Your Best Performer Of 2013?

Drp8713

I thought it might be interesting to see people's best (and if you want worst) performing share/fund of 2013. Different people could even have very different fortunes with the same share depending on when they bought.


Feel free to throw in any good feelings you have for 2014 as well.


I only started investing in September. But my best performers and LXB Retail Properties & Cazenove UK Smaller Companies both up over 8%.


For 2014 I'm thinking smaller companies will continue to perform and I think Invesco Perpertual Japanese Smaller Companies will have a good year. Up nearly 60% in 2013 and I think there is more to come.


I also think Foreign and Colonial Investment Trust looks a good prospect with good diversification, good recent performance and a 10% discount to its NAV.

blinko

Diverse Income trust DIVI +40%
and share has been Hellerman Tyton HTY + 40%

Thrugelmir

In the past 8 months since totally rejigging the portfolio.

Jarvis Securities +35%
Redefine Int +35%
Secure Trust Bank +33%
Carrs Milling +32%

Utilico Investments -18%

Utilico has a significant investment in Resolute Mining so is my gold exposure. A correlation to other holdings.

Linton

Best performing share - Thomas Cook up 189% from January until I sold in August. Pity that wasnt sufficient to recover the fall in 2011!

Best performing fund - Biotech Growth Trust (Investment Trust) up 54%

Worst performing share held for full year - SSE down 4% ignoring dividends

Worst performing fund held for full year - JPMF Natural Resourses down 24%.

pip895

Unicorn UK smaller companies - up 55% is my best fund, another SC fund CF Miton UK Smaller Companies is one I have only been in only since October - that on is up over 25% in three months! Next year - not sure SC can keep up the pace but I am still hoping they have a bit of go left.

ChesterDog

Biotech Growth Trust. Made around 60% for me last year, and already a further 1% this.

Worst was BHP Biliton, down something like 20%.

Sticking with both, which is what I do, generally.

ColdIron

Top 3
Cazenove UK Smaller Companies B -> 43.39%
GAM North American Growth Acc -> 24.64%
Invesco Perp High Income Acc -> 24.05%

Bottom 3
Trojan I Acc -> -3.66%
Aberdeen Asia Pacific Equity A Acc -> -6.87%
Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity A Acc -> -10.75%

Drp8713

ColdIron wrote: »

Top 3

Aberdeen Asia Pacific Equity A Acc -> -6.87%

I forgot to put my biggest loser, and that was it.


But I like the geographic split and I like the heavy(ish) weighting in financials and solid companies in the top holdings.


So I think it will do well when Asia ex Japan does well so im happy with it.

billchecker1

Best performing: Royal Mail up 75.6%
Worst performing: Standard Chartered down 20.3%


Aim for this year, to start putting into tracker funds rather than the excitement of individual shares. (Still 22% up this year, although the bull market flatters my investment skills no doubt!).

Wilkins

Best: Regus, up 99%


Worst: RSA, down 27%


Portfolio gain: +30.25% including dividends.

WatsonNimrod

Share wise it was Applied Graphene Materials which was around 120 percent up when I couldn't take it anymore and sold! (Was terrified at the rate these climbed and dipped)

Was also pleased with Arria NLG which was another small punt that returned 100 percent and of great interest/sentiment as an ex alumni of Aberdeen University.

Best fund was Cazenove Small Cap as I'm sure it was for many others.

Biggest stinker was FastJet, but it was my yearly gamble and it may recover at some point.

Interesting year.