Revealed: world's biggest small portfolio

January 18, 2010: portfolio of 722 holdings worth $69,225. Overall paper loss of $4,650 and average holding worth $96.

December 21, 2009: portfolio of 732 holdings worth $70,403. Overall paper loss of $2,836 and average holding worth $96.

November 13, 2009: portfolio of 742 holdings worth $63,083. Overall paper loss of $7,342 and average holding worth $85.


October 30, 2009: portfolio of 745 holdings worth $56,136. Overall paper loss of $10,022 and average holding worth $75.

October 9, 2009: portfolio of 721 holdings worth $56,622. Overall paper loss of $9,062 and average holding worth $81.

September 25, 2009: portfolio of 711 holdings worth $56,622. Overall paper loss of $5,667 and average holding worth $79.

September 7, 2009: portfolio of 702 holdings worth $47,833. Overall paper loss of $13,566 and average holding worth $68.

August 7, 2009: portfolio of 701 holdings worth $44,567. Overall paper loss of $17,757 and average holding worth $63.

July 16, 2009: portfolio of 722 holdings worth $76,834. Overall paper loss of $23,447 and average holding worth $106.

June 18, 2009: portfolio of 698 holdings worth $194,716 supported by $105,284 in margin loans. Overall paper loss of $3,298 and average holding worth $279. The discrepancy with past months is because big Bluescope capital raising play is on the books, but was sold shortly after.

May 19, 2009: portfolio of 637 stocks worth $69,073 with paper loss of $61,732. Average holding $108.


May 4, 2009: portfolio of 635 stocks worth $76,478 with paper loss of $85,887. Average holding $120.

April 16, 2009: portfolio of 655 stocks worth $79,516 with paper loss of $100,822. Average holding $121.

March 15, 2009: portfolio of 674 stocks worth $71,294 with paper loss of $127,457. Average holding $106.

January 23, 2009: portfolio of 674 stocks worth $87,801 with paper loss of $127,973. Average holding $130





December 5, 2008: portfolio of 700 stocks worth $140,907 with paper loss of $105,062. Average holding $201.

October 9, 2008: portfolio of 708 stocks worth $143,772 with paper loss of $105,618. Average holding $203.

September 17, 2008: portfolio of 718 stocks worth $162,790 with paper loss of $88,132. Average holding $226.

July 21, 2008: portfolio of 711 stocks worth $173,953 with paper loss of $78,343. Average holding $244.

June 8, 2008: portfolio of 705 stocks worth $169,797 with paper loss of $60,087. Average holding $240.

May 16, 2008: portfolio of 693 stocks worth $179,680 with paper loss of $44,153. Average holding $259.

April 18, 2008: portfolio of 673 stocks worth $186,279 with paper loss of $55,242. Average holding $276.



A fuller history on when we traded in more than 800 different Australian securities is available here.

And check out this list of all transactions so far in 2009, along with similar lists for 2008 and 2007.

Finally, here are the chronological lists for our $500 purchases in 2008, 2007, 2006 and 2005.

Check out all the Mayne Report business lists here.