Big on Google! May be a wise choice. I’m not familiar with molten ventures, will check it out!
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I think you have a really nice looking portfolio there. I’ve just taken a small position with Legal and General because I’m chasing dividends at the moment. My portfolio is quite tech heavy and those dividends will help me mentally cope with the dips.
I was also considering buying some Starbucks shares, simply as I’m a loyal customer. I’m going to keep and eye on it and see what happens. You have a few others there I’m going to research. Thanks for sharing 
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Molten Ventures is new to me, never heard of them but going to look into them too along with the EM commerce stock. Have you dropped your Velo3d shares? Big drop at the moment, great time to buy if your thinking of purchasing soon.
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Thank you Emmie! I’m also trying to move to div stocks. Apparently I’m at 3.1% per annum right now which at least beats current interest rates. I don’t drink coffee, but I see my wife spend a tenner on a drink and a “cake” (not what I’d call a cake) and thought it looked profitable! It’s on a dip now (don’t I know!) so worth looking at 
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Molton Ventures used to be called Draper Espirt, amount other things they’re an early backer of Revolut & Freetrade.
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I’m holding heavy in Velo3D in my Isa (last post is my Gia account)`… Velo3D has been a bit of a roller coster … But holding strong … My ISA … Needa a good trim: Being trying to build out AMD.
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I’ve been chasing dividends and that is going to continue to be my strategy although I am expanding a little (but not too much) into growth stocks as well.
My biggest holdings which I purchased specifically for dividends are Persimmon (over 10% dividend yield) and Admiral (c. 11% with a special dividend also coming up). I’ve also bought shares in British American Tobacco (over 6.5%) and GlaxoSmithKline (c. 4.5% but with possible free shares from a demerger coming up) for slightly lower dividends but slightly less risk than the first two. I have other holdings and various ETFs for balance but those four companies might be ones you want to look at, Persimmon is one of the so-called “dividend arisocrats” who pay dividends that are not only high but also on a consistent and reliable basis.
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Thanks for all the suggestions everyone. Definitely going to have a look at Starbucks, thanks @StevieG, now might be the time for me to take the plunge and buy!
Also thanks @1anrs for the dividend suggestions. I’ve got Glencore who are nearly 4% I think and just recently got Contour Global who are nearly 7% so going to invest more with them but Definitely looking to expand. I think the dividends help get you through rocky patches, like just now (been a lot of red days for me lately). I was also very impressed with some of the charts that some other members produced showing the income stream they have each month from dividends.
@Optimisery glad to hear the Velo3d shares are still going strong with you. I’m going to top up at the end of the month. Think it’s a good one to hold long term.
Thanks for all your input everyone this has been really helpful.
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I 
this Celia. Risk v Reward. I’m sure you know what you’re doing tho.
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I have rebalanced my GIA recently to strike a balance between dividends, growth and speculation. Going to keep topping up on Cummins for a while. Will look to add alphabet once the stock split takes place
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It’s insightful that 80% of the companies I see people invest in I have never heard of 
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Possibly a little bit apple heavy 
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You have a missed call 
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And they have a WhatsApp message
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I have Molten Ventures in the 2022 baggers thread. They were doing pretty well at the time. Of course they dropped big time since I picked them The P/E Ratio is super low at the moment. Not sure how even their revenue is though as I guess it relies on them continuing to pick winners, I guess a big exit in one quarter could skew the P/E ratio for that qtr?. My own investment is still green though
My current portfolio, I’ve just opened a new isa for this tax year too, currently only holding Lockheed Martin in it but will be adding each payday.
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Big Ben and DEC are neck and neck today as we start May, but by the end of this month DEC will have given me it’s third quarterly dividend so at the moment that puts it ahead.
I’ve a feeling in my waters though that Kodal Minerals may just leave them both eating dust.
Either way, this year Ben has kept my portfolio firmly in the green with not red day in 2022.
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