If you ever think about DIY-ing, having a flutter and making your own choice of shares, there’s many a website happy to facilitate you these days. But how do you go about picking a winner? Have you ever walked past a Games Workshop in a town near you? It’s usually full of those whom some would unfairly characterise as geeks, I would say computer-dungeon-and-dragons-type-stuff enthusiasts and if you’ve had time to notice, has been high street staple for many a year now. It’s thanks to our friends at fab fund manager 7IM that I heard that it has been (accounting for reinvesting dividends) the best performing UK company over the past decade, with its shares increasing from £5.50 to £110. Would you have bet your bungalow on it ten years ago? Me neither, and neither, I would think, have many others, including the pros, apart from its now doubtless very rich founders. Which just goes to show.
“2024 a mixed year for sustainable investing, report finds”
lthough in theory the environment (pardon the) for sustainable/ethical/responsible funds improved significantly last year, the performance of many did not. Excluding oil/mining/guns/fags all hampered their performance in the aftermath of Ukraine.