My Share Portfolio

jambai said:
Losing 58% in mittal is not a long term trade like in the financial crises cause now the rest of the market are making new highs.You should have cut at -20% max -30% but then again it is your money and your strategy
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That's a bit rough fall! Sorry to hear.. jeesh! :sick:

Also why I'm bit shy for shares like Mr Price etc currently, looking for small to medium caps that can grow over long term.. DJ mind sharing your portfolio? Always interesting to see all the different portfolios and strategies..
 
Goliath said:
That's a bit rough fall! Sorry to hear.. jeesh! :sick:

Also why I'm bit shy for shares like Mr Price etc currently, looking for small to medium caps that can grow over long term.. DJ mind sharing your portfolio? Always interesting to see all the different portfolios and strategies..
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Zilch. I liquidated my positions a while ago to put into a new company considering the risk in the market at the moment, but I adopt an active portfolio management strategy for my long-term investments in any case. I also had three different portfolios for capital growth, high div yield and high risk. I rarely hold a position for very long so posting my portfolio of my last positions wouldn't be beneficial to anyone. These days I prefer to trade futures volatility and don't even hold overnight positions, let alone long-term equity positions...
 
I also started a small share portfolio and here is how it has done:

Steinhoff: loss of 11.2% sold at low of 24.90
Netcare: Profit of 7.8% sold at high of R15,17 ( stupid yes )
Transaction capital: Bought at 7.78 down 11.2%
Vodacom: Bought at R102.90 up 4.98% ( afyer a 3.82c dividend )
 
alf101 said:
There are other ETF's out there. Here's a list.
http://www.etfsa.co.za/ETF_quicksheet.htm

I like the RMB ones.


There's a book called The elements of investing which is a good read for anyone wanting to know about etf's.

http://myclass.peelschools.org/sec/12/17301/Resources/The Elements of Investing.pdf
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There's also this book alf:

http://www.kalahari.com/books/The-Little-Book-That-Still-Beats-the-Market/632/36377402.aspx

Read it in September, book with very simple method, so I thought I try out a demo account and follow that book's advice (after a little bit of own preference etc) I decided on 14 shares.. bought all the shares in September and again some more in October, currently up 9% in 1.5 months!! :confused:

Actual portfolio as of today 18%-ish down, son of a...! :cry:

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AirWolf said:
Arcelormittal: -58%
Impala Platinum: -20%
Telkom SA: -43%

Net: -46%

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I also have Arcelormittal shares and have been watching the graph go down and more down over the last few months.
I'm planning to buy more Arcelormittal next month though, as in the long term I think they'll go up again
 
This reminds me to re-register on OST. They closed my account after a period of inactivity (was no funds in it).
 
I've got quite a lot of Sasol shares and just can't understand why they are not more closely following the Rand Oil price - at least I'm in a profit situation with them, but was expecting a price in the region of R420 by now (only trading at R372)
 
Unfortunately those shares in the pic is on my demo account, the only one I currently hold is Cipla.. Should've kept my Brait SE shares!
 
What platforms do you guys use to buy/sell your shares? Last time I had a look the fees associated with share trading I decided against it as my investment amounts were seemingly too low - leaned closer to Satrix due to the lower fees.
 
Bundu said:
I've got quite a lot of Sasol shares and just can't understand why they are not more closely following the Rand Oil price - at least I'm in a profit situation with them, but was expecting a price in the region of R420 by now (only trading at R372)
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Because their treasury function hedges exposure to prevent such a direct correlation, as it's incredibly risky for a company to relinquish control of their stock price to speculation trading...
 
DJ... said:
Because their treasury function hedges exposure to prevent such a direct correlation, as it's incredibly risky for a company to relinquish control of their stock price to speculation trading...
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yeah, sounds possible, but they must be losing out big time now - in their results however, they stated that 10c/R$ = R800 m/year and $1/oil = R580 m/year
 
DJ... said:
Because their treasury function hedges exposure to prevent such a direct correlation, as it's incredibly risky for a company to relinquish control of their stock price to speculation trading...
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I thought stock prices were a function of market forces, supply and demand, or is my view to simplistic.
 
Bundu said:
yeah, sounds possible, but they must be losing out big time now - in their results however, they stated that 10c/R$ = R800 m/year and $1/oil = R580 m/year
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I think they are hedging at a low of about $80 and highs > $150
 
themba990 said:
I thought stock prices were a function of market forces, supply and demand, or is my view to simplistic.
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too simplistic
to a large extent share prices are based on future earnings
 
themba990 said:
I thought stock prices were a function of market forces, supply and demand, or is my view to simplistic.
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It is, and such market forces are driven by company operations and finances, a large aspect of which being the company's subjectivity to external price volatility...
 
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