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Authoritative Independent Monthly Share Selections Using Technical & Fundamental Analysis

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TMI trader portfolio - August'16

August 2016

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

A tough month for the portfolio, which fell 7.7% while the FTSE-100 rose 5.2% and the Small Cap Index fell 3%.The decision to Leave caught investors cold and this is a painful adjustment with most investors sitting on paper losses. However, this situation reminds us of previous moments when shares were amazingly cheap such as the Baghdad Bounce in 2003 and bank bail-out in early 2009 – each time the TMI Trader Portfolio enjoyed large subsequent uplifts.On this occasion the banks are in far better shape, unemployment sits at historic lows and companies have stronger balance sheets and right now you can buy N Brown on a prospective PE of 7, Crest Nicholson on 5.7, Aldermore on 4.3 and Polypipe on 9.5. Of course the ...

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With small companies there is an above average degree of risk compared to buying blue chips. Please be aware that we have not assessed the suitability of any of these investments for you. The newsletter simply states a personal view and diarises the editor’s investment decisions. Please speak to your stockbroker or other qualified individual to ascertain whether any of these companies mentioned would form useful additions to your own portfolios. Past performance is no indication of future success.

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