| Break Out Featured
Stocks Update |
as of Dec. 31, 2001
Note of Interest: The aggregate gain for all stocks listed including delisted stocks shown after the table (equally weighted - $1000 invested in each when featured) is 16.65%. Following our policy of cutting losses short, an investor following our picks would have done even better. Many of the stocks now in the red are oil stocks which have been hammered of late. Investors who took profits would have been ahead on these.
|
Name |
Symbol |
Date Featured |
Price Then |
Dec. 31/01 |
% Change |
|
Forzani Group |
FGL |
Apr. 12/01 |
$4.85 |
$15.30 |
215.50% |
|
Allied Oil & Gas |
AOG |
Jan. 8/01 |
$1.00 |
$2.64 |
164.00% |
|
A.L.I Technologies |
ALT |
Sept. 7/01 |
$8.10 |
$19.00 |
134.60% |
|
Alimentation Couche-Tard |
ATD.B |
Dec. 4/00 |
$11.50 |
$25.67 |
123.20% |
|
BW Technologies |
BWT |
Feb. 23/01 |
$7.75 |
$16.72 |
115.70% |
|
Home Capital Group |
HCG.B |
Nov. 20/00 |
$6.00 |
$11.15 |
85.80% |
|
Bennett Environmental |
BEV |
May 25/01 |
$5.25 |
$9.39 |
78.90% |
|
SNC-Lavalin Group |
SNC |
Mar. 23/01 |
$16.25 |
$28.90 |
77.80% |
|
Metro Inc. |
MRU.A |
Jan. 8/01 |
$20.50 |
$35.67 |
74.00% |
|
Repadre Capital |
RPD |
Mar. 16/01 |
$2.60 |
$4.45 |
71.20% |
|
Canada Bread |
CBY |
May 18/01 |
$13.00 |
$21.40 |
64.60% |
|
Meridian Gold |
MNG |
Mar. 2/01 |
$10.30 |
$16.35 |
58.70% |
|
Stantec Inc. |
STN |
Apr. 20/01 |
$16.50 |
$25.75 |
56.10% |
|
Dupont Canada |
DUP.A |
Feb. 23/01 |
$17.00 |
$26.35 |
55.00% |
|
Churchill Corporation |
CUQ |
Apr. 6/01 |
$2.02 |
$3.10 |
53.50% |
|
Zargon Oil & Gas |
ZAR |
Jan. 29/01 |
$4.70 |
$7.20 |
53.20% |
|
Boralex Inc. |
BLX.A |
Dec. 18/00 |
$6.05 |
$9.00 |
48.80% |
|
Macyro Group |
MYO |
Jan. 8/01 |
$1.05 |
$1.55 |
47.60% |
|
Viceroy Homes |
VHL.A |
Feb. 16/01 |
$4.30 |
$6.31 |
46.70% |
|
Richelieu Hardware |
RCH |
Dec. 4/00 |
$7.00 |
$10.00 |
42.90% |
|
Agnico-Eagle Mines |
AGE |
Mar. 9/01 |
$11.47 |
$15.70 |
36.90% |
|
Melcor Developments |
MRD |
Mar. 2/01 |
$20.30 |
$27.50 |
35.50% |
|
Sun Rype Porducts |
SRF |
May 11/01 |
$4.95 |
$6.45 |
30.30% |
|
Arbor Memorial Services |
ABO.B |
Aug. 24/01 |
$11.10 |
$14.10 |
27.00% |
|
Zenon Environmental |
ZEN |
May 18/01 |
$13.00 |
$16.46 |
26.60% |
|
First Service Corporation |
FSV |
Oct. 19/01 |
$35.50 |
$44.93 |
26.60% |
|
Paladin Labs Inc. |
PLB |
Nov. 16/01 |
$6.49 |
$8.20 |
26.30% |
|
George Weston Ltd. |
WN |
Nov. 27/00 |
$82.25 |
$103.40 |
25.70% |
|
Biovail |
BVF |
Aug. 3/01 |
$70.88 |
$88.92 |
25.50% |
|
Sleeman Breweries |
ALE |
May 4/01 |
$7.80 |
$9.73 |
24.70% |
|
Cott Corporation |
BCB |
July 27/01 |
$20.50 |
$25.50 |
24.40% |
|
Fortis Inc. |
FTS |
Mar. 16/01 |
$38.00 |
$46.95 |
23.60% |
|
Goldcorp |
G |
May 25/01 |
$15.65 |
$19.30 |
23.30% |
|
Spar Aerospace |
SPZ |
Apr. 12/01 |
$12.65 |
$15.52 |
22.70% |
|
Finning International |
FTT |
May 11/01 |
$16.40 |
$20.00 |
22.00% |
|
Saputo Inc. |
SAP |
