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Its Not Harry

Comment and opinion for retail investors in the UK

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May Watching Brief now published

8th May 2018 by Mark Potter Leave a Comment

This is the regular market commentary that I have always intended to publish.  I have altered the format completely, so it now feels much like the presentation I would have made verbally to clients if I had been reviewing their portfolios as part of their service contract when I was their IFA.  That would have fed through to any necessary fund switches, sales or additions.

This change is the result of feedback received, so I hope it useful.  I have not restricted it to Member Only this month, so non-members can see if it might be helpful and justify signing up!  Here is a link.

Of course, this cannot be the same as a full review with an IFA, because that would conclude with personal recommendations, which I do not offer.  But if you have an IFA, this will give you something to take to the review meeting, or even to prompt an extra phone call.   If you are making all your own decisions and you are a subscriber, feel free to contact me if you want to disagree, or want to see any more evidence!

 

Filed Under: Announcements, Markets, Portfolios

Funds – a couple now written up (m)

23rd April 2018 by Mark Potter Leave a Comment

I know that fund research is what will interest many readers so I am now progressing to adding fund commentaries.  I will try and make them variable in terms of potential interest, so I have started with two very different offerings. 

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Filed Under: Announcements, Funds, Members Only, Portfolios

Site development update (m)

17th April 2018 by Mark Potter Leave a Comment

A thoroughly put together series of articles about construction of portfolios, concluding with an example portfolio, has been added to the members section of the site, as well as various other articles.

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April Watching Brief (m)

4th April 2018 by Mark Potter Leave a Comment

This has been added to the Member Only content. It is written in a different short format just making a few succinct points. 

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Blog post notification service

30th March 2018 by Mark Potter Leave a Comment

After trying various approaches, I have now installed and tested an option for members only to get an email when a new blog post goes live, with the option of limiting this to certain categories (eg Member Only) if you prefer.

The process does require members to access their WordPress personal account dashboard, which is not normally visible.  Instructions are supplied in the NotHarry profile page (which is not the same as the WordPress user profile to which you will be redirected) and that becomes available on the Member Login tab AFTER you have logged in.

Please comment below if you want to leave feedback.

Filed Under: Announcements, Members Only

Gremlins – March 29th

29th March 2018 by Mark Potter Leave a Comment

NotHarry apologises that the introduction of an upgrade to extra member services is not going exactly according to plan and you may find some slightly strange things happening while we explore different options to get the best possible user friendly solution!  I believe in testing on the fully live site, with myself and a few helpful people reporting back the errors, as that is the real world.  This phase of the site development is a learning curve and I am a perfectionist, so some frustration will be experienced all round! Sorry!

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