Pretty darn good!ap8889 wrote:I finally did my monthly housekeeping. 2018 was a not so good year for equities.
My overall portfolio total return in 2018 (inclusive of all expenses outgoing and dividends incoming) was -1.2%.
This is not what I hoped for but actually represents a really good result. The FTSE All-share returned -9.5% in 2018!
https://www.ftse.com/Analytics/Factshee ... nual=False
The last three months have been torrid, and I am strapped in ready for turbulence in the next few months as the Brexit event unfolds.
My goals for 2019 with the portfolio are. 1: Add a physical gold ETF as an uncorrelated asset. 2. Keep fully invested and keep buying Vanguard ETFs and pound-cost averaging no matter what turbulence occurs. 3. Reduce the number of single share plays to follow: I am finding I am having modest success following events around a single company very closely and adjusting my holding. Basically trading in and out as my valuation band estimate is over and undershot, which is (so far) profitably scratching my stockpicking need.
Are you adding VWRL only (as you mentioned VWRL in an earlier post) or other Vanguard offerings? If you haven't seen them, you might be interested in the videos produced by " Pensioncraft". They have done some very good informative videos ..typically 15 mins in length. They discuss the Vanguard funds and also look at cross correlation, risk mitigation their selections. Mr Nakisa is a really excellent presenter imho.
Its interesting what you say about trading in/out of individual holdings ( definitely not HYP(*) but you gotta have a hobby, eh ?).
(*) I'm convinced that HYP 'IS' a hobby in it's own right
