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Symbol Sentiment Start Return Closed L 01/12/09 +33.47% -- RTN 01/12/09 -16.66% 07/07/09 RS 01/12/09 +103.38% -- LO 01/12/09 +36.06% -- VLO 01/12/09 -28.50% -- ADR n/a AAUK 01/12/09 +2.16% 02/09/09 BG 01/12/09 +35.38% -- BRK.A 01/12/09 n/a 05/11/09 BRK.B 01/12/09 n/a 05/11/09 NCT 01/12/09 +312.16% 09/18/09 HNP 01/12/09 -1.08% -- Via BloggingStocks:   Filed under: Berkshire Hathaway (BRK.A), China, Reliance Steel and Aluminum (RS), Valero Energy (VLO), Huaneng Power Intl ADS (HNP), Chasing Value, Commodities, Oil, Anglo Amer ADR (AAUK), DJIA, Stocks to Buy, Newcastle Investment (NCT), Raytheon Company (RTN), Best Stocks for 2008, Bunge Ltd. (BG), Loews Corporation (L), NASDAQ, Lorillard Inc. (LO) I made it through mid-year of tracking my 2008 picks from last December and then -- Wham! -- I went from a slight advantage to being humbled badly by the market. However difficult it is to display your failings, once again I will share all of the horrors since I posted the original story Chasing Value: Final list -- 8 stocks for 2008. The master is still the master, Warren Buffett and his life's work Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRK.B) beat me easily as well as the three indices I tracked. For the most part, unless you started shorting stocks, there was no place to hide and most of my picks were big losers. There were two that beat Buffett and the market. The defense sector was the defensive sector it was supposed to be with Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) doing well on a relative scale. The other place you could have a morsel of stability was utilities and Huaneng Power International (ADR) (NYSE: HNP) lost less but not by much. Continue reading Chasing Value: 2008 picks -- the last nail Chasing Value: 2008 picks -- the last nail originally appeared on BloggingStocks on Mon, 12 Jan 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink | Email this | Comments   Read the rest of original post »

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