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IIC

01-01-2006, 03:05 PM

Anyone up for a "Pick of the Year" contest?

Or maybe we already have one and I missed it???

Anyway, if anyone is interested in a Long Term Call...You can post your pick here no later than BEFORE the markets open on Monday January 9th. We will use the opening price per Yahoo on the next market "OPEN" after you pick it(Unless the price is obviously way off at Yahoo in which case I'll get it from the exchange).

I will donate a nice prize to the winner and some chintzy prizes to #2 and #3.

RULES:

Must hold all year...We will use the close on the last trading day of 2006.

I'll adjust for splits.

Dividends don't count.

Stock must be listed on NYSE, AMEX, Naz NM or Naz SC...NO Bulletin Boards or Pink Sheets. No price restriction as long as it is listed on one of those when you pick it.

In the event of a merger or takeover I will do my best to figure out the value.

If the stock is halted at the close on the last trading day of the year...YOU LOSE...No questions asked.

ETF's OK as long as they are listed as indicated above.

I will post an update about once a week.

Anyone interested???

IIC

01-01-2006, 03:07 PM

BTW...You can go short or long.

My "Pick of the Year" is IDWK looooooooong...Doug(IIC)

billyjoe

01-01-2006, 03:51 PM

Doug,
My pick doesn't get much publicity, that's the type of stock I'm looking for. No one loves it and nobody hates it. You might say "why would you pick that"? A little leather never hurt anyone : TLF I own it in real life and wouldn't be surprised to see it double this year.

billyjoe

ninner

01-01-2006, 05:49 PM

MY PICK is ADAM!!!! healthcare education is getting better with tons of growth ahead for it.

IIC

01-01-2006, 05:50 PM

I knew I missed something...See the portfolio of the year thread...Guess I've been looking at too many charts this past week http://bestsmileys.com/expressions/1.gif

billyjoe

01-01-2006, 06:30 PM

Doug,
This is just one pick, no pressure like portfolio would be.

billyjoe

skiracer

01-01-2006, 07:44 PM

GLD - long

ParkTwain

01-01-2006, 08:34 PM

My pick for 2006 - DDD (long).

mrmarket

01-01-2006, 09:38 PM

BEL - long

Websman

01-01-2006, 09:46 PM

LCAV - short

The Photon

01-01-2006, 11:26 PM

WFMI (Whole Foods) I will stay with a local company long ... they will be going international and opening a clothing line - Great Idea Doug!

mimo_100

01-02-2006, 08:39 AM

This should be interesting. Even though I believe that large caps will fare well in 2k6, I think this company with Ohio ties will do well - ENER.

Tim

01-02-2006, 01:35 PM

my pick Is GHM

New-born baby

01-02-2006, 02:28 PM

WFMI (Whole Foods) I will stay with a local company long ... they will be going international and opening a clothing line - Great Idea Doug!
Photon,
WFMI is a nice pick for the next week, at the very least. Pays a massive dividend--$4.30!--and the ex-date is January 11th. I like this one.

http://img520.imageshack.us/img520/3356/chart14cc.gif

tokyojoeskid

01-02-2006, 03:38 PM

NB,

Will the div be half of that because of the split?

New-born baby

01-02-2006, 04:34 PM

NB,

Will the div be half of that because of the split?
No, my friend. The stock is supposed to pay a divy of $4.30 per share, and the ex-date is 11 Jan 2006. "It's a deal!"

Websman

01-02-2006, 05:56 PM

LCAV - short

Wrong thread. Forget LCAV. I meant to post this in POTW.

IIC

01-02-2006, 06:21 PM

Wrong thread. Forget LCAV. I meant to post this in POTW.

So what's your pick Webs?

Just so everyone knows(maybe some remember???...Thx for not throwing it in my face)...My pick of the year for 2005 was COGT...I made a few percent on it last January...but whatta dog...it was down over 30% in 2005...But it might be back in '06...But it won't be w/ me on board...At least I don't think I will be at this point...Doug(IIC)

Websman

01-02-2006, 06:26 PM

IIC

01-02-2006, 06:29 PM

I'll go with.... hmmm. I'm not sure right now.

Well...take it slow...you have until just before the open on 1/9/06 to decide...no rush...But I think you will like the prize I have in mind for 1st place...And heck, it doesn't cost anything to enter...IIC

New-born baby

01-02-2006, 10:39 PM

So what's your pick Webs?

Just so everyone knows(maybe some remember???...Thx for not throwing it in my face)...My pick of the year for 2005 was COGT...I made a few percent on it last January...but whatta dog...it was down over 30% in 2005...But it might be back in '06...But it won't be w/ me on board...At least I don't think I will be at this point...Doug(IIC)

Doug,
DUH! I thought your pick of the Century was WITS. Man, I am sorry I missed that somewhere. COGT? Oh, yeah, now I remember following that dog for awhile. I think I deleted it off my screen the day it fell $10 per share . . . . :D

I guess you can say that short term trading beats this buy and hold type of thing--Doug's port proves it.

Have a great 2006!

grebnet

01-02-2006, 10:44 PM

Ill pick APLX which Ive owned for a while and is now showing up on BillyJoes cheap 10

I hope we all make so much that we cant figure out who won.

Question. If it gets bought out do we get the $ to reinvest or shares in the purchasing Co. ??

Gary611

01-02-2006, 11:05 PM

Grease is the word, nyuk-nyuk. I'll take VLO as my pick for 2006!

IIC

01-02-2006, 11:22 PM

Doug,
DUH! I thought your pick of the Century was WITS. Man, I am sorry I missed that somewhere. COGT? Oh, yeah, now I remember following that dog for awhile. I think I deleted it off my screen the day it fell $10 per share . . . . :D

I guess you can say that short term trading beats this buy and hold type of thing--Doug's port proves it.

Have a great 2006!

The pick of the year and the pick of the century are to different animals...check back with me in 2099 and we'll see how I did w/ WITS.

diogenes

01-03-2006, 12:42 AM

Put me in for:
PFE

Lyehopper

01-03-2006, 12:56 PM

I wanna compete with $$$Mr. Market$$$ head-to-head.... toe-to-toe.... bicep-to-bicep... dirtydirt-to-dirtydirt in this here contest... So I pick one of my favorite stocks and a long term "come hell or high water" hold for my real life portfolio. ECOL (Long).... Hopefully it will open down in the morning for a great entry.

spikefader

01-03-2006, 02:04 PM

CERS long for me.

Lyehopper

01-03-2006, 02:20 PM

IIC

01-03-2006, 05:51 PM

IIC

01-03-2006, 06:31 PM

Pix so far...all long...Still time to enter...deadline for entries is before the market opens on January 9th...see rules on first post in this thread:

Opening price on 1/3/06

Billyjoe...TLF...6.86
Ninner...ADAM...8.20
Doug(IIC)...IDWK...5.95
Ski...GLD...52.29
Parktwain...DDD...5.88
Mr. Market...BEL...3.10
Diogenes...PFE...23.65
Gary...VLO...52.55
Grebnet...APLX...7.48
RL...GHM...56.42
Mimo...ENER...41.95
Photon...WFMI...77.44

Opening price will be on 1/4/06:

Lye...ECOl
Spike...CERS

billyjoe

01-03-2006, 07:14 PM

Doug,
You do mean 1/3/06 and 1/4/06 don't you?

billyjoe

Websman

01-03-2006, 07:21 PM

After careful consideration, I have made my pick for 2006...

It's hip...

It's cool...

It's wild...

It's True Religion! Brand jeans that is...

Ticker symbol - TRLG

The young, hip hop crowd will be beating the door down for this companies unattractive and rediculous line of clothing.

You may be thinking to yourself, "What's so attractive about this company? What would make this friggin Vulcan think the share price will go up in 2006? What planet is he from? I need another another beer!".

Well, my human friends... Read for yourself and you may just get religion.

Who they are…
True Religion Brand Jeans was established in December of 2002 to take denim in a refreshing new direction. The Los Angeles based premium denim company has become known for its intense attention to detail: from the fashion-forward seams, to the remarkable embroidery and innovative hand-sanded vintage washes, True Religion Brand Jeans has distinguished itself as a leader in the high-end denim market for men, women and kids. The line also includes a myriad of colored corduroy pants, skirts, shirts, shorts, jackets, blazers, hoodies, T-shirts and everything in between.
Husband and wife designers, Jeffrey and Kym Lubell have combined his love of classic rock and her love of hip-hop and R&B to produce a trendsetting line made to exceed consumers’ expectations of denim apparel. Magazines including Elle, Bazaar, InStyle, NY Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Lucky, GQ, Razor, DNR, Rolling Stones, Men’s Health, Vogue, Intl’ Publications, Teen People, Teen Vogue, Star, People, InTouch, Life & Style, and US Weekly have recently featured True Religion Brand Jeans apparel.

The line will also be featured in upcoming movies including “Cake” w/ Heather Graham, “The Fog” w/ Selma Blair (opening scene), “Domino” w/ Keira Knightley, and “Dukes of Hazzard” w/Jessica Simpson.

In addition, the brand has amassed an impressive list of celebrity enthusiasts including Kate Beckinsale, David Beckham, Sarah Chalke, Courteney Cox, Gary Dourdon, Faith Evans, Tom Ford, Jennifer Garner, Heather Graham, Kate Hudson, Angelina Jolie, Donna Karan, Heidi Klum, Nick Lachey, Jennifer Lopez, Freddie Ljungberg, Madonna, Chad Michael Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Brooke Shields, Jessica Simpson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gwen Stefani, Mr Market, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Bruce Willis, the Wayans Bros., and the Cast of Desperate Housewives.
True Religion Brand Jeans can currently be found in the world’s finest retailers including,

United States: Barney’s New York, Fred Segal, Neiman Marcus, Ron Herman, Henri Bendel, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, Atrium, H. Lorenzo, Kitson, Intermix and Jeffries NY
United Kingdom: Harrod’s, Harvey Nichols, Selfridges, and Vertice
France: L'eclaireur, Printemps, Bonmarché and Galeries Lafayette - Paris; Martine Chambon - St tropez.
Japan: Barneys, Isetan, B’2ND, and Estonation
Hong Kong: Lane Crawford and Harvey Nichols
Italy: Gio’ Moretti, De Fano, Sugar, Leam, and Luisa Via Roma
Russia: Mercury and Opium

IIC

01-03-2006, 07:22 PM

Doug,
You do mean 1/3/06 and 1/4/06 don't you?

billyjoe

What are you talking about?

skiracer

01-03-2006, 07:26 PM

After careful consideration, I have made my pick for 2006...

It's hip...

It's cool...

It's wild...

It's True Religion! Brand jeans that is...

Ticker symbol - TRLG

The young, hip hop crowd will be beating the door down for this companies unattractive and rediculous line of clothing.

You may be thinking to yourself, "What's so attractive about this company? What would make this friggin Vulcan think the share price will go up in 2006? What planet is he from? I need another another beer!".

Well, my human friends... Read for yourself and you may just receive religion.

Who they are…
True Religion Brand Jeans was established in December of 2002 to take denim in a refreshing new direction. The Los Angeles based premium denim company has become known for its intense attention to detail: from the fashion-forward seams, to the remarkable embroidery and innovative hand-sanded vintage washes, True Religion Brand Jeans has distinguished itself as a leader in the high-end denim market for men, women and kids. The line also includes a myriad of colored corduroy pants, skirts, shirts, shorts, jackets, blazers, hoodies, T-shirts and everything in between.
Husband and wife designers, Jeffrey and Kym Lubell have combined his love of classic rock and her love of hip-hop and R&B to produce a trendsetting line made to exceed consumers’ expectations of denim apparel. Magazines including Elle, Bazaar, InStyle, NY Times, Los Angeles Magazine, Lucky, GQ, Razor, DNR, Rolling Stones, Men’s Health, Vogue, Intl’ Publications, Teen People, Teen Vogue, Star, People, InTouch, Life & Style, and US Weekly have recently featured True Religion Brand Jeans apparel.

