Unit 2 Personal Portfolio

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In my personal portfolio I managed to make a total profit of $1,300.02 of 7 weeks. I saw my biggest profits come from my 5 shares and the most impressive share was the A2 milk Company (A2M) whose value increased by 31.1% over just 7 weeks. Whilst my worst Share being Origin Energy (ORG) which went down 4.44%. In all my shares alone I managed to profit a total of 2776.5. However my least profitable Investment were the Precious Metals as I lost a $1554.19, which is a considerable amount. I found that I bought the Precious Metals at a high price then they ultimately dropped, precious metals also happened to fluctuate a lot over the weeks.

In my personal portfolio I discovered that investing in shares is a great way to gain money however it does come with a big risk. As long as you choose stable shares or choose a share that has good potential you could see yourself making lots of money. However shares is not easy way to make money nor risk free of losing making money. Therefore, be sensible …show more content…

Therefore, I highly recommend not investing in precious as it is to much of a risk that does not tend to seek as much rewards as shares do.

Obviously in my long term deposit I profited as as I received a 2.55% increase per annum. Therefore ever week I received an extra $24.52. I discovered that investing your money in to a long term deposit is a risk free way of gaining interest on your investment however it is beneficial to keep your money in a term deposit over a longer period of time so you maximize that 2.55% interest.

I also invested in currencies like the US dollar, the Canadian dollar and the New Zealand dollar. I found that the US dollar dropped by a considerable amount whilst the Canadian dollar and the New Zealand dollar had a minimal increase in

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