A further 9.98% gain in Berkeley making 49.47% in the year and 78.92% since purchase.
Apple has also been a support in 2017 with a 33.43% gain for the year as sterling recovers to more reasonable levels of $1.35: £1.
Regulatory concerns and the threat of a possible Labour government are also continuing to impact the energy sector in which I hold National Grid and SSE.
Tobacco continues to perform after recent consolidations with BAT purchasing Reynolds and a spin-off finding its way into Imperial Brands. Regulatory threats will always be on the horizon.
Lloyds is now my big recovery call and will be the big influence on my portfolio in 2018.
A reasonable level of incomings from dividend names this month: RDS; BP; and Imperial Brand.
There is also a small purchase of Imperial Brands, and the reasoning? Well, firstly the shares have started to fallback following recent regulatory changes, and more so than BAT. Secondly, given the long term story of potentially closing the discount gap to its peers, accelerating dividends, and perennial takeover target, it seems prudent to recycle some of my portfolio's cash.
Only a small purchase though, and likely to be followed by more in a pound cost averaging strategy.
And finally, as an active trade, it means that I can avoid the hated inactivity fee for this quarter, although, I should stress that this should never be the objective in itself, without a good investment reason.
| Merchant Adventurer's Index | ||||||||
| Forecast | 1 month | YTD | 84 mth | |||||
| Price | % holding | Div. yield | % gain | % gain | % gain | |||
| Aviva | 506.50p | 12.98% | 4.17% | -0.88% | -1.84% | 40.00% | ||
| National Grid | 875.10p | 12.48% | 5.12% | -1.12% | -15.71% | 71.18% | ||
| BP | 522.70p | 11.52% | 5.00% | 6.87% | 2.57% | 23.52% | ||
| Apple ** | $169.23 | 9.26% | 1.01% | -1.46% | 33.43% | 244.20% | ||
| Lloyds | 68.06p | 27.36% | 0.00% | 3.12% | 6.00% | 10.23% | ||
| Berkeley Group | 4197.00p | 12.10% | 0.00% | 9.98% | 49.47% | 78.92% | ||
| Imperial Brands | 3166.00p | 3.20% | 4.44% | 3.23% | -10.48% | 39.17% | ||
| BAT | 5018.00p | 3.37% | 3.11% | 7.02% | 8.58% | 49.60% | ||
| Vodafone | 235.00p | 2.27% | 5.01% | 4.77% | 17.59% | -6.86% | ||
| SSE | 1320.00p | 1.29% | 6.94% | -3.58% | -15.00% | 7.76% | ||
| Royal Dutch Shell | 2508.50p | 2.75% | 0.89% | 5.02% | 7.09% | -8.33% | ||
| Cash | 1.43% | 0.00% | ||||||
| 100.00% | 2.32% | |||||||
| 1 month | YTD | 84 mth | ||||||
| Virtual Portfolio gain (incl. Dividends) | ||||||||
| - 1 month gain 2559.12 | 2584.22 | 3.14% | ||||||
| - YTD gain 2248.97 | 2584.22 | 12.90% | ||||||
| - 84 month gain 1264.20 | 2584.22 | 104.41% | ||||||
| - 96 month gain 1000.00 | 2584.22 | 158.42% | ||||||
| Unit Price - £ | 2.58422 | (Starting price - £1) | ||||||
| FTSE gain (excl. Dividends) | ||||||||
| - 1 month gain 7326.70 | 7687.80 | 4.93% | ||||||
| - YTD gain 7142.80 | 7687.80 | 7.63% | ||||||
| - 84 month gain 5971.01 | 7687.80 | 28.75% | ||||||
| - 96 month gain 5412.88 | 7687.80 | 42.03% | ||||||
| Transactions: | ||||||||
| 20/12/2017 | Div | RDS 'B' @ 35.02p per share | ||||||
| 21/12/2017 | Div | BP @ 7.44p | ||||||
| 22/12/2017 | Buy | Imp.Brands @ 32.0333p per share | ||||||
| 29/12/2017 | Div | Imp.Brands @ 59.51p per share | ||||||
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