The line will also be featured in upcoming movies including “Cake” w/ Heather Graham, “The Fog” w/ Selma Blair (opening scene), “Domino” w/ Keira Knightley, and “Dukes of Hazzard” w/Jessica Simpson.

In addition, the brand has amassed an impressive list of celebrity enthusiasts including Kate Beckinsale, David Beckham, Sarah Chalke, Courteney Cox, Gary Dourdon, Faith Evans, Tom Ford, Jennifer Garner, Heather Graham, Kate Hudson, Angelina Jolie, Donna Karan, Heidi Klum, Nick Lachey, Jennifer Lopez, Freddie Ljungberg, Madonna, Chad Michael Murray, Gwyneth Paltrow, Brooke Shields, Jessica Simpson, Jada Pinkett Smith, Gwen Stefani, Mr Market, Justin Timberlake, Usher, Bruce Willis, the Wayans Bros., and the Cast of Desperate Housewives.
True Religion Brand Jeans can currently be found in the world’s finest retailers including,

United States: Barney’s New York, Fred Segal, Neiman Marcus, Ron Herman, Henri Bendel, Bergdorf Goodman, Saks Fifth Avenue, Atrium, H. Lorenzo, Kitson, Intermix and Jeffries NY
United Kingdom: Harrod’s, Harvey Nichols, Selfridges, and Vertice
France: L'eclaireur, Printemps, Bonmarché and Galeries Lafayette - Paris; Martine Chambon - St tropez.
Japan: Barneys, Isetan, B’2ND, and Estonation
Hong Kong: Lane Crawford and Harvey Nichols
Italy: Gio’ Moretti, De Fano, Sugar, Leam, and Luisa Via Roma
Russia: Mercury and Opium

Webs,
Sounds like, "You've got RELIGION" brother.

Lyehopper

01-03-2006, 07:39 PM

Webs,
Sounds like, "You've got RELIGION" brother.
LOL...yeah Ski.... he's got "Religion" for sure. Crystal clear 105 proof religion.lol

IIC

01-03-2006, 07:47 PM

Webs...Are you looking in IBD for your pix? http://trimurl.com/3JU (http://trimurl.com/3JU)

I'll eat a bug if TRLG wins...I've been trashing that thing for 3 weeks.

Here is a copy of part of a post I made at another Forum on 12/19/05:

C'mon...remember Jordache, Chemin De Fer, Gloria Vanderbilt, Calvins,Gitano...The list goes on and on...maybe jeans will be around for a long time...but True Religion at $400 a pop will not...No problem buying what is hot...but when it's not hot...then it is time to let go and untie the knot. Of course, they could always pull an LAGEAR...sell the name after all the accounting scandals...Open up Skechers...and scr*w over a whole new set of investors...But I'm not complaining...I made a killing on both of them.

For those so inclined...you can take a walk down memory lane
http://www.inthe80s.com/clothes/a.shtml (http://www.inthe80s.com/clothes/a.shtml)

The only question is which is going to burst first...The Housing Bubble or the Denim Bubble http://www.slate.com/id/2124237/fr/rss/

Of course I could be wrong???

Websman

01-03-2006, 07:59 PM

Webs...Are you looking in IBD for your pix? http://trimurl.com/3JU (http://trimurl.com/3JU)

What, it's been in IBD???

This is not good!

Is it too late to change my pick?

IIC

01-03-2006, 08:00 PM

What, it's been in IBD???

This is not good!

Is it too late to change my pick?

You have until the market opens tomorrow...once it's open you are stuck

Websman

01-03-2006, 08:01 PM

You have until the market opens tomorrow...once it's open you are stuck

Ok, I'll take ACW long.

billyjoe

01-03-2006, 08:54 PM

Webs,
When you heard of the IBD TRLG thing didn't you feel like puking?

billyjoe

Websman

01-03-2006, 09:39 PM

Webs,
When you heard of the IBD TRLG thing didn't you feel like puking?

billyjoe

Actually I did. I tossed my dinner all over my keyboard.

Thanks Doug. You gonna buy me a new keyboard?

sisterwin2

01-03-2006, 10:31 PM

My pick is DVN long

IIC

01-03-2006, 11:53 PM

Actually I did. I tossed my dinner all over my keyboard.

Thanks Doug. You gonna buy me a new keyboard?

If you win...I just might...although I have some better prizes in mind

IIC

01-03-2006, 11:59 PM

OK...we have a couple more entrants...Webs and Dena(Thx for not thanking me for the Happy B-Day thread I started for you Sis)...C'mon...Where's the Long Term Investors??? You still have time to enter(See the first post in this thread)...Doug(IIC)

UPDATED:

Pix so far...all long...Still time to enter...deadline for entries is before the market opens on January 9th...see rules on first post in this thread:

Opening price on 1/3/06

Billyjoe...TLF...6.86
Ninner...ADAM...8.20
Doug(IIC)...IDWK...5.95
Ski...GLD...52.29
Parktwain...DDD...5.88
Mr. Market...BEL...3.10
Diogenes...PFE...23.65
Gary...VLO...52.55
Grebnet...APLX...7.48
RL...GHM...56.42
Mimo...ENER...41.95
Photon...WFMI...77.44

Opening price will be on 1/4/06:

Lye...ECOL
Spike...CERS
Webs...ACW
Sis...DVN
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billyjoe

01-04-2006, 01:31 PM

Doug,
For added interest could we add some celebrity picks (might make us look smarter) such as Cramer's ATI posted by Peter Hansen.

billyjoe

MickyMouse

01-04-2006, 02:13 PM

Hi Doug,

BWNG long here.

Micky

Runner

01-04-2006, 05:45 PM

Here is my pick TEVA long in 20006

IIC

01-04-2006, 06:58 PM

UPDATED:

Pix so far...all long...Still time to enter...deadline for entries is before the market opens on January 9th...see rules on first post in this thread...
Billyjoe has volunteered to track Celebrity pix...thx Billy...Doug(IIC)

Opening price on 1/3/06

Billyjoe...TLF...6.86
Ninner...ADAM...8.20
Doug(IIC)...IDWK...5.95
Ski...GLD...52.29
Parktwain...DDD...5.88
Mr. Market...BEL...3.10
Diogenes...PFE...23.65
Gary...VLO...52.55
Grebnet...APLX...7.48
RL...GHM...56.42
Mimo...ENER...41.95
Photon...WFMI...77.44

Opening price on 1/4/06:

Lye...ECOL...15.48
Spike...CERS...9.96
Webs...ACW...12.98
Sis...DVN...64.69

Opening price will be on 1/5/06

Mickey...BNWG
Runner...TEVA
Sirtuck...ABB

sirtuck

01-04-2006, 07:00 PM

My pick for 2006 is ABB

IIC

01-04-2006, 07:04 PM

My pick for 2006 is ABB

OK...great...I edited my previous post and put you in...Doug(IIC)

ParkTwain

01-04-2006, 07:14 PM

doug, wrong opening price given for Ray's pick GHM...

spikefader

01-04-2006, 07:20 PM

look again iic it's 9.70.

IIC

01-04-2006, 07:55 PM

look again iic it's 9.70.

Geez...two controversies already?

OK...Yahoo says 9.96.

OK...Stockcharts says 9.70

So I have to use the exchange OFFICIAL open...The Nasdaq says 9.96
http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/summaryquote.asp?symbol=CERS&selected=CERS

However, if they made a mistake and they correct it...then so will I.

Now, let me go check GHM

IIC

01-04-2006, 08:06 PM

Good Eye Park Twain...I fixed RL's open on GHM...Guess what happened?

I put in the opening price for RL (Ralph Lauren)...I just wanted to see if Ray was awake ;)

UPDATED:

Pix so far...all long...Still time to enter...deadline for entries is before the market opens on January 9th...see rules on first post in this thread...
Billyjoe has volunteered to track Celebrity pix...thx Billy...Doug(IIC)

Opening price on 1/3/06

Billyjoe...TLF...6.86
Ninner...ADAM...8.20
Doug(IIC)...IDWK...5.95
Ski...GLD...52.29
Parktwain...DDD...5.88
Mr. Market...BEL...3.10
Diogenes...PFE...23.65
Gary...VLO...52.55
Grebnet...APLX...7.48
RL...GHM...21.80
Mimo...ENER...41.95
Photon...WFMI...77.44

Opening price on 1/4/06:

Lye...ECOL...15.48
Spike...CERS...9.96
Webs...ACW...12.98
Sis...DVN...64.69

Opening price will be on 1/5/06

Mickey...BNWG
Runner...TEVA
Sirtuck...ABB

01-04-2006, 08:33 PM

I certainly would not expect the game cop to do that.

spikefader

01-04-2006, 08:53 PM

Geez...two controversies already?

OK...Yahoo says 9.96.

OK...Stockcharts says 9.70

So I have to use the exchange OFFICIAL open...The Nasdaq says 9.96
http://quotes.nasdaq.com/asp/summaryquote.asp?symbol=CERS&selected=CERS

However, if they made a mistake and they correct it...then so will I.

Now, let me go check GHMlol oh geez you're harsh. I don't even get the benefit of the doubt. Tuff rules tuff rules... :D I don't care. It's gonna walk all over the rest of the junk picks so far! haha seriously, I'm impressed with many of them so I'm not expecting to win, except for Webs' pick, might as well flip a coin for that one! :D I'm just messin' with ya Webs. Good luck to all in this comp. Like Greb says.

lol iic, RL sure wasn't awake. I actually noticed but didn't wanna say anything. I put in a portfolio cuz I got so much free time on my hands and like to check up on your math since you can't be trusted :D

IIC

01-04-2006, 09:08 PM

lol oh geez you're harsh. I don't even get the benefit of the doubt. Tuff rules tuff rules... :D I don't care. It's gonna walk all over the rest of the junk picks so far! haha seriously, I'm impressed with many of them so I'm not expecting to win, except for Webs' pick, might as well flip a coin for that one! :D I'm just messin' with ya Webs. Good luck to all in this comp. Like Greb says.

lol iic, RL sure wasn't awake. I actually noticed but didn't wanna say anything. I put in a portfolio cuz I got so much free time on my hands and like to check up on your math since you can't be trusted :D

I will call the Nasdaq tomorrow...I'm serious. I would like to know why there are so many discrepencies all the time. Particularly, why the Advance/Decline numbers are different everywhere you look.

jiesen

01-05-2006, 12:55 PM

ok, my pick for the year is LJPC long.

mimo_100

01-05-2006, 01:06 PM

dmk112

01-05-2006, 01:32 PM

I'll take GG, if i'm not too late.

ParkTwain

01-05-2006, 03:01 PM

BTW Ray, interesting pick in GHM, a maker of equipment that allows an oil refiner to process "sour" crude oil feedstock, which is the more plentiful product brought out of the ground around the world. You must think that GHM is a better way to leverage the very profitable sour crude processing enterprise (think VLO, FTO, and others) than buying the refiners themselves. I had profitably traded FTO in 2005.

spikefader

01-05-2006, 03:23 PM

I will call the Nasdaq tomorrow...I'm serious. I would like to know why there are so many discrepencies all the time. Particularly, why the Advance/Decline numbers are different everywhere you look.
lol well I'm not makin' a big issue out of it. If this helps, this is the chart that www.nasdaq.com (http://www.nasdaq.com) is producing today:
http://charting.nasdaq.com/ext/charts.dll?2-1-14-0-0-75-03NA000000CERS-&SF:6%7C5-WD=484-HT=395-

sowersnc

01-05-2006, 03:32 PM

Doug,

I'll give it a shot too. I would like to go with ACI. I think low-sulfer coal has another year to its run. I just don't know if the energy sector is going to pull it down or not.

