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WPP – position closed with a +19% relative gain (>+330% annualised ;-)
Add a bit of mean reversion to GrowthRatings, with a healthy pinch of recency bias and you can have a wild ride in these menopausal markets. For example, three weeks ago on this blog I highlighted the unloved Agency sector and in particular WPP. Those listening to what some key marketeers were saying about their […]
Continue readingCan you guess the new addition to the GrowthRater portfolio?
Can you guess the stock? Okay, I think you’ve all had a fairly easy ride so far following some of the GrowthRater model portfolio changes that I have posted on this blog, so now you’ll have to do a little work to guess my new position. Just to remind you of some of the […]
Continue readingGrowthRater portfolio: Closing long position in IAG for +33% gain in 6 months (+24% relative to FT Allshare)
Having added IAG Plc (IAG_L) to the GrowthRater portfolio in those dark days post the Brexit vote I am now closing the position and taking my gains. With an entry price of 359p and exit price of 476p, that represents a gain of approx +33% over the six months. Over the same period the FT […]
Continue readingMarks & Spencer – remaining in the GrowthRater portfolio, but what about the other two?
Marks & Spencer: getting closer to delivering the growth being priced into the stock, with speculative bid/mgt recovery thrown in for free! I added this stock it to my portfolio last summer and the stabilisation in revenues, particularly in Clothing & Home in Thursday’s (12 Jan 2017) Q3 sales IMS continues to support that decision. […]
Continue readingeBay – Closing long position with gain of +30% (+28% relative: +60% annualised)
eBay long positioned closed at $31.9 ps to crystallise a >+30% absolute and +28% relative gain (vs the S&P500) since we added the stock to the GrowthRater portfolio, just over 5 months ago at $24.5 ps (http://growthrater.com/ebay-added-growthrater-model-portfolio-close-price-24-49/). Annualised, that represents a return of +65% on the trade and +60% on a relative basis against the […]
Continue readingRemember ‘Black Wednesday’? 3 stocks added to the GrowthRater model portfolio
‘Black Wednesday’ may have seemed pretty bleak at the time, but the over 12% decline in Sterling that accompanied our ejection from the ERM provided the stimulus to what subsequently became a boom that lasted to 2008. Looking at the carnage in the equity and fx markets immediately following the Brexit referendum result last Friday […]
Continue readingeBay added to the GrowthRater model portfolio (close price $24.49)
It is comforting to see the group firm up the lower end of its constant fx revenue growth range for both Q2 and the FY16 after a better than expect outrun for Q1. The group however is not out of the woods just yet as the platform rejuvenation still needs to be completed and the […]
Continue readingFedEx – for those that like to follow, read Barron’s
Seems someone noticed the price went up +14% last week. Thank you Barron’s. http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-fedex-barron-s-idUSKCN0WN03K From the “see it move, chase it” school of investment Keep checking for our next portfolio change here
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