May 2017: Portfolio Update.

4.78% in the month of May and already 10.93% up in the year. 
The FTSE achieving a similar 4.39% for the month but a lesser 5.28% for the year to date.

And a huge month for dividends with my now largest holding Lloyds wreaking havoc with my doormat from its hefty dividend, backed up by Aviva, BAT, and Apple.

Lloyds has also managed a 19.54% capital gain since purchase but Vodafone stealing the show this month with a gain of 16.3% albeit on a much smaller weighting.

Merchant Adventurer's Index
			Forecast	1 month	YTD	77 mth
	Price	% holding	Div. yield	% gain	% gain	% gain
Aviva	524.50p	13.68%	4.02%	0.00%	1.65%	44.97%
National Grid	1089.50p	17.26%	4.11%	8.95%	14.49%	97.02%
BP	466.70p	10.47%	5.60%	5.47%	-8.42%	10.29%
Apple **	$152.76	8.93%	1.11%	6.82%	26.38%	226.01%
Lloyds	70.59p	20.59%	0.00%	2.01%	12.93%	19.54%
Berkeley Group	3256.00p	9.55%	0.00%	-0.06%	15.95%	38.81%
Imperial Brands	3629.00p	3.67%	3.87%	-4.05%	2.44%	60.64%
BAT	5330.00p	3.64%	2.93%	2.21%	15.33%	58.90%
Vodafone	231.50p	2.28%	5.09%	16.30%	15.84%	-8.24%
SSE	1505.00p	1.49%	6.09%	8.20%	-3.09%	22.86%
Royal Dutch Shell	2169.50p	2.42%	1.03%	4.81%	-7.39%	-20.71%
Cash		6.03%	0.00%
		100.00%	2.43%
				1 month	YTD	77 mth
Virtual Portfolio gain (incl. Dividends)
- 1 month gain   2386.25	2539.08			4.78%
- YTD gain         2248.97	2539.08				10.93%
- 77 month gain 1264.20	2539.08					100.84%
- 89 month gain 1000.00	2539.08					153.91%
Unit Price - £	2.53908	(Starting price - £1)
FTSE gain (excl. Dividends)
- 1 month gain   7203.90	7520.00			4.39%
- YTD gain         7142.80	7520.00				5.28%
- 77 month gain 5971.01	7520.00					25.94%
- 89 month gain 5412.88	7520.00					38.93%
Transactions:
04/05/2017	Div	BAT @ 118.09p per share
16/05/2017	Div	Lloyds @ 2.2p
17/05/2017	Div	Aviva @ 15.88p
16/05/2017	Div	Apple @ 40.98p