SledDawg

01-05-2006, 03:38 PM

Doug, I'll take FORD (Forward Industries) long. Thanks for the contest.

billyjoe

01-05-2006, 04:24 PM

I shouldn't have opened my big mouth. Now that I'm in charge of celebrity picks, please tell me any you have heard besides Cramer's. Now I don't want any of you jokers to tell me Madonna's pick or anyone like that, just financial people or financial commentators. I'd even take Wm. O'Neil's if he'd commit to anything you could track him on. One per celebrity please. How about the Gardner Bros?

I've got one besides Cramer's ATI, but can't recall who made it. Was a report today from the Consumer's Electronics Show in Vegas. The pick was STX and they were very enthusiastic about it. For now it will be listed as the "unknown celebrity" pick. Thanks everybody, I need all the help I can get. Remember our purpose is to show the skills of MM forum members vs. world financial experts.

billtjoe

billyjoe

01-05-2006, 04:56 PM

I've got some celebrity picks even if we've never heard of them they are celebrities in their own eyes:

Celebrity Pick Open Price 1/03/06

Cramer---ATI----36.40

Ray.James analyst Bill Fisher---RSG---37.40

Professional Timing Service Newsletter Curtis Hesler---FTO---38.04

Drip Investor Newsletter Chuck Carlson---MSFT---26.25

Forbes Wireless Stock Watch Newsletter Nikhil Hutheesing--IPAS--6.53

Unknown Expert at Consumer's Electronic Show--?--STX--20.07

billyjoe

billyjoe

01-05-2006, 05:29 PM

3 more

AOL financial editor Hilary Kramer GOOG 422.52

Credit Suisse First Boston Ivy Zelman FO 77.75

MD Wholesale dmaillie XTO 44.56 (this guy claims returns of 187% last year and over 500% for 3 years and offers his picks free on google)

billyjoe

sisterwin2

01-05-2006, 06:03 PM

I am very interested on how Cramer does..... I actually like ATI. Did not buy it since he said it, will wait to see how it pans out in a month or so.

IIC

01-05-2006, 06:46 PM

OK Billy...I would like to follow CBS MarketWatch's "EXPERT" Bambi Francisco.

Unfortunately, Bambi and I are usually too busy to discuss her pix...so I'll leave it up to you to find her favorite...It might be IIC (Morgan Stanley CA MUNI INC.)...but I'm not positive about that...Doug(IIC)

http://bambi.blogs.com/bambi2.jpg

IIC

01-05-2006, 06:57 PM

lol well I'm not makin' a big issue out of it. If this helps, this is the chart that www.nasdaq.com (http://www.nasdaq.com/) is producing today:
http://charting.nasdaq.com/ext/charts.dll?2-1-14-0-0-75-03NA000000CERS-&SF:6%7C5-WD=484-HT=395-

OK...OK...I spent over 2 hours on the phone talking to Bob, Dorothy, Stuart, Jason, Kelly, Rose, Babette, Steve and Ernie at the Nasdaq...They are VERY GRATEFUL to you Spike for finding their error (Actually, I believe Babette is going to get fired over this)...They have now changed the "Official " open on 1/4/06 to 9.70...Doug(IIC)

spikefader

01-05-2006, 07:02 PM

LOL IIC. Thanks, that was a good chuckle.

stocks54

01-05-2006, 07:03 PM

I will submit long ELN

Regards,
Stocks

billyjoe

01-05-2006, 07:13 PM

IIC

01-05-2006, 07:21 PM

IIC,

The opening price on ENER on 1/3/2006 was $42.23 not 41.95 (we're using US dollars aren't we??? LOL). I figure this contest should encompass some of the same etiquette as golf, so I'm telling on myself. (Laughing)

Tim

Geez...This is becoming quite a bit of work...I can hardly wait to spend my New Year's weekend '07 trying to deal with all the controversy on the year end closing prices...LOL

Hopefully, I'll be so far ahead though that no one will even bother checking ;)

OK...I called Dorothy back at the Nasdaq and she changed the official open on ENER..."No Questions Asked"

http://charting.nasdaq.com/ext/charts.dll?2-1-14-0-0-75-03NA000000ENER-&SF:4|5-WD=484-HT=395--XTBL-

And just so nobody thinks the Spike "Strong Armed " me...here is the "New" official prices for CERS:

http://charting.nasdaq.com/ext/charts.dll?2-1-14-0-0-75-03NA000000CERS-&SF:4|5-WD=484-HT=395--XTBL-

IIC

01-05-2006, 07:40 PM

UPDATED:

Pix so far...all long...Still time to enter...deadline for entries is before the market opens on January 9th. See rules on first post in this thread...Doug(IIC)

Opening price on 1/3/06

Billyjoe...TLF...6.86
Ninner...ADAM...8.20
Doug(IIC)...IDWK...5.95
Ski...GLD...52.29
Parktwain...DDD...5.88
Mr. Market...BEL...3.10
Diogenes...PFE...23.65
Gary...VLO...52.55
Grebnet...APLX...7.48
RL...GHM...21.80
Mimo...ENER...42.23
Photon...WFMI...77.44

Opening price on 1/4/06:

Lye...ECOL...15.48
Spike...CERS...9.70
Webs...ACW...12.98
Sis...DVN...64.69

Opening price on 1/5/06

Mickey...BWNG...6.30
Runner...TEVA...42.70
Sirtuck...ABB...10.61

Opening price will be on 1/06/06

Jiesen...LJPCD You had the wrong symbol...they added a D in December
DMK...GG
Sowersnc...ACI
SledDawg...FORD
Stocks54...ELN

IIC

01-05-2006, 08:01 PM

Doug,
I can hardly believe it. Went to Bambi's blogs and '06 predictions and she picked BEL .... amazing. No, I'm kidding, she makes general predictions such as what GOOG will start charging for, but nothing specific. I want to hear Robin Meade's pick. I'd listen to her. You know she's a Buckeye, actually didn't live too far from me. Never saw her in the store or gas station, I'd remember that.

billyjoe

Hmm...No wonder she never gave me any "Hot" tips...BTW, here is an interesting article that appeared in "Muscle And Fitness" a few years ago:

Wild ride: when she's not cycling hills, lifting weights or hanging out with IIC, Bambi Francisco chronicles the volatile world of Internet stocks
Muscle & Fitness/Hers (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KGB), April, 2003 (http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KGB/is_3_4) by Jeff O'Connell (http://www.findarticles.com/p/search?tb=art&qt=%22Jeff+O%27Connell%22)

(http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0KGB/is_3_4/ai_n6006084#)

Having spent her hectic weekdays in San Francisco meeting deadlines, Bambi Francisco, Internet editor at CBS.MarketWatch.com, frequently takes off on Saturdays for lengthy bike rides, the Bay Area's spectacular countryside making them breathtaking in more ways than one. So dedicated is Bambi to cycling that she completed half a dozen "centuries," or hundred-mile rides, in 2002 alone.

"It's definitely a release, and it sort of puts me in this zone," she says of the biker's highs that result. "Especially if you spend as much time as I do at the computer reading and absorbing all this information, [cycling] allows you to direct your energy in a different way I have a lot energy that's bottled up inside especially since IIC lives way down in L.A., and that's sort of the way for me to release it."

Although the rides are as much about relaxing her mind as they are about exercising her body, one wonders if the Bay Area's roller-coaster hills don't remind Bambi of her job, which involves writing weekly columns on companies and trends and doing "streamed" interviews with executives--all concerned with, and disseminated via, the Web. After peaking at above 5,100 in March 2000, the NASDAQ-100, an index heavily weighted toward technology, fell to nearly 1,100 in October 2002, as several trillion dollars in investor wealth vanished during the broader NASDAQ's protracted crash. (The 100 has since recouped several hundred points.) The Dow Jones Internet Composite Index, which more accurately measures Bambi's beat, actually fared worse, falling 95% during that span. That's not a misprint.

It wasn't always that way, of course. In the days before the bubble burst, when dot-coms now trading for $1.50 didn't have a decimal point in the middle, Bambi remembers attending $400,000 parties thrown by companies with nothing to celebrate other than having gone public at a particularly opportune moment in U.S. economic history. It was while dining with a friend, though, that the magnitude, and perhaps the absurdity, of the boom truly hit home.

"I went out with IIC, and he was choosing a bottle of wine that was $600 or $700 or something," Bambi recalls. "The waiter asked several times, 'Are you sure you want this?" IIC was like: 'Yeah. What's wrong?' I didn't know what the occasion was until later in the meal, when he said, 'This is really strange, but I just became a billionaire on paper today.' And I thought, Hmm."

uphill battles

As do many people who love their profession, Bambi often winds up spending her downtime with those who share her passion. When she cycles, for example, it's frequently with IIC, Silicon Valley entrepreneurs and venture capitalists. She's been biking with increasing seriousness since moving four years ago from New York City to San Francisco--the same location her parents chose when they moved Bambi, then 4, and her siblings from the Philippines.

During the week, Bambi is more likely to get her cardio from 5-mile runs. She also hits the gym twice, sometimes three times a week for full-body weight-training sessions. A favorite activity is using the assisted chin-dip machine, which, by combining two of the best and most efficient upper-body movements, is a godsend for time-crunched trainees. The counterbalanced assist the machine can give also eliminates the only real drawback of both chin-ups and dips; that is, the difficulty of doing them for enough reps with bodyweight to fully fatigue muscle fibers in the pecs, lats, arms--pretty much the entire upper body.

Working out with neither a trainer nor a partner, except when IIC is in town, Bambi is also partial to dumbbell kickbacks for triceps, a deceptively important muscle for cyclists; lateral raises for shoulders, which improve her golf swing; pelvic thrusts, which help stabilize the core (abs and low back); and hanging leg and knee raises for abs, performed in lengthy sets designed to build muscle endurance. In support of her cycling, Bambi also does a lot of squats, lying leg curls and calf raises.

Of late, Bambi, who did gymnastics and track as a child, has combined her endurance and strength by pursuing adventure racing. "Those races comprise running, road biking, mountain biking, kayaking and even a little swimming," she says. "My team and I placed first one race and then 10th out of 150 teams [in another]. We were actually considered professionals, although I don't know that we'll keep that status." Not surprisingly, she describes her Silicon Valley teammates as driven and hardcore. "I'm just the girl who tries to keep up with them," she says with a laugh.

reversal of fortune

The Type-A mind-set of the industry types with whom she bikes was at full throttle three years ago. The hubris of those who lost their perspective inside the Internet bubble has been well documented, and none of Bambi's observations dispel that perception. Although some investors accuse financial reporters of having been "cheerleaders" for tech stocks as the bubble expanded--perhaps confusing journalists with brokerage analysts--Bambi stayed more dispassionate than most. She claims to have been as bewildered by, and wary of, the final run-up during 1998 and 1999 as she was shocked by the ferocity of its reversal.

In fact, any journalist who said back in late '99 that the NASDAQ would fall as far as it did would have been fitted for a straitjacket. "There definitely were a lot of people who knew the market was going to come down, but, yeah, I don't think they knew that it was going to come down this much," says Bambi, who started her career in New York City at a J.P. Morgan trading desk, took some graduate-level courses in journalism at New York University, then merged the two by working as a producer for business segments at CNN, where she launched a show on initial public offerings that would inevitably immerse her in the soon-to-explode world of Internet-related stocks. The only one who kept running around yelling "The Sky Is Falling Down, The Sky Is Falling Down" in late '99 was IIC.

Says Bambi: "It took some clever analysis--actually it wasn't even that clever [in hindsight] for someone doing their homework to realize that, say, [on-line travel service] priceline.com shouldn't have been worth more than the entire airline industry. It all came down to really basic questions of supply and demand, but I think everybody kind of lost [perspective] because they weren't really sure about this technology, which was so disruptive."

Like the railroad, which also set off a speculative boom, the Internet is indeed a profoundly transforming technology, and the response to such sudden disruptions can be the strange alchemy of euphoria and fear that produces bubbles in financial markets. That they are identifiable as such to most people only in hindsight is what makes them such unique and potentially devastating events. Recognizing that this one, like its predecessors, was more about psychology than technology, Bambi did a series for CBS.MarketWatch.com called "Where Are They Now," which updated readers on the whereabouts of scattered former 'Net high-fliers.

