How our 2012 microcap picks did over the past year...
Over the past year, we have recommended 12 different stocks. Each had its ups and downs, but how did we do overall? Well, for fun, we compiled a mock portfolio containing only the stocks that we recommended in 2012. We also followed the Game Plan exactly. We “bought” 100 shares of each at the recommended price. Below are the results. This is an ideal portfolio, based on intraday pricing. We have hidden the company symbols for non-subscribers. Subscribers can see the symbols in the January 2013 issue.
| MONTH PICKED |
ORIGINAL PRICE |
CURRENT PRICE |
SALE PRICE |
%GAIN/LOSS |
| 01 |
1.55 |
- |
0.77(100)1 |
-50% |
| 02 |
2.05 |
3.20 |
- |
+56% |
| 03 |
1.97 |
- |
3.94(50)2 4.80(50)3 |
+100% +144% |
| 04 |
2.48 |
- |
1.24(100)1 |
-50% |
| 05 |
2.79 |
2.31 |
- |
-17% |
| 06 |
1.58 |
2.03 |
- |
+29% |
| 07 |
1.15 |
- |
0.57(100)1 |
-50% |
| 08 |
1.70 |
1.89 |
- |
+11% |
| 09 |
1.71 |
3.04 |
- |
+78% |
| 10 |
1.45 |
1.22 |
- |
-16% |
| 11 |
1.80 |
2.21 |
- |
+23% |
| 12 |
0.92 |
1.07 |
- |
+16% |
| CURRENT VALUE (01/04/13) |
$1,697.00 |
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| PROCEEDS FROM SALES |
$695.00 |
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| TOTAL VALUE |
$2,392.00 |
+13% overall |
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1Sold all 100 shares after the stock slid 50% from the original price without doubling.
2Sold 50 shares after the stock doubled from the original purchase price.
3Sold the remaining 50 shares after the stock slid 25% from its high of $6.40/share.
As we said before, the portfolio at left assumes that each Company of the Month was purchased at the recommended price. There is no guarantee of this happening when trading for real.
Another important thing to keep in mind while looking at this review is that we generally like to allow around two years for our companies to “mature.” After about two years, we are better able to determine the direction of a company. Obviously, the last stocks that were recommended have had the least time to appreciate.
The 13% gain is encouraging and shows the importance of diversification. Of the twelve stocks, 3 fell 50%, 1 doubled, 6 are up and 2 are down. With a little more time, these results should improve.
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Information in this blog post contains references to past Bowser recommendations. This blog post contains no recommendations, and instead relies on data gathered on past recommendations from sources thought to be reliable.
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