Week 427 Review - Yet another dreadful week as Jubilee Metals crashes

A desperately bad week just about saved by a 1p rise in OPTI:Optibiotix, but despite that being worth nearly £2,500 the deficit between cost and value only reduced by £426, meaning I lost around £2,000 elsewhere. The deficit is now £91,870 and portfolio value is £106,201.

As I mentioned last week, I'm changing the way I report on percentage rises to give the figure based on the price change during the week, rather than compared to my original purchase price. That removes the gigantic changes on small movements when a share has done well compared to original price, or not registering enough of a change on shares that are doing really badly. It also means there is the same percentage change across all my purchases of the same company when I split them.

My purchase of JLP:Jubilee Metals shares last week in anticipation of a big rise after results turned out to be a disaster. Results were as expected, but the share price dropped 16% and I lost about £2,000 across my holding.

My other purchase of CWR:Ceres Power also turned out to be a disaster, as they promptly fell 11%, proving my timing is in fact cursed.

ASHM:Ashmore Group results were distinctly luke warm, but I thought that was already in the share price. They still fell another 9%.

BLU:Blue Star Capital fell 5% but I've given up hope of these ever doing anything.

SAE:Simec Atlantis Energy also fell 5% and I've definitely given up hope with them.

The highest riser was KIBO:Kibo Energy which climbed 11%, but I'm never letting it anywhere near Share of the Week because it's utterly dysfunctional and doomed to just keep the CEO in a nice fat salary while never producing anything whatsoever.

EDV:Endeavour Mining had a good week, climbing 9% and allowing my new SIPP holding to go into profit by 3%.

Share of the Week goes to CEY:Centamin which is having a bit of a turn around and climbed 10%. In 2 months time I'll have got up to £1,000 with my monthly savings in EDV, and I reckon I'll then switch it to here. Rather than try and pick new magic formula shares without availability of the stats I need, I'm just going to consolidate my holdings in the ones I already have.

Here's the ISA and shares portfolio after week 11 of year 9.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£211.35		+£55.25
Portfolio cost	£98,482.35		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price-commission)	£51,655.57	(-47.5%)	-£326.05
Potential profits	£2,138.31		+£178.39
Yr 9 Dividends	£82.84		+£55.25
Yr 9 Interest	£1.59		+£0
Yr 9 Profit from sales	£0		+£0
Yr 9 proj avg monthly profit	£26.78	(0.5%)	+£21.26
Total Dividends	£11,994.27		+£55.25
Total Interest	£3.52		+£0
Total Profit from sales	£17,298.53		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	£293.30	(5.0%)	-£0.13
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)
Compound performance	41%		+0%

Cash went up by £55 thanks to dividends from PAGE:Page Group (£45) and CAPD:Capital (£9), both in which I'd be happy to increase my holding.

Portfolio value dropped by £326 despite the rise in OPTI:Optibiotix. This was due to the big drops in JLP:Jubilee Metals as I have £10k worth in this account, and ASHM:Ashmore Group and CWR:Ceres Power are also both in this account and dropped heavily. Potential profits are only up by £178 because GAW:Games Workshop dropped almost back to loss and most of my OPTI holding in this account was purchased at a higher price so is not yet in profit.

Year 9 projected profit is just based on dividends alone, but I don't have enough dividend-paying shares for that to become meaningful. I really need to sell something. The intention was to sell some JLP:Jubilee Metals, but that seems a long way off now.

Nothing too alarming.

Above the trend line but only just. Encouraging that it's now pointing upwards.