"The most fascinating story to be told from the Internet boom is the bust period, because that's when people really started reflecting on the lessons not just about economics and business but about who they became," says Bambi, who feels that the innate optimism of technology entrepreneurs will always drive them, and the economy, forward. "I think a lot of people sort of forgot what's important in life. I like asking people what they really learned about themselves, and I'd say about 80% of those I've spoken with have reached some level of awareness."

"Of what?" I ask.

"This realization that maybe they were lucky, and this realization that they're blessed with a lot of things, and that they can be taken away just as quickly. September 11th had a lot to do with that as well, but [that awareness] really puts your efforts into perspective."

BAMBI'S training splitday activity1 Runs 5 miles2 Lifts weights, full body3 Runs 5 miles4 Lifts weights, full body5 Runs 5 miles6 Outdoor cardio or active rest7 Outdoor cardio or active rest.

Bambi Francisco

Birthplace: Cebu City, Philippines

Current residence: the Bay Area in California

Height: 5'3 3/4"

Weight: 108-110 pounds

Occupation: Internet editor for CBS.MarketWatch.com, flagship of the Web-based financial-media company MarketWatch.com. Bambi's weekly column, "Net Sense," appears Tuesdays at CBS.MarketWatch.com.

Education: Graduated from Rutgers University (New Brunswick, New Jersey) with a degree in economics

Who's the most interesting person you've interviewed? I'd say Milton Friedman [winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in economics].

Who haven't you interviewed who you'd most like to? Hmm. Does he or she have to be alive?

That would be pretty tricky if they weren't. Okay, anybody from history. [19th century Russian novelist Fyodor] Dostoyevsky. Either him or [English novelist and essayist] C.S. Lewis. Of course, "I always enjoy interviewing IIC...if you know what I mean"?

What terrifies you? Sharks.

What inspires you? A challenge. And a person who is full of passion...Like IIC

You have such an awesome name that I have to ask you about its genesis. In the Philippines. Baby is a very common name, but my mom didn't want me to have a common name, and Bambina is baby in Italian, so she thought Bambina, and then Bambi. It had nothing to do with the Disney movie? I don't think so. No.

billyjoe

01-05-2006, 08:11 PM

Doug,
I'm impressed. Even with all your fame and connections, you're still just an average Joe.

billyjoe

ParkTwain

01-05-2006, 08:20 PM

I thought that I read on Bambi's blog that she plans to study theology in the future. So Doug has been kept on the straight and narrow all this time ... :)

http://bambi.blogs.com/about.html

IIC

01-05-2006, 08:20 PM

In case you missed my post at my thread this morning...I bot a small stake in my Pick...IDWK at 5.84...We'll see how eps pans out on 1/10/06 to see if I want to start accumulating...Doug(IIC)

IIC

01-05-2006, 08:24 PM

I thought that I read on Bambi's blog that she plans to study theology in the future. So Doug has been kept on the straight and narrow all this time ... :)

She wouldn't be the first one that I drove to the convent...Heck...I can't be everything to everybody...LOL...Doug

billyjoe

01-05-2006, 08:32 PM

Ha, Ha ! Doug,
You forgot to mention her many appearances on "Spike TV".
This proves it, Spike is the humble one.

billyjoe

jiesen

01-05-2006, 08:38 PM

Jiesen...LJPCD You had the wrong symbol...they added a D in December

yeah, yeah. technicalities... sheesh! these 20 days seem like forever, when you're stuck with the scarlet "D".

Karel

01-06-2006, 02:59 AM

Oh, well: CELL. If I amparticipating in a POTW, then why not also in a POTY? It is even less work!

Regards,

Karel

billyjoe

01-06-2006, 11:34 AM

More Experts , I think this is enough from non-Mr.Market types

All Opening Prices January 3, 2006

Supernova Stocks-- Allen R. Gillespie-- ELOS--32.07

Blue Chip Growth---Louis Navellier---SU--63.67

Follow the Ram---Jack Rothstein----ESLR--10.77

Growth Report---Ian Wyatt---FNCN--34.58

Motley Fool----Dave Gardner---ERTS--52.44

Personal Finance---Neil George---SGR--29.09

Schaeffer's Power Stocks--Bernie Schaeffer--MWY--18.87

Am still holding a place for Wm.O'Neil's pick. Is it really IBD short? No, that's just a viscious rumor.

billyjoe

p.s. we've now got 25 Mr.Market picks vs. 16 business experts ,this should be a revealing comparison

IIC

01-06-2006, 10:55 PM

UPDATED:

25 Pix so far...all long...Still time to enter...deadline for entries is before the market opens on January 9th. See rules on first post in this thread...Doug(IIC)

Opening price on 1/3/06

Billyjoe...TLF...6.86
Ninner...ADAM...8.20
Doug(IIC)...IDWK...5.95
Ski...GLD...52.29
Parktwain...DDD...5.88
Mr. Market...BEL...3.10
Diogenes...PFE...23.65
Gary...VLO...52.55
Grebnet...APLX...7.48
RL...GHM...21.80
Mimo...ENER...42.23
Photon...WFMI...77.44

Opening price on 1/4/06:

Lye...ECOL...15.48
Spike...CERS...9.70
Webs...ACW...12.98
Sis...DVN...64.69

Opening price on 1/5/06

Mickey...BWNG...6.30
Runner...TEVA...42.70
Sirtuck...ABB...10.61

Opening price on 1/06/06

Jiesen...LJPCD...3.38
DMK...GG...24.55
Sowersnc...ACI...86.18
SledDawg...FORD...9.52
Stocks54...ELN...14.26
Karel...CELL...20.02
Bambi(IIC's GalPal)...IIC...13.82

Websman

01-06-2006, 11:36 PM

Maybe I should have stuck with TRLG... Go ACW!

IIC

01-06-2006, 11:40 PM

Maybe I should have stuck with TRLG... Go ACW!

Webs...see my post re: TRLG at my thread...If you like GAC...you'll get a kick outta it...IIC

IIC

01-07-2006, 03:50 PM

There is still time to enter...And this contest even offers prizes to the Top 3...Unlike Lye's "chintzy" weekly contest...See the first post in this thread for the rules.

The deadline for entry is the market open on Monday...Have 25 contestants so far...Would like to see at least 500...Doug(IIC)

billyjoe

01-07-2006, 03:59 PM

Doug,
And I'll send prizes to our celebrity contestants if they win. Will also try to post a monthly update on celebrity performance starting in February.

billyjoe

p.s. are the prizes larger than a bread box? can I hold it in my hand?

billyjoe

01-07-2006, 04:13 PM

IIC

01-07-2006, 06:26 PM

Doug,
Since I've got some free time today was wondering how your Nebraska track times compared to the modern era. Did you mentioned that you also were a pole vaulter? I shook hands with Bob Seagren and the vaulting champ of Great Britain back in about 1967.

billyjoe

No...I never had the guts to pole vault.

I graduated from HS in 6/71...I was in the Junior Olympics in the Summer of '70 in Knoxville...I got blown out in the Prelims of the 440...But our California team won the 4x220 relay...I ran the second leg.

After my Senior year in HS I was in the National Junior Championships in Bowling Green Ohio...I made it past the prelims in the 100...but I came in 6th in the Final...I won the Gold in the 440 though.

I tore a hamstring real bad when I was a Sophomore at Nebraska at a meet at San Jose State...That pretty much ended my career...There was a bit more after that in Hawaii...But I was through...I refused the operation...But I have no problems with my leg now...I was lucky though because the damage was not at the knee or hip.(Connections)

My best times through my Frosh Year at college were:

100...9.5/10.4
220/200(Curve)...21.3/21.0...Heck...I ran 21.5 when I was a Jr. in HS...#2 Jr. in the nation(Check T&FN)...although there were a couple of Sophs that had better times in '70.
440/400...47.9/47.3...But I never trained for that...If I had...this would have been my best event...But I was too lazy to be honest with you.
60yds...6.2(Indoor)
300yds...30.7(Indoor)

Bob went to USC...I saw him a lot as a pre-teen as I went to many USC and UCLA track meets with my Dad back then...But I don't remember actually meeting him. Track was BIG TIME back then...Not so anymore though.

In conclusion...I could have been a lot better than I actually was...But my success early...As I ran 9.9 as a 9th grader and 51.3 w/o even trying(The 9th grade record was only 50.3 at the time)...went to my head...Thought I was
TOO good...Well, I wasn't...I should have actually worked at it...But a good lesson for later life...Nothing worth having or doing is easy...Live and Learn...And yes...I learned some valuable lessons from it...Doug(IIC)

billyjoe

01-07-2006, 07:30 PM

skiracer

01-07-2006, 08:20 PM

IIC

01-08-2006, 01:25 AM

Doug,
Remember Dave Wottle or Sid Sink from Bowling Green ? Wottle won olympic gold in 1500m. Used to watch him running to class before that. Never figured he was fastest in the world. Wottle was in Air Force ROTC with my roommate. After college he ran meets for Air Force and got officer pay and that's all he did. I think for only a couple years. He always wore a funny cap and forgot to take it off for national anthem at the olympics.

Am impressed with your 9.5 100yard time. That was smokin' in '71.

billyjoe

I remember Dave Wottle...but I thought he won the 800 at Munich???...He was eliminated in the semis in the 1,500 there??? I remember him winning the 1,500 or Mile at the NCAA's though.

I think Sid was a longer distance runner...but besides the unique name I don't really remember him...Doug

IIC

01-08-2006, 02:04 AM

Doug,
That 9.5 is impressive. There is a guy from Neptune, NJ who was very fast in the 100 and may have held the record for awhile. He went on to play pro football as a wide receiver. I can't remember his name at the moment. A black guy from around that time period. Being that you were involved in it thought maybe you might have met him. I think his first name was Bob. Can't remember the last name.

Bob from Neptune...Doesn't ring a bell...Unfortunately, my first wife threw out all my scrapbooks, medals, trophies, ribbons etc...When I left her in '83...However, I do have a few things in boxes...After I read your post I tried to look for them...Didn't find them yet but thanks to you I came across an old DailyGraphs from 1994 and this Newspaper article I tore out of the San Francisco Examainer in May 1979...titled "Lyrics To Leave Your Lover By"...A full page of Country Western One-Liners; e.g. "I gave her a ring and she gave me the finger" and about 200 other cool phrases. Also came across my old tax returns back to '73...Doug

billyjoe

01-08-2006, 10:54 AM

I remember Dave Wottle...but I thought he won the 800 at Munich???...He was eliminated in the semis in the 1,500 there??? I remember him winning the 1,500 or Mile at the NCAA's though.

I think Sid was a longer distance runner...but besides the unique name I don't really remember him...Doug

Doug,
Correct again as usual. Boy it's hell growing old. I used to be really sharp. Wottle won the 8OO in Munich in 1:43.3 and broke the 4 minute mile 18 times in college. He did win the NCAA 1500 and mile in consecutive years.

billyjoe

skiracer

01-08-2006, 11:14 AM

Bob from Neptune...Doesn't ring a bell...Unfortunately, my first wife threw out all my scrapbooks, medals, trophies, ribbons etc...When I left her in '83...However, I do have a few things in boxes...After I read your post I tried to look for them...Didn't find them yet but thanks to you I came across an old DailyGraphs from 1994 and this Newspaper article I tore out of the San Francisco Examainer in May 1979...titled "Lyrics To Leave Your Lover By"...A full page of Country Western One-Liners; e.g. "I gave her a ring and she gave me the finger" and about 200 other cool phrases. Also came across my old tax returns back to '73...Doug

Doug, thanks for checking. I'm not even sure if the first name is correct but I'm going to reach out to a few friends and get the guys name. I like that one, " I gave her the ring and she gave me the finger". Didn't Paul Simon use a similar line like, reasons to leave your lover, in one of his songs. Post some more of those lines or scan it and attach it to here.

