Crazy busy seems to be the new normal at work. Not that I'm complaining too much as I'm rather enjoying myself. A little choppiness returning to the markets this month, a welcome relief for those of us with cash held aside. Evergrande, inflation, energy price surges, broken supply chains are taking the place of Covid as the predominant concerns for the market.
Lots going on across the portfolio, with lots of them reporting over the course of the month. 888 have gone shopping for William Hill, Blackbird have signed a great looking licensing deal, Tate & Lyle have agreed to sell half of the business, Elco speeding up their licensing pivot, Computacenter and Abcam both putting in a good set of updates. Pretty pleasing bunch really, nothing of particular concern, but many have drifted down as sentiment has soured. Since I don't have much exposure to oil, it's price changes won't affect the portfolio, but if it surges I'll get left behind. Ho Hum.
I've kept a little cash to one side over the last few months as prices have increased, but added to Duke Royalty as I like the look of the business. They also chip in a decent yield to the dividend pot.
The portfolio was down -2.1% in September, behind my chosen benchmark (Vanguard FTSE All Share Accumulation) which was down -0.5% over the same period.
Telecom Plus +17%
Tritax Big Box -11%
