Hey can VGL please be added to the list?
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Hey can VGL please be added to the list?
VGL now added!!
Hi all - remember, a couple of days to go to enter!
We have 91 entries at the moment, so hoping for a rush in the last couple of days...
Thanks S..Cat for this comp. Have just entered my picks for 2018, did you receive them? I will be happy to make between 10% and 20% on these picks, but don't think I will get anywhere near the gains on the last years picks. Thanks again and cheers for the New Years:cool:.
Definitely got them sea weed!!
Have we got the broker picks for 2018 sorted ?
Does XRO still qualify as a NZX pick?
1) XRO - you can pick itt, but once it delists in January there's no further growth (ie, you'll be "selling" the shares for cash on that day). So not really in your interests to pick.
2) Broker picks...no - how did klid do this in previous years - a simple phone call :-)?
Up to 100 entries now...
Yes, i probably shouldn't have put it in. Trap for ypung kittens. I have been contacting the few people who picked it...and most have got back to me.
Got it greater fool!! And MCK definitely ok...will add shortly.
Special request SylvesterCat. Can you please in the next few days list the ten most picked stocks by ST members in the competition in order of popularity.
This might be helpful for anyone tempted to have a few bob in each as a way to tap into the collective intelligence of this investment community and to boost the diversification of their existing portfolio.
One could even be tempted to have 10X invested in the most popular stock, 9X in the second most popular e.t.c. regardless of whether one already holds the stock. X = whatever $ amount makes it interesting for the investor concerned. Might make for an interesting experiment for 2018 to see if such a portfolio did well.
One could also invest for example 5X in any stock picked more than once by a broking house if it was different to the above ten stocks as a further way of achieving portfolio diversification.
Although I am sure we all like to think we have all our bases covered already on the NZX, in my opinion it is good for the soul to admit it is not humanly possible to have a mortgage on all the good investment idea's on the NZX and to accept that there is merit in a diversification of idea's which is why of course boards of directors are made up of more than one person :)
Good idea Mr Beagle .....good thinking mate, no wonder some call you a guru
I think the top 5 in 2017 would have doubled your money (on a equal weighting) by having five solid companies in such a portfolio
That's pretty good seeing that speculative stocks like Serko and Pushpay weren't in the top 5