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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???
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.
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
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.
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
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)
I'll go with.... hmmm. I'm not sure right now.
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!
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
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.
CRAP!!! looks like I won't get my great entry.... but I got it in the POTW so that's cool.
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. ??
You will be stuck with the conversion shs of the new company...IIC
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
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
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?
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.
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
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
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
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-
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
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
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)
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
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!
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
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
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
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
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
skiracer
01-07-2006, 08:20 PM
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.
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
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.
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
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 !
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.
That's it...No more entries...IIC
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?)
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
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
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!
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?
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
Hey Mea...the way I figure it is that you were still celebrating the Alamo Bowl...yjat's why you missed the deadline...LOL
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
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
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
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
hah, I beat all those jokers.
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
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
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)
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
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
I based it mostly on EPS projections and what the company had to say...Obviously somebody screwed up...Doug
billyjoe
01-19-2006, 04:02 PM
TLF , look at that little leather thingy run.
billyjoe
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....
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
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%
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
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
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.
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
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
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 Lizza over $5000 cash from the sale of those hogs. She had no idea of how much money that was or what she could do with it. I'll have to try and find a picture of her. She was very old, squat, white hair, and two teeth in her mouth. Her house had windows but no doors in the summer and in the winter she would heat the house with an old wood burning stove that made it so hot in the house that you couldn't stay in it. She loved it hot in the winter. The dogs and cats had the run of the house and would come in an out at will dragging anything they caught or found with them. This is only the beginning of scratching the surface on what was truly a remarkable summer and relationship with an old black woman. To be continued.
Sorry about taking up so much space Doug. I'll do it over at my own place next time.
Ski I know this has nothing to do with your story. I was In the army with a guy by the name of Krujewski from NJ his brother was a pig farmer and ran for president of the country.
skiracer
02-05-2006, 12:44 PM
Hey...I got an idea...How about we take out an ad in IBD advertising your forum ???...Doug
Doug,
Now that's an interesting idea. Wonder how much a small add would cost?
Doug,
Now that's an interesting idea. Wonder how much a small add would cost?
Here are their classified rates:
http://www.investors.com/ibdadvertising/pdfs/C03_final.pdf
Problem is I don't think they would accept an ad from Mr. Market...But I got that all figured out. I get a friend to place an ad for something real funny or free with a website address. Then when the paper goes to press I redirect the site address to here...Sound like a plan???
What a great story Ski...The only thing I'm wondering about is couldn't you find a younger girlfriend? ;)
Gary611
02-05-2006, 01:34 PM
Seems to me that a mutual fund of some sort could be set up with these, any thoughts or ideas on this?
We could call it the MrMKT Lizza Goji IIC Fund, NYUK,NYUK!!
Imagine an old woman with 2 teeth & 22" biceps!!!!
skiracer
02-05-2006, 02:48 PM
What a great story Ski...The only thing I'm wondering about is couldn't you find a younger girlfriend? ;)
Doug,
I had just come home from the army near the end of 1967 and a freaky friend of mine, Alex Anderson, who is another whole real good story, takes me out into the woods in Whiting, NJ to a party he cooked up at an old black lady's farm on School House Road. I went just to see if I could hunt the property. I meet Lizza Gore that afternoon and we immediately became good friends for the rest of our lives. She lived to the ripe old age of 102 years old. She was around 92 - 94 years old at the time I met her. I spent alot of time taking care of things for her and using the place as my own. She called me the dancer because I would get loaded and be jumping around all over the place. It's funny that she always referred to me as the dancer and never used my real name. Without a doubt she was one of the important women in my life. Stayed spry right up to the end and died in her sleep one night just like that.
skiracer
02-05-2006, 02:51 PM
Ski I know this has nothing to do with your story. I was In the army with a guy by the name of Krujewski from NJ his brother was a pig farmer and ran for president of the country.
Ray,
What part of NJ and what time frame were you in the army?