The SIPP looks like this after week 411 overall and week 47 of year 8.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£288.91		-£235.25
Portfolio cost	£97,022.81		+£235.25
Portfolio sell value (bid price - commission)	£52,710.58	(-45.7%)	+£840.27
Potential profits	£3,616.22		+£285.56
Yr 8 Dividends	£345.65		+£0
Yr 8 Interest	£5.22		+£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales	-£9,597.85		+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit	-£865.59	(-15.8%)	+£18.82
Total Dividends	£14,488.43		+£0
Total Interest	£5.47		+£0
Total Profit from sales	£10,835.90		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	£255.07	(4.7%)	-£0.62
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)
Compound performance	37%		+0%

Cash dropped by the amount I spend on my monthly investment. I bought 15 shares at 1550.6121p costing £235.25 taking my average price to 1547.926p. Happy to say with the price at 1656p these are £16 in profit. My main holding is still 17% down and making £174 loss, although there have been £33 in dividends.

Sell price is up £840 as I didn't have as big losses here as I did in the ISA. Only 5 more weeks of year 8 to go before I can wave goodbye to the painful reminder of my gigantic DDDD:4D Pharma loss which will end up about £800 a month on average over the year. Long term performance of 4.7% is half my target, and would be even worse without the OPTI:Optibiotix dividend in PBX:Probiotix shares.

It would be nice to one day get above the injection line.

As with the ISA, still above the trend line which is still pointing upwards.

The trading account looks like this after week 377 overall and week 13 of year 8.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£281.80		+£0
Portfolio cost	£1,794.51		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price - commission)	£1,063.12	(-40.8%)	-£87.61
Potential profits	£0		+£0
Year 8 Dividends	£8.56		+£0
Year 8 Interest	£0		+£0
Year 8 Profit	£283.99		+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit	£97.52	(+65.2%)	-£8.12
Dividends	£68.66		+£0
Interest	£0.03		+£0
Profit from sales	-£646.70		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	-£6.64	(-4.4%)	+£0.02
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)

Half of my holdings are JLP:Jubileee Metals, so this account was hammered. BARC:Barclays also dropped 1% this week and is now 8% down, so just as I thought I might be able to sell, it's not looking so likely. I suspect it's going to take a long time to make the £647 profit I need to get back into the black on this account after the DDDD:4D Pharma disaster.

I was happy with flat, but less happy now.

Oh dear - that's going to have a very bad effect on the trend line. My recovery seems to be over.

I thought things were meant to pick up after the summer holidays? They seem to be getting worse, with most of my magic formula shares down by about 30%, and they are meant to be the best companies I could find. This isn't working out anything like I had hoped.

Week 426 Review - Truly dreadful week across the whole portfolio

An absolutely dreadful week, with nearly everything losing value, and losses this week were twice the gains from last week. The deficit between cost and value widened by £7,253 to £92,297 and overall value dropped to £105,729 which is less than last week despite adding another £5,000.

OPTI:Optibiotix was the worst performer, dropping 2.5p which is 26% in my cheapest shares and 2% in my most expensive. That contributed around £6,000 of the losses. The re-rate of this share still seems a long way away.

Next worst performer was another of my biggest holdings CAML:Central Asia Metals, which dropped 12% in one holding, and dropped as soon as I bought some more.

GAW:Games Workshop dropped 7% and is almost loss-making after being 20% up a few weeks ago.

UKW:Greencoat UK Wind plunged 6% just when I thought there was some chance it would get into profit.

EDV:Endeavour Mining was meant to be a nice safe gold miner, but dropped 5% in one of my holdings and is 24% down in my main holding.

Nothing came anywhere near a 5% rise so there is no Share of the Week. Only one share went up, and that was IES:Invinity Energy, and that only climbed 1% but is still 79% down.

Here's the ISA and shares portfolio after week 10 of year 9.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£156.10		-£9.79
Portfolio cost	£98,482.35		+£5,118.02
Portfolio sell value (bid price-commission)	£51,981.62	(-47.2%)	-£3,352.54
Potential profits	£1,959.92		-£570.28
Yr 9 Dividends	£27.59		+£11.64
Yr 9 Interest	£1.59		+£0.34
Yr 9 Profit from sales	£0		+£0
Yr 9 proj avg monthly profit	£5.52	(0.1%)	+£3.35
Total Dividends	£11,939.02		+£11.64
Total Interest	£3.52		+£0.34
Total Profit from sales	£17,298.53		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	£293.43	(5.0%)	-£0.61
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)
Compound performance	41%		-3%

Quite a lot happened here this week.

