Lemstaboy
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Maybe take a look at Kinovo (LSE:KINO) who stand to benefit from compliance requirements which the government are continually imposing.
Thought I'd do a follow-up to my stock suggestions that I made a year ago. How did I do? Not well! The average return was -11.1% compared to the index of +9.5%.
Here were the selections: BA 1346p, BMY 712, BNZL 3462, CCC 2698, FOUR 5160, GAMA 1540, MGNS 2975, RNWH 1072. (For reference, ASX is 4560).
Here are the result: BA 1749p (+29.7%), BMY 489p (-31.3%), BNZL 2518p (-27.3%), CCC 2317p (-14.1%), FOUR 3455p (-33.0%), GAMA 1082p (-29.1%), MGNS 4182p (+40.6%), RNWH 815p (-24.2%). (For reference, ASX is 4991, +9.5%). Numbers are approximate.
I still hold all of the shares listed. Obviously I am disappointed with the results obtained, especially since I trailed the indices by a massive 20.6%.
Here were the selections: BA 1346p, BMY 712, BNZL 3462, CCC 2698, FOUR 5160, GAMA 1540, MGNS 2975, RNWH 1072. (For reference, ASX is 4560).
Here are the result: BA 1749p (+29.7%), BMY 489p (-31.3%), BNZL 2518p (-27.3%), CCC 2317p (-14.1%), FOUR 3455p (-33.0%), GAMA 1082p (-29.1%), MGNS 4182p (+40.6%), RNWH 815p (-24.2%). (For reference, ASX is 4991, +9.5%). Numbers are approximate.
I still hold all of the shares listed. Obviously I am disappointed with the results obtained, especially since I trailed the indices by a massive 20.6%.
Have you thought of using something like a rotational strategy. buying the top 10 stocks for example, and rotating into them. Its not buy and hold, but you could always reduce your risk instead of holding through the drawdowns?
My strategy isn't a momentum one, and stocks look more attractive the cheaper they are.
A possible protection is to look for stocks with a dividend yield of between 2% and 6%. This should help guard against stocks that are "too" cheap (i.e. over 6%) for a reason. The 2% lower limit aims to ensure that the stock isn't too expensive.
BA shares touched 2000p within the last weeks. Massive momentum. I wouldn't buy now because the yield is too low. I never expected BA shares to do so well. It's all because of the reactions of Russia, of course. With drones entering Poland it has kept the momentum going. This is all unpredictable. I did top-slice a little while ago, but I still have the bulk of my shares. I mostly got lucky with that shares.
On the other side of the coin, Trump did no favours for a company like FOUR. In the words of Yoda, "Difficult to see, the future is."
Yes, I think large caps are much safer. They are much more able to withstand economic vicissitudes. The vast majority of small cap companies listed on AIM are utter junk.
I get it, just a personal thing i guess. my problem is i cant do value, oversold, dips, mean reversion. It has to be going up. buy high, sell higher.
just a little story, my inlaws worked at Natwest, they put all their moeny into it, it was their retirement fund..then 2008 came along, they lost everything. ive got it all back for them, but it took a long time. you're obviously more diversified and dare i say smarter.
