Kapital Performance
Recent Performance Highlights Reported January 1, 2006 Significant Macroeconomic Calls - January,
2005: Wrote that the US$ would rally hard and appreciate relative to Major Currencies, or the Euro and Yen from 2005 - present.
- March 9, 2005: Wrote that the Japanese economy was looking very favourable for its outlook and economic and asset price growth .
- February 23
2005: Wrote that the Fed would increase short-term lending rates up to June 2006.
- September 8
8, 2004: Wrote that the Internet sector would continue to appreciate and attract investment capital as the Global penetration rate was 12.5 percent at that time.
- January
15, 2003: Wrote that stock markets would rally hard in 2003 and excess returns would be earned in that asset class.
A Handful of Kapital Stock Pick Rates of Return - CCS
Income Trust ("CCR.UN" - TSX): From January 2002 to September , 2005, "CCR.UN" appreciated from C$5.50/share to C$32.40 after recently splitting 2:1, or produced a +1200.00 percent rate of return within that time horizon.
- Canadian
Natural Resources Limited ("CNQ"-TSX): From January 2002 - September 2005, 2005, "CNQ" appreciated from C$41.40/share to C$60.00/share,split 2:1 in 2004 and 2005, or produced a +334.00 percent rate of return within that time horizon.
- Peyto
Energy Trust Units ("PEY.UN"- TSX): From October 2003 to September, 2005, "PEY.UN" appreciated from C$21.75/unit to C$32.50/share and split 2:1 in 2005, or produced a +196.00 percent rate of return within that time horizon.
- Apple Computers Inc ("AAPL"- NASDAQ):
From the spring of 2004 to March 17, 2005, "AAPL" appreciated from U.S.$27/share to U.S.$47.00/share after splitting 2:1 in 2005, or produced a +248 percent rate of return over that period.
- Google
Inc. ("GOOG" - NASDAQ): From August 2004 to March 17, "GOOG" appreciated from U.S.$101.00/share to U.S.$414.00/share to present, or produced a +310.00 percent rate of return within that time horizon. Also, top annual picks for 2005 include Axia Netmedia ("AXX"-TSX) up +200 percent; Genentech ("DNA"-NYSE) up +63 percent; ING Insurance ("IIC-LV"-TSX) up +62 percent; Fortis ("FTS"-TSX) up +46 percent; and TSX Group of Companies ("X"-TSX) up +80 percent and America Movil ADR ("AMX"-NYSE) 300 percent since 2003.
Average rate of return for these 10 companies: +299.30 % within the noted time horizon. Note: The above companies represent the return performance of certain but not all of Kapital's stock picks since the company began in January 2001.Please see my Free Article page for a review of last year.
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