Engineering changes

When it comes to the shares of industrial engineers, I pay attention to directors’ dealings – and my gut feelings

• My Portfolio: More columns from FT Money’s private investors

An emerging conundrum

I have been focusing on emerging markets as a possible investment opportunity, although my track record has not been good.

Property has provided me with firm foundations

I first became aware of property shares 50 years ago, on reading an investment newsletter – I think it was written by a man called Beveridge – which my father used to receive

My Portfolio: Rally brings an autumn glow

FT Money’s My Portfolio columnists deliver progress updates on their portfolios

Nick Louth: Converted to bonds

I have undergone a profitable conversion from equities to permanent-interest bearing shares – I now believe in 11 per cent income

Kevin Goldstein-Jackson: Am I off my trolley?

I wish I had followed a friend of mine who has been “in and out” of Tesco shares for many years – instead of getting into African gold mines

Peter Temple: Look after the pennies...

Rises in share prices tend to produce floods of rights issues to soak up the available liquidity – and it happens in the rare coins market, too

I’ve banked my cash into the big names

As a small cap devotee, to have recently purchased BP, Cadbury and Vodafone needs explanation.

Nick Louth: Unease in the east

Warehouse developer Raven Russia has swooped on new business, but Ukranian farming group Landkom has harvested a $2m legal bill