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WITHDRAWN.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
START OF 2018, IS DETAILED IN POST 192
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Imminent dates for RESULTS/UPDATES/ETC

(I will try and keep this current, deleting when over a month old)


24 July 2017 - ACRL update from IC mag
25 July - FEVR - H1Results
27 July - BUR - H1 Results
6 Sept - WAND - Results
11 Sept - RST - Results
18 Sept - LTG H1 Results
21 Sept - QXT - H1 Results

Half Year Trading Update this morning from Restore (RST). In line with expectations. Results Sept 11.

Excellent H1 Results this morning from Fevertree (FEVR). Full Year results predicted to be materially ahead of expectations.

Excellent H1 Results from Burford Capital this morning (see (BUR) thread).

Nice trading update this morning from Keywords Studios (KWS)

Accrol is on a yellow card already; needs to bounce soon or be redcarded.

I don't expect the portfolio valuation to pull convincingly clear of the initial setting up costs until September 2017. However the end-of-week valuation this evening shows it into profit at the moment; up 2.92%

Nice half-year Results from Coats (COA) this morning. See detailed comment on COA thread.

Trading update from Sanne Group this morning says

SANNE REPORTS GOOD GROWTH

(see SNN thread for detail)

Bought a few Wandisco (WAND). Not many. It's a stock whose value plummeted more than 90% from previous highs - and is currently up eightfold from its lows. No shortage of drama!

Bought a few North Midland Construction (NMD) ahead of Results due next week (Aug 10). Recent strong rise may well have pushed it well up with results, so not without risk of dropping back. Freefloat less than 30% (much of the rest in family and directors hands), so it doesn't take much buying or selling to shift the price sharply either way, and can be very difficult to sell quickly if price is dropping.

WAND
can't make up my mind about this one - see my post on the WAND thread

Yes, I lost money on WAND in the past myself. Hence my minimal (once bitten) stake! Both NMD and WAND are among my smallest holdings.

Portfolio now comprises 17 stocks (=82%), plus cash (18%).
Three stocks (BUR,FEVR,TAP) account for 30% of the total at present.

Welcome to NMD. I have a largeish position from 115 and I'm not sure the results will be sufficient for it to hold it's value at 400 as the directors tend to be very cautious in the early part of the year.

However, the spread is such I can't trade in and out so I'm holding as within 2 years I think it's worth £8-10 per share.

Longer term I find it even more interesting and I believe it could turn into a serious multi-bagger.

Good luck. I find this portfolio very interesting as it's not the way I usually trade but I can definitely see its merits

Article in construction news on NMD today. Link on the NMD thread.
Good timing.

Gamma results due 5 September

NMD
i really couldn't invest in this one ....... it has to the most illiquid stock i have ever seen with just 500 traded today
good luck, for i know it has performed well of late

....... END-OF-WEEK-SUMMARY
....... Friday 4 August

....... Portfolio up 5.222%

Eight of my 17 stocks have yet to break even. Despite which, the overall valuation (winners + losers + cash) is now up 5.222% since the start, thanks to the nine that are into profit. Though it is fairly meaningless at this early stage when one collapsing stock can wipe out the whole current gain and more. I shall not be comfortable till at least 15% ahead.

Cashed in my FEVR shares, for now, banking a nice quick 29% profit in 4 weeks.

It remains on my watchlist to buy again.

Bought IQE. Despite its price having already jumped 39% since its July 20 trading update. and despite it having already quadrupled in a year, and despite the erratic chart history. Results due 5 September.

Sold ACRL for a 9% loss.

FEVR
i have no intention at all of encashing any of these
i have now tripled my money in certainly less than a year, and made other profits when i traded it in earlier times


IQE
this has been another cracker and this has now doubled since i bought (6 months ago?)


BOO
my 3rd star performer whose value has more than doubled since the end of last year