Step forward… The real Thrifty 30
In practice:
I name this portfolio…
Regular readers will be familiar with my Thrifty 30 portfolios. They are portfolios of thirty shares in financially strong companies at cheap prices. I first tried it on this blog, then I had a go for Money Observer [pdf]. Up to now, though, I have not maintained a Thrifty 30 portfolio. [...]
Printing itself out of trouble
In practice:
Buying when there’s ink in the streets
You only have to look at the BPIF’s Quarterly Outlook [PDF] to see how bad things are in the printing industry. Its survey reveals the sixth successive quarter of negative sentiment and reports staff cuts and frozen wages. Even though costs have fallen recently, prices have fallen further.
So [...]