This is the latest article from our contributor Reg Hoare, who has worked for 40 years in the City, initially in investment banking and the securities business, latterly as managing director of MHP Communications. He has been investing in investment trusts as a private investor for more than three decades. Here, he reviews the performance of his holdings as we move into the second half of 2026.
Reg Hoare H1 performance and attribution It has been notable in recent weeks that investment companies reporting results for the period ended 31 March 2026 have been ruing the unfortunate timing of ha...
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This is the latest article from our contributor Reg Hoare, who has worked for 40 years in the City, initially in investment banking and the securities business, latterly as managing director of MHP Communications. He has been investing in investment trusts as a private investor for more than three decades. Here, he reviews the performance of his holdings as we move into 2026.
Reg Hoare It started well... Q1 started so well; by 27 February, the FTSE 100 index was up nearly 10%. Then the Iran War began, and the index retraced its steps by some 7%, leaving the market overall up about 2.5% over t...
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This is the latest article from our contributor Reg Hoare, who has worked for 40 years in the City, initially in investment banking and the securities business, latterly as managing director of MHP Communications. He has been investing in investment trusts as a private investor for more than three decades. Here, he reviews the performance of his holdings over 2025 and looks forward to 2026.
Reg Hoare Onwards and upwards Another year has sped by, with drama aplenty along the way for markets to worry about. Overall, my SIPP had a decent year, rising 18.3%, fractionally behind the rise in the FT...
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This is the latest article from our contributor Reg Hoare, who has worked for 40 years in the City, initially in investment banking and the securities business, latterly as managing director of MHP Communications. He has been investing in investment trusts as a private investor for more than three decades. Here, he reviews the performance of his holdings over the third quarter of 2025.
Reg Hoare Onwards and upwards Q3 2025 was another decent quarter for my SIPP portfolio, with a 6% rise. For the year to date, the SIPP is now 14.4% ahead, a very satisfactory outcome, albeit this almost exactly...
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Exclusive to subscribers to the Money Makers Circle Contents - What's new this week - Latest trust profile - Trust news over the past week - Recent issuance and buybacks - Good reads - Video reviews - Trust price and NAV performance - Z-scores - Investment Trusts Handbook - Appendices
What's new this week We have put out two episodes of the podcast this week, both featuring UK equity trusts, though two very different ones. The first was with Richard Staveley, manager of Rockwood Strategic (RKW). a strongly performing specialist small-cap trust operating in the lower reaches of the market, and...
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This is the latest article from our contributor Reg Hoare, who has worked for 40 years in the City, initially in investment banking and the securities business, latterly as managing director of MHP Communications. He has been investing in investment trusts as a private investor for more than three decades. Here, he reviews the performance of his holdings over the second quarter of 2025.
Reg Hoare The best quarter After the tricky first quarter, Q2 2025 was a much-needed return to rising markets and to form for my SIPP portfolio, which produced its best three-monthly return since I started thi...
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This is the latest article from our contributor Reg Hoare, who has worked for 40 years in the City, initially in investment banking and the securities business, latterly as managing director of MHP Communications. He has been investing in investment trusts as a private investor for more than three decades. Here he reviews the performance of his holdings over the first quarter of 2025.
Reg Hoare A tricky quarter Q1 proved to be a tricky quarter, with volatility driven by continued geopolitical and macroeconomic uncertainty. Against this background, my portfolio unsurprisingly gave up some of ...
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Exclusive to subscribers to the Money Makers Circle Contents - On the podcast this week - Latest trust profile - Trust news over the past week - Recent issuance and buybacks - Thoughts on the news/portfolio reviews - Good reads - This week's biggest movers - Investment Trusts Handbook - Video reviews - Appendices
On the podcast this week On the podcast this week I talk first to Richard Staveley, the manager of Rockwood Strategic (RKW), the best-performing trust in the UK small-cap sector, though one that specialises in riskier small caps at the bottom of the market capitalisation scale. It is...
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On the podcast this week This week I recorded an hourlong conversation with Boaz Weinstein, the CIO of Saba Capital, to explore the reasoning behind his campaign to oust directors at seven investment trusts, replace their whole boards with his own nominees, offer liquidity to a propo...
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On the podcast this week Boaz Weinstein's webinar this week in which he explained his plans for the seven trusts where Saba Capital has requisitioned meetings to oust their boards of directors was unlike anything we have witnessed in the sector in my lifetime. It was an hour and a qu...
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