Doug,
I had just come home from the army near the end of 1967 and a freaky friend of mine, Alex Anderson, who is another whole real good story, takes me out into the woods in Whiting, NJ to a party he cooked up at an old black lady's farm on School House Road. I went just to see if I could hunt the property. I meet Lizza Gore that afternoon and we immediately became good friends for the rest of our lives. She lived to the ripe old age of 102 years old. She was around 92 - 94 years old at the time I met her. I spent alot of time taking care of things for her and using the place as my own. She called me the dancer because I would get loaded and be jumping around all over the place. It's funny that she always referred to me as the dancer and never used my real name. Without a doubt she was one of the important women in my life. Stayed spry right up to the end and died in her sleep one night just like that.
That sure is a nice story. I'll bet she really appreciated you...Doug
skiracer
02-05-2006, 05:02 PM
Here are their classified rates:
http://www.investors.com/ibdadvertising/pdfs/C03_final.pdf
Problem is I don't think they would accept an ad from Mr. Market...But I got that all figured out. I get a friend to place an ad for something real funny or free with a website address. Then when the paper goes to press I redirect the site address to here...Sound like a plan???
Doug,
If you think you can swing doing that let's do it. What are your suggestions for the time frame and size of the add. I'm in whatever it is. The more that chip in the cheaper it will be for everyone. Let's do this just for the hell of busting their chops. We could openly challenge them or the IBD 100 to some kind of a contest to see which portfolio does better or just claim our abilities far outshine their.
Today's A/D was 15/11...Led by Mr. M's BEL +2.27%...Sis's DVN was also up over 2% today.
APLX, FORD and ADAM got whacked today.
Websman
02-06-2006, 07:06 PM
Today's A/D was 15/11...Led by Mr. M's BEL +2.27%...Sis's DVN was also up over 2% today.
APLX, FORD and ADAM got whacked today.
ELOS also got whacked...
5 up 21 dn today...Greb rebounded some w/ APLX +5.67%...J's LJPC which I made 5 cents on today was + 15.35%...Ten of us were down over 4%...But don't feel too bad...The IIC 100 A/D/U was 10/89/1...Doug
spikefader
02-07-2006, 05:53 PM
CELL is up about 3 points to 6-years highs after-hours though.....obviously earnings??
ParkTwain
02-07-2006, 06:11 PM
Re: DDD's drop today, I would submit that the specialist decided to generate additional volume by popping the sell stops down to the low 6s. 100K of volume in just a minute or two on a stock that hadn't done any volume for almost 2 weeks is suspicious. That's not a "correction." The stock had stayed put for almost 2 weeks and wouldn't "correct" off of its rise to that point. What seller would intentionally crater the pps like that? Tough day.
Even though the market was up today...I did not see that many "Quality" stocks on my winners lists...So we were 12up 14dn which confirms my personal lists...
Karel kicked it today w/ CELL +18%...Ninner's ADAM +11%...Park's DDD +7% and Dio's PFE +4.75%
Karel
02-09-2006, 06:08 AM
Amazing! It is especially nice since I have it in my real money portfolio too. +22% there, about +25% here. Perhaps I'll even make the top 5 before the correction sets in!
Regards,
Karel
jiesen
02-09-2006, 11:29 AM
Amazing! It is especially nice since I have it in my real money portfolio too. +22% there, about +25% here. Perhaps I'll even make the top 5 before the correction sets in!
Regards,
Karel
sounds exciting, Karel. do you mind telling us the ticker of said stock in that post so we can look at it now, instead of after a few minutes of searching back through the thread?
Karel
02-09-2006, 11:31 AM
Why, does't everybody know that I hold CELL in the Pick of the year contest? How disappointing!
Regards,
Karel
All Day I was cryin' "The Sky is Falling...The Sky is Falling" on the chats...Sooner or later I had to be right.
Our A/D was 12/14...Greb's APLX is tryin' a comeback...Ray's dart GHM did well...and Lye was up 4.5% today....Lets see how the CSSGX is doing...Before I look I'm guessing not too well this week...But then again...My lists are not setting the world on fire this week either...Let me check...
