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Correction Losses

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  • msallen
    msallen Posts: 1,494 Forumite
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    Whilst I'm about level this year (<1% down) I see that puerile ego massaging delusions are up about 20%.
  • grey_gym_sock
    grey_gym_sock Posts: 4,508 Forumite
    msallen wrote: »
    I see that puerile ego massaging delusions are up about 20%.

    is there an ETF for that?
  • ivormonee
    ivormonee Posts: 427 Forumite
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    MonroeM wrote: »
    Currently I only invest in active funds in my S & S ISA account and it is 100 per cent in equities. In January at its height the total amount was up to approx £148,000 and after the correction it dropped around £11,000 to £137,000 so a drop of about 7.5 per cent. It is now back up to the original amount at its height.

    I would be interested to know how people fared with global trackers or other passive funds (mainly those invested in 100 per cent equities) during this period of correction?

    Not really sure how you can be at the same point you were in January. My "balanced" portfolio is down approx. 3% since then.
  • Thrugelmir
    Thrugelmir Posts: 89,546 Forumite
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    is there an ETF for that?

    There's an offshore hedge fund available through Broadmoor Mind Managers Inc.
  • A_T
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    ivormonee wrote: »
    Not really sure how you can be at the same point you were in January. My "balanced" portfolio is down approx. 3% since then.

    FTSE All-World in GBP is about +0.5% in 2018
  • fun4everyone
    fun4everyone Posts: 2,369 Forumite
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    edited 5 May 2018 at 10:16PM
    A_T wrote: »
    FTSE All-World in GBP is about +0.5% in 2018

    The OP states at the "height" of their portfolio. The first few weeks of January were very good for equities and my portfolio peaked mid Jan. It's still up for the year like you say but I am down 3% from the peak I reached.
  • firestone
    firestone Posts: 520 Forumite
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    think i'v had too much to drink i saw the 20% mentioned and thought it was about today's temperature
  • Theta101
    Theta101 Posts: 140 Forumite
    I'm down 2.7% from my peak.
  • Ray_Singh-Blue
    Ray_Singh-Blue Posts: 519 Forumite
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    They say every dog has its day. So far this year.

    EDF up 15%
    TESCO up 20%
    SAINSBURY up 20%
    OILB up 15%

    The good news is that I held all those.

    The bad news is that I sold all of them in January, after years of lacklustre performance... finally convinced of the benefits of a fully passive strategy.
  • JohnRo
    JohnRo Posts: 2,887 Forumite
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    not a passive investment.

    my income portfolio since it's last valuation peak on 8th January this year

    MDD -8.23% on 4th April

    latest -3.58% on 2nd May
    'We don't need to be smarter than the rest; we need to be more disciplined than the rest.' - WB
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