IIC

01-08-2006, 12:14 PM

Doug, thanks for checking. I'm not even sure if the first name is correct but I'm going to reach out to a few friends and get the guys name. I like that one, " I gave her the ring and she gave me the finger". Didn't Paul Simon use a similar line like, reasons to leave your lover, in one of his songs. Post some more of those lines or scan it and attach it to here.

I don't have a scanner...But maybe I'll periodically add one at the bottom of my posts...That way people who don't like what I have to say about stocks might still be interested in checking my thread...The way it's going I think I'll be relagated to page 3 pretty soon...LOL

"If you want to keep the beer real cold...Put it next to my ex-wife's heart"

skiracer

01-08-2006, 12:24 PM

I don't have a scanner...But maybe I'll periodically add one at the bottom of my posts...That way people who don't like what I have to say about stocks might still be interested in checking my thread...The way it's going I think I'll be relagated to page 3 pretty soon...LOL

"If you want to keep the beer real cold...Put it next to my ex-wife's heart"

Yes, makes you feel like an old army whore. Used to the hilt, all stretched out, and then discarded for a new and younger bitch. Typical.

tokyojoeskid

01-08-2006, 06:18 PM

The Company announced a 20% increase in the Company's quarterly dividend to $0.30 per share and a special dividend of $4.00 per share on November 9, 2005. These dividend amounts do not reflect the effect of the future two-for-one stock split announced on November 9, 2005.

Straight from the 10k, Nb you sure it is 4.30?? not 2.15 just trying to clear things up

tjk

IIC

01-08-2006, 07:52 PM

C'mon!!! Lets get some more entrants...So you lose...So what!!!...And maybe you'll get one of GREAT prizes I'm offering...Who knows???

Heck, my pick of the year for '05 was COGT...What a dog...I was able to grab a few percent on it in 1/05...But the thing ended down over 30% for the year...Am I embarrassed???...NO!!!...IIC

UPDATED:

25 Pix so far...all long...Still time to enter...deadline for entries is before the market opens on January 9th. See rules on first post in this thread...Doug(IIC)

Opening price on 1/3/06

Billyjoe...TLF...6.86
Ninner...ADAM...8.20
Doug(IIC)...IDWK...5.95
Ski...GLD...52.29
Parktwain...DDD...5.88
Mr. Market...BEL...3.10
Diogenes...PFE...23.65
Gary...VLO...52.55
Grebnet...APLX...7.48
RL...GHM...21.80
Mimo...ENER...42.23
Photon...WFMI...77.44

Opening price on 1/4/06:

Lye...ECOL...15.48
Spike...CERS...9.70
Webs...ACW...12.98
Sis...DVN...64.69

Opening price on 1/5/06

Mickey...BWNG...6.30
Runner...TEVA...42.70
Sirtuck...ABB...10.61

Opening price on 1/06/06

Jiesen...LJPCD...3.38
DMK...GG...24.55
Sowersnc...ACI...86.18
SledDawg...FORD...9.52
Stocks54...ELN...14.26
Karel...CELL...20.02
Bambi(IIC's GalPal)...IIC...13.82

Peter Hansen

01-09-2006, 09:52 AM

I always said go for the GOLD....... Put me in with GG long !

IIC

01-09-2006, 10:05 AM

I always said go for the GOLD....... Put me in with GG long !

OK... DMK has it too...but you'll get it at today's open anyway.

IIC

01-09-2006, 10:31 AM

That's it...No more entries...IIC

IIC

01-09-2006, 08:44 PM

FINAL ENTRIES

All long...

Opening price on 1/3/06

Billyjoe...TLF...6.86
Ninner...ADAM...8.20
Doug(IIC)...IDWK...5.95
Ski...GLD...52.29
Parktwain...DDD...5.88
Mr. Market...BEL...3.10
Diogenes...PFE...23.65
Gary...VLO...52.55
Grebnet...APLX...7.48
RL...GHM...21.80
Mimo...ENER...42.23
Photon...WFMI...77.44

Opening price on 1/4/06:

Lye...ECOL...15.48
Spike...CERS...9.70
Webs...ACW...12.98
Sis...DVN...64.69

Opening price on 1/5/06

Mickey...BWNG...6.30
Runner...TEVA...42.70
Sirtuck...ABB...10.61

Opening price on 1/06/06

Jiesen...LJPCD...3.38
DMK...GG...24.55
Sowersnc...ACI...86.18
SledDawg...FORD...9.52
Stocks54...ELN...14.26
Karel...CELL...20.02
Bambi(IIC's GalPal)...IIC...13.82

Opening price on 1/09/06

Peter Hansen...GG...24.50

billyjoe

01-09-2006, 09:53 PM

Final Celebrity Entries :

All Long Opening Prices 1/03/06

Cramer--ATI--36.40
Bill Fisher--Raymond James--RSG--37.40
Curtis Hesler--Professional Timing Newsletter--FTO--38.04
Chuck Carlson--Drip Investor Newsletter--MSFT--26.25
Nikhil Hutheesing--Forbes Wireless Newsletter--IPAS--6.53
Hilary Kramer--AOL Financial Editor--GOOG--422.52
Ivy Zelman--Credit Suisse First Boston--FO--77.75
d maille--MD Wholesale claims 187% gain last year--XTO--44.56
Allen A. Gillespie--Supernova Stocks--ELOS--32.07
Louis Navellier--Blue Chip Growth--SU--63.67
Jack Rothstein--Follow the Ram--ESLR--10.77
Ian Wyatt--Growth Report--FMCN--34.58
Dave Gardner--Motley Fool--ERTS--52.44
Neil George--Personal Finance--SGR--29.09
Bernie Schaeffer--Schaeffer's Power Stocks--MWY--18.87
Unknown Expert--Consumer's Electronic Show--STX--20.07
Wm. O'Neil-- IBD-- CSSGX--10.46

billyjoe

jiesen

01-09-2006, 09:55 PM

I guess DMK can forget about winning then, eh? (unintended consequences, anyone?)

IIC

01-10-2006, 01:44 AM

Final Celebrity Entries :

All Long Opening Prices 1/03/06

Cramer--ATI--36.40
Bill Fisher--Raymond James--RSG--37.40
Curtis Hesler--Professional Timing Newsletter--FTO--38.04
Chuck Carlson--Drip Investor Newsletter--MSFT--26.25
Nikhil Hutheesing--Forbes Wireless Newsletter--IPAS--6.53
Hilary Kramer--AOL Financial Editor--GOOG--422.52
Ivy Zelman--Credit Suisse First Boston--FO--77.75
d maille--MD Wholesale claims 187% gain last year--XTO--44.56
Allen A. Gillespie--Supernova Stocks--ELOS--32.07
Louis Navellier--Blue Chip Growth--SU--63.67
Jack Rothstein--Follow the Ram--ESLR--10.77
Ian Wyatt--Growth Report--FNCN--34.58
Dave Gardner--Motley Fool--ERTS--52.44
Neil George--Personal Finance--SGR--29.09
Bernie Schaeffer--Schaeffer's Power Stocks--MWY--18.87
Unknown Expert--Consumer's Electronic Show--STX--20.07
Wm. O'Neil-- IBD-- would not commit

billyjoe

Hey Billy...Since you didn't get WON to commit...I say he picked the Canslim Select Fund...CSSGX...it closed at 10.46 on 1/3 (there is only a close on funds)...IIC

IIC

01-10-2006, 01:44 AM

I guess DMK can forget about winning then, eh? (unintended consequences, anyone?)

Wouldn't it be amazing if they came in 1st and 2nd???

billyjoe

01-10-2006, 08:18 AM

Doug,
WON's CSSGX has been logged in. How can we compete with the all powerful canslim?

billyjoe

IIC

01-10-2006, 10:33 AM

Doug,
WON's CSSGX has been logged in. How can we compete with the all powerful canslim?

billyjoe

Yeah...they were up 0.39% last year(Started late September

jiesen

01-10-2006, 02:01 PM

Wouldn't it be amazing if they came in 1st and 2nd???

Doug, you must be a glass half full kind of guy!

IIC

01-10-2006, 06:13 PM

Doug, you must be a glass half full kind of guy!

No...I'm a glass empty kinda guy...My pick of the year just tanked on EPS...IIC

Think I better stick to the "One Minute Trader" plan :(

MEA_1956

01-11-2006, 02:09 AM

Like Always, I'm late for the dance, two dollars short to get in and don't have the brains to come in out of the cold. Done shingling and now doing siding, so still not a lot of free time to flip you a line every now and then.

I do like your IDEA of posting the old brake up one liners. Told my work mate the one about how to keep his beeer cold tonight and he got a chuckel out of that.

If I had tuned in earlier I would have entered GTE for the yearly contest. Can't wait to see how things turn out for all of you guys. Have a few of my old winners in the lot (TRGL) and I see there is a few that I just might pick up.

How about those NU V B girls, choked in the finales, not a better place to lose it. type more at you later. Marlin

jiesen

01-11-2006, 04:29 AM

No...I'm a glass empty kinda guy...My pick of the year just tanked on EPS...IIC

Think I better stick to the "One Minute Trader" plan :(

doh! ain't earnings day a bitch?

IIC

01-11-2006, 10:24 AM

mimo_100

01-11-2006, 04:57 PM

Final Celebrity Entries :

All Long Opening Prices 1/03/06

Cramer--ATI--36.40
Bill Fisher--Raymond James--RSG--37.40
Curtis Hesler--Professional Timing Newsletter--FTO--38.04
Chuck Carlson--Drip Investor Newsletter--MSFT--26.25
Nikhil Hutheesing--Forbes Wireless Newsletter--IPAS--6.53
Hilary Kramer--AOL Financial Editor--GOOG--422.52
Ivy Zelman--Credit Suisse First Boston--FO--77.75
d maille--MD Wholesale claims 187% gain last year--XTO--44.56
Allen A. Gillespie--Supernova Stocks--ELOS--32.07
Louis Navellier--Blue Chip Growth--SU--63.67
Jack Rothstein--Follow the Ram--ESLR--10.77
Ian Wyatt--Growth Report--FNCN--34.58
Dave Gardner--Motley Fool--ERTS--52.44
Neil George--Personal Finance--SGR--29.09
Bernie Schaeffer--Schaeffer's Power Stocks--MWY--18.87
Unknown Expert--Consumer's Electronic Show--STX--20.07
Wm. O'Neil-- IBD-- CSSGX--10.46

billyjoe

Hey billyjoe,

Ian Wyatt--Growth Report--FNCN--34.58

What stock is FNCN?

Thanks

Tim

billyjoe

01-11-2006, 06:39 PM

Tim,
Good eyes, Tim, it's supposed to be FMCN and I just looked at the chart. It's going crazy.

billyjoe

mimo_100

01-12-2006, 08:45 AM

I was curious about the POTY, so I set up a tracking portfolio for the 44 stocks.

Here are those that have gained 10% or more (there are 14).

http://img78.imageshack.us/img78/1091/poty200601110lt.png

Not bad for one week.

Tim

IIC

01-14-2006, 11:12 AM

I'm making an Irrevocable Executive Decision...I should have made Peter pick a different stock because DMK had already picked GG...but I screwed up...So I'm giving DMK the same price as Peter...So, if I have to provide 4 prizes then I will...although it's gonna cost me if they tie for first. Should I give a booby prize for last?...Looks like I'm a shoo-in...IIC

FINAL...FINAL ENTRIES

All long...

