Every year our Shares team pick a selection of stocks for the year and some non stock items. Here they are:

Stocks:

LARGE CAPS

Beazley BEZ 101.2p
BSkyB BSY 570.0p
Eaga EAGA 141.5p
Micro Focus MCRO 454.8p
Reed Elsevier REL 491.3p
Standard Chartered STAN 1564.0p
Victrex VCT 809.0p


MID CAPS

Alterian ALN 168.0p
Avocet Mining AVM 85.3p
Debenhams DEB 83.4p
HSBC HICL 112.8p
London Mining LOND 204.0p
Redhall RHL 144.5p
Workspace WKP 21.3p


SMALL CAPS

Advanced Software ASW 36p
AFC Energy AFC 10p
Akers Biosciences AKR 13.8p
Begbies Traynor BEG 105.0p
Fairpoint FRP: 56.5p
Falkland Oil & Gas FOGL 127.5p
Luminar (LMR) LMR 47.5p

FTSE Index; The journalists opinion go as high as 6,700 and as low as 5,500

Indias S&P CNX Nifty Fifty index to rise 50% to 7,500

Non Stock:

Celestial Halo to win the Champion Hurdle: 10-1 with Ladbrokes

Chile to be eliminated in the World Cup quarter finals:11-8 with totesport

Didier Drogba to win the Golden Shoe at next years World Cup: 28-1 with Boylesports

England to progress in the World Cup by winning a penalty shoot out: 4-1 at easybet

San Diego Chargers to win Super Bowl XLIV: 5-1 with Paddy Power

Star Trek to win Best Picture Oscar: 20-1 with Paddy Power

Lady Gaga to win Best Album Grammy: 8-1 with Paddy Power

Mark Price to be the next boss of supermarket group Morrison: 9-4 with Paddy Power

VAT to go to 20%: 3-1 with extrabet.com

Tiger Woods first Major played to be 2010 US Open: 5-1 with extrabet.com

you can't be eldest of two

Eldest refers to the oldest English cricketer left alive after death of Arthur McIntyre, just happens the remaining Bedsor was one of twins, before my time though!

David Haye to get stopped if he fights Vitali Klitschko (not Wladimir the brother). Amir khan to lose if he fights anyone good , and Mayweather to beat Pacquiao should they meet.