Back...The CSSGX is not lookin' good http://stockcharts.com/def/servlet/SC.web?c=cssgx
spikefader
02-10-2006, 12:04 AM
MM folk:
http://img325.imageshack.us/img325/4927/feb99gz.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Celebs:
http://img325.imageshack.us/img325/7559/celebsfeb97nk.gif (http://imageshack.us)
mrmarket
02-10-2006, 12:19 AM
uh oh..we're losing! Where the hell is Beaks?!
uh oh..we're losing! Where the hell is Beaks?!
Not a problem...The CSSGX is only +3.8%...BTW...Who is Beaks???
The following Have P&F Buy Signals:
TEVA LJPC GLD GG ELN ADAM APLX BWNG ECOL DDD CERS CELL
The following have recent Bullish MACD Crossovers
ADAM CELL LJPC PFE
Doug what signals do you get for BFT LTM
Doug what signals do you get for BFT LTM
Looks like both will pullback some
jiesen
02-10-2006, 05:41 PM
I'm #1! (I think... anyway another 10% up in AH doesn't hurt.)
spikefader
02-10-2006, 06:47 PM
I'm #1! (I think... anyway another 10% up in AH doesn't hurt.)Dude! It's headed to 13.60 gap fill maybe!! hehe Well done!
MM folks
http://img415.imageshack.us/img415/4881/feb109pa.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Celeb folk
http://img362.imageshack.us/img362/9326/celebsfeb104el.gif (http://imageshack.us)
jiesen
02-10-2006, 08:49 PM
looks like I'm beating all the celebs, too. sweet!
Doug what signals do you get for BFT LTM
Well...I was 50-50
Thanks a lot that means I have a 50=50 chance I'll hit the winner
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 2/10/2006
J and Karel are $$$HUGE$$$
J takes over the lead as last week's Top 4 all pulled back. In fact most of us pulled back...Our A/D for the week was an embarrassing 6/20 which was worse than last week's 10/15/1...So far our Y-T-D A/D is a mediocre 13/13 down from 18/8 at the end of last week. For the week we were collectively hit pretty hard again in a tough market for small caps but there were a few bright spots besides J and Karel...Lye's ECOL moved nicely and apparently Grebnet liked being in last as much as I did last month as APLX moved up well too.
We have an overall average gain of 5.51% this year vs. 9.83% at the end of last week...Naz Comp is +2.04%, SP 500 +1.41% and the RUT is +6.26%...Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX +3.25% 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.
I forgot how I did the ImageShack thingy last week...This week I end up w/ a thumbnail...Oh well, at least when you click it you'll see it clearer than last week's...IIC
http://img493.imageshack.us/img493/4302/mrm210065yq.th.png (http://img493.imageshack.us/my.php?image=mrm210065yq.png)
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)
Hey...we are going the wrong way here...10up 16dn...Karel is still on fire with CELL though...up 11% today...IIC
Well...we did a little better today...14 up 12 dn.
Billy's TLF led the way +6.77% along with Sled's FORD +6.52% and J's LJPC +4.08%.
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
We were the same as yesterday...14 up 12 dn.
Spike's CERS led the way today +3.26%. Socks54's ELN was +3.12% and my IDWK was +3.00%
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
Our A/D/U was 19/5/2 today vs. the Naz 1947/1086/148.
Tops today were Sirtuck w/ ABB up 7.16%, Gary's VLO +6.43% and Mimo's ENER +4.12%
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
jiesen
02-17-2006, 08:26 PM
Doug, was I the first to hit the big 60 today?
Doug, was I the first to hit the big 60 today?
Well, Intraday you were over 60%...but we only count the close...so...NO.
I'll publish the standings tomorrow...But today our A/D/U was 18/7/1 vs. the Naz ...1355/1575/147 and SP 500... 227/269/4 and the SP 600 SC... 263/328/9 NYSE... 1766/1376/134.
Today Ninner's ADAM gets the Mr. Breakout Award up +9.90% (Love that pattern) followed by J's LJPC +7.20% and Park's DDD rebounding +5.18%...IIC
jiesen
02-17-2006, 09:56 PM
Well, Intraday you were over 60%...but we only count the close...so...NO.
aw, shucks.