After a pitiful £100 win on the premium bonds, I decided that although valuable as a quick source of cash, they are not doing well enough to justify having so many, so I cashed in £5,000 and added them to my AJ Bell ISA along with the £100 winnings. I may in time put some back, but for now I wanted to take advantage of some low prices.

First I bought 29,109 shares in JLP:Jubilee Metals at 7.18p costing £2,099.98. This was because a significant institutional investor increased their holding substantially last week, and results are due out next week. Knowing my track record, the results will be a disaster, but I decided to go with the institutional investor. We'll find out if it was a mistake on Wednesday. My total holding cost around £16,000 so this is now one of my top shares, unfortunately not on performance.

Next I bought 347 shares in CWR:Ceres Power at 286.2946p costing £1,008.36. I've held these several times before and made £1,575 profit from selling them. They have had a torrid time lately, but look to be on the brink of several big contracts and have moved to the main market and are now part of the FTSE250. I decided now was a tame to have a dip back in.

Finally I had to buy more of my favourite company CAML:Central Asia Metals because their share price has been utterly hammered, yet they have tons of cash, no debt, one of the biggest dividends around, and are looking to buy another mine. I bought 1,175 shares at 170.1895p costing £2,009.68. That takes my total holding to 2,600 costing £5,022 which has been my target investment amount for a while. I'm tempted to try and double it though.

Aside from that, everything dropped horribly but I got 34p interest and an £11 dividend from WHR:Warehouse REIT.

Although the green line points up, it's nowhere near as far as the orange and red lines go up.

A more accurate reflection of the true performance as we drop towards the trend line.

The SIPP looks like this after week 410 overall and week 46 of year 8.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£524.16		+£266.79
Portfolio cost	£96,787.56		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price - commission)	£51,635.06	(-46.7%)	-£3,872.83
Potential profits	£3,330.66		-£635.71
Yr 8 Dividends	£345.65		+£32.49
Yr 8 Interest	£5.22		+£0.96
Yr 8 Profit from sales	-£9,597.85		+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit	-£884.41	(-16.1%)	+£21.27
Total Dividends	£14,488.43		+£32.49
Total Interest	£5.47		+£0.96
Total Profit from sales	£10,835.90		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	£255.69	(4.7%)	-£0.45
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)
Compound performance	37%		+0%

No purchases here, but my monthly £250 appeared in cash ready for buying EDV:Endeavour Mining next week. It means there will be a rally in share price until the day I buy and then a crash, as traditionally happens.

96p interest and a £32 dividend from APAX:Apax Global Alpha were the only highlights as everything sank. I've now had 8% dividends from APAX since buying them.

Not as low as a few weeks ago but so far below the recent spike.

As with the ISA, dropping towards the trend line, but still above it.

The trading account looks like this after week 376 overall and week 12 of year 8.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£281.80		+£0
Portfolio cost	£1,794.51		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price - commission)	£1,150.73	(-35.9%)	-£28.27
Potential profits	£0		+£0
Year 8 Dividends	£8.56		+£0
Year 8 Interest	£0		+£0
Year 8 Profit	£283.99		+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit	£105.64	(+70.6%)	-£9.61
Dividends	£68.66		+£0
Interest	£0.03		+£0
Profit from sales	-£646.70		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	-£6.66	(-4.5%)	+£0.02
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)

Everything dropped a little this week, but not by much.

Seems to have flattened off a bit.

Worryingly below the trend line and getting further from it.

