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investorsfriend.com's performance - "Year 2002"
This analysis is for all those stocks that had an active rating at or near the start of year 2002. The strong buys were up an average 5%. The buys/strong buys together were up an average 1% (which compares well to the market indexes in 2002), the neutral group was down 7%, The average of the two Sell ratings was down 74%. The overall results are quite good compared to the market.
Group		Rating to start "2002"		Price Increase	Our Performance
Average of 6 strong buys		Strong Buy		5%	good
Average of 16 buys		Buy		-1%	bad
Average for all 22 buys and strong buys				1%
Average of 14 weak buys		Weak Buy		-5%	bad
Average of 2 weak sells		Weak Sell		-23%	very good
Average for all 16 Neutral ratings (weak buy or weak sell)				-7%
Average of 2 sells		Sell		-74%	very good
Average of 0 strong sells		Strong Sell		n.a.	n.a.
Average for all 2 sells and strong sells				-74%
Rated As - Strong Buy Near January 1, 2002
Name	Starting late 2001 Date and Price	Starting Rating	Current Price	Price Increase	Our Performance
Thomson Corporation (TOC, Toronto)	Nov 14 at $ U. S. 30.24	Strong Buy	26.88	-11%	bad
Calpine Corporation	November 26 at 23.92	Strong Buy	3.26	-86%	very poor
Canadian Medical Laboratories (CLC, Toronto)	Sept 5 at 18.25	Strong Buy	30.4	67%	very good
Pason Systems Inc. (PSI, Toronto)	Nov 23 at 8.25	Strong Buy	11.95	45%	very good
Trilon Financial Corporation (TFC.A, Toronto)	Dec 21 at 14.80	Strong Buy	17	15%	good
Sino-Forest (TRE.a, Toronto)	Nov 20 at 1.13	strong buy	1.17	4%	good
Average Strong buy		Strong buy		5%	good
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Rated As - Buy
Name	Starting late 2001 Date and Price	Rating to start "2002"	End 2002 Price	Price Increase	Our Performance
TD Bank (TD, Toronto)	October 2 at 39.25	Buy	34.01	-13%	bad
Concert Industries (CNG, Toronto)	January 30 at $6.25	Buy	0.62	-90%	very poor
Accord Financial Corp (ACD, Toronto)	Feb 7 at 5.65	(moderately risky) Buy	5.05	-11%	bad
Silent Witness (SWE, Toronto)	Feb 8 at $12.5	Buy	6.5	-48%	very poor
Power Financial Corporation (PWF, Toronto)	Nov 28 at 36.20	Buy	36.30	0%	good
Enbridge inc. (ENB, TO)	Nov 9 at 44.40	Buy	42.61	-4%	bad
Precision Drilling (PD, Toronto)	Nov 2 at 38.70	Buy	50.95	32%	very good
Viceroy (VHL.a, Toronto)	Sept 7 at 4.50	Buy	5.80	29%	very good
Boardwalk Equities (BEI, Toronto)	Nov 15 at 11.75	Buy	15.18	29%	very good
Telus (T, Toronto)	Oct 25 at 23.56	Buy	17.45	-26%	very poor
Transat A.T. Inc. (TRZ, Toronto)	Sept 14 at 5.20	Buy	6	15%	good
Contrans Corp.	Oct 12 at 14.50	Buy	34.8	140%	very good
Canadian National Railway Company (CNR, Toronto)	October 23 at $61.92	Buy	65.27	5%	good
Canadian Utilities Limited (CU, TO)	Nov 2 at 51.75	Buy	51.21	-1%	bad
CLEMEX (CXG.a, Canadian)	Dec1 at .32	Speculative Buy	0.15	-53%	very poor
CIBC (CM, TO)	Sept 7 at 55.50	Buy	43.52	-22%	very poor
Average Buy		Buy		-1%	bad
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Rated As Weak Buy
Name	Starting late 2001 Date and Price	Rating to start "2002"	End 2002 Price	Price Increase	Our Performance
TransAlta Corporation (TA, Toronto)	Oct 19 at 22.15	Weak Buy/Hold	17.11	-23%	very poor
Cognos (CSN, Toronto)	Dec 21 at 36.91	Weak Buy	37.00	0%	good
Stantec Inc. (STN, Toronto)	Nov 16 at 12.45 after split	Weak Buy	16.70	34%	very good
Canadian Western Bank (CWB, Toronto)	June 18 at 28.75	Weak Buy	26.6	-7%	bad
Maple Leaf Foods Inc. (MFI, Toronto)	Oct 26 at 11.75	Speculative Weak Buy	10.95	-7%	bad
Bombardier (BBD.A, Toronto)	Dec 1 at 13.95	Weak Speculative Buy	5.52	-60%	very poor
QUEBECOR INC CL-A MV (QBR.A, Toronto)	Oct 31 at 14.59	Speculative Weak Buy / Hold	14.2	-3%	bad
TRANSCANADA PIPELINES (TRP, Toronto)	Nov 2 at 20.73	Weak Buy	22.92	11%	good
Buhler Industries Inc. (BUI, Toronto)	Dec 21 at 3.75	Weak Buy / Hold	5.7	52%	very good
Canadian Tire (CTR.a, TO)	Nov 2 at 22.50	Weak Buy / Hold	32.45	44%	very good
CAE Inc. (CAE, Toronto)	Oct 24 at 8.09	Speculative Weak Buy	5.17	-36%	very poor
CELESTICA (CLS, Toronto)	Dec 1 at 66.58	Weak Buy/hold	22.05	-67%	very poor
Duke Energy Corporation (DUK, New York)	Nov 16 at 37.02	Weak Buy/Hold	20.09	-46%	very poor
Wi-LAN Inc. (WIN, Toronto)	Oct 5 at $1.20	Speculative Weak Buy	1.68	40%	very good
Average Weak Buy		Weak Buy		-5%	bad
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Rated As - Weak Sell
Name	Starting late 2001 Date and Price	Rating to start "2002"	End 2002 Price	Price Increase	Our Performance
Biovail Corporation (BVF, New York)	Jan 11 2002	Weak Sell	26.41	-50%	very good
Loblaw Companies Limited (L, Toronto)	Nov 23 at 51.40	Weak sell / hold	53.51	4%	bad
Average Weak Sell		Weak Sell		-23%	very good
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Rated As - Sell
Name	Starting late 2001 Date and Price	Rating to start "2002"	End 2002 Price	Price Increase	Our Performance
Nortel Networks (NT, Toronto)	October 19 at $9.04	Sell	2.52	-72%	very good
JDS Uniphase	Dec 1 at 17.85	Sell	4.18	-77%	very good
Average Sell		Sell		-74%	very good
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