been so volatile lately. target 180p stop 140p

 

Current holdings as follows;

 

AN. (Alternative Networks) – 523 shares
CAD (Cadogan) – 4055 shares
GHT (Gresham Computing) – 2582 shares
HVN (Harvey Nash) – 1931 shares
VOD (Vodaphone) – 673 shares
XEL (Xcite energy) – 623 shares
YULC (Yule Catto) – 642 shares

On the up

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13 years
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Things have been progressing well this week with nearly everything up… (Excluding the ever disappointing Porta potty)…

Early in the week It was apparent that things were looking up and with the FTSE heading in the desired direction at quite a rate it seemed a shame to have cash sitting in the pot.

Two more buys this week and the 10k is fully invested!

Harvey Nash (HVN). Thursday last week saw the release of a statement from the recent AGM. Very positive statement  Performance was “ahead of budget” in Q1 and they are forecasting that it’s likely that this trend will continue through to end of Q2. Buy volumes were up last week and a series of large buys. Bought for 77p – target £1 stop 60p

Vodophone (VOD). Vodophone was the other buy of the week (Today) Last week there were two substantial 100k+ director buys. Vodophone have consistently performed well over last few years and in May announced 3.1% rise in group operating profit for the year to 31 March. they are also increasing dividend payments this year… not usually considered a reason to invest but VOD are buying back large quantities of their own shares. Statistically, for one reason or another – companies that are in a position to do this tend to significantly outperform the index. (this may just be because companies that buy back shares must be in a financial position to do this)… To me it’s a sign of confidence.  Bought for 166p Target £2 – Stop 140p.

 

I have still not updated the new trades table but will get onto it soon! The portfolio is up overall and showing a small profit (0.8% over it’s first whole week). All trade prices include charges so no a bad week. Nice to see some signs of recovery.

 

Doug

 

 

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