I'm thinking of changing the way I calculate percentage changes each week. Rather than calculating the change based on my purchase price, I'll record the change based on last week's price. I just need to remember to take a snapshot each week so I can compare the price at the end of the week. It gets around the ridiculous price rises and drops of some of my holdings that are over 100% up based on them being bought so cheaply. I've taken a snapshot of this week's bid prices so will switch to the new format next week.

Week 425 Review - A flat week but Optibiotix sneaks up a little

A generally flat week with a lot of slightly falling shares, but a 1.5p increase in OPTI:Optibiotix reduced the deficit between cost and value by £3,138 to £85,043 and increased total value to £107,608.

Worst performer was CAML:Central Asia Metals which dropped 7%, but that was mainly due to dividend ex-date. However it did send my profitable holding into the red.

Nothing else rose more than 5%, so OPTI:Optibiotix gets Share of the Week after climbing 16% in my cheapest holding to go 184% up, but in my most expensive holding it went up just 1% and is still 70% down.

Here's the ISA and shares portfolio after week 9 of year 9.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£165.89		+£0
Portfolio cost	£93,364.33		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price-commission)	£50,216.14	(-46.2%)	+£1,487.10
Potential profits	£2,530.20		+£282.99
Yr 9 Dividends	£15.95		+£0
Yr 9 Interest	£1.25		+£0
Yr 9 Profit from sales	£0		+£0
Yr 9 proj avg monthly profit	£2.17	(0.0%)	-£0.27
Total Dividends	£11,927.38		+£0
Total Interest	£3.18		+£0
Total Profit from sales	£17,298.53		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	£294.04	(5.4%)	-£0.69
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)
Compound performance	44%		+0%

Very little happened apart from the OPTI:Optibiotix boost.

Still quite a long way from the high reached a few months ago, and that's with an extra £5k injected.

Happy to be above the trend line which is pointing upwards

The SIPP looks like this after week 409 overall and week 45 of year 8.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£257.37		+£98.90
Portfolio cost	£96,787.56		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price - commission)	£55,507.89	(-42.6%)	+£1,647.47
Potential profits	£3,966.37		+£229.36
Yr 8 Dividends	£313.16		+£36.40
Yr 8 Interest	£4.26		+£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales	-£9,597.85		+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit	-£905.68	(-16.6%)	+£24.17
Total Dividends	£14,455.94		+£36.40
Total Interest	£4.51		+£0
Total Profit from sales	£10,835.90		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	£256.14	(4.7%)	-£0.24
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)
Compound performance	37%		+0%

I got a £62 tax rebate and £36 dividends which was made up of £13 from CEY:Centamin, £16 from EDV:Endeavour Mining and £5 from ANTO:Antofagasta. Similar rises in value and potential profits to the ISA thanks to OPTI:Optibiotix.

Still pretty awful

As with the ISA, comfortably above the trend line and dragging it steeper upwards.

The trading account looks like this after week 375 overall and week 11 of year 8.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£281.80		+£0
Portfolio cost	£1,794.51		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price - commission)	£1,179.00	(-34.3%)	+£4.12
Potential profits	£0		+£0
Year 8 Dividends	£8.56		+£0
Year 8 Interest	£0		+£0
Year 8 Profit	£283.99		+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit	£115.25	(+77.1%)	-£11.52
Dividends	£68.66		+£0
Interest	£0.03		+£0
Profit from sales	-£646.70		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	-£6.68	(-4.5%)	+£0.02
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)

JLP:Jubilee Metals dropped this week, but BARC:Barclays had a great week and is almost in profit, so there was a small £4 rise in value. Will I get to sell BARC soon?

I do believe we're sneaking upwards. It will take a long time to recover from DDDD:4D Pharma going bust though.

Not going up as fast as the trend line so really need a boost.

There was meant to be new coming from OPTI:Optibiotix weeks ago on microbiome modulators and Sweetbiotix, but absolutely zilch. There have been some good murmurings with various pundits though, so hopefully a tickle of interest will at least stop us sliding any lower. Ideally we need to get back to the 40p zone we his a few months ago and hang around there for a bit.

