This Week at MANIFEST (11/20/2015)

Success is a journey, not a destination. — Anonymous

“There are no secrets to success. It is a result of preparation, hard work … and learning from failure.” — Colin Powell

We’re better when we learn together. Success is better when experienced with your friends (and family.)

The contestants in this year’s NAIC Mid-Michigan chapter’s stock selection challenge faced the same difficult market as everybody else. The difference is that half of the entries scrapped and clawed to outperform the market over the trailing twelve months. And their consensus selections from one year ago BEAT THE MARKET for the 12th time in 13 years.

Taking home the gold for 2014-2015 was the FEMME$ Investment Club of Flint, Michigan. Their winning selections are shown here:

Consensus Favorites for 2015-2016

Yes, it’s a game. But it bears repeating. The consensus selections from this group of like-minded investors has beaten the S&P 500 in 12 of the last 13 years. Those selections — and we’d argue, formidable shopping list — are shown in the following dashboard.

https://www.manifestinvesting.com/dashboards/public/mid-mich-your-favorites-2015-2016