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Market Comment - December '17

December 2017

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.

That markets (equities and bonds) are extremely vulnerable is hopefully now not a point of debate amongst readers. So there are some practical issues to consider, some adjustments to make and plans to put in place, while markets are relatively calm.Making adjustments to portfolios (whether selling losers or applying a stop-loss) is never comfortable. It is perfectly natural that we seek to avoid pain but successful investing requires that we do just that. This exercise is vastly easier if you do it from a position of strength, when your portfolio value is holding up.Hopefully you already have a stop-loss plan in place. Beyond that, when markets go into a tailspin (yes, one day they will), will your portfolio be too big to ena ...

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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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