I hoped to get £2k transferred from my pension, but the bond prices seems to have dropped and I don't quite have the minimum amount to allow the transfer, as I have to keep £200 in the account. I'll keep watching in case it creeps past the minimum amount, else I'll have to wait another month. Shame, as I was intending to splash out on more JLP:Jubilee Metals shares, as the current price is crazy. It should be at least double considering the amount of cash being generated, and institutional investors have been increasing their holding.

Week 424 Review - Optibiotix saves what would have been a rubbish week

Not a great week across most of the portfolio, but a 3.5p rise in OPTI:Optibiotix meant it was a great week overall, with the deficit between cost and value reducing by £8,341 to £88,182 and total portfolio value going back above £100k to £104,370.

In a reversal of last week when GAW:Games Workshop was Share of the Week and OPTI:Optibiotix worst performer, this week GAW is the worst performer, losing most of the gains following the great results and dropping by 8%. Quite upsetting!

ANTO:Antofagasta has been edging towards profitability, but a 5% drop saw it go 7% down this week.

SBTX:SkinBioTherapeutics lost last week's gains and dropped 5% in my biggest holding.

OPTI:Optibiotix had a great week after news its products are going to be stocked in Boots, climbing 36% in my cheapest holding and 4% in my most expensive holding. I'm still a long, long way down, but a bit more news flow like this should help narrow the deficit.

Here's the ISA and shares portfolio after week 8 of year 9.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£165.89		+£0.78
Portfolio cost	£93,364.33		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price-commission)	£48,729.04	(-47.8%)	+£3,821.54
Potential profits	£2,247.21		+£601.26
Yr 9 Dividends	£15.95		+£0
Yr 9 Interest	£1.25		+£0.78
Yr 9 Profit from sales	£0		+£0
Yr 9 proj avg monthly profit	£2.44	(0.0%)	+£0.14
Total Dividends	£11,927.38		+£0
Total Interest	£3.18		+£0.78
Total Profit from sales	£17,298.53		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	£294.73	(5.4%)	-£0.69
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)
Compound performance	44%		+0%

78p interest appeared, so much excitement there. Value and potential profits are up more than last week's drops thanks to OPTI:Optibiotix.

Better than last week is the most appropriate thing to say.

What are the chances of not going below the trend line for a while? How long can we last above it?

The SIPP looks like this after week 408 overall and week 44 of year 8.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£158.47		+£23.68
Portfolio cost	£96,787.56		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price - commission)	£53,860.42	(-44.4%)	+£4,517.09
Potential profits	£3,737.01		+£791.60
Yr 8 Dividends	£276.76		+£23.40
Yr 8 Interest	£4.26		+£0.28
Yr 8 Profit from sales	-£9,597.85		+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit	-£929.85	(-17.0%)	+£24.01
Total Dividends	£14,419.54		+£23.40
Total Interest	£4.51		+£0.28
Total Profit from sales	£10,835.90		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	£256.38	(4.7%)	-£0.37
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)
Compound performance	37%		+0%

A £23 dividend came from RIO:Rio Tinto, and a whopping 28p interest. Value and potential profits well up thanks to OPTI:Optibiotix.

Still very similar to the ISA. I probably need to do something about that at some point.

Also very similar to the ISA.

The trading account looks like this after week 374 overall and week 10 of year 8.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£281.80		+£0
Portfolio cost	£1,794.51		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price - commission)	£1,174.88	(-34.5%)	+£2.79
Potential profits	£0		+£0
Year 8 Dividends	£8.56		+£0
Year 8 Interest	£0		+£0
Year 8 Profit	£283.99		+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit	£126.77	(+84.8%)	-£14.09
Dividends	£68.66		+£0
Interest	£0.03		+£0
Profit from sales	-£646.70		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	-£6.70	(-4.5%)	+£0.02
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)

A flat week for the trading account, up by just £2.

