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Merchants Investors - MRCH

Share Name	Share Symbol	Market	Stock Type
Merchants Trust Plc	MRCH	London	Ordinary Share

	Price Change	Price Change %	Share Price	Last Trade
	2.00	0.36%	563.00	16:35:09

Open Price	Low Price	High Price	Close Price	Previous Close
570.00	565.00	570.00	563.00	561.00

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EQUITY INVESTMENT INSTRUMENTS

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Posted at 27/10/2023 07:43 by superiorshares Any investors here ?? We will exclude Investindud, cttrader3, pete160 and Thamestrader . Investors . You should note that the US has started to bomb Syria! As ex military, I am convinced its only a matter of time before Iran is getting bombed . The ramifications for the markets are enormous!!!!! We will forget Siemens for the time being SS Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 23/10/2023 19:37 by superiorshares If there are any Investors on here ?? IMO. The US will shortly be engaging in military action against IRAN. Markets will continue to tumble ! SS Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 05/10/2023 09:15 by mortal1ty This trust literally brought XP Power right before a 50% drop in the share price. lol. We added a new stock to the portfolio, XP Power. XP designs and manufacturers power supply units, an essential component in most electronic machinery. XP Power’s customers are generally major manufacturers of electronic equipment, across a broad range of industrial, semiconductor and healthcare markets. XP’s products are often critical components that represent a small cost to the equipment manufacturer, but are generally designed-in for specific applications, allowing XP to make high margins and good returns. The company has an excellent growth record and normally commands a high valuation. However, the company has been through a difficult period, with supply chain problems and other company specific issues, and investors have been nervous about a downturn in the semiconductor cycle. These factors had taken the shares down to an unusually modest valuation for the business, which is also paying a dividend yield of over 4% Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 26/9/2023 15:49 by speedsgh Outlook Central banks around the world continue to tread a tentative path around reducing inflation whilst trying to avoid recession. Recession may ultimately be unavoidable depending on how aggressive central banks decide to be. We note however that whilst that scenario can provide a challenge to the financial markets, assets such as the listed shares of companies often start to outperform well before the trough of an economic cycle. Our manager reminds us that any signals that inflation is moderating and that interest rates may fall could lead to investor sentiment improving very rapidly. Uncertainty such as we have now is the enemy of calm and rational markets and so one might reasonably expect markets to continue to be very sensitive to news flow in the near term. For the dedicated stock picker this continues to provide opportunities where strong companies become caught up in general negativity and become, in the view of our manager, mispriced. He continues to see numerous opportunities to invest in good companies at attractive prices in the UK stock market which is one of the cheapest in the world and is currently trading near a 20-year low whilst its peer - the US equity market - is close to a 20-year high... Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 17/7/2023 12:33 by ctrader3 SUPR pays their dividend at the start of next month, investor A who bought when they were issued and simply re-invested their dividends will receive next year a yield of 9.3% on seed capital. And they will not have to sell any shares to receive the cash. Investing in dividend paying shares is the same as buying a buy to let property without the hassle. The value of your buy to let property is of no concern if u rely on the rent to pay your bills. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 17/7/2023 12:06 by ctrader3 yep, great if u are captain hindsight. u are confusing now with will happen in the future. If u can tell me how much Investor B's gain in 5 years time I will change my mind. I do know how much Investor A will have earned to spend or re-invest in the market. The general get out of jail card is only invest for a minimum of 5 years, tough luck is year 5 and the market has crashed. u can get un-risked 6% on cash for 2 years but u do not know what the yield will be when the term ends. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 17/7/2023 10:08 by zac0_4 Investor A did, in fact, invest 5 years ago in SUPR, whilst Investor B invested in the Legal & General International Index fund. Roll forward to today and Investor A is sitting on a loss of -6%, and that's with dividends reinvested, Investor B . . . well Investor B is sitting on a total gain of +57%! And, as for 'gambling' well all Investor B needs is for the global economy to grow over time, something it's been doing for hundreds of years . . . and, of course, selling down units in a fund to provide income is something pretty much all workplace pensions do! But, of course that's gambling . . . isn't it?!!!! Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 17/7/2023 06:21 by ctrader3 Investor A wants to plan for their retirement and buys SUPR yielding 7.9%, other Trusts are available, knowing that in 9 years time they will have received all their capital back. In 9 years time they could have SUPR yielding 9% and another trust yielding lets say 7%. Investor B wants to gamble with their future and buys a tracker hoping that the trust outperforms Investor A's plan and that when they start to sell part of the tracker to fund their retirement the markets haven't crashed. GL Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 31/10/2022 14:46 by ctrader3 THE MERCHANTS TRUST: The only way is up, says boss Simon Gergel, who remains upbeat about UK stocks bringing returns in tough times By JEFF PRESTRIDGE, FINANCIAL MAIL ON SUNDAY PUBLISHED:29 October 2022 \| UPDATED: 10:59, 31 October 2022 Although the outlook for the economy is looking bleak, the investment manager of UK fund Merchants remains remarkably upbeat about his ability to generate returns for shareholders. While acknowledging that there are short-term issues aplenty to unsettle the UK stock market, Simon Gergel believes we are 'close to peak pessimism'. 'There are some encouraging signs out there,' he says. 'In recent weeks, both oil and gas prices have fallen as have freight costs and timber prices. At some point, interest rates will take a pause for breath and then will start to fall again.' Gergel, in charge of UK equities for investment giant Allianz Global Investors, runs a multi-faceted portfolio, built almost entirely around UK-listed companies. As a result, the £715million stock market-listed investment trust comprises big stakes in tobacco giants (BAT and Imperial Brands), exposure to energy companies (Shell and BP), as well as commodity businesses such as Rio Tinto. It also has holdings in a number of companies such as house builder Redrow which are currently horribly out of favour, but which Gergel believes will power ahead over the next three to five years as the economic outlook improves. 