Author Archives: gameplan

Mortgage freedom

By gameplan | Published: February 21, 2010
I am facing a dilemma. Should I pay off my mortgage or not? First the facts.  I am 46 years old.  I have an offset “tracker” mortgage that allows a savings balance to be held against mortgage debt, providing absolute flexibility in terms of “overpayments”.  It also allows payment holidays.  My house is (still) worth over £300,000. [...]
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Portfolio pruning

By gameplan | Published: February 15, 2010
There are two holdings in my SIPP that have downward trends (defined by their 60 day moving average being below their 200 day moving average).  These are Melorio (L:MLO) and Spice (L:SPI).  Despite my belief that these are good businesses I am going to have to say goodbye to Melorio.  I have lost just over [...]
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Win by doing nothing

By gameplan | Published: February 13, 2010
Note to self:- only act when trend information dictates, not to make myself feel better by tinkering with my SIPP portfolio!
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Power that corrupts

By gameplan | Published: February 6, 2010
When it comes my investment decisions, the one big corporate no-no is corruption, or even the whiff of corruption.
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Farewell ETrade, hello TD Waterhouse

By gameplan | Published: January 30, 2010
Well after being a customer of eTrade for over 10 years it looks like I will need to get used to a new execution only broker.
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Best blogs about investing

By gameplan | Published: January 24, 2010
Every week he updates his readers on where the stock market trends currently sit against moving averages
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Current Portfolio Update

By gameplan | Published: January 17, 2010
I have just updated my current portfolio page so that you can see at a glance where my money is invested
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Share Purchase – Cosalt

By gameplan | Published: January 17, 2010
This week I bought a share purely because I thought it had bottomed out.
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An update on my favourite share

By gameplan | Published: January 7, 2010
Inland PLC continues to go from strength to strength
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Create Income – become a bank

By gameplan | Published: January 1, 2010
Another stream of income that I am building up ready for retirement involves me becoming a bank and lending money to people.
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