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Authoritative Independent Monthly Share Selections Using Technical & Fundamental Analysis

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TMI Trader Portfolio 2 - April '24

April 2024

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 performance of a new portfolio can be volatile in the early days and I was reminded of this when reviewing the “journey” of TP1, which spent a year underwater when, rather like now, economic conditions and markets were soft. Sticking to the principles of momentum investing, I sold the few duds that came my way for modest losses - such as clothing retailer, French Connection -  and ran the winners often with spectacular results including Photo Me, (gain-to-peak: 425%); Mayborn, the maker of Tommee Tippee feeding and hygiene baby products, which gained 558% after a take-over by private equity group, 3i in 2006; oil e&p Burren Energy (gain-to-peak: 344%); sterilisation services firm Synergy Healthcare - finally bought out  for 2219p ...

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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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