April 2016: Portfolio Update.

April brought a greater fall, of -2.51%, which was again beaten by the FTSE 100 with a healthy 1.09% gain!
Apple and Microsoft doing the damage with double digit falls in the month and a lonely dividend from GE, not enough to redress the balance.

Merchant Adventurer's Index
			Forecast	1 month	YTD	64 mth
	Price	% holding	Div. yield	% gain	% gain	% gain
Aviva	432.40p	11.90%	4.88%	-5.18%	-16.20%	19.52%
National Grid	974.80p	16.29%	4.59%	-1.26%	3.98%	76.27%
BP	373.75p	8.84%	6.99%	6.74%	5.58%	-11.68%
Apple **	$93.70	7.61%	1.82%	-15.42%	-9.77%	76.15%
Lloyds	67.07p	4.70%	0.00%	-1.40%	-1.95%	-2.93%
IG Group	773.00p	5.28%	4.05%	-3.37%	-3.68%	61.99%
Imperial Brands	3718.50p	3.96%	3.78%	-3.74%	3.68%	64.60%
William Hill	312.70p	2.70%	4.06%	-4.37%	-21.73%	69.78%
BAT	4170.00p	3.01%	3.74%	1.96%	10.58%	24.32%
Vodafone	224.85p	2.34%	5.24%	1.65%	1.74%	-10.88%
Microsoft **	$49.87	2.67%	2.04%	-11.16%	-10.23%	90.66%
Banco Santander	350.75p	1.55%	4.15%	14.16%	3.62%	-35.73%
General Electric **	$30.75	2.60%	2.55%	-4.84%	0.06%	115.18%
BAE Systems	477.30p	1.81%	4.39%	-6.23%	-4.46%	44.64%
Barrat Dev.	532.50p	1.80%	4.33%	-5.00%	-14.94%	48.96%
SSE	1510.00p	1.58%	6.07%	1.21%	13.70%	23.27%
Verizon **	3486.41p	1.73%	3.71%	-7.33%	11.71%	25.62%
Centrica	238.40p	1.14%	5.26%	4.70%	9.31%	-28.11%
Royal Dutch Shell	1786.00p	2.10%	1.25%	4.20%	-19.51%	-34.73%
Cash		16.38%	0.00%
		100.00%	3.38%
				1 month	YTD	64 mth
Virtual Portfolio gain (incl. Dividends)
- 1 month gain   2061.80	1988.44			-2.51%
- YTD gain         2049.23	1988.44				-2.97%
- 64 month gain 1264.20	1988.44					57.29%
- 76 month gain 1000.00	1988.44					98.84%
Unit Price - £	1.98844	(Starting price - £1)
FTSE gain (excl. Dividends)
- 1 month gain   6174.90	6241.90			1.09%
- YTD gain         6242.30	6241.90				-0.01%
- 64 month gain 5971.01	6241.90					4.54%
- 76 month gain 5412.88	6241.90					15.32%
Transactions:
28/04/2016	Div	General Electric @ 13.39p per share