Friday, April 13, 2012

1st Quarter performance of Jac's picks for 2012

Q1 in 2012 was considered a good quarter for investors. If you remembered my post in January 4, 2012, I had picked 10 companies to invest in. The 10 stocks have increased about 11.1% for the whole quarter. Separately, The chosen US-listed companies has grown 11.5% and the chosen Singapore-listed companies has grown 10.0%. A summary of the growth in value of the different companies are as follows:-

Company  Price in 4 January   Price on 5 April  Percentage gain/loss
US-listed Companies
McDonald's  $                   99.39  $                 98.62 -0.77%
Coca-Cola  $                     69.70  $                 73.47 5.41%
Starbucks  $                     46.17  $                 58.18 26.01%
Walt Disney  $                     38.85  $                 43.08 10.89%
Las Vegas Sands  $                     43.76  $                 58.76 34.28%
Singapore-listed Companies
Cerebos Pacific  $                     5.040  $                 5.810 15.28%
Singpost  $                     0.935  $                 1.030 10.16%
SPH  $                     3.740  $                 3.870 3.48%
Breadtalk  $                     0.550  $                 0.575 4.55%
Popular Holdings  $                     0.164  $                 0.184 12.20%
Overall   $                   308.30  $              343.58 11.44%