This model portfolio, managed by Jason Evans at Kohn Cougar, is invested in funds and ETFs, across different asset classes. It is updated every quarter in Money Observer magazine.
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.
Killik & Co’s Mick Gilligan manages this hypothetical £100,000 portfolio for Money Observer, with a mixture of equity and bonds funds covering a global spectrum.
Investors looking for income and growth may find this international portfolio useful. Managed by Hawksmoor Investment Management’s Daniel Lockyer, the hypothetical £100,000 portfolio is updated quarterly in the magazine.
This £20,000 hypothetical portfolio is managed by stock market expert Peter Temple. It invests in a small number of companies and ETFs, and launched in December 2008.
The money-making concept behind the new Money Observer Nifty Thrifty portfolio is detailed in the June 2010 edition of the magazine. Its genesis is derived from the US Nifty Fifty – the 50 shares that investors could not afford to exclude from their portfolios in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
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