Your Best Performer Of 2013?

dryhat

Bitcoin - up 3900%

For every £1000 of Bitcoin you bought 12 months ago, you would now have £80,000 worth. And all based on solid fundamentals.

Nothing else comes remotely close.

And 2014 is set to be another great year as this ground-breaking technology continues to infiltrate and disrupt all aspects of the global economy.

peterg1965

Cazenove UK Smaller Companies 43% this year other decent performers:
Old mutual uk mid cap and old mutual uk dynamic equity. My share performance was not good.

Must find out about Bitcoin!

Ifts

Best: Easyjet (EZJ) +95.5% and Sports Direct (SPD) +84.4%

Worst: Tanfield Group (TAN) -32% and Iofina (IOF) -4%

CKhalvashi

Best - Bank of Georgia UK (104%), Royal Mail (75%)

Worst - Standard Chartered (-14%)

Interestingly, Moscow SX seems to have been most profitable for me (average 41%), whilst LSE seems to have been least (11.8%)

CK

grizzly1911

Caz SC as others have said. Fidelity SC a similar amount.

Old heavyweights that have done well IP UK Growth and IP UK Strategic Income 32% & 30% respectively.

Worst and only negative Newton Asian Income -16% but that was as much timing, it is only a small percentage holding wise thankfully.

bowlhead99

From opening 2 Jan '13 to close 31 Dec:

Top 3 shares:
Blinkx plc (BLNX) 212%
Monitise plc (MONI) 106%
Playtech plc (PTEC) 73%
Honourable mention: Graphene Nanochem plc (GRPH) up 59% since I bought mid September; if bought at IPO on 28 March, would have lost 19% instead!

Top 3 investment companies / trusts:
Biotech Growth Trust (BIOG) 59% (but mentioned by others above already), so:
Henderson European Focus Trust (HEFT) 39%
Standard Life Smaller Companies Trust (SLS) 37%
Harbourvest Global Private Equity (HVPE) 32% in USD (~30% in GBP)

Bottom 3
Beacon Hill Resources plc (BHR) -65%
Victoria Oil & Gas plc (VOG) -51%
Asian Citrus Holdings Limited (ACHL) -44%

For VOG and ACHL my paper losses are showing lower than those percentages in my portfolio, as I added to them as they got cheaper.

Easiest investment decision: bought Royal Mail at IPO in ISA and SIPP and sold each tranche for 35-40% gain.

Most not-for-the-faint-hearted decision that worked out fine (so far): buying Co-op Bank preference shares at 58p in the pound, back in early June.
They've now converted into Co-op Group subordinated loan notes; with the cash dividend paid plus the current bid price, my total return is 33% over the seven months. And if the group stays around for the next 12 years and I keep them, I should collect an annual yield of ~9% on their current value and then get my original money back at the end.

Devon_Sailor

Best -


Associated British Foods - up 41%
Lloyds - up 50%


Worst - Newton Asian Income, down 12%

jimjames

At a quick glance it looks like my best was Fidelity Special Values (FSV) with 51% increase followed by Framlington Health with 33%.

Worst was Smith & Williamson Gold & Resources around -40% but fortunately only a small proportion of portfolio. Overall 16% for the year

Bazofts_Revenge

Best was Royal Mail 75%

2nd place went to Eddie Stobart with 69%. I messed up slightly as I sold some of my investment and with drew my original stake of a £1000 when the profit went over 40%. My holding is now worth £523 The original stake went into SSE and has unfortunately lost 10% due to the political interference in energy prices.

Worst is RSA with a loss of 19.6%

jabbahut40

Happy new year all!

Best 2013 Performing Funds In My Portfolio
Fidelity UK Smaller Companies (+34%)
Unicorn UK Income Fund (+26%)
Marlborough Special Situations (+26%)
Franklin UK Mid Cap Fund (+25%)

Worse 2013 Performing Funds In My Portfolio
JPMorgan Natural Resources (-22%)
Aberdeen Emerging Markets (-13%)
First State Asia Pacific Leaders (-3%)

Jabba