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We can't guarantee any level of performance but we will be
using the same diligent methods that have worked so well in the past.
In the Past Five calendar Years (ending 2007) , the Stocks that we have rated Buy or
Strong Buy have averaged a gain of 24% per year.
That's a total return of 198% in five years!
Each dollar invested in these Stock Picks at the start of
2003 and re-invested each year would have
almost tripled in just five years.
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how our Picks have done.
To see complete details of our performance back to year
2000 (our first full year) including graphs and details by individual stock,
click the link below. Our detailed performance even shows the full results of
the Editor's personal portfolio!
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Also under the full details link there are links for each historic year that
show you exactly the stocks we have picked in past years.
These outstanding returns were achieved mostly in established profitable
(and cash flow positive)
companies - and not risky penny stocks.
Most of our stocks would be considered value companies, or
"growth-at-a-reasonable-value". These include financials (banks,
property insurance, life insurance, wealth management), restaurants,
retail, railroads, cable, telephone, breweries, manufactures and more.
Essentially none of our returns came from
oils, natural gas, golds, minerals, biotechnology, or penny stocks. Those
may at times be great investments but they certainly are harder to predict
and we have done exceptionally well without them.
Specific examples of our best picks in 2007 include:
EGI Financial (insurance)
Up 42% in 2007
FirstService (diversified home services)
Up 49% in 2007
But our Really Big Gains were Made Over Several Years:
Stantec (Engineering)
Up 1,292% since we rated it a Strong Buy in
1999 (through January 13, 2008)
Canadian Western Bank
Up 502%
since we rated it a Strong Buy in 1999
(through January 13, 2007)
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A real key to investment success is to avoid highly
risky stocks where there is a good chance of losing most of your
investment. For the most part, we have avoided such big loss stocks,
particularly in more recent years.
We make
no guarantees or predictions regarding future returns, but we hope to continue
to beat the market indexes.
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