Still looking a bit promising.

Still just below the trend line but following it upwards.

OPTI:Optibiotix and PBX:Probiotix results next week. (I only know that because I'm writing this on Wednesday and they've already come out!). I won't say anything about hopes because it's pointless now I've seen them, but let's see the state of the portfolio on Friday.

Week 423 Review - Good week in general but Optibiotix drops and we go back below £100k

Not a bad week across most of the portfolio, but a 2.5p drop in OPTI:Optibiotix contributed to a widening of the deficit between cost and value of £4,796 to £96,523 and a fall in portfolio value below £100k to £96,004.

OPTI:Optibiotix was the worst performer, with my cheap shares down 26% and my expensive ones down 3%.

All the other big movers were in the right direction.

PSN:Persimmon climbed 5% but is still 26% down, although 22% down if you include dividends.

III:3i Group was 22% up but is now 28% up after a 6% improvement this week.

SBTX:SkinBioTherapeutics had a very welcome 7% rise in my new holding, so that is only 1% down now.

BARC:Barclays zoomed up 8% and is now only 3% down in my trading account.

RIO:Rio Tinto also climbed 8% and is only 11% down.

Share of the week by a good margin is GAW:Games Workshop, which rose 11% after great results and is now 19% up.

Here's the ISA and shares portfolio after week 7 of year 9.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£165.11		+£12.83
Portfolio cost	£93,364.33		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price-commission)	£44,907.50	(-51.9%)	-£2,140.28
Potential profits	£1,645.95		-£375.57
Yr 9 Dividends	£15.95		+£15.95
Yr 9 Interest	£0.47		+£0
Yr 9 Profit from sales	£0		+£0
Yr 9 proj avg monthly profit	£2.30	(0.0%)	+£6.17
Total Dividends	£11,927.38		+£15.95
Total Interest	£2.40		+£0
Total Profit from sales	£17,298.53		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	£295.42	(5.5%)	-£0.61
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)
Compound performance	44%		+0%

The £15 dividend was from GAW:Games Workshop in addition it the big rise. Potential profits dropped thanks to OPTI:Optibiotix and that was also why portfolio value dropped. Cash went up less than dividend due to monthly fees.

Doesn't look very good

Trying to flatten that trend line, but still above it.

The SIPP looks like this after week 407 overall and week 43 of year 8.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£134.79		-£17.90
Portfolio cost	£96,787.56		+£250.01
Portfolio sell value (bid price - commission)	£49,343.33	(-49.0%)	-£2,704.90
Potential profits	£2,945.41		-£479.45
Yr 8 Dividends	£253.36		+£0
Yr 8 Interest	£3.98		+£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales	-£9,597.85		+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit	-£953.86	(-17.5%)	+£20.86
Total Dividends	£14,396.14		+£0
Total Interest	£4.23		+£0
Total Profit from sales	£10,835.90		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	£256.75	(4.7%)	-£0.83
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)
Compound performance	37%		+0%

My monthly investment went through, buying 16 shares in EDV:Endeavour Mining at 1545.407p costing £250.01. Value and profits all down due to OPTI:Optibiotix.

Same as ISA

Same as ISA

The trading account looks like this after week 373 overall and week 9 of year 8.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£281.80		+£8.56
Portfolio cost	£1,794.51		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price - commission)	£1,172.09	(-34.7%)	+£49.07
Potential profits	£0		+£0
Year 8 Dividends	£8.56		+£8.56
Year 8 Interest	£0		+£0
Year 8 Profit	£283.99		+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit	£140.86	(+94.2%)	-£12.97
Dividends	£68.66		+£8.56
Interest	£0.03		+£0
Profit from sales	-£646.70		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	-£6.72	(-4.5%)	+£0.11
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)

An excellent week for the trading account, increasing in value by £49 and getting an £8 dividend from BARC:Barclays. Not a great sign when you hold a share long enough to get a dividend in this account!