Nov. 23/01 |
$23.50 |
$28.50 |
21.30% |
|
Ridley Inc. |
RCL |
Mar. 2/01 |
$8.50 |
$10.30 |
21.20% |
|
ADF Group |
DRX |
Aug. 10/01 |
$12.44 |
$15.00 |
20.60% |
|
Shell Canada |
SHC |
Nov. 27/00 |
$38.65 |
$45.75 |
18.40% |
|
Shirmax Fashions |
SHX |
June 15/01 |
$3.55 |
$4.20 |
18.30% |
|
Cara Operations |
CAO.A |
Nov. 20/00 |
$4.80 |
$5.68 |
18.30% |
|
Laurentian Bank of Canada |
LB |
Jan. 26/01 |
$28.30 |
$33.10 |
17.00% |
|
Groupe Laperriere & Verreault |
LV.A |
July 6/01 |
$9.00 |
$10.40 |
15.60% |
|
Contrans Corporation |
CSS.A |
Oct. 12/01 |
$14.50 |
$16.50 |
13.80% |
|
La Senza |
LSZ |
Apr. 27/01 |
$6.30 |
$7.15 |
13.50% |
|
Petro-Canada |
PCA |
Dec. 11/00 |
$35.00 |
$39.31 |
12.30% |
|
Acktion Corp. |
ACK |
Mar. 23/01 |
$16.50 |
$18.50 |
12.10% |
|
Reitmans |
RET.A |
July 6/01 |
$20.25 |
$22.50 |
11.10% |
|
CGI Group |
GIB.A |
Nov. 9/01 |
$11.12 |
$12.25 |
10.20% |
|
Canadian Western Bank |
CWB |
Jan. 1/01 |
$26.30 |
$28.50 |
8.40% |
|
Franco Nevada |
FN |
Sept. 21/01 |
$21.77 |
$23.55 |
8.20% |
|
Axcan Pharma |
AXP |
Dec. 7/01 |
$21.10 |
$22.50 |
6.60% |
|
Power Corp of Canada |
POW |
Dec. 11/00 |
$36.75 |
$38.96 |
6.00% |
|
CHUM Ltd. |
CHM.B |
Jan. 29/01 |
$2.02 |
$63.00 |
4.10% |
|
Nycan Energy Corp |
NYE |
Dec. 18/00 |
$1.30 |
$1.35 |
3.80% |
|
Winpak Ltd. |
WPK |
May 4/01 |
$74.00 |
$76.00 |
2.70% |
|
Investors Group |
IGI |
Nov. 27/00 |
$24.85 |
$25.50 |
2.60% |
|
Canadian Banknote Company |
CBK |
Oct. 26/01 |
$2.00 |
$2.04 |
2.00% |
|
PanCanadian Petroleum |
PCE |
Dec. 11/00 |
$40.50 |
$41.30 |
2.00% |
|
Bank of Montreal |
BMO |
Dec. 4/00 |
$35.75 |
$35.90 |
0.40% |
|
Guardian Capital Group |
GCG.A |
Mar. 30/01 |
$11.95 |
$11.90 |
-0.40% |
|
Loblaw Companies |
L |
Nov. 20/00 |
$53.50 |
$52.00 |
-2.80% |
|
FPI Ltd. |
FPL |
Apr. 6/01 |
$10.00 |
$9.65 |
-3.50% |
|
ATCO Ltd. |
ACO.X |
Mar. 16/01 |
$48.50 |
$46.75 |
-3.60% |
|
Taiga Forest Products |
TFP |
July 20/01 |
$10.33 |
$9.80 |
-5.10% |
|
Akita Drilling |
AKT.A |
Apr. 20/01 |
$13.00 |
$12.25 |
-5.80% |
|
McGraw-Hill Ryerson |
MHR |
Oct. 12/01 |
$19.50 |
$18.25 |
-6.40% |
|
Brookfield Properties |
BPO |
July 6/01 |
$29.70 |
$27.72 |
-6.70% |
|
Thunder Energy |
THY |
Feb. 5/01 |
$3.00 |
$2.75 |
-8.30% |
|
Vermilion Resources |
VRM |
Mar. 30/01 |
$11.00 |
$10.00 |
-9.10% |
|
Norske Skog Canada |
NS |
Feb. 16/01 |
$7.50 |
$6.80 |
-9.33% |
|
Pason Systems |
PSI |
June 1/01 |
$10.20 |
$9.10 |
-10.80% |
|
Toromont Industries |
TIH |
May 4/01 |
$23.00 |
$20.47 |
-11.00% |
|
Wajax Ltd. |
WJX |
Mar. 30/01 |
$5.30 |
$4.66 |
-12.10% |
|
Dominion Citrus |
DMN |
Aug. 31/01 |
$1.50 |
$1.30 |
-13.30% |
|
Alberta Energy Company |
AEC |
Jan. 1/01 |
$71.80 |
$60.17 |
-16.20% |
|
Potash Corp. of Saskatchewan |
POT |
Jan. 1/01 |
$117.30 |
$97.66 |
-16.70% |
|
CAE Inc. |
CAE |
June 15/01 |
$14.03 |
$11.57 |
-17.50% |
|
Mullen Transportation |
MTL |
Mar. 9/01 |
$30.50 |
$24.95 |
-18.20% |
|
Bonavista Petroleum |