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 2/17/2006
Jiesen is still $$$HUGE$$$
J continues to lead as overall we had a fairly decent week. Our A/D for the week was 19/7 after we had an embarrassing 6/20 last week...So far our
Y-T-D A/D is 16/13 up from 13/13 at the end of last week. Karel led the week with CELL +15.84% followed by J w/ LJPC +11.20% and Ninner with a great move on Friday w/ ADAM +10.62%.
We have an overall average gain of 8.69% this year vs. 5.51% at the end of last week...Naz Comp is +2.97%, SP 500 +3.03% and the RUT is +8.26%...Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX +4.59% 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.
CLOSE ON 2-17-06
http://img70.imageshack.us/img70/1146/mrm217062wk.png (http://imageshack.us/)
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
spikefader
02-18-2006, 01:48 PM
Jiesen, Mickey and Karel; awesome picks dudes!
jiesen
02-18-2006, 03:57 PM
your CERS ain't too shabby, either, Spike!
I thought it might be interesting to see how those pix that are up double digits looked just before they made nice moves:
LJPC
http://trimurl.com/4K4 (http://trimurl.com/4K4)
BWNG
http://trimurl.com/4K4 (http://trimurl.com/4K4)
CELL
http://trimurl.com/4K6 (http://trimurl.com/4K6)
CERS
http://trimurl.com/4K7 (http://trimurl.com/4K7)
ADAM
http://trimurl.com/4K8 (http://trimurl.com/4K8)
BEL
http://trimurl.com/4K9 (http://trimurl.com/4K9)
ECOL
http://trimurl.com/4KA (http://trimurl.com/4KA)
DDD
http://trimurl.com/4KB (http://trimurl.com/4KB)
mimo_100
02-20-2006, 04:40 PM
I thought it might be interesting to see how those pix that are up double digits looked just before they made nice moves:
LJPC
http://trimurl.com/4K4 (http://trimurl.com/4K4)
BWNG
http://trimurl.com/4K4 (http://trimurl.com/4K4)
CELL
http://trimurl.com/4K6 (http://trimurl.com/4K6)
CERS
http://trimurl.com/4K7 (http://trimurl.com/4K7)
ADAM
http://trimurl.com/4K8 (http://trimurl.com/4K8)
BEL
http://trimurl.com/4K9 (http://trimurl.com/4K9)
ECOL
http://trimurl.com/4KA (http://trimurl.com/4KA)
DDD
http://trimurl.com/4KB (http://trimurl.com/4KB)
Thanks for posting these.
Why does StockCharts put the label for the graph all the way to the left, when we always look way to the right to see the latest values (laughing)?
Thanks for posting these.
Why does StockCharts put the label for the graph all the way to the left, when we always look way to the right to see the latest values (laughing)?
Geez...I don't know Mimo...I think we need 50" monitors to see all this stuff.
BTW...For non-subscribers you can view the same chart on any issue...Just change the symbol in your address bar right after the: web?c=
This is not one of my primary charts...But it does have a lot of indicators on it...Doug
14 up 12 dn today led by Ninner's ADAM +9.6%...Park's DDD + 3.2% and Dena's DVN +2.4%.
I almost bot ADAM today...Darn...I decided to buy ARD instead...Did OK, but ADAM woulda been better...Doug(IIC)
ParkTwain
02-21-2006, 07:01 PM
Another possibly interesting wrinkle using this contest's initial set of picks would be to run a second set of portfolio results numbers at end of the year, where those stocks in the list that had lost, say, 8%, were sold as of that day and their proceeds split evenly into all the remaining stocks in the contest. One might think that the total returns for that second list will trump the returns for the entire initial list. But it might not because the losers that are sold at a 8% loss might reverse and do well by end of year. We would also want to know, for each stock that was sold due to an 8% loss YTD, what was the return for that stock from the sell day to end of year. (This second approach would be a contrived kind of contrast to the proverbial buy-and-hold strategy.) But that comparison would be interesting. As of today the POTY contest has 5 stocks with double-digit percentage losses YTD.