I do believe it's sneaking up.

Still below the trend line, but kind of following it upwards.

I'm behind on writing these up again. It's a lot harder to write them for down weeks, and there have been a lot of those over the last 2 years...

Week 422 Review - Dreadful week as Optibiotix drifts and so does almost everything else

A dreadful week, with nearly everything dropping in value and OPTI:Optibiotix losing 3p. The result was a widening of the deficit between cost and value of £7,566 to £91,727 and overall portfolio value almost dipping back below £100k at £100,547.

OPTI:Optibiotix fell 31% in my cheapest holding and 3% in my most expensive holding as it drifts on no news. That accounted for around £7,000 of the drop, with the rest coming from small drops everywhere else.

I nearly didn't bother with Share of the Week as nothing reached the normal 5% threshold, but TRX:Tissue Regenix did climb 3% so I suppose can have the award. It's still 62% down so not a great investment.

Here's the ISA and shares portfolio after week 6 of year 9.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£152.28		+£0
Portfolio cost	£93,364.33		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price-commission)	£47,047.78	(-49.6%)	-£3,600.14
Potential profits	£2,021.52		-£623.17
Yr 9 Dividends	£0		+£0
Yr 9 Interest	£0.47		+£0
Yr 9 Profit from sales	£0		+£0
Yr 9 proj avg monthly profit	-£3.87	(-0.1%)	+£0.78
Total Dividends	£11,911.43		+£0
Total Interest	£2.40		+£0
Total Profit from sales	£17,298.53		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	£296.03	(5.5%)	-£0.70
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)
Compound performance	44%		+0%

Massive drop in value and OPTI:Opibiotix potential profits severely dented.

After the meteoric rise, we now have the gradual decline.

I guess I should be celebrating that the trend line is pointing upwards for the first time in years, but it won't be for long if we drop to meet it.

The SIPP looks like this after week 406 overall and week 42 of year 8.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£152.69		-£164.95
Portfolio cost	£96,537.55		+£289.95
Portfolio sell value (bid price - commission)	£51,798.22	(-46.3%)	-£3,962.98
Potential profits	£3,424.86		-£709.31
Yr 8 Dividends	£253.36		+£0
Yr 8 Interest	£3.98		+£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales	-£9,597.85		+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit	-£974.72	(-17.8%)	+£23.78
Total Dividends	£14,396.14		+£0
Total Interest	£4.23		+£0
Total Profit from sales	£10,835.90		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	£257.58	(4.7%)	-£0.63
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)
Compound performance	37%		+0%

I had £125 premium bond win, so added it to various tax rebates and dividends to buy 4,058 shares in JLP:Jubilee Metals while they are depressed. I got them at 6.9p costing £289.95 which is less than my usual minimum of £500, but I didn't have a spare £200 to top it up. It brings my average price in my AJ Bell SIPP down from 11.9p to 10.9p, but this holding is still 39% down.

Meanwhile same story as the ISA for big drops in both value and potential profits.

Same shape as the ISA, in fact looks like a steeper drop

The trend line is slightly steeper upwards, but we're not far above it.

The trading account looks like this after week 372 overall and week 8 of year 8.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£273.24		+£0
Portfolio cost	£1,794.51		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price - commission)	£1,123.02	(-37.4%)	-£3.55
Potential profits	£0		+£0
Year 8 Dividends	£0		+£0
Year 8 Interest	£0		+£0
Year 8 Profit	£283.99		+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit	£153.83	(+102.9%)	-£21.97
Dividends	£60.10		+£0
Interest	£0.03		+£0
Profit from sales	-£646.70		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	-£6.83	(-4.6%)	+£0.02
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)

BARC:Barclays dropped a tiny amount so I lost £3 in value. Nothing else to say.

At least this one has flattened off after the steep upward rise because I sold OPTI:Optibiotix around its peak.

