The end of the year brings the end of another quarter for the Micro Portfolio. And that means it is due its second update. The last three months of the year were obviously pretty eventful. The successful results of the various COVID vaccine trials hit the news in November, and…

Consumer goods firm Unilever (ULVR) first appeared on the site back in May. COVID aside, the investment case seemed fairly attractive. The stock traded for circa 4,122p per share at the time, equal to around 17x pre-COVID net profit. With stable and high quality earnings, not to mention the low…

I last covered alcohol giant Diageo (DGE) back in July. The Johnnie Walker and Guinness owner traded for around 2,820p then, a circa 11% drop on where it started the year. Now, what I like most about this firm is its ability to shower shareholders with cash. It can do…

Hargreaves Lansdown (HL) first appeared on the site back in late June. Shares of the investment platform provider traded for around 1,660p back then, which is around 12% higher than last week’s closing price. They started the year at over 1,905p apiece. Although that performance does not look very good,…

Anybody looking for a solid global equity income fund might want to look at Vanguard’s FTSE All-World High Dividend Yield ETF (VHYL). I say that for a couple reasons really. Firstly, it comes with the obvious advantage of sporting relatively lower costs versus actively managed funds. The ongoing charge here…