Another possibly interesting wrinkle using this contest's initial set of picks would be to run a second set of portfolio results numbers at end of the year, where those stocks in the list that had lost, say, 8%, were sold as of that day and their proceeds split evenly into all the remaining stocks in the contest. One might think that the total returns for that second list will trump the returns for the entire initial list. But it might not because the losers that are sold at a 8% loss might reverse and do well by end of year. We would also want to know, for each stock that was sold due to an 8% loss YTD, what was the return for that stock from the sell day to end of year. (This second approach would be a contrived kind of contrast to the proverbial buy-and-hold strategy.) But that comparison would be interesting. As of today the POTY contest has 5 stocks with double-digit percentage losses YTD.
Good idea Park...You are now in charge of doing that...Thanks for volunteering...Doug(IIC)
ParkTwain
02-21-2006, 08:40 PM
I have a lot more good ideas than time, boss! :)
ParkTwain
02-21-2006, 08:42 PM
Doug, if you like ADAM you might also like UUU.
Doug, if you like ADAM you might also like UUU.
I saw when UUU broke out the other day...too bad I didn't know about it before the 10th...I could have controlled all the daily action...The only reason I saw it though was because I know this guy with the screen name UU (Just 2 u's) at another forum and he mentioned it...Doug
10 up 15 dn 1 unchg'd...Not too hot overall today...But Lye's ECOL was up over 5%, Ray's GHM up just over 4% and Mimo's ENER +3.7%.
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
Is it too late to join this one? If there are rules posted, does anyone have a link?
Is it too late to join this one? If there are rules posted, does anyone have a link?
Sorry Rob...too late...have to wait till next year...the rules were posted back on the first page...Best, Doug(IIC)
Only 11 up, 14 dn and 1 unchg'd today...Mickey's BWNG bounced back +4.77% although it was up at one point 9.3% intraday. Mimo's ENER +3.93%, Photon's WFMI +3.87%, Ray's GHM +2.89% and Grebnet's APLX +2.71% turned in good showings too.
I will be going out of town on Friday afternoon...back Sunday...So this week's
y-t-d standings will not be posted till Sunday evening...Doug(IIC)
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
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 3/3/2006
Mickey is now $$$HUGE$$$
We have a new leader...Mickey with BWNG up a whopping 78% (Up almost 18% just on Friday as Cramer touted BWNG Thursday night)...He overtakes J who is still continuing his march towards 100% at 62%. Rounding out the top 3 is Mr. Market himself at almost 43%.
Our YTD A/D/U improves to 17/9/0 as Billy goes green.
We have an overall average gain of 12.07% this year...Naz Comp is +3.88%, SP 500 +3.03% and the RUT is +9.38%...Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX +7.93% 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.
http://img490.imageshack.us/img490/4332/mrm33065zc.png (http://imageshack.us/)
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
billyjoe
03-04-2006, 02:02 PM
Our celebrity picks are doing pretty good. Their top picks aren't quite as good as the Mr.Market crew and their bottom picks are worse than ours, but overall they're better than I would have predicted.
FMCN----Growth Report---Wyatt---34.58--53.71--+55.32%
ATI-----Cramer--------------------36.40--55.62--+52.80
ESLR----Follow the Ram---Rothstein 10.77--16.20--+50.42
STX--Unknown expert Cons.Elect.Show20.07-28.08-+39.91
FTO---Pro Timing Newsletter--------38.04--49.29--+29.55
SU----Blue Chip--Navellier----------63.67---78.28--+22.95
SGR---Personal Finance--George----29.09---35.27--+21.24
IPAS---Forbes Wireless Stockwatch--6.53----7.54---+15.47
CSSGX---IBD fund--O'Neil-----------10.46---11.29---+7.9
RSG-----Raymond James------------37.40---39.13---+4.6
MSFT----Drip Investor Newsletter----26.25--26.93----+2.6
FO-------Credit Suisse--------------77.75---78.10----+.45%
ERTS-----Motley Fool--Gardner------52.44---52.21---- -.4
XTO------MD Wholesale-------------44.56---43.74---- -1.8
GOOG----AOL Financial-------------422.52--378.18---- -10.50
ELOS-----Supernova-----------------32.07--26.95----- -16.0
MWY-----Schaeffer's Power Stocks---18.87---9.76----- -48.3% ouch!
billyjoe
p.s. Doug I'm not on the lam from IBD, can't move fast enough to be elusive, through some quirk, I've still got access to their forums, but generally they aren't worth the time it takes to read them
Lyehopper
03-04-2006, 02:28 PM
Some huge stock pickers here.... Hey IIC, does the contest start over when someone hits 100%?
