2026 Stock Pick Competition overview

We know we have some outstanding stock pickers in our club—this is your chance to showcase your skills!

We’re inviting all members to participate in two separate QIC Share Pick Competitions for 2026.

The two competitions are:

1. The Investors Competition - involves selecting an ASX listed asset priced over $1.00 (our proxy for 'Investment Grade'). We will invest a hypothetical $10,000 in this ASX-listed share (including ETFs, LICs and property trusts).
2. The Speculators Competition - involves selecting a speculative share. We will invest a second hypothetical $10,000 in this ASX-listed share. Note: Speculative shares often typically trade at a low value (under $1.00). If a participant selects a speculative share over $1.00, please suggest a brief reason why it should be considered speculative. (e.g. extremely high volatility due to a major upheaval etc)

As we are an investment club, the goal of having two competitions is to highlight the higher volatility, significant uncertainty and high risk of significant losses or substantial gains associated with speculative shares, compared to the more stable and less risky returns associated with investment grade shares.

We will aggregate all individually selected shares for each competition and create two separate QIC Model Portfolios.  Each month we’ll compare the collective performance of the investment grade competition portfolio to the speculative grade competition portfolio. 

We will encourage all members to share updates on their chosen shares at our monthly meetings. Our goal is to share valuable insights into the shares selected and the reason these shares were selected as well as highlight the investing talents and luck of our members.

Participants are allowed one stock switch during the year in either competition, meaning you may sell your holdings in that competition and reinvest the proceeds on a different stock for that competition or you may decide to keep it in cash. Any uninvested cash will not earn interest.

The winner of the Investors Competition will be determined by adding both Capital Gains and Dividends on holdings and determining the participant with the greatest gains.

The winner of the Speculative grade portfolio will be determined by the participant with the greatest capital gains only, any dividends received from speculative shares will be excluded from the gains calculation.  This is because most speculative stock picks do not pay any material dividends especially when compared with the volatility of the underlying share.

The date of final calculation for determination of winner will be based on the share prices at COB Friday, 6^th November 2026.

The competition is FREE to enter with only one entry per person per competition.

The competition kicks off on Wednesday 11^th February 2026, and runs for 9 months until Friday, 6^th November 2026.The winners will be announced at our November 10^th meeting.

Please submit your entry by clicking this link : QIC Share Portfolio Competition Entry Form

Additional Notes:

If a takeover, scheme of arrangement, or capital return occurs before November, affected funds may be reinvested.

Prizes will be determined based on the number of participants.

The QIC committee will have final say in the event of ambiguity of rules or overall winner 

NOTE: The sharing of nominated stocks is for competition purposes only and should not be taken as investment advice.