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Sector and Thematic Investing with ETFs

2026-10-05T13:04:57.289+01:00

President Trump has managed to complicate the world economy. International trade has been hampered by tariffs and restricted passage. Executive orders have distorted the economy by lighting a fire under some companies and extinguishing others! Oil prices have rocketed, inflation, interest rates and bond yields have risen and yet gold has not. Some companies are trading at way over 100 P/E (TSLA

T212 Portfolio update £202k 2026-10-02 + whole T212 Portfolio Analysis

2026-10-03T09:50:08.718+01:00

Prices went down during the week but recovered towards the end of the week. My Invest account thus stayed level but the ISA had lost over £1k this week.Topped up on GE Vernova GEV, Rosebank ROSE and Solaris Energy Infrastructure SEI in my Invest account and topped up on Corning GLW in my ISA. I also bought a small amount of new shares of Qualcom QCOM (£250) and Kioxia KI5 (£300).Bad week for

Top funds/ETFs - can I stick to my new plan?

2026-10-02T12:22:44.789+01:00

After spending several years having fun chasing stocks which I hope will show me a nice profit, I have found it to be quite a challenging experience.Across my Trading 212 ISA+GIA accounts I have 85 different holdings. This is becoming more and more difficult to keep track of. The problem is that in several cases, I have found that I should have sold earlier but I missed the declining price

T212 Portfolio update £204k 2026-09-25 + Snowball Analytics and JISA's

2026-09-26T11:02:09.170+01:00

Much to my surprise, shares stayed high over the whole week. Tuesday was the best day and due to Trump/Xi/Hormuz, etc. the market saw good news. However, I am still expecting a dip in share prices next week when it all falls apart again.I took advantage of the high prices to sell a few shares but also make a few buys...In my ISA, I sold META (+20%) and Solaris Energy Infrastructure SEI (+13%

Tech stocks still have a way to go!

2026-09-22T14:56:05.135+01:00

I used my free trend chart to plot semiconductor stocks over the last 2 months.0992.HK is Lenovo, WCBR.L ($)/CYSE (£) is a cybersecurity ETF, HYNX.F is Hynix, 005930.KS is Samsung and IWVG.L is an All World Value ETF whose top stock is 13% Micron MU (earnings due on Sept. 30th 2026).Nearly all are trending upwards this month!AVGO Broadcom may be good value right now

PM Andy Burnham's Budget Capital Gains Tax rate hike and how to prepare for it

2026-09-22T11:13:40.456+01:00

It is rumoured that in the budget on October 28th 2026, Capital Gains Tax may be brought in line with Income Tax. This would mean a Capital Gains Tax rate rise from 18% or 24% to new rates of 20%/40%/45% depending on your income tax band. Typically, any CGT rate hike takes place immediately after the budget.For higher rate tax payers, the jump from 24% to 40% CGT is quite substantial.Let us

Stock tips I am buying this week (and they all begin with A)! 2026-09-21

2026-09-21T11:09:46.067+01:00

I have put in for some limit orders on three of the following US stocks today and I am also watching Moderna closely too but not yet buying at the current price...For research I used the free stock list app HelloStocks.ai (S&P only) and SimplyWallStreet for the first three A stocks. I picked them for value, future growth and health. Moderna is my own (very risky) pick.Moderna was

T212 Portfolio update £201k 2026-09-18 + tips

2026-09-19T12:09:37.110+01:00

The week started badly with my T212 portfolios down £7k but they have since recovered to about the same level as at the start of the week.Note that both these T212 portfolios are my 'play' accounts. I also have other holdings in simple generic All World Index funds, so these T212 stock picks are not what I would suggest for an average person's investment portfolio. You do not know my full

Try out my new share chart tool for trend spotting!

2026-09-17T15:15:51.311+01:00

Most stock charts allow you to specify a time period and some allow you to also plot a moving average line, but I wanted to easily spot trends (especially in ETFs).For instance, is Copper on an upward trend? What about Gold or the S&P 500? What about Euro banks?When plotted on a chart, I needed to smooth out the daily kinks but also easily change the time period. For instance, Copper may have

Looking for a growth ETF for H2 2026 and 2027 - Try IWVG

2026-09-13T11:06:41.233+01:00

I already have large holdings in MSCI Core world class funds. In my Trading 212 ISA and GIA I also hold quite a bit of gold and metals miners and tech companies.I am looking for a good global index fund which is not too heavily dependant on the US or on any one sector.I eventually settled on the iShares Edge MSCI World Value Factor ETF IWVG (dist.). I had already bought this on July 21 2026 in my

Trading 212 update £201k Portfolio 2026-09-11 + a look at Vanguard's VALL and my recent buys + tip

2026-09-12T12:10:39.218+01:00

My ISA lost approx. £1.5k this week and my Invest account approx £500.I used the cash in my ISA to buy the following, hopefully at a good price:I bought a little more OKLO as it may have bottomed out. OKLO seems undervalued, with a minimum fair value at $50.Bloom Energy was another small buy which I may add more to later. It provides a faster energy solution (fuel cells) than nuclear for

Investments for Q4 2026

2026-09-06T12:08:51.304+01:00

High bond rates and high inflation seems likely. We have high rates of borrowing. Most bonds, equities and interest-paying funds will not do very well if this escalates.In these circumstances, it make sense to diversify away from over-valued US stocks such as tech stocks and invest more in essential commodities that must be bought by everyone, no matter how much they cost (such as energy or

Trading 212 £203k Portfolio update 2026-09-05

2026-09-05T09:28:05.314+01:00

This week saw a drop in value of about £4k followed by recovery on Thursday/Friday. The drop was probably mostly due to the bond market and high Treasury yields but the good performance figures from Tech stocks this week from Oracle and Broadcom also helped. So I am up £2k from last week and about the same as two weeks ago. Overall, I am £53k up on my total deposits of £150k over a period of

