I didn't do a very good job pruning my portfolio like I wanted to.
And it returned (took away?) -4.3% vs. 2.1% for the S&P 500.
2012 has to be better...right?
And now, let's look at all the stocks I've held going into this year, from worst to best - based solely on 2011's performance, while mostly ignoring any intra-year volatility:
Netflix (NFLX)
Bought: Jun @ $262.52, Sep @ $136.15
Year-closing price: $69.29 (-74%)
Classic "great product, lousy company". Needs to be bought out (hello, Amazon?).
Jones Soda (JSDA)
Year-opening price: $1.17
Year-closing price: $0.37 (-69%)
Last year's big winner fizzled out.
Southern Copper (SCCO)
Year-opening price: $48.74
Year-closing price: $30.18 (-38%)
In it for the dividend, and copper is a solid underlying asset.
Chimera Investment (CIM)
Bought: Jun @ $3.91
Year-closing price: $2.51 (-36%)
Risky real estate play.
MetroPCS (PCS)
Year-opening price: $12.63
Year-closing price: $8.68 (-31%)
Buyout coming soon?
Apache (APA)
Year-opening price: $119.23
Year-closing price: $90.58 (-24%)
Still the best-run oil and gas company out there, now for a discount price.
F5 Networks (FFIV)
Year-opening price: $130.16
Year-closing price: $106.12 (-19%)
Mini-Cisco is a long-term growth story.
Prospect Capital (PSEC)
Year-opening price: $10.80
Year-closing price: $9.29 (-14%)
One of these years, the capital losses won't exceed the dividend.
ITT Educational Services (ESI)
Bought: Feb @ $66.01
Year-closing price: $56.89 (-14%)
Still distressed, but has the fundamentals to turn around.
Under Armour (UA)
Bought: Jul @ $80.96
Year-closing price: $71.79 (-11%)
My history with clothes/shoes stocks not so good.
Wells Fargo (WFC)
Year-opening price: $30.99
Year-closing price: $27.56 (-11%)
Unfortunately, this is the best bank money can buy.
Annaly Capital Management (NLY)
Year-opening price: $17.92
Bought more: Apr @ $17.37
Year-closing price: $15.96 (-11%)
A tough year for real estate's safest play.
BP Prudhoe Bay Royalty Trust (BPT)
Year-opening price: $126.54
Year-closing price: $113.96 (-10%)
Dividend yield makes year 2011 a wash.
DuPont (DD)
Year-opening price: $49.88
Year-closing price: $45.78 (-8%)
Taking a breather after a fantastic 2010.
Hugoton Royalty Trust (HGT)
Year-opening price: $20.52
Year-closing price: $18.84 (-8%)
Again, dividend yield makes year 2011 a wash.
American Capital Agency (AGNC)
Bought: Jun @ $30.36, Oct @ $27.34
Year-closing price: $28.08 (-8%)
The "best" of the real estate stocks.
BreitBurn Energy Partners (BBEP)
Year-opening price: $20.14
Year-closing price: $19.07 (-5%)
Sleepy dividend stock.
Blackstone (BX)
Year-opening price: $14.15
Year-closing price: $14.01 (-1%)
Volatile year ends up back where it started.
Tesla Motors (TLSA)
Bought: Aug @ $28.69
Year-closing price: $28.56 (-0%)
My pick for 2012's best stock.
Vodafone (VOD)
Year-opening price: $26.44
Year-closing price: $28.03 (6%)
Verizon Wireless' better half.
Google (GOOG)
Year-opening price: $593.97
Bought more: Jul @ $597.50
Year-closing price: $645.90 (9%)
Android rolling full-speed ahead.
Ace Financial (ACE)
Year-opening price: $62.25
Year-closing price: $70.12 (13%)
Another pleasantly boring year in reinsurance.
Electronic Arts (EA)
Bought: Feb @ $18.27
Year-closing price: $20.60 (13%)
Beginning to find its footing after a few tough years.
Intel (INTC)
Year-opening price: $21.03
Year-closing price: $24.25 (15%)
Warren Buffett likes it, and so should you.
White River Capital (RVR)
Bought: Feb @ $17.00
Year-closing price: $20.25 (19%)
Thinly traded, small market cap, mystery stock.
Kinder Morgan Energy Partners (KMP)
Bought: Aug @ $70.46
Year-closing price: $84.95 (21%)
Safe dividend.
Baidu (BIDU)
Year-opening price: $96.53
Bought more: Mar @ $117.99, Jun @ $127.88, Jul @ $145.00
Year-closing price: $116.47 (21%)
Wild year, but the fundamentals for growth are still there.
Motorola Solutions (MSI)
Year-opening price: $37.30
Year-closing price: $46.29 (24%)
Sleepy tech stock. Should offer a dividend soon.
Apple (AAPL)
Year-opening price: $322.56
Year-closing price: $405.00 (26%)
R.I.P. Steve Jobs.
McDonald's (MCD)
Year-opening price: $76.76
Year-closing price: $100.33 (31%)
The world's cafeteria has another amazing year.
American Software (AMSWA)
Year-opening price: $6.77
Year-closing price: $9.45 (40%)
6% dividend yield is the cherry on top.
La-Z-Boy (LZB)
Bought: Feb @ $8.18
Year-closing price: $11.90 (45%)
A furniture turnaround story?
Intuitive Surgical (ISRG)
Year-opening price: $257.75
Bought more: Apr @ $371.50, Jul @ $357.24
Year-closing price: $463.01 (80%)
Sorta called this last year. A good year for the robots.
