Stock Picking Contest 2012 - Q1 Results

Stock Picking 2012 It’s time to review the rankings for the contest and see where my picks, relative to my follow bloggers, have landed me for this first quarter.

My Best Stock Picks

As you would read in my post on why I invest with dividends, I am no short term stock picker. You can see from my picks that I stuck to dividend investments since picking other stocks would be like throwing darts to a board.

Here are my 4 picks for 2012. For the record, I happen to own 3 of them; BCE, MFC, and NA. In retrospect, I don’t think BCE is going to see much growth … For some details on my pick, see my ‘Stock Picking’ Contest introductory post.

CNQ @ $38.59
BCE @ $43.00
MFC @ $11.15
NA @ @72.33

Stock Picking Contest – Q1 Results

Here are the results after one quarter. Looks like I am quite far behind and my picks will need to do some catchup.

The Best Picks In Details

It’s nice to see the results but, really, what picks did good is what you all want to know

Stock	Ticker	Return	Blog
Bank of America Corp	BAC	72.34	Where Does All My Money Go
Apple	AAPL	48.04	Intelligent Speculator
Apple	AAPL	48.04	Where Does All My Money Go
Manulife	MFC CT	25.8	The Passive Income Earner
SPDR Gold Trust ETF	UWM	25.56	My Trader's Journal
Second Wave Petroleum Inc.	SCS.TO	23.95	Beating The Index
Starbucks Corporation	SBUX	21.9	Where Does All My Money Go
Caterpillar	CAT	18.09	The Wild Investor
Intel	INTC	16.85	Intelligent Speculator
Intel	INTC	16.85	The Financial Blogger
Intel	INTC	16.85	Dividend Mantra
Ford Motor Company	F	16.41	The Wild Investor
Alcoa Inc.	AA	16.18	The Wild Investor
Poseidon Concepts	PSN.TO	14.62	Beating The Index
Eagle Energy Trust	EGL.UN	14.54	Beating The Index
Phillip Morris International	PM	13.9	Dividend Mantra
Phillip Morris International	PM	13.9	Dividend Growth Investor
Treasuries ETF	TBT	13.17	My Trader's Journal
Emerson Electric Co.	EMR	12.88	Dividend Mantra
Suncor Energy	SU	11.27	Million Dollar Journey
General Dynamic Corp	GD	11.22	Dividend Mantra
National Bank	NA.TO	11.05	The Financial Blogger
National Bank	NA CT	11.05	The Passive Income Earner
Scotia Bank	BNS.TO	11.02	Million Dollar Journey
3M Co	MMM	9.89	Million Dollar Journey
Aflac Inc.	AFL	7.03	Intelligent Speculator
SPDR Gold Trust ETF	GLD	6.66	My Trader's Journal
Procter & Gamble	PG	1.55	Dividend Growth Investor
Chevron	CVX	1.54	The Financial Blogger
Jonhson & Jonhson	JNJ	1.47	Dividend Growth Investor
Research In Motion	RIMM	1.38	Where Does All My Money Go
Pepsi Co	PEP	0.82	Dividend Growth Investor
Google	GOOG	-0.72	My Trader's Journal
Teck Resources Limited	TCK.B	-0.84	Million Dollar Journey
Halliburton Company	HAL	-3.58	The Wild Investor
Bell Canada	BCE.TO	-4.71	The Passive Income Earner
Travelzoo Inc.	TZOO	-6.43	Intelligent Speculator
Palliser Oil & Gas Corp	PXL.TO	-9.64	Beating The Index
Canadian National Resources	CNQ.TO	-13.08	The Passive Income Earner
5N Plus Inc.	VNP.TO	-29.04	The Financial Blogger

Lets hope my picks do a little better in the coming quarters. CNQ is a little disappointing at the moment. However, I did not pick any stocks that could blow the pants out of Apple’s return and unless these high performing stocks fall back, I am going to have to settle for 3rd or so in the ranking. I’d love to finish in the top 5.

Readers: Any surprise in the performance?

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