KENT INVEST

Congratulations to our Kent Investment team who finished 5th overall and 3rd place in the Hedge Fund class at the UIBS trading challenge.

Hey all! Hope everyone is ready for another year! Interesting mining story, avec Glencore and Xstrata...

@KENTINVEST just paid for the end of year dinner! #pigeon #chicken #cheeseboard

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Increased BHP holding due to opportunistic volatility in share price. Re-averaging share price to 2095 GBX, 15% holding.

CORRECTION: Our Vanguard C.S ETF holding now tracks in GBP value dynamically, removing need to calculate real-return (inc. GBP-USD exchange)

Easyjet (EZJ) hit our stop loss on 24/2/2012@ 449. Potential to re-enter if EZJ drops further on Monday.

Spectris position exited up 10.23% after taking into account fees. Excellent work Alfred!

Opened RB position at 3493 GBX with 286 shares at 15:37, entry due to slump after dividend.

Vodafone position opened at 172.7 today at 13:30 with 1737 shares totalling £2,999 (Full amount proposed).

Entered into Spectris position at 1574p, with 636 shares. Comments on Easyjet sell off (33% profit) welcome.

After talking to the head of the Basic Materials group, we decided upon a 2125p target price, resulting in an entry at the bid: 2127p.

Presentation this evening on BHP Billiton (in GLT1 @ 6pm), looking build on our portfolio's early success. JC

New watchlist function on website. This is for companies that were not included in portfolio. BAE Systems up 21.52%

Presentation in GLT1 tonight (26-01-12) at 6PM.

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Update: Easyjet was accepted by members of the society on the 17th of November. It was then purchased on the 22nd at 345.7 GBp. JC

KENT INVEST MEETING TODAY, KLT1 at 6PM. PRESENTING EASYJET and DOING COMMITTEE NOMINATIONS.

Correction: CWK (Cranswick) sold at 730p, ISAT (Immersat) sold at 575p, and DGE (Diageo) sold at 1316p.