Wpp Share Discussion Threads

[nasdaqpat] 04/1/2017 17:19

Change the record, Invisage...you are becoming annoying again!

[invisage] 04/1/2017 17:14

What would a passive pat portfolio look like? I.e. keeping your holdings from start of the year and using that as a benchmark to your real life portfolio ?

[nasdaqpat] 04/1/2017 17:10

Day 2 of the new year also yields a market perform against the FTSE100. Investments were Up 0.10% as opposed to a gain of 0.17% for FTSE100 albeit we had only 19 Shares Up, 21 Down and 6 Unchanged. A couple of re-buys has pushed the overall stock level up to 46.5%.

[nasdaqpat] 04/1/2017 15:43

The key question right now, IMHO, is whether the 7 day slip to 19719 (intraday) was enough of an initial give back for DOW @ just (12.79%) of 17884:19988. I speculated (18.00%) as a minimum which would lead to no higher than 19609 but I've been wrong plenty times before!

[nasdaqpat] 04/1/2017 08:13

Re-bought initial tranche of ABF making 45 companies with stock level up to 45.6%.

[invisage] 04/1/2017 00:05

Great start to the year indeed, 25 up, 1 flat, 7 down

Up 0.63% today.

For the past month I'm up overall 4.8% - I only struck 4 trades in December.

Hopefully I will do nothing in January and most of this year.

[gateside] 03/1/2017 18:53

Excellent start to the year. 17 up2 levelJust 5 down

[nasdaqpat] 03/1/2017 17:08

We start the new year with a market perform against the FTSE100. Investments were Up 0.48% as opposed to 0.49% for FTSE100 with 29 Shares Up, 12 Down and 3 Unchanged. As well as selling our tracker shares down to 18.9%, top sliced on quite a few other shares so overall stock level now @ 44.6%.

[nasdaqpat] 03/1/2017 11:12

DOM looks interesting from an investment point of view...although none of the main pizza retailers make quality pizzas these days. Back in the day, Pizza Hut pizzas used to be scrumptious but tried one a few years back and it was dreadful...the problem is the toppings which used to be thick and cheesy are now thin and inadequate.

There was a problem with AJ Bell YouInvest's online offering for the first hour and a half or so this morning. I had to telephone trade to sell another chunk of tracker shares and I missed the best prices for VUKE and L100 as FTSE moved to 7205...ended up coming down to just 18.8% and overall stock level now 45.7%. May sell down to just 10% trackers if FTSE moves much higher than my target of 7211.

DOW could disappoint tonight...currently showing 19905 on futures.

[invisage] 02/1/2017 17:21

For the record

My top 10 holdings are

SWDA, BATS, IMB, GSK, VVAL, VUKE, ABF, DOM, AZN, VERX

They make up 62% of my portfolio, with the rest of the holdings at a 2% weight each.

[nasdaqpat] 31/12/2016 13:51

FTSE is probably a bit easier to fathom than DOW in that it has put in two distinct principal waves which together have put on just 06.98% (6677:6997:6679:7143) in 38 days and constitute Segment 4 of Phase 1 (only) of a 5500 based Bull which has put on 29.87% (only) and run for just 224 days.

It is now very likely that FTSE will ultimately reach at least 7211 (+08.00%) in S4 and, after a suitable Phase correction, have further Up Phases in a continuing Bull which should last at least another year or two. Indeed, S4 could put on quite a bit more than I had originally envisaged but that will probably depend on whether DOW can add significantly (before its own correction) to the 30.05% it has put on (in 335 days) since its last major correction when it visited 15370 on 24 Aug 2015.

That is not to say that the impending Phase correction will not be painful and it could last for many months especially if BREXIT negotiations do not go well...but it does offer a degree of comfort to Bulls for the longer term.

[gateside] 31/12/2016 00:02

Typo in post above... largest holding is RDSB

[gateside] 30/12/2016 23:49

Nasdaqpat.... your estimate for my portfolio was just 0.02% out! I enjoy seeing how close your estimates for my portfolio are each week.

