Cashing In (Portfolio Sale)

After a couple of months of doing nothing, the DIY Income Investor portfolio is getting a little more active. With the new Financial Year, I have several bits of admin to do, including topping up ISAs and SIPPs.

Bottom line: moving money around between different accounts - and also cashing in some winning investments.

My Favorite Dividend Share (Portfolio Buy)

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Over the years I've held many different securities in the DIY Income Investor portfolio. Most holding come and go, falling out - that is the nature of the portfolio: buy low (with a high yield) and sell high (with a low yield).

But some (a very few, it has to be said) shares seem to be perennially yo-yoing up and down - as well as having an attractive yield.

Worth The Hunt? (Portfolio Sale)

After a couple of months of inactivity for the DIY Income Investor portfolio there has been some movement. 2017 has proven to be a very slow year so far, in terms of performance, and I am mainly just sitting tight waiting for the tide to change.

But one of my 'sell' rules has just clicked into action, so I have cleared out a non-performer.

Buying A Fund Manager (Portfolio Buy)

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Regular readers will be aware that the DIY Income Investor promotes do-it-yourself investing rather than paying expensive fund managers to do an often less-than-stellar job of deciding where your money should be held. For that reason I don't hold any traditional managed 'funds', although I quite like Exchange Traded Funds (which provide low-cost access to world markets).

Having said that, I don't have anything against buying shares in a Fund Manager, if they offer a good yield and seem to be doing a good job.