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After a long while away I return with a fresh new style of investing, and yes, I mean investing long term. I will only focus on 3 companies at any one time but will monitor the unfolding of their stories over the long term (2-3 years) and I will also mention when I have changed my holding size in these on a weekly basis when necessary.
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The number of shares in a defensive buy is dictated primarily by the asking price and the buy/sell commission that you pay – for simplification I will assume that the buy and sell commissions are the same value and will provide a maximum number of shares to buy for a single commission of £5.25, £7.50, £10.00, and £12.00.
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This week I sold 2571 shares Empyrean Energy (EME ~ 18% profit) (but I still hold in reality).
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The number of shares in a defensive buy is dictated primarily by the asking price and the buy/sell commission that you pay – for simplification I will assume that the buy and sell commissions are the same value and will provide a maximum number of shares to buy for a single commission of £5.25, £7.50, £10.00, and £12.00.
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The number of shares in a defensive buy is dictated primarily by the asking price and the buy/sell commission that you pay – for simplification I will assume that the buy and sell commissions are the same value and will provide a maximum number of shares to buy for a single commission of £5.25, £7.50, £10.00, and £12.00.
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This week I bought 2571 shares Empyrean Energy (EME, total cost £100) and 1230 shares Proton Power Systems (PPS, total cost £50).
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There was plenty of data out in the UK, and all of which has made the market think a little on the prospective rate hike the MPC is deliver in May. Market odds are still around 80% for a 25bp move, but this will have been jarred a little after comments from BoE gov Carney on Thursday night suggested the urgency to hike may have eased a little in light of this week's numbers.
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US equities finished lower yesterday with the Nasdaq worst off down 0.78%. The Asia Pac area didn't fair any better as the Nikkei fell 0.09%, ASX 0.21% and the Shanghai Comp. underperformed and dropped 1.49% of its value.
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I have never really regarded myself as being a particularly talented businessman or entrepreneur. To the contrary, I see myself as average at best. I don’t know whether that is because I am always very hard on myself or because I compare how my skill set as an entrepreneur compares against that of being an investor. If that’s the comparison then hands down, the investor wins.
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Equities in the US finished off mixed, the Dow was down 0.16%, S&P 0.08% and Nasdaq 0.19%. No such problems in the Asia Pac area where the Nikkei gained 0.20%, ASX 0.33% and Shanghai Comp. 0.85%.
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Everybody wants to make money in the stock market but it’s all too easy to get distracted from how to do that. In fact, over the years the distraction has become so strong that I feel that most investors have actually lost their way entirely.
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Good session on Wall St. yesterday with the Nasdaq outperforming up 1.74%. The Asia Pac area followed suit as the Nikkei gaind 1.47%, ASX 0.34% and the Shanghai Comp. 0.69%. Interestingly overnight the PBoC (People’s Bank of China) cut the reserve requirement ratio for local banks which also boosted sentiment.
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For today’s article I thought that it was about time to start to giving my two avid followers some real, tangible value. That’s not to say that I don’t think that you receive great value and no doubt pleasure from my information packed, informative and mildly witty reports but rather you deserve now to see how to make real money from it.
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