Opening price on 1/3/06

Billyjoe...TLF...6.86
Ninner...ADAM...8.20
Doug(IIC)...IDWK...5.95
Ski...GLD...52.29
Parktwain...DDD...5.88
Mr. Market...BEL...3.10
Diogenes...PFE...23.65
Gary...VLO...52.55
Grebnet...APLX...7.48
RL...GHM...21.80
Mimo...ENER...42.23
Photon...WFMI...77.44

Opening price on 1/4/06:

Lye...ECOL...15.48
Spike...CERS...9.70
Webs...ACW...12.98
Sis...DVN...64.69

Opening price on 1/5/06

Mickey...BWNG...6.30
Runner...TEVA...42.70
Sirtuck...ABB...10.61

Opening price on 1/06/06

Jiesen...LJPCD...3.38
Sowersnc...ACI...86.18
SledDawg...FORD...9.52
Stocks54...ELN...14.26
Karel...CELL...20.02
Bambi(IIC's GalPal)...IIC...13.82

Opening price on 1/09/06

Peter Hansen...GG...24.50
DMK...GG...24.50

IIC

01-16-2006, 01:40 PM

Mr Market Stock Contest 2006

Close on 1/13/2006

Well, only 2 weeks into the year and we've already got some HIGH FLYERS...Spike is up an amazing 24.23% followed closely by J, Mimo and Mickey...all up 20%+. So far our A/D is 19/7...with an overall average gain of 5.83%...vis-a-vis the SP 500 +3.15, DJIA +2.26, DJ Comp. +1.21, AMEX Comp. +3.21, Naz comp. +5.07 and RUT +5.23...Heck...we even beat the CSSGX +5.64% vs. the close on 1/3...And if you excluded our worst stockpicker...Who's That???...We would be up an average of 6.60%.

BTW...on the indices I used the close on 12/30 rather than the open on 1/3...I was too lazy to look it up. But I used the close on 1/3 for the CSSGX since they are entered in Billy's Celebrity Section of the contest....Interesting to note that you can pay IBD $1500 a year or more...or you could have just bot all our pix and made more...And our pix are FREE!!!

I had 2 goals when I entered the contest...1) Win 2) Beat Lye...Well, I've still gotta chance to beat Lye...although not a very good one.

Sorry about the format...But if I end up in last place at the end of the year...I promise to learn the ImgeShack Thingy...

Member... Stock... Buy... Close... Gain/Loss... %

Spike............. CERS..... 9.70... 12.05... 2.35... 24.23%
Jiesen............ LJPCD.... 3.38... 4.18... 0.80... 23.67%
Mimo..............ENER......42.23... 51.21... 8.98... 21.26%
Mickey........... BWNG.....6.30... 7.59... 1.29... 20.48%
Sleddawg....... FORD..... 9.52... 10.81... 1.29... 13.55%
Stocks54 .......ELN...... 14.26... 16.02... 1.76... 12.34%
Gary............. VLO...... 52.55... 58.24... 5.69... 10.83%
Mr. Market..... BEL....... 3.10... 3.43... 0.33... 10.65%
Ninner.......... ADAM..... 8.20... 8.94...0.74... 9.02%
Parktwain...... DDD........5.88... 6.30... 0.42... 7.14%
Ski............... GLD...... 52.29... 55.44... 3.15... 6.02%
Diogenes....... PFE.......23.65... 24.67... 1.02... 4.31%
Peter........... GG.........24.50...25.29... 0.79... 3.22%
DMK.............GG..........24.50... 25.29... 0.79... 3.22%
Sirtuck........ ABB....... 10.61... 10.92... 0.31... 2.92%
Runner.........TEVA..... 42.70... 43.40... 0.70... 1.64%
Sis.............. DVN...... 64.69... 65.64... 0.95... 1.47%
RL.............. GHM....... 21.80... 22.01... 0.21... 0.96%
Grebnet...... APLX....... 7.48... 7.49... 0.01... 0.13%
Karel.......... CELL...... 20.02... 19.92... -0.10... -0.50%
Billyjoe....... TLF........ 6.86... 6.80... -0.06... -0.87%
Sowersnc... ACI........ 86.18... 85.13... -1.05... -1.22%
Webs........ .ACW......12.98... 12.79... -0.19... -1.46%
Lye........... ECOL..... 15.48... 15.05... -0.43... -2.78%
Photon...... WFMI..... 77.44... 73.32... -4.12... -5.32%
Doug(IIC)... IDWK...... 5.95... 5.16... -0.79... -13.28%

Overall Percentage/Average 5.83%

billyjoe

01-16-2006, 04:43 PM

The Celebrity Pickers are Serious about this Contest

After 2 Weeks

Growth Report--Ian Wyatt--FMCN +22.64%
Electronic Arts Show--unknown--STX +20.73%
Follow the Ram--Rothstein--ESLR--+13.83
Personal Finance--George--SGR +12.1
Mad Money-- Cramer--ATI--+10.44
AOL Financial--Kramer--GOOG +10.35
Forbes Wireless Stockwatch--Hutheesing--IPAS +10.11
Professional Timing Letter--Hesler--FTO +10.04

Motley Fool--Gardner--ERTS +9.06%
Blue Chip--Navellier--SU--+5.97
Canslim Fund--O'Neil--CSSGX+5.64
Drip Investor--Carlson--MSFT +3.58
Raymond James--Fisher--RSG--+2.6
MD Wholesale-dmaille-XTO--+2.33
Credit Suisse--Zelman--FO--+.26

Supernova--Gillespie--ELOS-- -15.34%
Schaeffers Power Stocks--Schaeffer--MWY-- -16.48

billyjoe

Lyehopper

01-16-2006, 10:41 PM

I had 2 goals when I entered the contest...1) Win 2) Beat Lye...Well, I've still gotta chance to beat Lye...although not a very good one.

That what I like about you IIC.... You set very high goals.lol

Websman

01-16-2006, 10:54 PM

I should have stuck with TRLG. This will be the huge stock of 2006...

Lyehopper

01-16-2006, 11:45 PM

I should have stuck with TRLG. This will be the huge stock of 2006...

The moral of THAT story is.... Sometimes you gotta go with your instinct.... and don't be too easily influenced by others opinions.

BUT.... This is a year long contest.... So while TRLG might be HUUUUGE this year.... Where will the price be by year end?.... December's a long way away.

jiesen

01-17-2006, 12:28 AM

IIC

01-17-2006, 01:01 AM

I should have stuck with TRLG. This will be the huge stock of 2006...

No it won't...Doug

ParkTwain

01-17-2006, 01:45 AM

I should have stuck with TRLG. This will be the huge stock of 2006...

Maybe it could someday be a ZQK, but for the fad clothiers for teenagers it is 2 steps forward, 1 step back, y.o.y., year after year.

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=ZQK&t=5y&l=on&z=m&q=l&c=

You're looking for a *wave* (broadly adoptable new technology), not a brand.

billyjoe

01-17-2006, 09:49 AM

Jiesen,
If you get too good you'll only be allowed in the "celebrity" category next year.

billyjoe

p.s. my TLF is sandbagging just as planned, Wait until Dec.31

IIC

01-17-2006, 10:07 AM

Jiesen,
If you get too good you'll only be allowed in the "celebrity" category next year.

billyjoe

p.s. my TLF is sandbagging just as planned, Wait until Dec.31

December 31st will be too late...it is a Sunday I believe...IIC

IIC

01-17-2006, 11:51 AM

CERS won't quit

SledDawg

01-17-2006, 05:40 PM

CERS won't quit

Thought I might be making a run at the leaders with a nice gain today. Clearly, I was just delirious from another day of breathing in Spike's exhaust. <VBS> (very bitter scowl)

IIC

01-17-2006, 06:21 PM

Thought I might be making a run at the leaders with a nice gain today. Clearly, I was just delirious from another day of breathing in Spike's exhaust. <VBS> (very bitter scowl)

How do you think I feel...Already in last place...And now down another 2% today...Been a long year...LOL

ParkTwain

01-18-2006, 04:04 AM

Doug, how did you pick your POTY stock? I had noticed today that it had recently gained to just below near-term resistance, then it failed and now you have a big drop. Why didn't you hold your long call until after it surpasses its most recent resistance level (early Nov 2005, at about 6.50/sh)? (Then there's more resistance just above 7/sh.)

http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=IDWK&t=6m&l=on&z=m&q=b&c=

//PT

IIC

01-18-2006, 09:49 AM

billyjoe

01-19-2006, 04:02 PM

TLF , look at that little leather thingy run.

billyjoe

IIC

01-21-2006, 02:05 PM

Mr Market Stock Contest 2006

Close on 1/20/2006

Spike is $$$HUGE$$$

Spike continues his Meteoric quest for +100%...At this rate he might make it by Valentine's Day. So far our A/D is 18/8...with an overall average gain of 7.56% up from 5.83% last week...Not bad considering the Naz Comp is +1.9%...Heck...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX +4.87% vs. the close on 1/3...And if you excluded our worst stockpicker...Who's That Still???...We would be up an average of 8.81%.

Notable moves this week besides Spike were Mickey, J and MIMO along with Parktwain and billyjoe...Actually I made a nice move too...but I was so far behind...On the downside Stocks54 and Ninner...And I guess LYE wants to make a race out of it for last place with me and Photon...Although another week like that for ELN and ADAM and Stocks54 and Ninner are gonna be joining us.

BTW...on the indices I used the close on 12/30 rather than the open on 1/3... But I used the close on 1/3 for the CSSGX since they are entered in Billy's Celebrity Section of the contest.

Sorry about the format...But if I end up in last place at the end of the year...I promise to learn the ImgeShack Thingy...

Member... Stock... Buy... Close... Gain/Loss... %

Spike............. CERS..... 9.70... 13.61... 3.91... 40.31%
Mickey........... BWNG.....6.30... 8.61... 2.31... 36.67%
Jiesen............ LJPCD.... 3.38... 4.43... 1.05... 31.07%
Mimo..............ENER......42.23... 55.45... 12.22... 28.94%
Parktwain...... DDD........5.88... 6.89... 1.01... 17.18%
Sleddawg....... FORD..... 9.52... 11.11... 1.59... 16.70%
Mr. Market..... BEL....... 3.10... 3.56... 0.46... 14.84%
Gary............. VLO...... 52.55... 60.32... 7.77... 14.79%
Ski............... GLD...... 52.29... 55.20... 2.91... 5.57%
Billyjoe....... TLF........ 6.86... 7.23... .37... 5.39%
Sis.............. DVN...... 64.69... 67.87... 3.18... 4.92%
Diogenes....... PFE.......23.65... 24.71... 1.06... 4.48%
Peter........... GG.........24.50...24.76... 0.26... 1.06%
DMK.............GG..........24.50... 24.76... 0.26...1.06%
RL.............. GHM....... 21.80... 22.00... 0.20... 0.92%
Sirtuck........ ABB....... 10.61... 10.69... 0.08... 0.75%
Ninner.......... ADAM..... 8.20... 8.22...0.02... 0.24%
Karel.......... CELL...... 20.02... 20.05... .03... 0.15%
Sowersnc... ACI........ 86.18... 85.93... -.25... -0.29%
Runner.........TEVA..... 42.70... 42.45... -.25... -0.59%
Webs........ .ACW......12.98... 12.84... -0.14... -1.08%
Grebnet...... APLX....... 7.48... 7.32... -.16... -2.14%
Stocks54 .......ELN...... 14.26... 13.66... -.60... -4.21%
Lye........... ECOL..... 15.48... 14.57... -0.91... -5.88%
Photon...... WFMI..... 77.44... 72.59... -4.85... -6.26%
Doug(IIC)... IDWK...... 5.95... 5.47... -0.48... -8.07%

billyjoe

01-21-2006, 06:30 PM

And the celebrity picks start to slide. Notice their top 5 aren't as good as ours and their bottom 5 are worse than ours:

Top 5

Ian Wyatt--Growth Report--FMCN---+39.36%
Unknown Celeb--Electronic Show--STX--+24.56%
Rothstein--Follow the Ram--ESLR------+24.33%
Hesler--Pro Timing Letter----FTO------+15.93%
Navellier---Blue Chip --------SU--------+14.14

Bottom 5

Gillespie---Super Nova-------ELOS----- -18.7%
Schaeffer--Power Stocks-----MWY---- -16.8%
Kramer---AOL Financial------GOOG----- -5.46%
Zelman--Credit Suisse--------FO------- - .3%
Fisher----Raymond James---- RSG------ - .1%

billyjoe

Lyehopper

01-27-2006, 03:36 PM

My pick ECOL is now GREEN!!!! watch out!

spikefader

01-27-2006, 05:40 PM

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/5016/cershaha7vc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Lyehopper

01-27-2006, 06:10 PM

http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/5016/cershaha7vc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
That looks like a map you'd draw to get to my house....

