Well, we’re into the Final Quarter of the Year now and the window is closing on adding to Portfolios and coming out with a half respectable result for the Year. As things are going it is pretty likely to be a lacklustre year for me and I am hoping that I can squeeze some more out of my Stocks before we get to December 31st but with Brexit and plenty of other stuff to worry about (like the US Mid Term Elections), it is obviously not going to be easy and I am still largely more concerned with preserving my Capital rather than ‘putting the hammer down’ and going for more Risk, more Long Exposure and more gains (hopefully). As with much of 2018 I am just sitting tight and letting my Cash build up as I sell the occasional thing (Takeover Bids always welcome !!) and it was very nice to see some Dividends flowing in Last Week which helps boost the Cash.
I will get onto September and October in a bit but usually the tail end of a Year is a pretty good time for the Markets and to a large extent so far 2018 has by and large followed the normal Seasonal Patterns. I certainly contend that UK Stocks are not expensive and in parts they look downright Cheap but of course they can stay low for sustained periods when everyone is nervous and not ready to commit Big Money on the Long side of things. Anyway, more on that all in a bit.
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This was T May at Salzberg on Thursday - what a fiasco. I’m not saying she’s a Pig (that is far too rude) although I have made the classic mistake of starting the text bits for this Blog on Saturday Night and because I will have tomorrow night to rewrite it all and finish it off, I felt that I could slip a sneaky Real Ale down my gullet. This is often a very bad idea. Having said that, maybe the Pig connection comes from all those Male Chauvinist Pigs she had to deal with…….(I’ll include Murky Merkel with them lot !!) |
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