I have now been involved with the stock market directly for about 9 months. On the other hand I've also been participating in the ASX Sharemarket game (of which i'm playing my second game as we speak) which has been good. Here's some of the worst picks I've made YTD:
1. Crown (ASX sharemarket game)
2. Aveo Group (held in my own portfolio but sold due to various reasons)
3. Next DC (only been holding for a few weeks and I'm breaking even on it in the ASX sharemarket game 2 however wouldn't own this in my personal portfolio.)
4. Vita Life Sciences (A stock I've only held personally)
On the other hand, I've made some great stock picks which have served very well. All of these have been mentioned in the past and permeate throughout my blog posts since i started doing them.
1.G8 Education (paid $4.13 in the ASX sharemarket game 1 and also hold it in the game the second time round. I also hold this stock in my own portfolio)
2. Sirtex (Paid $14.72 in the ASX sharemarket game 1 and currently hold it in the ASX game round 2. I also hold it in my personal portfolio)
3. Slater&Gordon (only held it in the ASX sharemarket game 1 and i believe i paid about $5.65 for it but had to sell because the game is very short term and the stock was under pressure.)
4. TPG Telecom (paid $5.31 and have held this stock in game number 1 and currently hold it in game number 2, but don't own it personally)
These stocks have been the key performers of mine both good and bad. A subtle but very important note is that I've used share price performance to judge my own performance here only because it's common practice and it will make sense to readers. However, when i analyse my own returns this is definitely not the route that i take. Rather, i judge my performance on how the business has performed i.e. change in book value. This is a key distinction between myself and the vast majority of market participants.
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