IIC

01-27-2006, 06:16 PM

My pick ECOL is now GREEN!!!! watch out!

I'm Green too...maybe you and I will end up battling for first instead of last???...IIC

Lyehopper

01-27-2006, 06:29 PM

I'm Green too...maybe you and I will end up battling for first instead of last???...IIC
Hey Doug.... win lose or draw.... To me it's just very important that you and I "battle".lol

IIC

01-28-2006, 11:19 AM

Mr Market Stock Contest 2006

Close on 1/27/2006

ParkTwain is $$$HUGE$$$ too!!!

Spike continues to lead...But ParkTwain is stalking him and Mickey... So far our A/D is 23/3 up from 18/8 at the end of last week. Lye, Grebnet, Stocks54, Yours Truly and even Webs decided to get with the program and reversed from Red to Green this week....Ray and Karel made nice moves too.

We have an overall average gain of 11.43% up from 7.56% last week...Naz Comp is +3.95%, SP 500 +2.74% and the RUT is +8.45...Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX +8.98% vs. the close on 1/3...

I used the open on 1/3 for the indices... But I used the close on 1/3 for the CSSGX since they are entered in Billy's Celebrity Section of the contest.

Sorry about the format...But if I end up in last place at the end of the year...I promise to learn the ImgeShack Thingy...

Member... Stock... Buy... Close... Gain/Loss... %

Spike............. CERS..... 9.70... 14.29... 4.59... 47.32%
Mickey........... BWNG.....6.30... 8.90... 2.60... 41.27%
Parktwain...... DDD........5.88... 7.97... 2.09... 35.54%
Jiesen............ LJPC.... 3.38... 4.39... 1.01... 29.88%
RL.............. GHM....... 21.80... 25.98... 4.18... 19.17%
Sleddawg....... FORD..... 9.52... 11.09... 1.57... 16.49%
Mr. Market..... BEL....... 3.10... 3.61... 0.51... 16.45%
Gary............. VLO...... 52.55... 60.70... 8.15... 15.51%
Mimo..............ENER......42.23... 47.90...5.67...13.43%
Karel.......... CELL...... 20.02... 22.30... 2.28... 11.39%
Diogenes....... PFE.......23.65... 25.99... 2.34... 9.89%
Lye........... ECOL..... 15.48... 16.95... 1.47... 9.50%
Ninner.......... ADAM..... 8.20... 8.85...0.65... 7.93%
Ski............... GLD...... 52.29... 55.70... 3.41... 6.52%
Grebnet...... APLX....... 7.48... 7.90... .42... 5.61%
Doug(IIC)... IDWK...... 5.95... 6.26... .31... 5.21%
Peter........... GG.........24.50...25.77... 1.27... 5.18%
DMK.............GG..........24.50... 25.77... 1.27... 5.18%
Sirtuck........ ABB....... 10.61... 10.94... 0.33... 3.11%
Stocks54 .......ELN...... 14.26... 14.55... .29... 2.03%
Billyjoe....... TLF........ 6.86... 6.97... .11... 1.60%
Sis.............. DVN...... 64.69... 65.46... .77... 1.19%
Webs........ .ACW......12.98... 13.00... .02... 0.15%
Sowersnc... ACI........ 86.18... 83.35... -2.83... -3.28%
Runner.........TEVA..... 42.70... 41.30... -1.40... -3.28%
Photon...... WFMI..... 77.44... 73.00... -4.44... -5.73%

ParkTwain

01-31-2006, 12:38 AM

Doug, here is a quick experiment after downloading data from a Yahoo portfolio I had already set up with the POTY data. After you paste the data, to format the text using a monospaced font, place "code" before and "/code" after the pasted text (but each inside of a pair of square brackets). This site doesn't seem to support HTML's <TT> tag inside a posted message.

Updated the gain for the entire portfolio to 12.75% (I had not taken the time to normalize the number of shares to represent an equal amount invested per stock.) For the next update, I'll include each player's name in the far right column.

EOD 1/30/2006

Symbol ----Last Trade---- ----Change---- Volume --Gain YTD-- Paid Trade Date Annualized

ABB 4:03pm 10.94 0.00 0.00% 1,561,000 $0.33 +3.11% 10.61 5-Jan-06 +56.39%
ACI 4:00pm 86.00 +2.65 +3.18% 1,353,000 -$0.18 -0.21% 86.18 6-Jan-06 -3.13%
ACW 4:01pm 12.92 -0.08 -0.62% 112,000 -$0.06 -0.46% 12.98 4-Jan-06 -6.30%
ADAM 3:59pm 8.84 -0.01 -0.11% 42,403 $0.64 +7.80% 8.2 3-Jan-06 +176.20%
APLX 4:00pm 8.16 +0.26 +3.29% 231,798 $0.68 +9.09% 7.48 3-Jan-06 +224.22%
BEL 3:55pm 3.63 +0.02 +0.55% 11,900 $0.53 +17.10% 3.1 3-Jan-06 +744.55%
BWNG 4:00pm 8.87 -0.03 -0.34% 483,702 $2.57 +40.79% 6.3 5-Jan-06 +14,667.69%
CELL 4:00pm 22.56 +0.26 +1.17% 679,929 $2.54 +12.69% 20.02 6-Jan-06 +515.08%
CERS 4:00pm 14.48 +0.19 +1.33% 160,032 $4.78 +49.28% 9.7 4-Jan-06 +27,610.71%
DDD 3:49pm 8.00 +0.03 +0.38% 173,200 $2.12 +36.05% 5.88 3-Jan-06 +6,320.92%
DVN 4:00pm 67.70 +2.24 +3.42% 2,871,400 $3.01 +4.65% 64.69 4-Jan-06 +89.36%
ECOL 4:00pm 17.05 +0.10 +0.59% 231,379 $1.57 +10.14% 15.48 4-Jan-06 +288.12%
ELN 4:00pm 14.65 +0.10 +0.69% 6,391,900 $0.39 +2.73% 14.26 6-Jan-06 +50.73%
ENER 4:00pm 51.75 +3.85 +8.04% 3,497,700 $9.52 +22.54% 42.23 3-Jan-06 +1,461.49%
FORD 3:59pm 11.12 +0.03 +0.27% 324,820 $1.60 +16.81% 9.52 6-Jan-06 +961.87%
GG 4:02pm 26.50 +0.73 +2.83% 2,791,000 $2.00 +8.16% 24.5 9-Jan-06 +291.15%
GHM 3:10pm 25.19 -0.79 -3.04% 30,900 $3.39 +15.55% 21.7999 3-Jan-06 +605.68%
GLD 4:15pm 56.68 +1.05 +1.89% 3,969,200 $4.39 +8.40% 52.29 3-Jan-06 +197.37%
IDWK 4:00pm 6.67 +0.41 +6.55% 1,506,241 $0.72 +12.10% 5.95 3-Jan-06 +368.42%
IIC 1:52pm 13.99 -0.03 -0.21% 5,300 $0.17 +1.23% 13.82 6-Jan-06 +20.43%
LJPC 3:59pm 4.32 -0.07 -1.59% 56,949 $0.94 +27.81% 3.38 6-Jan-06 +4,075.49%
PFE 4:00pm 25.94 -0.05 -0.19% 32,832,700 $2.29 +9.68% 23.65 3-Jan-06 +248.83%
TEVA 4:00pm 42.27 +0.97 +2.35% 7,593,831 -$0.43 -1.01% 42.7 5-Jan-06 -13.74%
TLF 3:30pm 7.01 +0.0401 +0.58% 11,400 $0.15 +2.19% 6.86 3-Jan-06 +33.97%
VLO 4:04pm 63.20 +3.15 +5.25% 11,369,300 $10.65 +20.27% 52.5499 3-Jan-06 +1,111.84%
WFMI 4:00pm 73.45 +0.45 +0.62% 1,385,338 -$3.99 -5.15% 77.44 3-Jan-06 -51.09%

26 symbols: +12.75%

IIC

01-31-2006, 01:32 AM

Park...I will take a look ...thx...However, the 7.84% gain at the bottom cannot be right...I get 12.00% avg. gain.

Wow...look at some of those annualized gains...I could go for that...Best, Doug

mimo_100

01-31-2006, 08:58 AM

[QUOTE=ParkTwain]Doug, here is a quick experiment after downloading data from a Yahoo portfolio I had already set up with the POTY data. After you paste the data, to format the text using a monospaced font, place "code" before and "/code" after the pasted text (but each inside of a pair of square brackets). This site doesn't seem to support HTML's <TT> tag inside a posted message.

<CLIP>

Park,

You wrote:"After you paste the data,..."

Did you paste the data into a WORD document?

How did you format the text?

Tim

ParkTwain

01-31-2006, 10:57 AM

The Yahoo portfolios have a customizable set of columns. (Evidently, this is why you can't use the "Download to spreadsheet" feature to get all the portfolio's data.) So I selected all the columns and pasted that text into a Windows Notepad window, which presents a monospaced font by default. In that window I fixed up the column headings and the spacing between columns. Then I pasted that edited text into a new message on the $$MM$$ website and surrounded the pasted text with the code.../code tags (each enclosed in square brackets, which I can't usefully show as an example in a message) so that in the message that text appears in a monospaced font.

mrmarket

01-31-2006, 10:59 AM

How are we doing vs. "the experts"?

ParkTwain

02-01-2006, 01:01 AM

Standings, end of day, January 31, 2006

Stock --Last Trade-- ---Change--- Volume --Gain YTD-- ----Paid---- Annualized Player

ABB 4:05pm 10.92 -0.02 -0.18% 1,950,600 $2.92 +2.92% 10.61 5-Jan-06 +49.82% Sirtuck
ACI 4:02pm 86.72 +0.72 +0.84% 1,113,700 $0.63 +0.63% 86.18 6-Jan-06 +9.55% Sowersnc
ACW 4:05pm 12.85 -0.07 -0.54% 167,700 -$1.00 -1.00% 12.98 4-Jan-06 -12.72% Websman
ADAM 3:58pm 8.85 +0.01 +0.11% 85,230 $7.93 +7.93% 8.2 3-Jan-06 +170.31% Ninner
APLX 4:00pm 8.50 +0.34 +4.17% 167,812 $13.64 +13.64% 7.48 3-Jan-06 +429.31% Grebnet
BEL 4:04pm 3.84 +0.21 +5.79% 44,900 $23.87 +23.87% 3.1 3-Jan-06 +1,529.01% Mr. Market
BWNG 4:00pm 8.85 -0.02 -0.23% 717,374 $40.47 +40.48% 6.3 5-Jan-06 +11,706.34% Mickey
CELL 4:00pm 22.57 +0.01 +0.04% 794,833 $12.75 +12.74% 20.02 6-Jan-06 +475.68% Karel
CERS 4:00pm 14.30 -0.18 -1.24% 236,629 $47.43 +47.42% 9.7 4-Jan-06 +18,899.40% Spike
DDD 3:43pm 7.91 -0.09 -1.13% 47,000 $34.53 +34.52% 5.88 3-Jan-06 +4,675.17% ParkTwain
DVN 4:00pm 68.21 +0.51 +0.75% 3,141,300 $5.46 +5.44% 64.69 4-Jan-06 +104.68% Sis
ECOL 4:00pm 17.34 +0.29 +1.70% 185,737 $12.02 +12.02% 15.48 4-Jan-06 +363.63% Lyehopper
ELN 4:02pm 15.91 +1.26 +8.60% 21,816,900 $11.30 +11.57% 14.26 6-Jan-06 +394.58% Stocks54
ENER 4:00pm 50.36 -1.39 -2.69% 1,597,252 $19.27 +19.25% 42.23 3-Jan-06 +892.59% Mimo
FORD 4:00pm 10.80 -0.32 -2.88% 372,353 $13.44 +13.45% 9.52 6-Jan-06 +530.79% Sleddawg
GG 4:01pm 27.36 +0.86 +3.25% 5,741,500 $11.67 +11.67% 24.5 9-Jan-06 +524.50% DMK, Peter
GHM 4:02pm 25.40 +0.21 +0.83% 18,400 $16.52 +16.51% 21.7999 3-Jan-06 +633.33% RL
GLD 4:15pm 56.70 +0.02 +0.04% 5,011,800 $8.42 +8.43% 52.29 3-Jan-06 +187.34% Skiracer
IDWK 4:00pm 6.49 -0.18 -2.70% 1,074,975 $9.08 +9.08% 5.95 3-Jan-06 +210.32% Doug(IIC)
IIC 4:01pm 13.85 -0.14 -1.00% 22,300 $0.22 +0.22% 13.82 6-Jan-06 +3.22% Bambi
LJPC 4:00pm 4.32 0.00 0.00% 330,625 $27.81 +27.81% 3.38 6-Jan-06 +3,496.49% Jiesen
PFE 4:01pm 25.68 -0.26 -1.00% 31,365,100 $8.59 +8.58% 23.65 3-Jan-06 +192.56% Diogenes
TEVA 4:00pm 42.63 +0.36 +0.85% 5,319,462 -$0.16 -0.16% 42.7 5-Jan-06 -2.28% Runner
TLF 1:33pm 7.0201 +0.0101 +0.14% 4,100 $2.33 +2.33% 6.86 3-Jan-06 +35.09% Billyjoe
VLO 4:02pm 62.43 -0.77 -1.22% 13,851,100 $18.77 +18.80% 52.5499 3-Jan-06 +844.82% Gary
WFMI 4:00pm 73.87 +0.42 +0.57% 1,791,494 -$4.61 -4.61% 77.44 3-Jan-06 -45.95% Photon
26 stocks +13.21%

