Smart Investor Magazine - Worthwhile?

Re: Smart Investor Magazine - Worth while?

June 06 (in mail box 19/may)

From snapshot only

acg
aaq
dmp
ene
gap
gro
glb
iba
ibt
ipl
kkt
sfc
sph
sts
vir

Picked june becuase that would have to be on of the worst months in terms of returns and gives a worst case. Bear in mind that these stocks are just from the snapshot section and are not recomendations but just an overview of a dozen stocks at random.

Have fun

Re: Smart Investor Magazine - Worth while?

19-May 19-Jun 19-Jul 25-Oct 19/05-19-07 (peak)
acg 0.25 0.21 0.2 0.21 0.29 30/05
aaq 0.39 0.35 0.38 0.61
dmp 3.95 3.84 3.6 3.26 4.10 06/06
ene 4.14 3.85 3.73 4.4 4.17 29/05
gap 0.97 0.86 0.92 0.9 1.06 03/07
gro 1.59 1.65 1.4 2.02 1.65 16/06
glb 0.25 0.26 0.29 0.235
iba 0.96 0.74 0.79 1.025
ibt 2.05 2 1.95 1.95
ipl 22.4 21.85 22.82 24.4
kkt 0.49 0.37 0.3 0.34 0.75 29/05
sfc 5 5.31 6.09 6.42
sph 1.15 1 1.17 1.12 1.38 04/07
sts 1.05 0.99 1.12 1.46
vir 0.94 0.87 0.89 0.9


which ones were recommended?

Re: Smart Investor Magazine - Worth while?

Could only find these issues at the moment. Will post up more when i find the others. Will post the share and its movement since it was reccomended by the magazine.
December 2005 Issue
DTL up 43%
LYL up 46%
MCR up 194%
PSA up 82%
ETR up 23%

March 2006 Issue
CPU up 12%
IWL up 16%
MGX no change
AUB up 48%
SRL up 65%
PCG down 29%

April 2006 Issue
ALS no change
GNS no change
MFS up 21%
ESS up 15%
KOV up 23%
SMO up 135%

Re: Smart Investor Magazine - Worth while?

found some other issues.
Feb 2006
AWE up 32%
CDR up 7%
IVC up 27%
SGM up 20%
AUW up 76%
COE down 10%
CWP up 52%
TZN up 246%

June 2006
SLM down 20%
HPX up 5%
SRV up 7%
BOS down 6%
MGX down 20%
VMG up 47%

July 2006
TIM down 22%
GTP down 25%
WFL down 34%
AZR up 26%
SRH up 60%
SHV down 5%
TSH up 30%

Re: Smart Investor Magazine - Worth while?

Go to a bookshop like Borders that lets you read it while you're there...

Worth a read, but not worth buying... you have to remember who its written by: journos...

Re: Smart Investor Magazine - Worth while?

BILLHILL I'm with you. Having subscribed since it started I really found it to be a good read.. But There's SO MUCH crap about managed funds, Super, "Gizmo's" (Read, Advertisements incognito) etc.. it's really aimed at older people in say their 50s for which these issues are relevant.

I have hardly any super so there's really not much point getting into the finer details imo. But I've noticed there's always the obligatory page on CFD's (covering the same stuff just re-hashed), Technical Analysis to keep the traders interested..

Looking at their coverage of stocks, they tend to cover ones that have made recent price moves. This is however a month old since they wrote it.

But if it works, who cares eh?

BILLHILL btw why is BOS in red in your table? I hold that's why I want to know

Re: Smart Investor Magazine - Worth while?

Forgot to add that we've been in a massive bull market - could not easily attribute the rise of these stocks to good picking.. everything's been going up