II Editor
12 Apr 2018
NEW ARTICLE: Top 10 investment trusts - March 2018 "This past month has been a roller coaster for stockmarkets. However, despite a few changes, the most commonly bought investments hardly changed between February and March.The market downturn appears to have weighed slightly on LSE:SMT:Scottish ..."[link]
II Editor
16 Mar 2018
NEW ARTICLE: The top 21 trusts for consistent dividend growth "Four investment trusts have now delivered consecutive dividend rises for at least the past 50 years, according to the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). LSE:CTY:City of London Investment Trust, LSE:BNKR:Bankers Investment Trust and ..."[link]
Charityman
22 Feb 2018
Re: Performance today CTY is certainly going through a bad patch, it used to be a steady income with a little capital growth as a bonus but over the last few months the SP has slid consistently.
dancinglilly
05 Feb 2018
Performance today I realise the market is falling significantly and this IT is no exception. However, what concerns me is the sluggish performance when the market was rising significantly and the relatively large fall in the SP in the last few days compared to other ITs which I hold which are not impacted as much. It seems to be going through a heightened period of poor performance and not displaying the stability expected of a large IT.
strapuk
25 Aug 2017
Re: SP Slip Sadly not intelligent enough to add a chart to the post, but since the 20% dip v USD at Brexit, (c.1.49 down to c.1.21), it has gradually climbed to c.1.28 so has climbed c.6% from there. Maybe part of the reason for the sluggish performance of UK equity funds/ITs? Other than that, perhaps it's just a perception that UK equity is currently over-valued? No where near as bad as USA, but Europe, Japan and EM appear "cheaper". I could of course be taking total rot so happy to be corrected by anyone more experienced in these matters!!
Stepenwolf
25 Aug 2017
Re: SP Slip yes I am aware, but what explains recent poor performamce of virtually all UK income funds even if they are yielding 3.5 to 5.0 ? They had a boost when sterling weakened by 20% versus dollar but recently hey have regressed.
strapuk
24 Aug 2017
Re: SP Slip You do know that the FTSE100 companies earn c.70% of their income from overseas right? (If MSM is to be believed).
Stepenwolf
24 Aug 2017
Re: SP Slip May be time to bale out of UK and into more diversified trusts with worldwide exposure - BREXIT will not be a positive
Buy Sell Hold Panic
24 Aug 2017
Re: SP Slip The answer is obvious if you think it through...
Charityman
23 Aug 2017
SP Slip The SP seems to have lagged a bit over the last couple of months for no obvious reason?
North of the River
21 Jul 2017
Re: Dividend Announcement? I think you'll find that the Dividned has been increased for last 50 years. That covers a fair few market corrections and downturns. The fund also has reserves which can be dipped into to cover any shortfall in dividend payment. Plus I believe new rules in place mean, if needs be, some capital can be taken to provide a dividend. The latter I think has been used by other funds.This is one of my long term core holdings. It's not going to knock the lights out in terms of performance, but then a growing dividend soon makes your actual yield very enticing, even if you top up now and then.Good luck with your investments
Bahia Prince
20 Jul 2017
Re: Dividend Announcement? Thanks for drawing that to my attention WarrenGemini; just read it now.I agree that dividend should be very safe here; I guess I just sweat the small stuff at times.Thanks all.
BP.
WarrenGemini
20 Jul 2017
Re: Dividend Announcement? Declared today as 4.30p.Regards, WarrenGemini
Stepenwolf
20 Jul 2017
Re: Dividend Announcement? I think the dividend is very safe - City of London has increased its dividend consistently every year for the last 43 years
Bahia Prince
19 Jul 2017
Re: Dividend Announcement? I did see this PIE EATER, but whilst this was a helpful indication, it was only a statement of intention.It did actually say that the dividend would be "declared" in July. Perhaps I am being too picky, but we are now at 19th July, and is due to go ex div in 8(?) business days time; i think this is a bit slow?I hold shares in 7 other Investment Trusts, and they are much more prompt with their declarations.Thanks
