RE: Where now?17 Sep 2025 15:21
Interesting thoughts JL...but this is just where our opportunities arise. The herd effect of fund managers seeking to beat their peers by 0.1% is staggering. That is why I always rated Fidelity. If it like a company, it wanted 10-20% of it (depending on size of company); and if it did not like it..it did not own any shares at all. Sticking your neck out is how you how you beat your peers. Same with us retail investors....I hate Construction and Property companies (all on debt), Retail (my family is spending less across the board), Utilities (boring and regulation issues), so do not own any of them; conversely, I took a view on Banks (benefit from interest rates and recovery), the Life Assurers (premiums rising and consensus on market), Miners (particularly those involved in Gold, Silver and Copper where you can see daily prices), Defence (has been, and still is, a no-brainer)...so I will leave you to guess my performance over past 18 months! Add in a few spicy small caps to trade for fun...brill! If valuations of quality companies fall because of the lack of interest from our esteemed institutions, a predator will snap them up...all at a very good premium...but to the demise of the London Stock Exchange.