Dogs of the Footsie
Constructing this strategy is simple: choose the 10 FTSE 100 shares with the highest yield, invest an equal amount in all 10 and hold for a year. Launched in February, it has so far had spectacular performance.
The Dogs of the Footsie strategy is explained in the March 2010 edition of the magazine.
The 10 Dogs of 2009 made an average return of 86.5 per cent after one year compared with 31.9 per cent for the FTSE 100 index (dividends included). The average annual performance over 10 years is 14.1 per cent compared with 4.2 per cent for the FTSE 100 index.
The 2010 portfolio's start date is 2 February and the constituents are listed below, along with their share price performance and links to fact sheets at our sister website Interactive Investor. Please note that dividend payments are not included in the current value as listed below.
Investors can follow this portfolio or set one up themselves. The first step is to find the 10 highest yielding shares of the FTSE 100 index. Check that a potential member of the Dogs portfolio has not already warned that it's prospective dividend will be cut. When you have identified the 10 shares you must split your chosen investment level between all 10 shares equally and hold all of them for one year.
Portfolio investments start date: Tuesday 02 February 2010
TODAY: Friday 30 July 2010
TIME: 06:03
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| Name | Shares / Units | Cost | Current Value | Profit / Loss |
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| BP PLC (BP-.L) | 1 | £5.72 | £4.13 | -1.59 (-27.80%) |
| Cable & Wireless Comms (CWC.L) | 1 | £0.732 | £0.65 | -0.09 (-12.30%) |
| Man Group PLC (EMG.L) | 1 | £2.425 | £2.23 | -0.19 (-7.84%) |
| National Grid (NG-.L) | 1 | £6.39 | £5.42 | -0.97 (-15.18%) |
| Royal Dutch Shell A (RDSA.L) | 1 | £17.82 | £18.93 | +1.11 (+6.23%) |
| RSA Insurance Group (RSA.L) | 1 | £1.299 | £1.28 | -0.02 (-1.54%) |
| Scottish & Southern Energy PLC (SSE.L) | 1 | £11.87 | £11.17 | -0.70 (-5.90%) |
| Standard Life (SL-.L) | 1 | £1.977 | £2.04 | +0.06 (+3.03%) |
| United Utilities Group (UU-.L) | 1 | £5.425 | £5.61 | +0.18 (+3.32%) |
| Vodafone Group (VOD.L) | 1 | £1.353 | £1.59 | +0.24 (+17.74%) |
Current value calculated using data at least 15 minutes delayed. Source: Interactive Investor.
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