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TMI Trader Portfolio - September

September 2002

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.

The value of our Trader portfolio was unchanged in a month where theFTSE-100 and All share indices rose 6.5% and 5.5% respectively.  The reason for this underperformance lies with Pressac, which we regrettably sold after it slipped through our 20% stoploss.  Proceeds were £7,910 after dealing costs.  The fall in its shares was triggered by the news on 2 August that it was no longer in take-over talks. Ironically, TT Electronics which was the likely bidder, has subsequently increased its stake  from 14.7% to 15.1%.So it appears a game of cat and mouse.   Two otherportfolio stocks endured intense volatility in August, with S&Uand Henlys hitting lows of 440p and 129.5p respectively, arguablybecause of ...

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