Q1 Portfolio Update: Navigating Multiple Compression and Sector Rotation The first quarter was defined by a ruthless recalibration of equity risk premiums. Against a challenging macroeconomic backdrop, capital rotated aggressively out of long-duration growth assets and into businesses offering tangible near-term cash flows, robust balance sheets, and pricing power. The portfolio generated an average total […]
While there is a lot of noise in the market, for those of you who want to buy and hold their positions for a few years, here is a list of my top 10 in alphabetical order. One thing to notice is the large portion of US names, despite me investing in the UK for […]
First of all, Happy New Year to all investors out there. Hope 2026 brings you lots of success. So on to the update for Q4 and a few thoughts on 2025. The porfolio performed reasonably well during Q4, delivering average return of 2.8% vs negative 2.2% for FTSE AIMs and 2.6% for S&P500. A few […]
While I no longer hold them, I still follow them closely for potential entry. Both had reasonable updates(revenue growth more than profitability) as the NIC contributions are starting to bite into these labour intensive sectors. I am keenly following what will come out of the budget as there is significant speculation that there will be […]
Just a short post to comment on the results for Google and Amazon(and Meta, a position which I started building into since the start of the year). I thought all 3 had excellent results(especially google for which I had some reservations(see H1 performance commentary). Overall I think these stocks will have the least amount of […]
A few of the companies would be posting results in the coming weeks(MSI and Volex as well as a couple more on my watchlist that I am building positions in). Hoping for blow out results from MSI in particular as it has been especially quiet from a news perspective. There might be also some strategic […]
If you are thinking about adding Mitie as a holding, it might be worth doing so via the Marlow shares. Currently the value at which Marlow is trading at is below the 290p +1.1Mitie shares offer. This means that the share component of the offer is trading at about 10% discount(i.e Marlow is trading today […]
Having had a chance to review in details the analyst call(as well as the financial statements and results), I think the market has a)over reacted on the downside with the results and the acquisition b) the Marlow purchase seems to be at a good price(only 26% share premium to an already subdued Marlow share price […]
Mitie announced reasonable results alongside an acquisition of Marlow(MRL) for £366m in a part cash(2/3), part shares(1/3) offer. The initial market reaction was quite disappointing with Mitie losing about £300m in market cap. I suspect the share reaction is a combination of the lack of clarity on the rationale for the acquisition and something within […]
Positive update from Cordel, another excellent win with a reputable Class 1 US freight railroad for the AI technology offered by the company. Hopefully this provides additional assurances for other clients to jump on board imminently. In the current economic environment it is important to offer products which not only save you money but also […]