Happy Saturday from Copenhagen whose stock market continues to push higher. After a negative week, in the last 5 days the OMX index rose by 2.1% to levels now very close to all time highs. The European stock markets in general had a very good week, with the Stoxx index up 1.7% and the Italian FTSEMIB growing by 2.2%. As our portfolio consists in European stocks for 65%, it is not surprising that we have had a great week ourselves with a 2.3% increase versus a market performance of 0.4%.
The US stock markets were down, especially the Nasdaq which fell by 4%. The technology sector was the laggard and yet our two tech stocks, $GRUB and $TCEHY outperformed the Nasdaq which is a sign of their relative strength. After a long period which started in late March when it almost seemed that it didn’t matter which stock investors decided to buy we are now back to a market of stocks and picking the right one will be key.
There were several good news of our Italian stocks: Inwit and Raiway rose by 9.1 and 7.5%, respectively. On the automotive side, $UG.PA continues its rise: with this week’s 6.1% increase it is up 17% since my buy alert. Consumer discretionary also had a good week, especially in the luxury sector as the 3.4% weekly increase of $MC.PA demonstrated. It was a negative week for the bank sector and our two positions weren’t immune: it will be interesting to see if this downward trend continues in which case we will have to pull the plug.
I continue to like lots of candidate stocks to add to our portfolio, such as $NOW, $QCOM or $ZS but I would like to see the volatility reduce before we make our next buys. As always I will send a Buy Alert on this website and on Twitter if the time is right.
The table below summarises the portfolio performance since inception.
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