Trading 212 £201k Portfolio update (+ investment opportunities)

2026-08-29T12:07:28.094+01:00

Both portfolios were down a bit this week due to a bad Friday, having reached £204k on Thursday. Top Invest GIA winners - last 30 days(P.S. Ignore the WDC entry in the above list - AI was hallucinating!).I made very few trades this week. I am looking at buying some more rare earth companies at a good price as I think China supply problems may escalate. I am looking at companies who have

Trading 212 £203k portfolio update 22/08/2026 + Tips

2026-08-22T08:59:27.557+01:00

After a bad Tuesday, the market seems to have recovered, despite the news of the USA economy debt being serious.£150 Deposit (+£53k)Market movements this week (see video below)T212 GIAT212 GIA (IRR 91%)Invest GIA holdingsT212 ISAT212 ISA (IRR 55%)ISA holdingsTradesIn my ISA account, I sold Hensoldt, Semi-conductor ETFs and I did a cheeky trade buying Moderna and

T212 Portfolio £201k update + thoughts on the USA, etc.

2026-08-15T11:30:00.483+01:00

My two T212 accounts together have finally broken the £200k barrier (£150k deposited over 30 months)! It probably won't last but it's still nice to see. My IRRs are now 50% for my Trading 212 Stocks ISA and 90% for my Invest account.Semiconductor gains have been variable but my metals holdings (gold, silver, rare earths, copper, etc.) seems to finally be on the rise after being undervalued for

What ETFs would I choose for a 'hands-off' Junior ISA?

2026-08-14T13:09:36.116+01:00

Recently, a friend asked me about how to open a Junior ISA for their child and what stocks they should buy within their ISA (max. deposit £9k per child per year). When their child reaches 18, they hopefully would have a nice fund on which they can draw on for college or a car or whatever. Another objective however, was to hopefully interest the child in the power of investing in the stock market

T212 Portfolio £197k update + tips

2026-08-09T12:51:36.543+01:00

The last few weeks has been interesting. My portfolio seems to have recovered and I am up £7k this month on Trading 212...£150k Portfolio - Invest (£110k deposited) + ISA (£40k deposited) I added £10k to my GIA a 3 weeks ago when stock prices were down and mainly bought AI stocks including disks and memory companies. These are now climbing into profit again (having sold for a nice profit

Issue: Cannot update Ventoy partition images on E2B drive to latest v1.1.17

2026-07-27T12:50:19.840+01:00

To fix:Go to Partition 2 of the E2B USB drive and run"\e2b\Update agFM\Download and update agFM_v2.cmd" which will update agFM to v1.A4.This will also update the "\e2b\Update agFM\Make_Latest_Ventoy_Partition_Image.cmd" cmd file.You can then run that command file and it should make the latest Ventoy v1.1.17 partition images instead of Ventoy v1.1.16.

I asked Codex to fix my Wordpress Asgaros forum issue - and here is what happened...

2026-07-18T11:27:35.135+01:00

My UK capital gains tax calculator website www.ukcgt.xyz had an issue. All my posts on the Asgeros forum on the site where displaying my private email address!I tried asking Google for a solution and also ChatGPT on Google and spent many hours trying to solve the problem to no avail.Finally, I tried Codex.I pointed it at my forum page at https://ukcgt.xyz/forum/ , told Codex that it was

T212 Update £181k portfolio - I'm DOWN £12k in a week!

2026-07-18T09:36:48.135+01:00

I have just added a £10K new deposit to my T212 Invest account, so the £181k value is actually over £12k down from last week.Invest and ISA accounts£10k cash deposited this week I have bought over £5k more shares over Thursday and Friday to take advantage of the low prices:I had not deposited any new cash for many months, so this seemed a good time. I still have almost £5k in cash left.Why

AI is down again today - I am still BUYING!

2026-07-16T10:52:36.924+01:00

AI shares are down today but compute needs are going up. Companies need more AI compute not less. Demand is strong. Large companies say they intend to spend more on AI, not less. They want their own in-house models to do their own training and develop their own agents because they all see the value in AI but do not want to be held hostage by AI providers and their haphazard model costs and

Time to buy AI picks and shovels companies again?

2026-07-15T08:42:39.955+01:00

Recent doubts about AI not being profitable has caused a sharp price drop (10-15%), but now the market is beginning to think they have over reacted! Memory suppliers have secured safe, long-term orders. Large companies have increased their capital expenditure on AI, not decreased it. Quarter profit numbers are showing positive gains.Memory manufacturers are starting to recover today.I will be

T212 £183k Portfolio Update and memory suppliers

2026-07-11T07:12:58.339+01:00

My two accounts were both down at the end of this week. During the week, some of my holdings were stopped out and sold. Stock that stopped out and sold was Moderna (sold £1k for £400 gain) and Micron (sold £2.7k for £1.1k gain). Also OSCR (sold £1923 for £368 gain).I topped up on AMAT, HYNIX and Korea ETFs. Also Solar Energy Infrastructure.Here are a few of my newer purchases:Recent ISA

Samsung and Hynix are down - massive buying opportunity!

2026-07-08T09:34:51.186+01:00

There is a memory shortage. There will continue to be a memory shortage for at least the next 3 years. The SK Hynix and Samsung price is down 20% this week. Planned/announced capacity ramp (HBM/AI-memory related), as reported by recent coverage:SK HynixHBM-related DRAM node capacity (1c): targeting ~160,000–190,000 wafers/month (300mm) by end-2026. siliconanalysts.comNear-term