Month: February 2022

My worst month ever, at least since I have tracked things rigorously and monthly, was March 2020. That was the month that the covid-19 penny dropped, with lockdowns starting across Europe. My portfolio dropped 13% that month, after a 6% drop the month before – making my biggest drawdown -19%.

Once-a-century pandemics aside, my worst month in 9 years saw drops of about 6%. 2018 Q4 saw two separate months (October and December) that my portfolio dropped 6%. Aside from these 6%-drop months, I haven’t seen any my portfolio drop more than 4% in a month since I started tracking, 9 years ago.

So I was somewhat tense at points in January to see my dial dropping at times by 10% on the month earlier. The month rallied towards the end, leaving me down 7% on the month. Leverage was definitely my enemy , as equity markets fell everywhere.

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This, my annual review for 2021, somehow was overlooked in January. But better late than never, let’s ensure 2021 is not forgotten – it was a rather extraordinary year.

2021 was the 9th year that I’ve been tracking my portfolio (reasonably) rigorously, every month.

Following the format I used last year, I’m setting out here to tackle seven generic questions that I think all prudent investors should ask themselves at least annually.

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