'Our modus operandi is to invest in good businesses which are undervalued by the market,' he adds. 'We then hope that their stock market fortunes will improve in the fullness of time. Redrow fits this bill.' Gergel says the house builder's shares are 'priced for disaster' – they're down nearly 40 per cent over the past five years. Other builders and housing related stocks held by Merchants include Bellway and building materials suppliers CRH and Grafton. The trust produces a healthy dividend, which it pays out quarterly. In the financial year to the end of January, it paid dividends totalling 27.3pence a share. So far this year, the two quarterly payments it has made – 6.85pence – are 0.05pence up on last year. Shares in Merchants are trading at £5.20. 'We don't focus on dividends when picking stocks,' says Gergel. 'If we did that, we'd miss out on some good investment opportunities. But if we get our stock selections right, dividends usually take care of themselves.' Merchants' impressive dividend record is longstanding. It has built a 40-year record of annual dividend growth, although in the past two financial years it has had to dip into its income reserves to support payments to shareholders. It currently has the equivalent of 16pence a share tucked away in reserves – more than half a year's dividends – which is reassuring for investors. 'UK-listed companies have done a good job in rebuilding their dividends since 2020,' says Gergel. 'It means we're on course to meeting the dividends we pay our shareholders from the income we receive from the trust's holdings.' In terms of generating total investor returns, Gergel's approach is proving effective. Over the past five years, the trust has delivered a return of 43 per cent. This compares to a 12 per cent return from the FTSE All-Share Index. Apart from the attractive income on offer – equivalent to an annual 5.2 per cent – Merchants takes less in charges than many rival trusts. Annual charges total 0.55 per cent. The trust's stock market identification code is 0580007 and the ticker MRCH. Investment trusts with a similar UK equity income bent to Merchants include City of London, JPMorgan Claverhouse and Murray Income. All three have grown their annual dividends for longer than Merchants – 56 years in the case of City of London. Read Full Thread Reply
Posted at 29/1/2022 09:16 by ctrader3 11 investment trusts to earn £10,000 income in 2022 25th January 2022 10:38 Helen Pridham from interactive investor For the seventh successive year the investment trust choices passed the £10,000 test. Helen Pridham names the trusts for the year ahead. Selections for 2022 This year, an initial investment of £257,000 is required in our portfolio to generate an estimated £10,000 income, compared with £237,000 in 2021. This is due to rising share prices over the past year, which have resulted in decreasing yields. If higher yielding trusts were used, less capital would be required, but it is more beneficial in the long run to take a balanced approach. The foundation of the portfolio consists of four UK-focused equity income trusts that make up 45% of the total. There are good prospects for a recovery in the UK stock market this year, which has been undervalued compared to other global stock markets. Helen Pridham’s hypothetical £10,000 investment trust and fund ideas were first introduced by Money Observer several years ago. The trusts chosen are made by Helen and not interactive investor. interactive investor’s Super 60 funds and ACE 40 funds are used as a starting point. Last year saw a welcome recovery in company dividends as the global economy started to recover from the worst effects of the pandemic. This was good news for income investors. But not all sectors were equally fortunate. In the second half of 2021, sharp rises were seen in mining, oil and banking dividends, while travel and hospitality companies were still suffering. This is why diversification is key for investors looking for a reliable income from equities. One of the easiest ways to achieve this diversification is through investment trusts, many of which have been set up specifically to provide their shareholders with a regular and rising income as well as to protect the value of their capital. Of course, not all trusts end up achieving these aims if the areas they invest in perform badly or their managers make the wrong choices. For this reason, it is important to spread your investment across a number of trusts run by different managers and those investing in a variety of regions and asset classes. Why trusts have an income edge over funds Investment trusts are a good choice for income investors because of their in-built ability to smooth out their dividend payments. This arises from the rules which allow them to hold back part of their own income in good years and build revenue reserves. These ‘rainy day’ funds can be dipped into when times get hard to maintain their own dividend payments. This proved a particularly useful tool during the pandemic. However, there is no guarantee that investment trust dividends will not fall, and the capital value of trusts can also fluctuate. But the fact that over 40 companies have increased their annual dividends for a decade or more, including 17 which have done so for over 20 years, riding out various ups and downs in economic activity shows their commitment to consistency. Building a portfolio While it might be tempting to invest in the highest yielding trusts, you would end up with portfolio of highly specialist companies, such as Venture Capital Trusts. A good way to research the options available is to use the Income Finder tool on the Association of Investment Companies (AIC) website. This enables you to create a virtual portfolio of income-paying investment companies, track the dividend dates and see how much income you could receive over a year. Several years before this tool became available, interactive investor set out to demonstrate how a portfolio of investment trusts could be used to provide a regular annual income of £10,000. This exercise has been repeated for the past seven years. The portfolio is reviewed annually and rebased for new investors, with some holdings being replaced by others which might offer better prospects. The portfolio is designed for medium- to long-term investors who are prepared to take the risk that it may not deliver as much income as expected and their capital may go down. It is not a recommendation and past performance is not a guide to the future. Nevertheless, so far the portfolio has managed to deliver £10,000 or more of income each year. In 2021, it produced £10,359, which was 3% more than had been expected. Its capital value has been more volatile, with decreases in three of the seven years. However, 2021 was a positive year, producing a 15% capital gain. hxxps://www.ii.co.uk/analysis-commentary/11-investment-trusts-earn-ps10000-income-2022-ii522668? Read Full Thread Reply

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