Diary of a UK Stock Investor

This week Chris discusses his new project for an stockmarket style board game, goes through some of his recent US stock analysis results, talks about the recent reverse stock split with Mondi plc and provides an update on his personal portfolio performance results for January 2024. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday long-term retail investors, hosted by Chris Chillingworth...

This week Chris goes into a little more depth into why he is investing and discusses a recent revelation about his life decisions that has changed the way he is now doing things. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday long-term retail investors, hosted by Chris Chillingworth. The podcast is unique in that it serves as a place for Chris to reflect on the highs and lows of long-...

In today's episode Chris goes through his backlog of emails from listeners and members, discussing subjects such as making bad investments, choosing a reputable broker, understanding what a stocks & shares ISA is, how to price up stocks for the future and many other topics surrounding long term investing in UK stocks. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday long-term retail inv...

Long term investing in UK stocks is a very different and unique approach to making money from the stockmarket and generally requires a number of skills including patience. This week we define the difference between long term investing and other strategies to making money in stocks. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday long-term retail investors. With new episodes every Thurs...

Throughout history the world has witnessed a number of financial related bubbles. Dating back to the tulip bulb mania in 1634, all the way to the 1929 crash, The dotcom bubble, Gamestop and even Bitcoin. But what has happened to these NFT's that everyone was raving about just a couple of years ago? Are were they subject to a bubble? Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday long-...

As we ring in the new year of 2024, it's time to reflect on how December went for Chris' personal portfolio, along with a wider review of the previous year as a whole. Tune in this week as he discusses how his stock portfolio not only returned £2569 in December, but also achieved a whopping 33% ROI for the year of 2023.  Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday long-term retail...

A quick episode this week from a chaotic Chillingworth household just to wish everyone a happy holiday period and to wish everyone well with their stock investments for the new year ahead. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday long-term retail investors. With new episodes every Thursday, we focus on successful investing in UK stocks discussing education, strategy, mindset, id...

Financial education is the key between someone making £50k a year and getting nowhere, and a cleaner who makes £21k a year and ends up with £2.4 million in stocks and £5k a month in dividends alone. Showing that it's not the salary that matters, but what you do with it that counts. Tune into this weeks show to find out what you need to do to replicate this. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is...

We've had a ton of letters from listeners over the last few weeks. So in this weeks episode we address many of them and cover a lot of different ground around long term stock investing, spreadbetting, Stocks & Shares ISA's and much much more. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday long-term retail investors. With new episodes every Thursday, we focus on successful investing in...

This week we go through how my stock portfolio performed in November 2023 and delivered one of my best monthly returns yet. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday long-term retail investors. With new episodes every Thursday, we focus on successful investing in UK stocks discussing education, strategy, mindset, ideas and even stock picks and analysis. The show, which now has an...

On Tuesday November 28th, the news spread that Charles T Munger had passed away. He was 99, with a stock portfolio worth $2.7 billion. Best friend of Warren Buffet, the two had been inseperable since their 20's. In today's episode we talk the investing wisdom this man shared following 50 years of long term stock investing. We also talk about a new kids investing membership project that has the pot...

In this weeks episode I talk about why I do what I do, why i'm investing in UK stocks and what the grand plan is. I also invite listeners to share their own stories an experiences of investing in stocks. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday long-term retail investors. With new episodes every Thursday, we focus on successful investing in UK stocks discussing education, strate...

Is everything you are doing adding value? When looking at their all time profit/loss records, most day traders find that they've actually spent the last 5 years losing money chasing the big dream. Long term investors tend to have more positive numbers, but are you beating the market? How can you measure that you've made the right decisions with your stock investment portfolio? This week Chris expl...

In this weeks episode I answer a members request to give my opinion on three stocks from his portfolio. Rolls Royce plc [LSE: RR.], Tui AG [LSE: TUI] and Palantir [NYSE: PLTR].  Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday retail investors. Going Live every Thursday, we focus on successful investing in UK stocks discussing education, strategy, mindset, ideas and even stock picks and...

A double-header this week with this being the second of two episodes going out for the first time ever. In Episode 57 we take a look at my invesment portfolio diary and take a look at how the month of October went amid a falling stock market and a weak economy. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday retail investors. Going Live every Thursday, we focus on successful investing...

It's been a year since I started this podcast and since then i've showed up every single week doing these episodes. In this weeks episode I reflect on the journey so far and how I think things have been going with my modestly small investment portfolio as I look to grow it into something that wil change the lives of myself and my children. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyda...

Since 2014, the value of my collective handpicked stocks known as my 'Watchlist' has fallen more than 5% on 4 occasions. This month, it's looking likely that it's going to happen a 5th time. In this weeks episode I discuss those previous occasions and the similarities to this time around, as well as discussing the right way to 'think' about such events that lead to wealth generation for everyday i...

USA Analysis, Microsofts takeover of Activision, the weaker market prices, corruption in China and the effects of population decline around the world and on long term investing are just some of the things we are talking about in this weeks Episode 54.  Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday retail investors. Going Live every Thursday, we focus on successful investing in UK sto...

Most retail investors are making a huge mistake when building their portfolio which will almost certainly lead to them losing money over the long term and wasting years chasing the wrong investments. These are necessary losses, because they can be avoided. In this weeks show we discuss these mistakes and the solution to avoiding making them yourself. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show...

The portfolio fell last month. This week we take a deeper look into how things are going with the journey from £4k to £1,024,867 and discuss a few aspects of my approach to long term investing. We also saw a +30% rise in the number of unique downloads. So thank you everyone who's tuned in over the last month. I genuinely appreciate all your support. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show f...

There's one thing most investors do that damages their chances of success, even in long term investing. Eradicating it from your investing can make such a profound difference to your results that it simply can't be ignored. This week we discuss precisely what this is and what to do instead of it. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday retail investors. Going Live every Thursda...

We've reached the BIG EP50! Thanks for all your support everyone. This week we talk about a stock that in the last few years has plummetted from £98 to £11 and cost a lot of beginner investors a lot of money. But it shouldn't have needed to, had they known what to look for. The evidence was all there that this stock was going down! We're also opening the membership up for 3-4 new faces. So check o...

Discount retailer Wilko announced this week that they filed for administration. But what went wrong? What caused their demise? How long did they know things were bad? And just how bad is it? In this weeks episode Chris takes a deeper look into the financial statements to determine precisely what happened and why.  Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday retail investors. Going...

Another profitable month for the portfolio.....just. But it would have been a losing month had it not been for one of my favourite stocks leaping ahead by 20% in value. This week we take a look at how the portfolio is going and also discuss the importance of patience. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday retail investors. Going Live every Thursday, we focus on successful inv...

The media is reporting that Michael Burry, star of 'The Big Short' is predicting another big stockmarket crash in 2023. So much so, he's put $1.6bn shorting the market. But has he? This week I delve deeper into what he's actually said, and it turns out, it's wholly inaccurate. Diary of a UK Stock Investor Podcast is a show for everyday retail investors. Going Live every Thursday, we focus on succe...