Share prices are all shown in pence. A website link for each company is given below. This is primarily a reference thread for myself. Discussion of an individual stock should ideally take place on its own existing discussion thread please, where its followers can readily find it.

The stocks displayed here are not recommendations - merely ones that I have chosen to run with. Most have already risen precariously, and some may collapse.

This is an aggressive portfolio being constructed between 10 July and 30 July 2017. On 10 July it comprised small stakes in four stocks I already owned (SOM,RST,TPF,ANII) representing in total 8.6%, and 91.4% cash. Stakes in those four were increased and a dozen other stocks bought. By 24 July, 65% stocks, 35% cash. Mostly held within a stockdealing ISA. The cash element is not earning interest; it will at times be used to temporarily boost stakes in one or other of the stocks or to buy another. I pay an ISA fee of £5 per quarter in total, and a brokerage fee of £9.90 per trade..

Initially I aim to run it for 5 months till 31 Dec 2017, by when I am hoping to be up 15%. This portfolio was funded by proceeds from the sale of a flat, the rent from which was generating 7%pa. The aim is to convincingly better that return. At 31 December I shall consider withdrawing a sum equivalent to what would have been 5 months rent, and to possibly do the same each six months thereafter (though I shall reassess that plan at Dec 31). Stocks that fail to maintain good performance will be reduced or ditched along the way (can't afford passengers) a few others might be bought. Fast ones that get too big might be topsliced to keep the portfolio in balance. I expect the initial setting up costs (brokerage fees on 16 stocks, and buy/sell price spreads of up to 4%) to be a drag on overall valuation in the opening weeks.



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PORTFOLIO 69 ENDS AT POST 191, DETAILING A GAIN OF 79.64% BETWEEN
JULY AND END-OF-2017. PART OF THE TOTAL HAS BEEN CASHED IN AND
WITHDRAWN. THE START OF PORTFOLIO 70, RUNNING 3 MONTHS FROM
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i can't determine my profit/growth on my sipp as i keep adding lumps of money, but i'm certainly not disappointed

i've got one or two crackerjacks, and of course the inevitable stinker or two

Australian company Cleanteq (www.cleanteq.com) (Aus ticker CLQ) looks interesting as a possible longterm investment. Specialising in sourcing the minerals required to serve the tech industries and already with fingers in many related pies. My portfolio is all in UK companies, but I shall look into this one when I get time.

if you want to get away from uk, then india is the obvious growing economy
i would dream of investing in individual stocks - far too risky - but i have held JII.L for some time (sipp) and it chugs along very nicely


as a somewhat spivvy oz stock, it's also worth looking at CPX.L which has been a recent strong performer - again in my sipp

I wasn't specifically looking for non-UK stocks. That one surfaced purely because of its possible connection with RedT Energy (RED).

ah yes - you like these twiddly companies .... by and large, i do not

IQE has been a cracker for those who have already been holding even if only for the last 6 months
my records show that i bought in feb/march '17 at an average of 51.2p, so though sp has dropped back from about 150, the gain at 139 is hardly to be sneezed at

Indeed. And a further 100% rise in the next 12 months is perfectly feasible.

AMZN has had a massive rise after its results
indeed, all 3 of my major US holdings - AMZN, AAPL, GOOG - are having a very good time

....... END-OF-WEEK UPDATE
....... Friday 27 October

....... Portfolio is now up 8.6%

- following a strong rise this week (from 4.34% last Friday) which puts me back on track (e/o October target 9%, with 2 more trading days to go this month)

do you work with s/b?
if so, do you calculate your profit/loss on outlay, as of course s/b is leveraged?

I am not using spreadbets or any other leverage instruments with this particular portfolio.

I have used spreadbets successfully (mainly via IG) in the past, and will likely do so again, but this portfolio is being operated through an ordinary execution-only broker account (iDealing.com), buying and selling shares in the normal way.

you have certainly done very well in just a few months

Thank you. I shall not feel comfortable with this portfolio until the percentage gain is into double figures, so that I can accommodate a hit or two without that pushing me back down to where I started. My 5-month year-end (Dec 31st 2017) target remains 15%.

IQE - rocking along once more and 149 as i write :-)

Indeed. And Versarien looking a tad better now. Looks like being a very good month for IQE with so much related newsflow scheduled from its customers.

Yesterdays rise in the share price of Versarien is followed by a significant collaboration announcement this morning -

Versarien plc (AIM: VRS), the advanced materials engineering group, is pleased to announce that it has entered into a collaboration with Israel Aerospace Industries ("IAI") to enable both groups to work together to develop and test Versarien's proprietary Nanene few layer graphene nano-platelets in aerospace composite structures.

IAI is a world leader in both the defence and commercial markets, delivering state-of-the-art technologies and systems in the domains of: air, space, land, sea, cyber, homeland security and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

IAI has agreed to purchase Nanene from Versarien, in a variety of forms, which will then be incorporated into composite panels for testing and evaluation, with a view to developing commercial applications for the technology. The collaboration is additionally expected to incorporate discussions and work with IAI's supply chain.

Moshe Medina, EVP and General Manager of IAI's Engineering and Development Group, commented: "IAI looks forward to collaborating with Versarien on graphene based composites, which we believe will help us create stronger and multi-functional materials. It is an ongoing challenge to harnesses the excellent micro-properties of graphene for enhancement of our composites."

Neill Ricketts, CEO of Versarien, commented: "We are delighted to be working with IAI, a global leader in aerospace technologies, to incorporate our graphene into a variety of composite structures. We will be working closely with the teams at IAI and their suppliers to test and evaluate the benefits of adding graphene to a variety of composite structures.

"The agreement with IAI is a significant step forward for Versarien, our first graphene collaboration in the aerospace sector, but it is just one example of the global relationships we are developing. There is increasing interest in the benefits that high quality graphene, of the types manufactured by Versarien, can add to material properties and we look forward to announcing further collaborations in due course."

Two months away from my five month Dec 31st target of 15%, I ended October at 13.35% up. I think that could slip back a little though. The strong rise in VRS share price helped.

FERG (formerly WOS) - had a little nibble at this yesterday, not least because it is a strong $-earner ..... a good move so far


IQE - flying off the shelves again this morning

12:30pm today might see further movement of IQE price. That (I think) is when latest trading update from key customer Lumentum is due. Lumentum in turn are a key supplier of components to Apple.

Another upcoming diary date - 8 November, half-year results due from cyber security firm Sophos (SOPH). (chart above)