January 2015 Investment Review

What has happened this quarter

This quarter the FTSE100 has sunk again. The index finishing 122 points or just less than 2% lower. It began the period at 6,528 points and fell to end the quarter at 6,406 points. There were two days where the FTSE100 touched 6,200 within the period. As you will remember from reading my July 2014 investment review, I was far from confident of global markets remaining at such a high level and therefore was holding a high quantity of cash, awaiting a suitable time to re-invest when the market turned lower. That time came this quarter and purchases have been made. Continue reading “January 2015 Investment Review”