Below the trend line now. Good news from JLP:Jubilee Metals is what's needed to get things moving.

It's all down to news, or the lack of it. All my microbiome shares are drifting, as is JLP:Jubilee Metals despite making big profits at low metal prices. Hopefully now summer holidays are over we'll get some contracts signed.

Week 421 Review - Very flat week with nothing much of interest

A pretty flat week with few big movers. OPTI:Optibiotix went up by 0.5p but JLP:Jubilee Metals went down by 0.5p which took off some of the shine. The result was an improvement in the deficit between cost and value of £906 to £84,160 and increase in portfolio value to £107,988.

Worst performer was JLP:Jubilee Metals which dropped between 5% and 7% depending on the holding and has been drifting for a long, long time.

OPTI:Optibiotix climbed 5% in my cheapest holding and 0% in my most expensive, but any up week is good news.

PSN:Persimmon had a good week, climbing 5%, unfortunately for the wrong reason as the government decided to scrap legislation that stops them exceeding the capacity of existing water treatment systems so we get even more raw sewage in our rivers.

Share of the Week is CAML:Central Asia Metals which climbed between 5% and 8% depending on the holding, and means one holding is now 5% in profit.

Here's the ISA and shares portfolio after week 5 of year 9.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£152.28		+£0
Portfolio cost	£93,364.33		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price-commission)	£50,647.92	(-45.8%)	+£242.86
Potential profits	£2,644.69		+£108.99
Yr 9 Dividends	£0		+£0
Yr 9 Interest	£0.47		+£0
Yr 9 Profit from sales	£0		+£0
Yr 9 proj avg monthly profit	-£4.65	(-0.1%)	+£1.16
Total Dividends	£11,911.43		+£0
Total Interest	£2.40		+£0
Total Profit from sales	£17,298.53		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	£296.73	(5.5%)	-£0.70
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)
Compound performance	44%		+0%

Tiny increase in value and potential profits.

Flat

Well above the trend line, but it's still pointing slightly downwards

The SIPP looks like this after week 405 overall and week 41 of year 8.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£317.64		+£0
Portfolio cost	£96,247.60		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price - commission)	£55,471.25	(-42.4%)	+£683.75
Potential profits	£4,134.17		+£261.66
Yr 8 Dividends	£253.36		+£0
Yr 8 Interest	£3.98		+£0
Yr 8 Profit from sales	-£9,597.85		+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit	-£998.50	(-18.3%)	+£24.96
Total Dividends	£14,396.14		+£0
Total Interest	£4.23		+£0
Total Profit from sales	£10,835.90		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	£258.21	(4.7%)	-£0.64
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)
Compound performance	37%		+0%

A bit more of an increase in value and potential profits, helped by CAML:Central Asia Metals going over £100 into profit.

A bit more of a tick up here

The trend line was flat last week but definitely upward this week for the first time in several years.

The trading account looks like this after week 371 overall and week 7 of year 8.

			Weekly Change
Cash	£273.24		+£0
Portfolio cost	£1,794.51		+£0
Portfolio sell value (bid price - commission)	£1,126.57	(-37.2%)	-£19.91
Potential profits	£0		+£0
Year 8 Dividends	£0		+£0
Year 8 Interest	£0		+£0
Year 8 Profit	£283.99		+£0
Yr 8 proj avg monthly profit	£175.80	(+117.6%)	-£29.30
Dividends	£60.10		+£0
Interest	£0.03		+£0
Profit from sales	-£646.70		+£0
Average monthly cash profit	-£6.85	(-4.6%)	+£0.02
(Sold stocks profit + Dividends - Fees / Months)

Everything dropped in value, but not by much.

Relatively flat for the time being.

Just below the trend line, which is quite steep so tricky to keep up with.

I'm a week late writing this so can't think of anything else to say. I guess with hindsight I could have said "Hope I don't lose £7,500 next week", not that it would have made any difference!