2020 Stock Picking Comp

[Oliver Mander]

Its that time again! Make your claim on picking the stocks to watch in 2020...
The rules are similar to 2019 - with one minor change as outlined in (2) below.
Feel free to circulate this widely - we had a good range of entries this year, and would be great to see that grow further.

Rules:

1. Pick FIVE different NZX-listed equity instruments (incl. Smartshares and foreign companies listed in NZ). Companies/Funds with a market cap of less than $10m may not be selected.
   
2. Please also make a SIXTH pick - this will be used as a 'backup preference' should one of your picks delist or merge during the year. It won't cover companies that are placed in liquidation or dissolved.
3. Note that 'Cash' is one of the possible selections - this will assume a 12 month term deposit rate of 2.6%
4. Each pick has an equal weighting. You cannot pick the same option more than once.
5. Picks in by 7pm January 2nd 2019 (New Zealand time); ie, prior to trading opening.
   
6. You may not use the alias that belongs to someone else on sharetrader.co.nz, or misrepresent another person.

Returns calculations

1. Each will start with a notional portfolio of $10,000
2. Returns will be calculate from the last closing price of 2019 (Dec 31st 2019) to the last closing price of 2020.
3. Its a 'total return' comp, so Dividends will be included - but NOT benefits from imputation credits or other tax-specific benefits.
4. Rights issues are included according to a formula that does not increase capital, but recognises a capital gain/loss on the rights for the year.
   
5. If a selection delists or otherwise somehow dissolves; it will be kept but manually adjusted in your selections to reflect the realised situation resulting from the event causing this. The realisation will then be "re-invested" in your backup preference (see 2), allowing the opportunity to continue participation on a level playing field.
6. Winner is the person who has the largest %age increase.
   

There are THREE ways to enter:

• via this survey form: https://bit.ly/2REKHzh
• email to sylvestercat2018@gmail.com
• private message to me on sharetrader

I won't publish what people are picking before Dec 31st.
If there is a stock missing from the picklist on the survey form - let me know and I will sort it quickly!

Happy Christmas / New Year everyone...and happy picking.

Your faithful puddytat,
Sylvester