[gateside] 30/12/2016 23:45

Final figures for 2016 for my portfolio are:+22.02%Delighted with such a good year.Best performer was BLT and current largest holding at year end is now RSDBFull thoughts on the past year and my portfolio and future investment strategies when I return to the UK.

[invisage] 30/12/2016 23:27

To be honest investing is a marathon, not a sprint.One years performance here or there doesn't make a big difference in the grand scheme of things unless it's a massive move in ones portfolio.I think what's important is finding a strategy that works for you and sticking with it thick and thin.I think Pat trades less since he bought trackers. Well done to him!

[gateside] 30/12/2016 22:45

I will calculate full figures for my portfolio, I bet you're glad the slate will be wiped clean. Thanks too, nasdaqpat for your detailed input. I have followed this bb for sometime now and have appreciated all your info and all the chat this year. Good to have invisage joining in the discussion too. Thanks too for the congratulations, but my portfolio could very easily be beaten by your's next year.

[nasdaqpat] 30/12/2016 21:03

Finally, DOW has entered Down wave territory and today is Day 7 of said...and now it gets even harder because it is not beyond the realms of possibility that the 31 day single wave advance from 17884 to 19988 for 11.76% was the extent of both Segment 4 and the Phase itself. Unlikely though but any continuation is tough to project from here.

As a minimum, I fancy DOW will give back at least (18.00%) of the gargantuan Up wave so 19609 or lower looks assured and, if it is to start a Down Phase, then the initial Down wave should go for at least (02.25%) equating to 19538 so c19609 and c19538 are levels of interest for me but it really is finger in the air time now.

[invisage] 30/12/2016 17:49

Congrats Pat - That is a good performance. And thanks for running this thread and sharing your comments.

I too received a nice income from my trackers.

I envisage more of the same for my portfolio in 2017, holding, trading less and adding more often then selling.

[nasdaqpat] 30/12/2016 13:35

Another extraordinary closing auction after which our portfolio slightly outperformed FTSE100 today with 25 Shares Up, 16 Down and 3 Unchanged (large VUKE dividend helped). The shortened week as a whole was good with our investments improving 01.40%. That was a moderate outperformance against the FTSE100 which was Up 01.06% (7068:7143). Overall, our assets were Up 00.74% on the week and have reached another high point for the year (adjusted for income drawdown from SIPPs). The calendar year performance table finishes at :-

Gateside~~~+22.02%~~(Superb performance!)
FTSE100~~~~+18.19%~~(6242:7143 + 03.72% Dividend Yield)
FTSE AS~~~~+15.92%~~(3444:3873 + 03.46% Dividend Yield)
Videans~~~~+09.39%~~(Held our own again this week!)
FTSE250~~~~+07.69%~~(17205:18077 + 02.62% Dividend Yield)

Continued to bank quite a lot of gains this week, particularly Tracker profits, so overall stock level reduced to 48.3% from 53.3% at the end of last week. Transferred cash profits for the year to Bank A/C so stock level at start of 2017 will be 50.0%.

Well done to Gateside who made most of us look like Numpties and Happy New Year to all thread watchers and protagonists!

[nasdaqpat] 30/12/2016 10:38

With further upside now probable for early next year, may have gone a bit too cash rich in portfolio so re-bought some BLT making 44 companies currently and stock level 48.3%.

[invisage] 30/12/2016 07:31

Yep I had good day too yesterday portfolio is close to ATH.

[gateside] 30/12/2016 07:30

Lots of shares up yesterday. Unless a disaster happens today should be over 20% for year.Then you can wipe the slate clean and we start level again!

[nasdaqpat] 29/12/2016 18:55

Our investments slightly outperformed FTSE100 again today with 27 Shares Up, 15 Down and 1 Unchanged (AEG, CEY, SPT, TNI & TRD were good performers). More tracker profits banked leaving overall stock level @ 47.2% with FTSE100 Tracker investments down to 27.4%.

FTSE surprisingly closed at an ath of 7120 despite further American weakness.

[nasdaqpat] 29/12/2016 13:53

FTSE continuing to show strength even after America's drop yesterday (albeit still less than one percent)...will offload some more Tracker shares if VUKE bid gets to 3170p.

Check out SPT...up over 25% since start of Dec...could be something brewing.