July 2015: Portfolio Update

A flat performance in the month with a barely positive 0.08% gain, and trailing the FTSE100's 2.69% gain for a second month.
Still marginally ahead of the FTSE100 on the year to date though with 2.25% v. 1.98%

Merchant Adventurer's Index
			Forecast	1 month	YTD	55 mth
	Price	% holding	Div. yield	% gain	% gain	% gain
R-R	794.00p	20.32%	2.99%	-8.74%	-8.74%	20.95%
Aviva	520.00p	13.31%	4.06%	5.58%	7.33%	43.73%
National Grid	853.10p	13.26%	5.25%	4.39%	-7.08%	54.27%
BP	395.45p	8.70%	6.61%	-5.88%	-3.78%	-6.55%
Apple **	$121.30	8.58%	1.40%	-2.54%	9.75%	113.49%
IG Group	748.50p	4.76%	4.18%	0.27%	4.10%	56.85%
Imperial Tobacco	3365.00p	3.34%	4.17%	9.72%	18.65%	48.96%
William Hill	404.90p	3.26%	3.13%	0.45%	11.70%	119.84%
BAT	3801.00p	2.55%	4.11%	11.30%	8.60%	13.32%
Vodafone	241.85p	2.34%	4.87%	4.65%	8.62%	-4.14%
Microsoft **	$46.70	2.18%	2.18%	6.60%	0.41%	67.16%
Banco Santander	441.25p	1.82%	2.96%	-1.18%	-18.96%	-19.14%
General Electric **	$26.10	1.92%	3.01%	5.46%	3.15%	71.00%
BAE Systems	480.70p	1.70%	4.36%	6.54%	1.84%	45.67%
Barrat Dev.	635.00p	2.00%	3.63%	3.34%	77.64%	77.64%
SSE	1515.00p	1.48%	6.05%	-1.37%	-6.60%	23.67%
Verizon **	2998.23p	1.39%	4.04%	1.17%	-0.11%	8.03%
Centrica	266.50p	1.18%	4.71%	1.02%	-4.48%	-19.63%
BG Group	1092.50p	2.69%	2.05%	3.11%	26.30%	-11.11%
Cash		3.23%	0.00%
		100.00%	3.76%
				1 month	YTD	55 mth
Virtual Portfolio gain (incl. Dividends)
- 1 month gain   2135.51	2137.23			0.08%
- YTD gain         1644.62	2137.23				2.25%
- 55 month gain 1264.20	2137.23					69.06%
- 67 month gain 1000.00	2137.23					113.72%
Unit Price - £	2.13723	(Starting price - £1)
FTSE gain (excl. Dividends)
- 1 month gain   6521.00	6696.30			2.69%
- YTD gain        5897.81	6696.30				1.98%
- 55 month gain 5971.01	6696.30					12.15%
- 67 month gain 5412.88	6696.30					23.71%

Transactions:

03/07/2015	Div	Rolls-Royce @ 12.87p per share
03/07/2015	Rights	Rolls-Royce @ 0.1p per share
29/07/2015	Div	General Electric @ 12.46p per share