Some huge stock pickers here.... Hey IIC, does the contest start over when someone hits 100%?
No Lye...But the first one to hit 100% can have a free 2 week trial subscription to Investors.com
jiesen
03-04-2006, 10:24 PM
Mickey, you are HUGE! Looks like you'll be stealing that 2 wk sub from me... you've still got a bit to go, though.
MickyMouse
03-06-2006, 11:29 AM
No Lye...But the first one to hit 100% can have a free 2 week trial subscription to Investors.com
Doug,
A free 2week trial to IBD. WOOOOOOOW. Thanks, but no thanks.
If I may, how about 100 shares of "Mr. Market is HUGE" when it IPOs.
Mickey
MickyMouse
03-06-2006, 11:31 AM
Mickey, you are HUGE! Looks like you'll be stealing that 2 wk sub from me... you've still got a bit to go, though.
Jiesen,
Thanks for the reminder. It is there today. Seems buyout is not far away.
Mickey
jiesen
03-06-2006, 12:08 PM
Jiesen,
Thanks for the reminder. It is there today. Seems buyout is not far away.
Mickey
yep, it does indeed seem that you've hit 100% already- that sure was fast... congrats! you are HUGE!!!
Doug,
A free 2week trial to IBD. WOOOOOOOW. Thanks, but no thanks.
If I may, how about 100 shares of "Mr. Market is HUGE" when it IPOs.
Mickey
Too Bad...You won it...You have to take it!!!
Go here for your freebie
http://www.investors.com/offers/freetrialicom.asp?src=A482GGP&tn=top
Don't worry...The prizes I will award to the Top 3 at the end of the year will actually be worth something.
Dang...I was watching BWNG this morn too...waiting for it to blast thru 12...Went downstairs to get a refresh on my coffee and I come back and it's at 12.30ish....Doug(IIC)
spikefader
03-07-2006, 01:12 AM
Mickey,
I wanna congrats you for getting to +100% first. It really is a remarkable achievment in only 3 months. The rest of the forum should weigh in on this. Well done dude. Well done indeed!
Spike
Mickey,
I wanna congrats you for getting to +100% first. It really is a remarkable achievment in only 3 months. The rest of the forum should weigh in on this. Well done dude. Well done indeed!
Spike
Spike...It's only been 2 months and 1 week...Maybe he can get to 200% by the end of the quarter???
spikefader
03-07-2006, 02:39 AM
Spike...It's only been 2 months and 1 week...Maybe he can get to 200% by the end of the quarter???lol Shoo; the man's a genius!!! hehe
He's so hot, he'd put ice on fire!
http://img227.imageshack.us/img227/8461/iceonfire8dz.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Karel
03-07-2006, 06:03 AM
Mickey, that is just unbelievable! Congratulations for your double!
Regards,
Karel
mimo_100
03-07-2006, 08:08 AM
Mickey,
Great pick. I hope it continues higher for the rest of the year.
By the way, how did you screen for this winner? Please dont say you threw darts - LOL.
Tim
Peter Hansen
03-08-2006, 08:32 AM
IIC.... Yes Mickey picked a real winner , but I want also to assure you that your record keeping and chart posting is truly an admirable task. I know that your work is appreciated by all the participants in the forum and, when great minds collaborate together superior results will always be achieved. Thank you for doing such an excellent job.
Pete
IIC.... Yes Mickey picked a real winner , but I want also to assure you that your record keeping and chart posting is truly an admirable task. I know that your work is appreciated by all the participants in the forum and, when great minds collaborate together superior results will always be achieved. Thank you for doing such an excellent job.