BNP |
Apr. 20/01 |
$33.60 |
$27.00 |
-19.60% |
|
Penn West Petroleum |
PWT |
May 18/01 |
$44.35 |
$35.40 |
-20.20% |
|
Meota Resources |
MRZ |
Feb. 16/01 |
$4.14 |
$3.28 |
-20.80% |
|
Trican Well Service |
TCW |
Apr. 27/01 |
$17.05 |
$13.30 |
-22.00% |
|
Purcell Energy |
PEL |
Feb. 23/01 |
$4.38 |
$3.30 |
-24.70% |
|
First Quantum Minerals |
FM |
May 25/01 |
$4.20 |
$3.00 |
-28.60% |
|
Enserco Energy Services |
ERC |
May 11/01 |
$18.80 |
$13.15 |
-30.10% |
|
Gildan Activewear |
GIL.A |
Feb. 9/01 |
$33.00 |
$22.80 |
-30.90% |
|
Energy North Inc |
ENI |
Feb. 9/01 |
$0.63 |
$0.40 |
-36.50% |
|
Acetex |
ATX |
Apr. 6/01 |
$10.00 |
$6.00 |
-40.00% |
|
Tappit Resources |
TPT |
Jan. 8/01 |
$1.04 |
$0.60 |
-42.30% |
|
North American Palladium |
PDL |
Jan. 15/01 |
$16.30 |
$9.34 |
-42.70% |
|
Diaz Resources |
DZR.A |
June 15/01 |
$0.70 |
$0.36 |
-48.60% |
|
Teknion Corporation |
TKN |
Feb. 5/01 |
$21.20 |
$10.85 |
-48.80% |
|
Grey Wolf Exploration |
GWX |
Jan. 15/01 |
$2.59 |
$1.30 |
-49.80% |
|
Veritas DGC Inc. |
VTS |
Mar. 9/01 |
$61.00 |
$29.62 |
-51.40% |
|
Calpine Corp. |
CPX |
Apr. 27/01 |
$85.84 |
$26.83 |
-68.70% |
| Cumulative Gain (96) |
1536.87% |
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| Cumulative Gain for Delisted Stocks (11) |
245.00% |
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| Total Cumulative Gain |
1781.87% |
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| Average Gain per Stock |
16.65% |
The information in this table was derived using the Portfolio Tracking feature at globeinvestor.com
Note: Suzy Shier has changed its name to La Senza and its symbol to LSZ. Cypress Energy, Genesis Exploration, Bentall Corporation, Ogy Petroleums, Courage Energy, Anderson Exploration, Oxford Properties Group, Bowridge Resource Group and Canadian Hunter Petroleum have been delisted after being taken over by other companies. Bio Chem Pharma has merged with Shire Pharmaceuticals and is now listed as Shire Exchangeco. Canadian Pacific was divided up into its constituent parts on Oct. 5, each of which trades separately on the TSE. CP itself was delisted. All have been removed from our followed list. All were positive return at the time. Courage Energy up 42.5%, Cypress up 21.0%, Genesis up 46.7%, Anderson Exploration up 7.3%, Oxford Properties up 24.1%, BioChem Pharma up 10.9%, Bentall up 2.2%, Ogy Petroleum up 50.5%, Bowridge Resource Group up 14.0%, Canadian Hunter up 35.9% and Canadian Pacific up 0.8%. The following stocks all split and their starting price listed above has been adjusted accordingly: Gildan Activewear (2 for 1), Dupont Canada (3 for 1), Bank of Montreal (2 for 1), Alberta Energy Corporation (2 for 1), Alimentation Coucheard (2 for 1), Richelieu Hardware (2 for 1), CAE (2 for 1). Norske-Skog issued a special dividend of $12 a share on Aug. 24, 2001 and the start price has been adjusted accordingly.