As you can see, our performance was not that good for last year. Our return was only –7.05%. We couldn’t even beat the benchmark, S&P 500, which returns more than 12%; and Nasdaq, which returns about 17%.

It’s time to update our stock picks. So far, we are behind S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite Index. It’s been proven that it’s not easy to beat the index.

• ASIA: –28.87%
• CAGC: –23.12%
• ITC: +0.5%
• PEGA: –8.68%
• Total: –15.04%

Here is the return of our benchmark:

• S&P 500: –8.30%
• Nasdaq: –7.82%

There have been also a stock picks competition among Canadian bloggers. Here is the result for first half of 2010.

• Dividend Growth Investor: +3.62%
• The Wild Investor: –8.61%
• My Trader’s Journal: –11.41%
• 1stmilliondollar.net: –15.05%
• Four Pillars: –16.69%
• Zach Stocks: –17.08%
• Million Dollar Journey: –17.08%
• WhereDoesAllMyMoneyGo.com: –17.20%
• TheFinancialBlogger.com: –19.41%
• Intelligent Speculator: –19.76%