The FTSE100 continued its recent good performance (relative to mine), with a gain of 2.75% in the month keeping it broadly flat for the year at 0.46% up year to date.
For myself 1.87% in the month lagged the FTSE and leaves the year to date performance as negative at -2.74%.
Dividends were thin on the ground with just a token received from General Electric, and portfolio performance was fairly flat with the exception of bounces in Aviva, Apple, BG, and Imperial Tobacco following recent underperformance.
But not too much more to write about so here's the table.
| Merchant Adventurer's Index | ||||||||||
Forecast
|
1 month
|
YTD
|
40 mth
| |||||||
Price
|
% holding
|
Div. yield
|
% gain
|
% gain
|
% gain
| |||||
R-R
|
1050.00p
|
30.37%
|
2.21%
|
-2.23%
|
-16.10%
|
59.94%
| ||||
National Grid
|
840.50p
|
14.77%
|
5.15%
|
2.25%
|
6.66%
|
51.99%
| ||||
Aviva
|
525.50p
|
12.32%
|
3.13%
|
10.17%
|
16.86%
|
55.53%
| ||||
BP
|
499.20p
|
5.80%
|
4.68%
|
3.11%
|
2.28%
|
10.20%
| ||||
Apple **
|
$590.03
|
6.23%
|
0.28%
|
8.57%
|
2.89%
|
37.19%
| ||||
Vodafone
|
220.30p
|
2.41%
|
5.17%
|
0.00%
|
-12.68%
|
-12.68%
| ||||
Verizon **
|
2769.14p
|
1.45%
|
3.86%
|
-2.99%
|
-0.22%
|
-0.22%
| ||||
IG Group
|
636.00p
|
4.57%
|
4.03%
|
1.35%
|
3.25%
|
33.28%
| ||||
William Hill
|
354.70p
|
3.23%
|
3.47%
|
4.02%
|
-11.74%
|
92.59%
| ||||
Imperial Tobacco
|
2557.00p
|
2.87%
|
5.47%
|
5.53%
|
9.37%
|
13.19%
| ||||
BAT
|
3417.00p
|
2.59%
|
4.27%
|
2.44%
|
5.53%
|
1.87%
| ||||
General Electric **
|
$26.89
|
2.07%
|
2.84%
|
2.57%
|
-6.13%
|
62.92%
| ||||
Microsoft **
|
$40.40
|
1.97%
|
2.38%
|
-2.67%
|
5.61%
|
33.73%
| ||||
BAE Systems
|
400.00p
|
1.59%
|
5.15%
|
-3.43%
|
-8.05%
|
21.21%
| ||||
Centrica
|
330.00p
|
1.65%
|
5.33%
|
0.09%
|
-5.09%
|
-0.48%
| ||||
SSE
|
1525.00p
|
1.68%
|
5.87%
|
3.81%
|
11.31%
|
24.49%
| ||||
Morrisons
|
200.90p
|
1.01%
|
6.54%
|
-5.68%
|
-23.03%
|
-24.93%
| ||||
BG Group
|
1198.00p
|
1.40%
|
1.54%
|
7.20%
|
-7.67%
|
-7.56%
| ||||
Tesco
|
292.95p
|
0.93%
|
4.79%
|
-0.83%
|
-12.38%
|
-26.56%
| ||||
Cash
|
1.10%
|
13.73%
| ||||||||
100.00%
|
3.51%
| |||||||||
1 Month
|
YTD
|
40 mth
| ||||||||
Virtual Portfolio gain (incl. Dividends)
| ||||||||||
- 1 month gain 2042.57 -
|
2080.69
|
1.87%
| ||||||||
- YTD gain 1644.62 -
|
2080.69
|
-2.74%
| ||||||||
- 40 month gain 1264.20 -
|
2080.69
|
64.58%
| ||||||||
- 52 month gain 1000.00 -
|
2080.69
|
108.07%
| ||||||||
FTSE gain (excl. Dividends)
| ||||||||||
- 1 month gain 6598.37 -
|
6780.03
|
2.75%
| ||||||||
- YTD gain 5897.81 -
|
6780.03
|
0.46%
| ||||||||
- 40 month gain 5971.01 -
|
6780.03
|
13.55%
| ||||||||
- 52 month gain 5412.88 -
|
6780.03
|
25.26%
| ||||||||
| Transactions: | ||||||||||
| 29/04/2014 | Div | General Electric @ 10.93p per share | ||||||||
| Notes: | ||||||||||
| * US Dividends are adjusted for exchange rate and 15% withholding tax | ||||||||||
| ** Sterling : Dollar exchange rate = £1: $1.68753 as at month end | ||||||||||
And the chart.
Although its nice to see that the relative trends of the two series appearing to remain intact. Nice from my perspective as my portfolio continues to have much the stronger trend despite the pullback from recent highs.
 |
| Click to enlarge, close to return. |
So a third of the way through the year with little gains to write about in either my own portfolio or the FTSE100.
At best a period of consolidation although the concerns seem slightly different from recent years.
Europe's ship may have finally steadied, but middle eastern concerns continue, along with the retro like cold war posturing taking place over the Ukraine.
So, as ever, the rest of the year remains undecided and the future unclear....no change there then.
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