Shares
Revealed: world's biggest small portfolio
Below is our "world's biggest small share portfolio" with spreadsheets available if you click on the dates. The losses have reduced due to plenty of tax-loss selling after some windfall gains playing the angles on capital raisings as was explained here.
Feb. 25, 2010
All share transactions in 2010
This list tracks all our share transactions in 2010 and go here for the complete record of everything we did in 2009.
Mar. 18, 2010
Capital raising plays since Jan 2009
The following list tracks the various capital raising plays since January 2009 and those which are coming up. There's also this version ranking the biggest profits. Also, check out all trades, the full portfolio plus our most recent Mayne Report email editions.
Mar. 17, 2010
Ranking the best capital raising plays
The following list ranks the best capital raising plays since the beginning of 2009. All gains are gross before brokerage and profit share and these ignore more than $100,000 in crystallised losses over the past two years. Also, check out all trades in 2009, the full portfolio plus the latest lively email editions of The Mayne Report.
Mar. 17, 2010
Companies which refused or scaled back applications for new shares
The following lists tracks companies which scaled back applications for additional shares in entitlement offers, limited the size of them or failed to offer it at all.
Jan. 12, 2010
The capital raisings refund experience
This list tracks how various public companies have handled refunds after scaled back capital raisings.
Mar. 16, 2010
Companies which left the door open in capital raisings
The following list tracks companies which announce capital raisings but then leave the door open for new shareholders to buy in by having a later record date. The issue was explored in the October 5 email edition.
Jan. 19, 2010
Placement offenders who owe SPP
The following list tracks the companies which have done excessive institutional placements over the past two years that diluted retail investors who are now owed a share purchase plan to make good the injustice.
Jan. 12, 2010
Trading history in almost 1000 stocks
Here is a complete alphabetical list of Stephen Mayne's share dealings in almost 1000 companies over the years. Go here for the full portfolio and trading histories sliced and diced in a variety of interesting ways.
Mar. 18, 2010
All share transactions in 2009
This list tracks our share trades in 2009 which have focused on tax-loss selling and capital raising plays. Also, check out all our holdings in the world's biggest small share portfolio.
Jan. 12, 2010
All share transactions in 2008
Here is a full list of Stephen Mayne's rather unprofitable share trading in 2008 as the market crashed.
Jan. 7, 2010
All share transactions in 2007
Here is a list of on-market share transactions completed by Stephen Mayne in calendar 2007. Go here for the full portfolio and trading histories sliced and diced in a variety of interesting ways.
Oct. 2, 2009
The 368 stocks we bought in 2007
We promised complete disclosure of our share dealings as part of the Mayne Report so here goes. For full disclosure of Stephen's share holding, go here for the full portfolio and trading histories sliced and diced in a variety of interesting ways.
Oct. 2, 2009
The stocks we bought in 2006
For full disclosure of Stephen's share holding, go here for the full portfolio and trading histories sliced and diced in a variety of interesting ways.
Oct. 2, 2009
The 60 stocks we bought in 2005
We promised complete disclosure of our share dealings as part of the Mayne Report so here goes. For full disclosure of Stephen's share holding, go here for the full portfolio and trading histories sliced and diced in a variety of interesting ways.
Oct. 2, 2009
The results of retail short fall bookbuilds
This list tracks what has happened when companies allow institutional and retail investors to renounce their entitlement into a bookbuild in a capital raising.
Oct. 10, 2009
Companies worth over $10M I don't own
Below is a list of the listed companies on the ASX that have a market capitalisation above $10 million that we don't own.
Feb. 25, 2010
Takeovers we've accepted since 2005
Here is a list of all takeover bids we've accepted since we started building the world's biggest small share portfolio in 2005. Go here for the full portfolio and trading histories sliced and diced in a variety of interesting ways.
Apr. 2, 2009
Shares retained in collapsed companies
Here is a list of public companies that I've had the unfortunate experience of being on the share register when they've collapsed or gone into administration.
Mar. 18, 2009
The Bluescope letter on retail allocation
Below is the letter sent to Bluescope Steel chairman Graham Kraehe and the full board lobbying for there to be no retail scale-back in the recent $616 million retail offer. In the end the board gave 99.9% of shareholders everything they asked for.
Jun. 8, 2009
