August 2016: Portfolio Update.

August brought a gain of 1.8% for my portfolio, ahead of the FTSE's 0.85%. But the FTSE remains ahead on the YTD measure with 8.64% v. my 8.26%. A strange year indeed!

Dividends from Vodafone, Banco Santander, Apple, and the big one from National Grid.

Merchant Adventurer's Index
			Forecast	1 month	YTD	68 mth
	Price	% holding	Div. yield	% gain	% gain	% gain
Aviva	483.80p	11.93%	4.36%	-6.96%	-6.24%	33.72%
National Grid	1046.50p	15.67%	4.28%	-3.37%	11.63%	89.24%
BP	427.90p	9.07%	6.10%	0.25%	20.88%	1.12%
Apple **	$106.10	8.63%	1.60%	2.89%	14.10%	122.75%
Lloyds	59.35p	16.37%	0.00%	11.67%	0.77%	0.50%
IG Group	957.00p	5.86%	3.27%	8.14%	19.25%	100.54%
Imperial Brands	3993.81p	3.82%	3.52%	0.26%	11.36%	76.79%
William Hill	318.20p	2.47%	3.98%	-0.53%	-20.35%	72.77%
BAT	4726.50p	3.05%	3.30%	-2.03%	25.34%	40.91%
Vodafone	229.85p	2.14%	5.13%	0.13%	4.00%	-8.90%
Microsoft **	$57.89	3.10%	1.76%	3.21%	16.37%	147.17%
Banco Santander	343.50p	1.36%	4.59%	7.34%	1.48%	-37.05%
General Electric **	$31.24	2.64%	2.51%	1.38%	13.52%	144.14%
BAE Systems	538.50p	1.83%	3.89%	0.84%	7.79%	63.18%
Barrat Dev.	495.00p	1.50%	4.66%	13.14%	-20.93%	38.47%
SSE	1504.00p	1.41%	6.09%	-0.79%	13.25%	22.78%
Centrica	232.60p	0.99%	5.39%	-3.53%	6.65%	-29.86%
Royal Dutch Shell	1974.00p	2.08%	1.13%	-3.00%	-11.03%	-27.86%
Cash		6.07%	0.00%
		100.00%	3.01%
				1 month	YTD	68 mth
Virtual Portfolio gain (incl. Dividends)
- 1 month gain   2203.53	2218.50			1.80%
- YTD gain         2049.23	2218.50				8.26%
- 68 month gain 1264.20	2218.50					75.49%
- 80 month gain 1000.00	2218.50					121.85%
Unit Price - £	2.21850	(Starting price - £1)
FTSE gain (excl. Dividends)
- 1 month gain   6724.40	6781.50			0.85%
- YTD gain         6242.30	6781.50				8.64%
- 68 month gain 5971.01	6781.50					13.57%
- 80 month gain 5412.88	6781.50					25.28%
Transactions:
03/08/2016	Div	Vodafone @ 7.77p
04/08/2016	Div	Banco San. @ 3.73p
10/08/2016	Div	NG @ 28.34p
17/08/2016	Div	Apple @ 37.24p