Diary of a UK Stock Investor

Since 2014, the value of my collective handpicked stocks known as my 'Watchlist' has fallen more than 5% on 4 occasions. This month, it's looking likely that it's going to happen a 5th time. In this w...

26 Okt 202337min

USA Analysis, Microsofts takeover of Activision, the weaker market prices, corruption in China and the effects of population decline around the world and on long term investing are just some of the th...

19 Okt 202346min

Most retail investors are making a huge mistake when building their portfolio which will almost certainly lead to them losing money over the long term and wasting years chasing the wrong investments. ...

12 Okt 202340min

The portfolio fell last month. This week we take a deeper look into how things are going with the journey from £4k to £1,024,867 and discuss a few aspects of my approach to long term investing. We als...

5 Okt 202346min

There's one thing most investors do that damages their chances of success, even in long term investing. Eradicating it from your investing can make such a profound difference to your results that it s...

28 Sep 202339min

We've reached the BIG EP50! Thanks for all your support everyone. This week we talk about a stock that in the last few years has plummetted from £98 to £11 and cost a lot of beginner investors a lot o...

21 Sep 202333min

Discount retailer Wilko announced this week that they filed for administration. But what went wrong? What caused their demise? How long did they know things were bad? And just how bad is it? In this w...

14 Sep 202345min

Another profitable month for the portfolio.....just. But it would have been a losing month had it not been for one of my favourite stocks leaping ahead by 20% in value. This week we take a look at how...

7 Sep 202332min