August 2017: Portfolio Update.

2.06% in the month, and 7.67% year to date. The monthly performance coming from Apple with a gain of 12.48%.

August also proving a good month for dividends with National Grid delivering this month.

And, a further purchase in Lloyds, not sure I can manage many more.

Merchant Adventurer's Index
			Forecast	1 month	YTD	80 mth
	Price	% holding	Div. yield	% gain	% gain	% gain
Aviva	522.50p	14.04%	4.04%	-3.06%	1.26%	44.42%
National Grid	974.70p	14.58%	4.59%	4.05%	-6.11%	90.67%
BP	445.15p	10.28%	5.87%	-0.15%	-12.65%	5.20%
Apple **	$164.00	9.82%	1.04%	12.48%	34.94%	248.09%
Lloyds	63.82p	25.76%	0.00%	-2.68%	-0.46%	3.70%
Lloyds	63.82p	0.58%	0.00%	-2.31%	-2.31%	-2.31%
Berkeley Group	3741.00p	11.31%	0.00%	7.01%	33.23%	59.48%
Imperial Brands	3200.50p	3.33%	4.39%	2.58%	-9.65%	41.67%
BAT	4831.00p	3.40%	3.23%	2.49%	4.53%	44.03%
Vodafone	221.40p	2.25%	5.32%	-0.27%	10.78%	-12.25%
SSE	1425.00p	1.46%	6.43%	3.34%	-8.24%	16.33%
Royal Dutch Shell	2160.50p	2.48%	1.04%	1.57%	-7.77%	-21.04%
Cash		0.71%	0.00%
		100.00%	2.44%
				1 month	YTD	80 mth
Virtual Portfolio gain (incl. Dividends)
- 1 month gain   2469.95	2464.41			2.06%
- YTD gain         2248.97	2464.41				7.67%
- 80 month gain 1264.20	2464.41					94.94%
- 92 month gain 1000.00	2464.41					146.44%
Unit Price - £	2.46441	(Starting price - £1)
FTSE gain (excl. Dividends)
- 1 month gain   7372.00	7430.60			0.79%
- YTD gain         7142.80	7430.60				4.03%
- 80 month gain 5971.01	7430.60					24.44%
- 92 month gain 5412.88	7430.60					37.28%
Transactions:
04/08/2017	Div	Vodafone @ 8.95p
16/08/2017	Div	NG @ 29.1p
21/08/2017	Div	Apple @ 41.44p
22/08/2017	Buy	Lloyds @ 65.33p per share