Tipping Competition for Full CY 2019

[peter2]

<30 min to the end of the trading year and there's <3% separating 2nd to 5th.

It'll depend on which way the ticks fall at the close.

 

[peter2]

# Late breaking news announcement #

PET is paying a 1.50 very special bonus div. Yippee! Wait, it's going XD tomorrow! No!

Peter2 suddenly wakes up.

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OK seriously. I'll fill in the prices for the top 10 and send Joe the results so that he can announce the winner and other prize winners. While he does that I'll fill in the prices for those of us that didn't pick the better companies.

 

[$20shoes]

My money is on $20shoes winning by a mile; congratulations

Not counting chickens just yet

 

[systematic]

At the risk of somehow forgetting to later, I just wanted to say thank you once again @peter2 for making this such an enjoyable comp to follow. Your commentaries take work for you to produce, they're appreciated...and a lot of fun to read! Well done @peter2 See you in the 2020 comp!

 

[peter2]

This is what you've all been waiting for, the top selected stocks of 2019.



ps: Results have been PM'd to Joe (who may be on holidays).

 

[peter2]

Well, what a year with the XAO rising +19.1% for the calendar year 2019.

Competitors with 5/5 positive: Impressive decision making.

myrtie100, bigdog, kid_hustlr, Lincoln Indicators, Tumbarumba, DarcKnight, jbocker, Triple B, luutzu

Competitors beating the index (XAO): 24/50 48% impressive also

Competitors positive: 38/50 76% Not so impressive since the index was +19% pa.

Here's the results for the rest of us. I've not posted the first column containing the top 8.

 

[peter2]

How did we go as a group of portfolio managers? Did we beat the index?

Just barely, once divs are included.

 

[Triple B]

Special Mention For Tech/a taking out the Lanterne Rouge
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lanterne_rouge
57% Below the XAO index.

 

[jbocker]

MASSIVE thank you Peter2, The SPONSOR (is that still a mystery) and Joe. And congratulations to the winners AND those who bravely backed stocks that were > $10 returning above 75%. That is HUGE. How good is it when the winners are not sorted till the last day. Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.​

 

[tinhat]

Thanks peter2 and Aussie Stock Forums and congratulations to the winners. One interesting take away is that with only four bulls hitched to your bullocky, one sick beast can drag you down. This competition demonstrates the virtues of spreading your risk across a basket of stocks.

 

[peter2]

The suspense is killing me @Joe Blow .
Who won?
Who ran 2nd and 3rd after today's turmoil in the market?

 

[Joe Blow]

The suspense is killing me @Joe Blow .
Who won?
Who ran 2nd and 3rd after today's turmoil in the market?

Sorry, I got out of Brisbane at lunchtime and am up at Mount Tamborine visiting some friends for New Years Eve. Much cooler up here.

OK. Now to the results:

First Place: $20shoes
Second Place: myrtie100
Third Place: bigdog

Congratulations to all the winners! It was a great competition that went all the way down to the wire. Let's hope the 2020 competition is just as entertaining.

If the winners could send me a PM I'll get back to you tomorrow after my hangover eases off.

Many thanks to @peter2 for his efforts in maintaining the competition!

 

[barney]

Many thanks to @peter2 for his efforts in maintaining the competition!

Agree … Thumbs up Peter

This year may end up being a walk in the park compared to how the 2020 comp is shaping up

 

[peter2]

Congratulations to @$20shoes.
This year long comp was won in the last two days with the sudden rally in gold.

Congrats to @myrtie100 who led for much of the year.

Congrats to @bigdog who held onto 3rd place all thanks to the spec div paid by BAL.

Tied for 4th place (can you believe it, a tie after one year): @Wyatt, @noirua

 

[peter2]

The last chart showing how the gold rally kicked the winner clear when it mattered and almost caused a surprise ending with @noirua charging into contention.

 

[$20shoes]

Many thanks to Joe and Peter and the great community we have here. It was great to have such a tight race to the finish, and commiserations to those who ran such a close race, and indeed lead for a lot of the way. I really need to contribute more; we have a very worthwhile community here and with a lot more knowledge than i possess. I cut my teeth by soaking up all the posts I could from ASF contributors. The fact that we have members on here willing to share and educate others makes ASF a valuable and worthwhile enterprise.

I must admit I pre-empted the win today by buying myself a bottle of Bundaberg Solera Rum (from the Master Distillers Collection), and plan to toast away one decade tonight and welcome in another.

I hope the New Year welcomes you all warmly. Here's to a great 2020 to all of you and your families.

Joe, enjoy your New Years - I'll message you tomorrow once Ive nursed off my hangover

 

[myrtie100]

Well done Shoes, what a battle in that last week!
Thanks to Peter for keeping suspenceful track of the comp - very entertaining
And also to Joe and the very generous sponsor.
I'm looking forward to the next one and hope to be as lucky as last time!
Good luck everyone....

 

[frugal.rock]

Yarrrrp,
Well done $1000Shoes!
F.Rock

 

[debtfree]

@Joe Blow I know it is past midnight 31st so is it too late to put an entry in as I noticed the thread is still unlocked? I didn't know if that was intentional so get a few more in. No dramas at all if too late.

 

[frugal.rock]

@Joe Blow I know it is past midnight 31st so is it too late to put an entry in as I noticed the thread is still unlocked? I didn't know if that was intentional so get a few more in. No dramas at all if too late.

Throw it in debt free.
The market's don't open until tomorrow. I would imagine 10am tomorrow is logically the fairest cut off time.
Cheers and a happy and prosperous new year to you all.
F.Rock