2018 forecast for stock markets, commodities and currencies

As many institutions are playing to be a forecaster, I also have decided to give it a try. I will have a look at currencies, stock markets and commodities prices in 2018.

 

Currencies and cryptocurrencies

In my opinion US dollar plummeted too much in the last year. Raising interest rates and possible repatriation of money by American companies, caused by lowered tax rate, will strength the dollar. Also British Pound will finally grow slightly. The currency which I underweight is Euro.

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+79.30% – great results of the 1st year of my mutual funds’ wallet

A year ago I opened my ISA account with AXA. Since that, I have been investing in the global stock markets and commodity funds. The results are much better than I expected.
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The chart above shows the performance of my investments vs benchmarks – FTSE100, FTSE 250 and SP500. My wallet performance was +79.30%. FTSE100 gained +21.87%, FTSE250 gained +3.68%, and SP500 went up 22.39%.

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Summary of my investments in 2016

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It was the best year in my investing history. The selection of assets which I chose at the beginning of 2016 turned out to be very good. I think that I am choosing very good companies because I started documenting my choices, sharing them with you so I am more focused on this. In a nutshell, Continue reading

+20.75% (+32.31% including change of GBP/PLN ratio) during 4.5 months, WSE wallet – week 08/08/2016 – 14/08/2016

During the week 08/08/2016 – 14/08/2016, the value of carefully selected stocks went up 2.34% versus WIG20 return +1.77% and WIG +2.34%.

+20.75% (+32.31% including change of GBP/PLN ratio) is the return from the start of running a public portfolio of shares on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. During this time (4.5 months) ratio British currency / Polish currency – GBP/PLN has changed from 5.41 to 4.94. I work in the UK and I have my salary in £ and probably my future is connected with the United Kingdom – that is why I am interested in knowing my return from investments in GBP.

WSE wallet – total return:                       +20.75%
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+13.77% (+18.37% including change of GBP/PLN ratio) from the start of running public portfolio, WSE wallet – week 18/07/2016 – 24/07/2016

During the week 18/07/2016 – 24/07/2016, the value of carefully selected stocks went up 4.58% versus WIG20 return 1.91% and WIG 2.20%. As we see, the wallet has beaten the market again and the result +4.58% is currently the best weekly result of this portfolio.

+13.77% (+18.37% including change of GBP/PLN ratio) is the return from the start of running a public portfolio of shares on the Warsaw Stock Exchange. During this time (less than 4 months) ratio British currency / Polish currency – GBP/PLN has changed from 5.41 to 5.20.Continue reading

11 BIT STUDIOS (11B) sold

Today I will show you my last transaction from my real wallet on the Warsaw Stock Exchange.

I had stocks of 11 Bit Studios SA (11B). 11 Bit is a game developer company based in Warsaw, Poland. They are renowned for a game “This War of Mine” which was released in 2014 and was a great success for such a small company.

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