RSIC Mechanical Portfolio Review
August 2005 - August 2006
· An excellent performance, up just under 20%, comfortably outperforming the FTSE 100;
· Since inception, the portfolio is up 71.9% on total money committed and is showing an internal rate of return of 24.3% per annum;
· Increasingly hard to find any candidates for the value side of the portfolio.
Objectives of the Strategy for the Mechanical Sub-portfolio are (not necessarily in priority order): -
a) To achieve an average annual rate of return on investment across the portfolio that beat the FTSE 100
Met – outperformed the FTSE 100 by 6.1% during the year.
b) To provide a reasonable level of “safety” so that the risks of significant losses within the portfolio are small
Met – with the dual criteria (‘value’ and ‘growth’) approach we have a reasonably well-diversified set of stocks that should also balance out short-term trends in popularity between the two. Portfolio has managed to sustain two very significant failures without seriously impacting its performance.
c) To have a selection mechanism that is explicit, unambiguous, clearly understood and repeatable
Met - custom software program written to perform the analysis. Any club member is welcome to have a copy of the program and/or source code. Data is taken from Sharescope, a package used by many private investors.
d) To provide a means of regular (though not necessarily frequent) share trading so that the Club’s overall portfolio maintains interest
Met – transactions typically now take place every month.
None, but we need to reassess the value criteria since they have failed to produce a valid candidate for many months now.
|
Type |
Company |
EPIC |
Purchase Date |
Price |
# Shares |
Total Cost |
Dividends Received |
Sale Date |
Sale Price |
Share Proceeds |
Total (inc Dividends) |
Profit / Loss |
Profit / Loss % |
|
Value |
Countryside Properties |
CYD |
18/10/01 |
157.60 |
497 |
£799.19 |
£32.40 |
17/10/02 |
173.40 |
£849.80 |
£882.20 |
£83.01 |
10.4% |
|
Value |
Wimpey (George) |
WMPY |
13/12/01 |
196.31 |
399 |
£799.20 |
£34.12 |
18/12/02 |
230.00 |
£905.70 |
£939.82 |
£140.62 |
17.6% |
|
Value |
Westbury |
WBY |
21/02/02 |
285.60 |
274 |
£798.45 |
£31.10 |
03/03/03 |
315.22 |
£851.70 |
£882.80 |
£84.35 |
10.6% |
|
Value |
Crest Nicholson |
CRST |
25/04/02 |
237.60 |
330 |
£800.00 |
£31.35 |
28/04/03 |
215.50 |
£711.15 |
£742.50 |
-£57.50 |
-7.2% |
|
Value |
Savills |
SVS |
28/06/02 |
184.40 |
425 |
£799.62 |
£43.35 |
23/06/03 |
161.00 |
£672.25 |
£715.60 |
-£84.02 |
-10.5% |
|
Value |
Woolworths |
WLW |
29/08/02 |
30.73 |
2551 |
£799.84 |
£33.80 |
21/08/03 |
39.77 |
£1,002.53 |
£1,036.33 |
£236.49 |
29.6% |
|
Value |
Mowlem (John) |
MWLM |
17/10/02 |
139.50 |
580 |
£825.15 |
£59.16 |
22/10/03 |
185.37 |
£1,063.15 |
£1,122.31 |
£297.16 |
36.0% |
|
Value |
WH Smith |
SMWH |
18/12/02 |
335.99 |
206 |
£707.60 |
£39.14 |
19/12/03 |
275.00 |
£554.50 |
£593.64 |
-£113.96 |
-16.1% |
|
Value |
British Vita |
BVIT |
03/03/03 |
218.00 |
328 |
£730.62 |
£37.72 |
01/03/04 |
270.25 |
£874.42 |
£912.14 |
£181.52 |
24.8% |
|
Value |
TDG |
TDG |
23/06/03 |
199.00 |
446 |
£903.98 |
£62.45 |
30/06/04 |
