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Market Comment - August '15

August 2015

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

The news and events surrounding markets change dramatically over time.  All too often we get obsessed by short term themes, which distract us from making truly informed investment decisions.  In reality there are just a few constants in the investment world which aid better decisions. Here are two in particular of which we should regularly remind ourselves.The first is our persistent tendency to buy at tops and sell at bottoms, and the current state of gold is instructive. If you believe everything you read today gold is toast. Rout, Crash, Slump, Plunge. These words dominate the headlines.  There is an inherent problem with gold in that there is no easy way to measure its value - there are no profits, there is ...

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With small companies there is an above average degree of risk compared to buying blue chips. Please be aware that we have not assessed the suitability of any of these investments for you. The newsletter simply states a personal view and diarises the editor’s investment decisions. Please speak to your stockbroker or other qualified individual to ascertain whether any of these companies mentioned would form useful additions to your own portfolios. Past performance is no indication of future success.

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