spikefader

02-01-2006, 01:35 AM

How are we doing vs. "the experts"?
http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/5376/pickoftheyear2006jan316qd.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

mrmarket

02-01-2006, 08:13 AM

Great graphics! As long as we are beating IBD, I'm happy.

mimo_100

02-01-2006, 09:14 AM

The top 26 http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3707/poty200601315ae.jpg

IIC

02-01-2006, 10:11 AM

The top 26 http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/3707/poty200601315ae.jpg

Thanks for leaving me off :(

mimo_100

02-01-2006, 11:49 AM

Thanks for leaving me off :(

(laughing)

When I changed the object to a jpg from a bmp, the first
26 fit nicely. I will post the remaing ones so you do not have
a complex (LOL).

Tim

mimo_100

02-01-2006, 12:54 PM

special for IIC (Doug)
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9868/poty2006013125nn.jpg

IIC

02-04-2006, 02:30 PM

Mr Market Stock Contest 2006

Close on 2/3/2006

Mickey is REALLY $$$HUGE$$$

Some shuffling in the standings with Mickey jetting to the lead. So far our
Y-T-D A/D is 18/8 down from 23/3 at the end of last week. For the week we were collectively hit pretty hard in a tough market as Ray, Sleddawg and Grebnet got whacked. Our weekly A/D/U was only 10/15/1.

Mr. M is steadily moving up and is now in 4th place. Diogenes and Stocks54 did pretty good this week too.

We have an overall average gain of 9.83% this year vs. 11.43% at the end of last week...Naz Comp is +2.07%, SP 500 +1.17% and the RUT is +7.26%...Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX +7.36% vs. the close on 1/3...

I used the open on 1/3 for the indices... But I used the close on 1/3 for the CSSGX since they are entered in Billy's Celebrity Section of the contest and funds only price at the eod.

Well...taking a stab at this imageshack thingy...Might have to squint...But it is my first try...or is it my second try?...I'll master it by the end of the year...IIC

http://img470.imageshack.us/img470/6723/mrmcontest2306small9ml.png

mrmarket

02-04-2006, 10:26 PM

Looks great IIC...hopefully we'll beat everyone for the year and some publication and write about where the REAL geniuses live.

skiracer

02-04-2006, 11:47 PM

Looks great IIC...hopefully we'll beat everyone for the year and some publication and write about where the REAL geniuses live.

Back in 1974 or 75 myself an a couple of my hippie buddies took an old pig farm that a black lady friend of mine, Lizza Gore, owned here in NJ and farmed about 20 acres of the 106 acres that she owned. It was a picture to look at. Completely organic with about 10000 jersey tomatoe plants in the ground, 3 acres of Jersey silver queen corn, peas, lima beans, string beans, cantaloupe, watermelon, eggplant, and peppers. We weren't looking for notoriety or anything other than to just try to accompolish the feat of doing this without arousing to much notice of us being as wild a bunch of hippies as we were. Someone wrote a letter to the Asbury Park Press about this organic farming adventure going on down it the pines of central NJ and the next thing you know there were reporters down there doing a big newspaper spread, two full pages of wild long hair hippies living in a huge tent and living off the land. We became celebrities with trendy people coming out of the woodwork wanting to come down to work on the farm for nothing. It was the largest organic farming and pig raising operation in NJ that year. The NY and Philadelphia TV stations picked up on it and you had to see it to believe it. My hair was down to the middle of my back and my beard was at least 5 inches long. We were a sight and stoned to boot. My point is that sometimes a little advertising of what is going on can go along ways. Maybe someone should inform one or two of the financial mags about this site and the brilliant collaboration of individuals participating here. I bet it could generate alot of interest.

Lyehopper

02-05-2006, 12:36 AM

My point is..........
Whew.... I knew there had to be a moral to that story Ed.... I figured it was either that.... or you were experiencing a wicked "acid flashback".LOL

skiracer

02-05-2006, 12:52 AM

Whew.... I knew there had to be a moral to that story Ed.... I figured it was either that.... or you were experiencing a wicked "acid flashback".LOL

Lye,
I may need more goji juice to flush my system of any lingering substances from the 60's, 70's, and parts of the 80's. It's the only thing that will work. Timothy Leary would have been proud of you and your concoction Lye. Good night and good luck.

IIC

02-05-2006, 10:59 AM

Back in 1974 or 75 myself an a couple of my hippie buddies took an old pig farm that a black lady friend of mine, Lizza Gore, owned here in NJ and farmed about 20 acres of the 106 acres that she owned. It was a picture to look at. Completely organic with about 10000 jersey tomatoe plants in the ground, 3 acres of Jersey silver queen corn, peas, lima beans, string beans, cantaloupe, watermelon, eggplant, and peppers. We weren't looking for notoriety or anything other than to just try to accompolish the feat of doing this without arousing to much notice of us being as wild a bunch of hippies as we were. Someone wrote a letter to the Asbury Park Press about this organic farming adventure going on down it the pines of central NJ and the next thing you know there were reporters down there doing a big newspaper spread, two full pages of wild long hair hippies living in a huge tent and living off the land. We became celebrities with trendy people coming out of the woodwork wanting to come down to work on the farm for nothing. It was the largest organic farming and pig raising operation in NJ that year. The NY and Philadelphia TV stations picked up on it and you had to see it to believe it. My hair was down to the middle of my back and my beard was at least 5 inches long. We were a sight and stoned to boot. My point is that sometimes a little advertising of what is going on can go along ways. Maybe someone should inform one or two of the financial mags about this site and the brilliant collaboration of individuals participating here. I bet it could generate alot of interest.

That's a cool story...But how does it end?...IIC

IIC

02-05-2006, 11:01 AM

Looks great IIC...hopefully we'll beat everyone for the year and some publication and write about where the REAL geniuses live.

Hey...I got an idea...How about we take out an ad in IBD advertising your forum ???...Doug

IIC

02-05-2006, 11:23 AM

Here's some nifty little charts of our contest pix:

http://trimurl.com/4CZ

http://trimurl.com/4D0

http://trimurl.com/4D1

And here are the indices and the CSSGX:

http://trimurl.com/4D2

BTW...You don't have to subscribe to Stockcharts to set up your own little charts for your watch lists...Doug(IIC)

skiracer

02-05-2006, 12:36 PM

That's a cool story...But how does it end?...IIC

Doug,
That summer I lived in a big old army tent we bought somewhere, 24'x36', and set up on Lizza's property. No running water, sanitary waste system, or anything. There were two working pumps on the property for water and that was it. I'm gonna write a few short paragraphs from time to time about that summer. It was a good time and my friends and myself were an odd bunch of characters who were into alot of different things.
Anyway Lizza hadn't farmed the land or raised any hogs in quite some time. I had met her solely by chance a few years earlier when I stopped by there to ask permission to hunt the land. She was around 92 years old at the time and was living there by herself with no electric, running water, sanitary waste facilities or anything except about a half dozen wild dogs and several cats. To say the place was run down was an understatement. We hit it off an I saw all kinds of possibilities of having it as my own personal game perserve. It was loaded with deer, pheasant, quail, and rabbits. Plus was a pretty discreet hideout if that was on your agenda.
Me and two of my close friends bought some old tractors, planters, maneus spreaders, and some other farm equipment and levelled off about 20 acres of good farmland that had been let go to washes and small ravines. We put up that big tent and moved into our new digs around March of 1974. We installed a rather primitive but workable irrigation system and when the weather was warm enough we planted everything that I had mentioned earlier. I've always had a natural green thumb and everything came up beautifully. If there was a problem it was with all the necessary work that had to be done on a daily routine schedule.
I never worked harder in all my life and never really gave any thought to what we were going to do with all the vegetables once they became readey to pick. Plus just maintaining the everyday routine was alot of work.
Once everything started to come out of the ground it was a beautiful sight. Picture perfect and like a postcard. Some long haired knome called the Asbury Park Press and told them about these hippies living in a tent and growing all these vegetables organically. Well they came down and did a great two page spread on us and the whole farm scene. That did it and the next thing we knew we were flooded with people who wanted to work for just the hell of it and for free vegetables when them came in.
Well I put everyone who wanted to work to work for free produce and the place was humming with people. Long haired hippies, trendy yuppie types who were looking to slum and circulate amongst the lower types, and just regular people who were looking for something new and different. Sometimes there would be 30 or 40 people sleeping out on the ground under the stars or in the tent, depending on their age and supple bodies, at any given time. It was a beautiful thing and we were having a great time.
There were several new retirement communities being developed right in that area and the abundance of old folks wanting fresh vegetables provided us with more than enough of an outlet to sell the produce. There was so much produce that we couldn't keep it all fresh long enough to market. We set up a big vegetable stand at the front roadside of the property and they came from early in the morning until dark to buy fresh vegetables. Still there was so much going to waste that Lizza suggested we buy some piglets to feed the waste and rotten stuff to. We bought 36 little piglets for $25 apiece and they grew like corn. We fed them so much each day that you could watch them grow almost daily. There were several old beaten up pens around the property an it was perfect to keep them in.
So we spent an idillyc summer working our butts off and growing vegetables and hogs. Never worked so hard in my life for as little as we made. But we stayed in a stupor most of the time so we really didn't mind it. Made alot of new friends that summer. You would be surprised at how many married women would end up staying over for a few days at a time or the whole weekend. I don't know what they were telling their husbands. There were a few tense situations but in those days I was still winding down from the army and was in great shape and ready and capable of anything.
As everything does the growing season came to an end an everyone kind of drifted off on their own ways. I stayed in that tent until late November before it became to much to live under those conditions. I had a couple of big truck loads of corn brought in for the hogs and Lizza grew them until the next spring with some help from myself and a couple of her friends. We sold them in the spring for a nice profit. They were all close to 300 lbs. at that time. I was there when the guy who bought them killed them and boiled them in a big vat of water, shaved them clean, gutted them out and took the carcasses away. I gave