Chris Boxall, of Fundamental, said despite the disappointing figures, investors have made decent returns from some risky companies. He said: “It’s noticeable that all the top performers are early-stage companies which are not yet revenue generating and come from either the resources or life sciences sectors. “We are generally reluctant …
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A sudden fall of 16pc in any share price is certainly cause for alarm. This is what happened to ULS Technology, a holding in our Income Portfolio, over the course of Tuesday and Wednesday this week. What is going on with this stock? At first sight the answer – and this may appear extraordinary …
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Questor Income Portfolio: a firm that offers a perennially popular form of family entertainment is a better bet than a delivery business struggling to reinvent itself Our replacement for Royal Mail, which we removed from our Income Portfolio in late November over fears that it would not make a success of its transition …
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Questor Income Portfolio: the election gave our income stocks a late fillip, while bonds made steady income and some worthwhile capital gains It was a year of two – rather unequal – halves for the Income Portfolio in 2019. Until the election our holdings were becalmed but many came to life …
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Questor Income Portfolio: Boris Johnson’s victory has reinvigorated the very stocks in which our portfolio is largely invested What did the general election do for holders of Questor’s Income Portfolio? There has, naturally enough, been no effect so far on the dividends paid by our holdings but in capital terms the …
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Investors now have certainty and they will cheer it by sending shares higher this morning. Even if the exit poll’s prediction of an 86-seat Tory majority is out by some way, a big Conservative win is now assured. Thanks to the pledges made by the party’s candidates to vote Boris …
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Questor Income Portfolio: the company admits that it could make a loss next year and everything now depends on the success of its belated – and risky – restructuring Questor’s decision in December 2016 to tip Royal Mail has not proved to be our finest hour. To start with all went well: …
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Questor Income Portfolio: the prospect of a hard-Left government rightly instils fear in investors. But what is a suitable course of action? Does a possible Corbyn government represent an existential threat to our portfolio? In theory, any business based or listed in Britain is at some risk from a hard-Left government. …
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Questor Income Portfolio: several of our holdings have fallen during this week’s bout of pessimism but we have no reason to fear for our income The stock market took a severe tumble on Wednesday and some of our stocks bore the brunt: Lloyds Banking Group and Legal & General both lost 3.3pc …
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Questor Income Portfolio: we have a heavy domestic bias, which is doing us no favours when it comes to share prices, although our income is holding up nicely As it is the first Friday of the month we publish today our performance table for the Income Portfolio. It tells a …
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