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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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 calendar year 2024.
Reg Hoare A year of two halves It felt like a struggle to be honest – but in the end my SIPP’s 2024 return of 12.8% was pretty respectable, and it outperformed both the FTSE100 and FTSE All-Share indices. The portfolio...
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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 in the third quarter of 2024.
Reg Hoare Not as good as it promised Following the UK General Election and in light of the first UK interest rate cut, Q3 promised much, but rather like the British summer weather, it failed to deliver and subsequ...
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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 looks back on the performance of his holdings in the second quarter of 2024.
Reg Hoare A much better second quarter After unpromising beginnings to 2024, Q2 turned out to be a much better quarter for performance across the market, bringing a smile to most investors and rescuing the ...
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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 looks back on the performance of his holdings in the first quarter of 2024.
Reg Hoare A bit of a damp squib After the promise of Q4 last year, Q1 2024 turned out to be a bit of a damp squib for my SIPP’s performance. There were plenty of decent bright spots as my thesis on a number ...
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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 looks back on the performance of his holdings in 2023 and ahead to this year.
Reg Hoare 2023 performance When the market (FTSE100) retraced its 2023 lows in late October, it was all looking pretty depressing. My usually half glass full sentiment was running dangerously low and bei...
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This is the latest article from our contributor Reg Hoare, who has worked for 30 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 explains why corporate activity is creating an excellent opening for investment trust shareholders.
Reg Hoare Upside potential galore I have written this year about what I call “shareholder value initiatives” being utilised by boards to enhance shareholder value and improve performa...
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