Category Archives: Markets

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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A review of the last quarter….

By gameplan | Published: December 19, 2009
My new year’s resolution is to ensure that I am more rigorous in ensuring that both the fundamentals and the moving averages are both screaming “buy” before I part with my hard earned cash.
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A load of BULL

By gameplan | Published: December 5, 2009
Here is another great idea for a different type of investment for your retirement account or SIPP - commodity ETFs
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Where will the markets go next?

By gameplan | Published: November 8, 2009
Riding a wave is exhilarating. It gets the adrenaline pumping and you can glance back with a wry smile at those who didn't spot it coming, and failed to paddle hard enough as it approached.
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Back again….

By gameplan | Published: November 7, 2009
I can’t believe I have been away for a whole year!!!And what a year in the markets.  As we all know the markets bottomed out around March and have made a huge upswing since then.  I managed to preserve most of my capital when things got bad last year and I have managed to take [...]
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10 facts about FTSE 100 shares

By gameplan | Published: November 8, 2008
A little bit of research has revealed the following interesting facts:- Only 8 shares in the FTSE 100 are higher that they were 12 months ago The best performing over 12 months is British Energy (+44%) The worst performing over 12 months is HBOS (-86%) 20 shares are worth less than half what they were 12 months ago The average [...]
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Why invest in a pension…..

By gameplan | Published: March 20, 2008
One thing is for sure, you will not have a decent quality of life on the state pension.  This means that you need to make some provision for the period of time between giving up work and the inevitable “shuffling off the mortal coil” as Monty Python would put it….. Luckily I have 16 years worth of final [...]
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Gains (and losses)

By gameplan | Published: March 17, 2008
One thing that I have learned over my years of investing is that markets continue to move much further than the average investor could imagine.  I think that this is what is happening now – and I expect that the falls will continue for a time yet.  I am glad that I bought the Short [...]
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Market Conditions not good for being long in equities

By gameplan | Published: February 10, 2008
With high levels of volatility and very few pockets of increasing prices I am happy with my current split of 30% commodity ETFs, 15% Gilt ETF, and 55% cash.  I will bide my time before going back into equities but keep a close eye on commodities as prices are very toppy….   Here is how the FT saw [...]
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