MoneyWeek’s top ten share tipsters of 2014

We review our top share tipsters’ performance and find out where they stand on their 2014 tips and what their best ideas are for 2014.

The past year has been a more difficult one for stocks than 2013. Global equities as represented by the MSCI World Index still posted a gain of 10% in sterling terms by 22 December, but the FTSE 100 was down 3%. Most of the City experts who contributed tips to our "personal view" column comfortably beat the FTSE. However, less than half matched the average global return, reflecting the UK focus of many of their picks.

Our top ten analysis is in no way scientific. The tips are all given at differenttimes of the year, so some have a big advantage over others. We ask for long-term ideas, whereas our calculations are just a snapshot taken over a short period. And we only consider capital gains, ignoring dividends. With that in mind, below we review the performance of our top share tipsters, and find out where they stand on their 2014 tips and what their best ideas are for 2014.

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