My ISA and GIA portfolios gained a bit this week (£100+£1k). I have started to sell some of my smaller holdings (<£50) and also sold Regeneron Pharmaceuticals (triggered by a Top Loss limit) for a profit. My main sell inside my ISA was of Sylvania Platinum which made a very small loss (it did not seem to be moving much over the last 2 months). I rebought Greatland Resources GGP in my ISA (£500 worth - currently 2% up).
Mining and drugs companies are notoriously volatile and I typically will sell them if they show a 10% or better profit and then start to dip. Ely Lilly was doing well but seems to have dipped a bit this week but I am still 22% up and will hold).
Tips
I have no particularly hot tips for this week. The Feds may cut the interest rate again this month, but the markets are not expecting any more cuts until the Summer 2026. If Ukraine remains stable, the next 6 months are not expected to show much growth for the USA. Crypto is also looking weak. Some investors are looking at increasing their holdings in dividend ETFs for 2026/2027.
Silver miners were looking very strong but has stabilised in the last few weeks. I still think they have more to gain though and are worth holding.
The $USD rate is looking stronger vs the £GBP, so unhedged ETFs are looking better than hedged ETFs (unlike the first 9 months of 2025 when hedged $USD ETFs were better due to the weakening dollar).
It may be practical to add some FTSE and STOXX ETFs for 2026/2027. I like PSRU (dist) for FTSE and BNKE (acc) for Euro banks.
As always, by far the largest proportion of my entire portfolio (outside of T212) is in global All World ETFs - e.g. HMWS (acc) or IWDD (dist) with a side order of World Tech (WITS dist) and USA Tech (XSTC dist) as well as USA Tech XLKQ (synth. acc).
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