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Caledonia is the sort of investment trust that takes you back in time – and sure enough, the discount suggests its best days are behind it. But I’m more optimistic.

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Everybody loves to receive dividend income, which is a key component of the rewards of being a part-owner in a business. The demo HYP has already begun to earn it.

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I could have spent £5,000 on a great holiday, a decent car, or a bad woman, but instead I’ve spent it buying high yield shares for your delectation.

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I’d rather not review the HYP, in that it was a portfolio of shares bought just before the crash. But needs must, and you might be surprised at how it’s fared, however.

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Why take one unloved banking preference share into the portfolio when you could have two? Well, a few reasons actually, but they didn’t stop me.

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For the third time in five years, I own Lloyds shares. What’s the case for the company this time around?

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Are BP shares a buy?

Sometimes the best time to pick up a bargain is when everyone else is running the other way. Is it time to buy BP shares?

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I recycled some of my equity portfolio into Natwest preference shares. Out of the frying pan, into the microwave oven?

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Did you buy bank preference shares when the market was giving them away? Me neither. What an incredible opportunity it was.

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Companies can’t get dividends out the door quickly enough, for major private shareholders, who face a 10% tax rise on dividend income in April.

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Anthony Bolton’s China fund surely won’t repeat his glory days, but it’s not a bad way to invest in China.

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Bolton’s got a great track record – but he earned it 6,000 miles away from Beijing.

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Here are a few good reasons to back Anthony Bolton in China via his new Special Situations Trust.

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Today is Anthony Bolton day on Monevator, in recognition of his exciting new Chinese investment trust.

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I have written about several specific company’s shares here on Monevator over the past six months. How have they done?

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Buying Lloyds shares is basically a bet that sweating its assets will out the earnings, eventually.

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