Articles: Christmas picks

The Christmas Pick
After a decade of Christmas Picks, Webb-site.com has produced a compound gain of 1118%, compared with 87% on the Hang Seng Index. That's an average 28.4% per year compared with 6.4% on the HSI. This is getting out of hand! Many have asked whether we would set up a "Good Governance Fund" for HK investors. We tell you why this is currently unattractive, and what the Government should do to facilitate the closed-end fund sector. (18-Dec-2009)
The 2008 Christmas Pick
Season's greetings to all our readers - time for Santa Webb's annual stock pick. Last year's pick, Shinhint (2728), out-performed the HSI by 6.5% and, of course, lost money. Even so, over 9 years of picks, we've gained 358%, a compound average of 18.4% per year, while the HSI has averaged just 3.1%. So what are we putting under the Christmas tree this year? Read on... (17-Dec-2008)
The 2007 Christmas Pick
Season's greetings to all our readers - time for Santa's annual stock pick. Last year's pick, Sino Golf (0361), under-performed, recording our first ever loss of 6.7% overall. Even so, over 8 years of picks, we've gained 669%, a compound average of 29.1% per year, while the HSI, despite the current bubble, has averaged 11.3%. So what are we putting under the Christmas tree this year? Read on... (3-Dec-2007)
The 2006 Christmas Pick
Season's greetings to all our readers - time for Santa's annual stock pick. Last year's pick, Fujikon (0927), gained 43.6%, beating even the 27.3% on the HSI. Over 7 years of picks, we've gained 724%, a compound average of 35.2% per year, while the HSI averaged 5.8%. So what are we putting under the Christmas tree this year? Read on... (3-Dec-2006)
The 2005 Christmas Pick
Season's greetings to all our readers - time for our annual stock pick, when Santa rummages in our sack of small-cap investments for the stock we think is most likely to perform over the next year. Last year, our pick gained 30.8%, much better than the 10.9% on the HSI. Over 6 years of picks, we've gained 474% and beaten the HSI by 392%. So what are we putting under the Christmas tree this year? Read on... (4-Dec-2005)
The 2004 Christmas Pick
Season's greetings to all our readers - time for our annual stock pick, when we rummage in our sack of small-cap investments for the stock we think is most likely to perform over the next year. 2003's pick was our worst ever, up only 4.7%, but for the last 5 years, the compound return on our picks has been 339% while the Hang Seng Index made a net gain of only 7.3%. So what are we putting under the Christmas tree this year? Read on... (5-Dec-2004)
The 2003 Christmas Pick
Season's greetings to all our readers - and that means it's time for our annual stock pick, when we rummage in our sack of small-cap investments for the stock we think is most likely to perform over the next year. For the last 4 years, the compound return on our picks has been 319.2% while the Hang Seng Index made a net loss of 9.2%. So what's are we putting under the Christmas tree this year? Read on... (3-Dec-2003)
The 2002 Christmas Pick
Season's greetings to all our readers - and that means it's time for our annual stock pick. Once a year, we rummage in our sack of small-cap investments for the stock we think is most likely to perform over the next year. For the last 3 years, the compound return on our picks has been 195.2% while the Hang Seng Index made a loss of 29.1%. So what's are we putting under the Christmas tree this year? Read on... (4-Dec-2002)
The 2001 Christmas Pick
Ho ho ho! No, that's not a list of Shun Tak directors - it's the sound of Santa Claus and time for Webb-site.com's annual gift to our readers, a small-cap delight to put in your stockings. Like Christmas, our stock tip comes just once a year. Last year's pick, Kingmaker, returned 53.2%, beating the HSI by 84.8%. Our 1999 pick returned 81.6% in two years. So what's in our sack for this year? Read on to find out. (3-Dec-2001)
A Load of Cobblers
It's nearly Christmas, and time for Webb-site.com's annual gift to our readers, a small-cap delight to put in your stockings. At last - something positive from the gloomiest site in town! Last year's pick, Boto International, outperformed the HSI by 32.6% in a year. Read on to see who gets our vote this year. (4-Dec-2000)
Deck the Halls with Boto
Christmas is coming, and with only 19 shopping days left (and even fewer market days) we're getting into the festive spirit. So for once, we'll write something positive about an overlooked HK company that makes a large portion of North America's artificial Christmas trees. (5-Dec-1999)

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