I wanted to see how my stock picks could perform over a year without actually risking money on them. Setup was simple. I made a bookmark to pull 11 stock symbols on Yahoo Finance and set it in my browser this time last year. the stocks were carefully chosen, picked because I thought they would significantly outperform the market over the course of a year. It was very educational for me. You can see the results in charts at this link:
AT&T did not vary much. I would have lost $1 per share but would have made up most of it on dividends.
3M was a solid performer giving a 24 percent return.
Nike was a net loser dropping $2 for a 4% loss
Starbucks gave a small gain of 7%
Intel gave a small 7.5% gain
Costco gave a small 6% gain
Laredo Petroleum was an 11% loss
Oasis Petroleum was a sharp 21% loss
Pfizer was break even.
Macy's gave a harsh 32 percent loss
Caterpillar was a very substantial 40% gain.
What is interesting in this? Just that two stocks were winners overall and would have been worth holding. Caterpillar and 3M would seem on the surface to be very staid and predictable companies yet they solidly outperformed the rest of my picks.
Submitted June 26, 2017 at 09:17AM by Fusion_power http://ift.tt/2sdGjXw
