#Investing, Not Rocket Science (37) Review of Stock Selection. New format for future posts.

Welcome to this 37th post of the blog series; Investing, Not Rocket Science! In this post I look back at the stock selection that was done at the start of this series and their performance so far.

Going forward, portfolio picks will be based on three different risk rating scores which you, the reader, can assess by responding to a set of questions. This should make portfolio construction and management relevant to your investment profile.

Investing, Not Rocket Science

These were the stock picks last year:

Symbol	GOOGL	EMR
Name	Alphabet Inc	Emerson Electric Co
Blog Date	16-Feb-23	20-Feb-23	17-Feb-23
Blog Topic	Mega Caps	Engineering and Automation Post 2	Engineering and Automation Post 1
Avg Cost	89.49	81.85
Current Price	177.85	113.7
Return	98.74%	38.91%
Period (Yrs)	1.28	1.27

Click here to view post on GOOGL, and here to view post 1 and post 2 on EMR

UK Govt. Bonds

Blog Date: 24-Feb-23

Blog Topic: Govt. Bonds

Return: 5%

Period (Yrs): 1.27

Click here to view post

Symbol	IFX	BMW	TSLA
Name	Infineon Technologies AG	Bayerische Motoren Werke AG	Tesla Inc
Blog Date	21-Feb-23	1-Mar-23	1-Mar-23
Blog Topic	Semiconductor Stocks	Automotive Stocks	Automotive Stocks
Avg Cost	34.89	99.74	158.18
Current Price	36.35	94.82	180.6
Return	4.18%	-4.93%	14.17%
Period (Yrs)	1.27	1.24	1.24

Click here to view post on ifx, here to view the automotive post and the follow up post for Tesla.

Symbol	DBK	C	1398
Name	Deutsche Bank AG	Citigroup Inc	Industrial and Commercial Bank of China
Blog Date	3-Mar-23	6-Mar-23	8-Mar-23
Blog Topic	Financials - Europe	Financials - U.S.	Financial - Asia
Avg Cost	11.03	49.46	4.17
Current Price	15.55	64.74	4.76
Return	40.98%	30.89%	14.15%
Period (Yrs)	1.24	1.23	1.23

Click here to view post 1, post 2 and post 3 (Financial sector stocks in Europe. US and Asia).

Symbol	GLEN	X
Name	Glencore PLC	United States Steel Corporation
Blog Date	16-Mar-23	16-Mar-23
Blog Topic	Materials Sector	Materials Sector
Avg Cost	4.16	24.09
Current Price	4.938	36.16
Return	18.70%	50.10%
Period (Yrs)	1.20	1.20

Click here to view post (Basic Materials stocks).

Symbol	9618	1972	SAN
Name	JD.com Inc	Swire Properties Ltd	Sanofi SA
Blog Date	20-Mar-23	23-Mar-23	27-Mar-23
Blog Topic	E-Commerce	Global Real Estate	Healthcare
Avg Cost	146.94	20.3	100.55
Current Price	129	15.18	90.03
Return	-12.21%	-25.22%	-10.46%
Period (Yrs)	1.19	1.18	1.17

Click here to view post on JD.com, here to view post on Real estate sector stocks and here to view post on healthcare stocks.

Symbol	AMKBY	VOD	AV.
Name	P Moller Maersk A S	Vodafone Group plc	Aviva plc
Blog Date	3-Apr-23	3-Apr-23	6-Apr-23
Blog Topic	Dividend Stocks	Dividend Stocks	Insurance Sector
Avg Cost	8.68	0.89	4.24
Current Price	8.39	0.751	4.957
Return	-3.34%	-15.62%	16.91%
Period (Yrs)	1.15	1.15	1.14

Click here to view post on dividend stocks and here to view post on stocks in the insurance sector.

Blog Date: 14-Mar-23 and 12-May-23

Blog Topic: Media Sector and Streaming Services

No stock picks

Click here to view post 1 and post 2

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