Tuesday, 1 January 2019

2018 review

Another year of feverish trading activity has drawn to a close.

I sold Plus 500 on January 4th at £11.61.  Not my best trade ever, it briefly hit £20 in August - but then finished the year at £13.70.  I made no other trades during the year.

My results for the year were, in various currencies:

  • In GBP up 5%.  FTSE 100 was down ~8% after taking dividends into account.
  • In USD down 1%.  S&P 500 was down ~4%.
  • In NOK up 2%.  OBX was down ~2%.
Not too bad.  But if I'd sold Plus 500 at it's peak I would have done twice as well in GBP terms.

At the end of the year Berkshire Hathaway is over 81% of my share portfolio, the rest in Natwest Preference Shares.  I don't have any plans to sell either of those.  I have money on the sidelines that I may invest if anything catches my eye as being particularly cheap and attractive.


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