First of half of 2009 is over and its time to look back and see how "stock of week picks" did. Assuming that one invests approx $1000 on recommended buy price which was reached at some point after the stock was recommended, portfolio of "stock of week" would have returned 62.5% till now. Not bad considering DOW and S&P are still hovering around negative returns for the year. Winners are: BCS (265%), IDG (219%), XL (184%), BCS -PD (127%), DDR -PG (138%). There are many other stocks which have already crossed their target prices Laggards are: DRYS (-36%), XTEX (-22%) and HIG (-2%) Here is detailed scorecard for each recommendation: Symbol Name Trade Date Price Paid Trade Holdings Value Gain/Loss Notes ACAS American Capital, Ltd. 13-Apr-09 2.30 3.21 $1,284.00 $356.00 38.36% Target:$3.60 BCS BARCLAYS PLC ADR 7-Feb-09 5.00 18.44 $3,688.00 $2,680.00 265.87% Target: $10 BCS-PD BARCLAYS BANK PLC 7-Feb-09 9.00 20.65 $2,065.00 $1,157.00 127.42% Target: $1
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