210.38 |
£926.27 |
£988.72 |
£84.74 |
9.4% |
|
Value |
European Motor Hdgs |
EMH |
21/08/03 |
172.78 |
581 |
£1,020.87 |
£49.38 |
18/08/04 |
200.87 |
£1,155.05 |
£1,204.43 |
£183.56 |
18.0% |
|
Value |
Severfield-Rowen |
SFR |
23/10/03 |
323.88 |
306 |
£1,008.03 |
£32.90 |
05/10/04 |
477.50 |
£1,449.15 |
£1,482.05 |
£474.02 |
47.0% |
|
Value |
Crest Nicholson |
CRST |
28/04/03 |
215.50 |
330 |
£711.15 |
£49.50 |
26/10/04 |
339.90 |
£1,109.67 |
£1,159.17 |
£448.02 |
63.0% |
|
Value |
Countryside Properties |
CYD |
19/12/03 |
196.70 |
471 |
£943.09 |
£37.73 |
08/12/04 |
282.63 |
£1,319.19 |
£1,356.92 |
£413.83 |
43.9% |
|
Value |
Wagon |
WAGN |
01/03/04 |
198.00 |
514 |
£1,034.81 |
£46.26 |
23/02/05 |
179.50 |
£922.63 |
£968.89 |
-£65.92 |
-6.4% |
|
Growth |
Horizon Technology |
HOR |
24/03/04 |
66.50 |
1587 |
£1,077.91 |
£0.00 |
24/03/05 |
77.00 |
£1,209.99 |
£1,209.99 |
£132.08 |
12.3% |
|
Growth |
4imprint Group |
FOUR |
21/05/04 |
141.50 |
710 |
£1,021.67 |
£37.28 |
17/05/05 |
210.55 |
£1,482.91 |
£1,520.19 |
£498.52 |
48.8% |
|
Value |
Fyffes |
FFY |
30/06/04 |
117.34 |
897 |
£1,075.01 |
£32.89 |
20/06/05 |
155.55 |
£1,383.28 |
£1,416.17 |
£341.16 |
31.7% |
|
Growth |
SportingBet |
SBT |
21/07/04 |
99.05 |
1053 |
£1,060.21 |
£0.00 |
11/08/05 |
359.00 |
£3,768.27 |
£3,768.27 |
£2,708.06 |
255.4% |
|
Value |
McAlpine (Alfred) |
MCA |
18/08/04 |
254.70 |
402 |
£1,041.01 |
£70.55 |
19/10/05 |
348.75 |
£1,398.84 |
£1,469.39 |
£428.38 |
41.2% |
|
Value |
Lambert Howarth |
LMBT |
05/10/04 |
272.00 |
398 |
£1,099.97 |
£43.78 |
19/10/05 |
221.00 |
£867.58 |
£911.36 |
-£188.61 |
-17.1% |
|
Growth |
Advanced Fluid Conn |
AFC |
03/11/04 |
24.65 |
4512 |
£1,129.77 |
|
29/11/05 |
5.60 |
£240.67 |
£240.67 |
-£889.10 |
-78.7% |
|
Value |
Taylor Woodrow |
TWOD |
03/11/04 |
242.39 |
459 |
£1,130.13 |
£57.84 |
29/11/05 |
336.36 |
£1,531.89 |
£1,589.73 |
£459.60 |
40.7% |
|
Value |
Bellway |
BWY |
08/12/04 |
724.40 |
168 |
£1,235.07 |
£78.88 |
20/12/05 |
1052.30 |
£1,755.86 |
£1,834.74 |
£599.67 |
48.6% |
|
Value |
Wagon |
WAGN |
23/02/05 |
182.85 |
783 |
£1,428.96 |
£70.47 |
16/02/06 |
203.00 |
£1,581.99 |
£1,652.46 |
£223.50 |
15.6% |
|
Growth |
Hyder Consulting |
HYC |
08/09/04 |
150.00 |
730 |
£1,112.48 |
£8.04 |
08/03/06 |
263.52 |
£1,916.20 |
£1,924.24 |
£811.76 |
73.0% |
|
Growth |
Carclo |
CAR |
24/03/05 |
67.50 |
1767 |
£1,210.69 |
£21.21 |
14/03/06 |
70.00 |
£1,229.40 |
£1,250.61 |
£39.92 |
3.3% |
|
Growth |
Hunting |
HTG |
07/01/05 |
184.75 |
850 |
£1,580.58 |
£37.40 |
15/05/06 |
365.00 |
£3,090.50 |
£3,127.90 |
£1,547.32 |
97.9% |
|
Growth |
Dart Group |
DTG |
17/05/05 |
295.70 |
461 |
£1,382.00 |
£32.04 |
23/05/06 |
369.86 |
£1,693.03 |
£1,725.07 |
£343.07 |
24.8% |
|
Value |
Wyndeham Press |
WDSW |
20/10/05 |
114.43 |
1756 |
£2,031.35 |
£29.85 |
05/06/06 |
155.00 |
£2,721.80 |
£2,751.65 |
£720.30 |
35.5% |
|
Value |
Alumasc Group |
ALU |
21/06/05 |
158.50 |
1217 |
£1,950.59 |
£113.18 |
22/06/06 |
152.00 |
£1,837.84 |
£1,951.02 |
£0.43 |
0.0% |
|
|
Totals |
|
|
|
|
£33,249.00 |
£1,253.77 |
|
|
£42,077.21 |
£43,330.98 |
£10,081.98 |
30.3% |
|
Type |
Company |
EPIC |
Purchase Date |
Price |
# Shares |
Total Cost |