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Growth Portfolio

September 2002

Investing in shares may lose you all or some of your money. Past performance is no indication of future performance. Some of the shares recommended here may be small company shares, which can be relatively illiquid and hard to trade and this makes such shares more risky than other investments.

A very disappointing month for the portfolio. While the FTSE 100rose by just 2.2% and the All Share by 2.0%, our portfolio fell by3.5%. This means it underperfomed both our benchmark indices. TheGrowth Portfolio however remains usefully ahead of both benchmarkssince operations started, with a gain of 5.9%, compared to the AllShare which has declined by 26.4% and even further ahead of the FTSEwhich is down 29.1%.Some investors are finding another worry; they fear that the fallingshare prices could do some real damage by causing consumer spending toslow down.  One study has attempted to find a hard-and-fast ruleto this. It shows that each £1 change in equity wealth turns into a 4preduction in spending. Official figures show th ...

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With small companies there is an above average degree of risk compared to buying blue chips. Please be aware that we have not assessed the suitability of any of these investments for you. The newsletter simply states a personal view and diarises the editor’s investment decisions. Please speak to your stockbroker or other qualified individual to ascertain whether any of these companies mentioned would form useful additions to your own portfolios. Past performance is no indication of future success.

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