Backtesting the Investment Trust Portfolio – the results
The back-testing of the Investment Trust Portfolio is complete, and the results are in. How did the portfolio stack up against the benchmark?
The back-testing of the Investment Trust Portfolio is complete, and the results are in. How did the portfolio stack up against the benchmark?
We re-visit current thinking around sequencing risk – are recent claims that it is exaggerated true, or should we still fear "pound cost ravaging"?
Weekly Roundup for the UK Private Investor: retirement savings, stamps, benefits and tax credits, fracking and a half-year review of the markets.
We look at back-testing the Investment Trust Portfolio, and decide on a time frame, some benchmarks, a data source and trust substitutions
UK budget breakdown – income and spending
Becoming a Lloyd’s Name
Van Tharp 7 – Stops and Exits
Irregular Roundup, 12th February 2026
Mark Minervini 1 – Specific Entry Point Analysis (SEPA®)
Leverage for the Long Run
Stan Weinstein’s Stage System 1 – Charts and Buying
Freakonomics 4 – Names
Annual Portfolio Review 2019
John Bender – Question Everything
More
The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that’s the way to bet.

