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Defensive Buying - Week Ending 5 May 2017

Monday, 8th May 2017 10:43 - by Moosh

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.

If your commission is not shown here, then round up to the nearest commission level and use that as a potential maximum number of shares to buy, assuming you are happy with the fundamentals at the latest time and price given. I will be adding more companies to the Defensive Buy list when they are ready to appear on it and NOT before!

 

Another defensive buy example in Empyrean Energy (EME) again:

Bought: 25000 shares EME (1 tranche)

Total cost of purchase: £1005.70

Return after selling cost: £1080.55

Return on investment: 7.4%

Incubation time: 5 days

 

Total profit from defensive buys (rounded down to nearest pound):

£8 (GSK) +£7 (BT.A) +£50 (ARS) +£4 (OMI) +£81 (ARS) +£20 (OXP) +£6 (ARS) +£118 (PLUS) +£7(DLG) +£14 (MTR) +£24 (7DIG) +£30 (MTR) +£21 (CPI) +£15 (MTR) +£58 (PLUS) +£11 (PLUS) +£5 (CPI) +£18 (MTR) +£56 (EME) +£73 (EME) +£158 (EME) +£74 (EME) = £858

 

The Writer's views are their own, not a representation of London South East's. No advice is inferred or given. If you require financial advice, please seek an Independent Financial Adviser.

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