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Best stocks of 2013 - Congrats to holders

12/16/2013

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This year is soon behind us, so it's time to take a look at the biggest winners of 2013 until now:

Ticker           Name                                                      Industry                              Mkt. cap    YTD gain      Profit       Insider   Breakout
AAMC
PTCT
ZHNE
CSIQ
CNIT
GSAT
CRRS
GTN
LCI
IQNT
LBMH
RVLT
MEG
INSY
HIMX
ACAD
NXST
CHTP
SPWR
DL
GENT
CMGE
BCOM
KERX
PBYI
XRM
ROIA
BCRX
ADEP
PSIX
Altisource AM Corporation
PTC Therapeutics
Zhone Technologies Inc.
Canadian Solar Inc.
China Information Tech.
Globalstar Inc.
Corporate Resource Serv.
Gray Television Inc.
Lannett Company
Inteliquent
Liberator Medical Holdings
Revolution Lighting Tech.
Media General
INSYS Therapeutics
Himax Technologies
ACADIA Pharmaceuticals
Nexstar Broadcasting Grp
Chelsea Therapeutics 
SunPower Corporation
China Distance Education 
Gentium S.p.A
China Mobile G&E Group 
B Communications Ltd
Keryx Biopharmaceuticals
Puma Biotechnology
Xerium Technologies Inc.
Radio One Inc.
BioCryst Pharmaceuticals
Adept Technology
Power Solutions Int.
Asset Management
Biotechnology
Communications
Solar
Software
Communications
Staffing Services
Broadcasting
Biotechnology
Communications
Medical Supplies
Electronics
Broadcasting
Biotechnology
Semiconductor
Biotechnology
Broadcasting
Biotechnology
Solar
Education Services
Biotechnology
Multimedia
Communications
Biotechnology
Biotechnology
Paper Products
Broadcasting
Biotechnology
Machinery
Machinery
2432M
51M
145M
1381M
185M
584M
429M
763M
873M
373M
201M
258M
631M
862M
2008M
2088M
1563M
254M
3389M
655M
842M
413M
576M
1022M
2557M
217M
157M
365M
118M
670M
1162%
1072%
881%
757%
655%
516%
509%
501%
495%
488%
479%
430%
429%
420%
416%
402%
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399%
397%
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390%
388%
378%
377%
376%
364%
360%
351%
350%
345%

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Gains for the best stocks of 2013 range from 345% (PSIX) to 1162% (AAMC), AAMC being the only stock I owned during the year, although I sold it too early and didn't realize the full gain. The company is the real estate asset management arm of Altisouce Portfolio Solutions (ASPS), from which it was spun off during 2013. The list of industries is quite diverse, although 9 stocks (30%) come from the biotechnology sector (PTCT, LCI, INSY, ACAD, CHTP, GENT, KERX, PBYI, BCRX) and 8 (26%) from broadcasting and communications services (ZHNE, GSAT, GTN, IQNT, MEG, NXST, BCOM, ROAI). I have checked insider buying, breakouts, profits and market cap of all stocks before their advances, and the results are summarized here:

- All stocks had a market cap lower than 1 billion USD before advancing higher
- Each stock has reached 52-week highs many times during it's uptrend
- 86% (26) of them still have an institutional ownership lower than 80% right now
- 86% (26) of all stocks have a short float of 10% or below right now

- 77% (23) did not pay any dividends during the year
- 70% (21)  experienced a major breakout on significant volume, which started their whole move
- 63% (19) have no earnings and are losing businesses
- only 30% (9) have been bought by insiders before exploding higher
- The best 5 stocks of 2013 all had major breakouts, neither was bought by insiders before it, and only one was showing a profit


Buying the best stocks right now on breakouts or after major news can be very profitable. However, I believe that none of these stocks could be discovered by fundamental or technical analysis alone, you need to combine both approaches to dig deeper and analyze their potential. Most of them are not profitable now and won't be for some years, so any valuation might be very imprecise. On the other hand there are many stocks breaking out on strong volume every day, which means some kind of fundamental analysis is required to weed out future losers and capture the multibaggers. I will soon compile similar lists of the best UK, Hong Kong, and Indian stocks of 2013 and compare the results so stay tuned.
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