Pete
Thanks Peter...I'd like to do a daily but I just keep running outta time...So far today we are 8 up 16 dn led by Spike's CERS +5.41%
sisterwin2
03-08-2006, 02:08 PM
still awaiting to see if he threw darts?
Congrats!
Lyehopper
03-08-2006, 02:54 PM
Doug,
A free 2week trial to IBD. WOOOOOOOW. Thanks, but no thanks.
If I may, how about 100 shares of "Mr. Market is HUGE" when it IPOs.
Mickey
HUUUUGE!!!! Micky..... HUUUUGE!!!!
Hey Dude! We've been missin' ya over at the POTW. How about trowing out a pick next week?!
spikefader
03-08-2006, 10:32 PM
...when great minds collaborate together superior results will always be achieved. PeteRight on Pete. IIC does do a great job. When I was searching for 'c' longs, I went to his recent momo lists to look for recent 5th impulses to narrow down my search for 'c's. Found lots of great candidates. Checked out his 100 list, found even more. Whenever I do a post history search for stocks that are really good performers of today, I find that IIC has posted about them months and months ago.
So thanks IIC! You're definately HUGE.
And Pete, while I'm on the subject of thanking. I must remind the board and yourself that you have brought some outstanding picks to this forum, and particularly my thread. So thanks fer posting and contributing!
Right on Pete. IIC does do a great job. When I was searching for 'c' longs, I went to his recent momo lists to look for recent 5th impulses to narrow down my search for 'c's. Found lots of great candidates. Checked out his 100 list, found even more. Whenever I do a post history search for stocks that are really good performers of today, I find that IIC has posted about them months and months ago.
So thanks IIC! You're definately HUGE.
And Pete, while I'm on the subject of thanking. I must remind the board and yourself that you have brought some outstanding picks to this forum, and particularly my thread. So thanks fer posting and contributing!
Thx Spike...Actually I run jillions of scans...mostly on weekends...But I don't post these endless lists...Some are TA...Some are FA... And some are combos....Thing is that the lists in themselves are only a starting point...Which I know you know...But I think many don't.
The reason I have posted the MoMo list around the Net for 2 years is because there will be future winners in the scan...Maybe not tomorrow...Maybe not next week...But a lot of future winners show up in the basic criteria I use for that one scan.
The IIC 100...Well...I wanna beat the IBD 100...But I'm not obsessive about it...In fact the reason I have not posted the Top 10 % results the last coupla weeks is not because I'm losing...Which I am...It is because I'm not the one who calculates it...And the guy has beeen doing it late Sunday instead of early Saturday.
But even if I lose to IBD ...There are still good stocks listed in the IIC 100 which are currently fundamentally sound...EPS-wise anyway...And projected to be so in the next 1-2 yrs.
When I intermediate and long term trade...And even in Swings...I prefer to buy the most fundamentally sound stocks at the Technically right time.
Now DT's are a different story...Techs and News is mostly what I watch on those...Best...Doug
Our A/D/U was 8/16/2 today. Leaders were Mr. Market's BEL +3.75% and Mimo's ENER +2.00%. Fairly "Blah" action on our portfolio today...However, we had all this hoopla about Mickey's BWNG hitting 100%+ Intraweek...But also noteworthy...Stocks54 went from -12% ytd at the end of last week w/ ELN and he is now +4.7% ytd even w/ a 3% drop today
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
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 3/10/2006
Mickey is "SUPER" $$$HUGE$$$
Mickey increased his lead advancing another 8.4% this week bringing his Y-T-D up to 93.8%...In fact, intraweek he was up 114% Y-T-D which earned him a FREE 2 week trial to Investors.com as the first contestant to hit 100%...But he graciously declined his prize. But don't worry...The prizes I have in mind for the Top 3 contest winners will actually be worth something...LOL
There was no change in the Top 4 spots except for the percentages. J continues in 2nd with LJPC and Mr. M had a bit of a scare with BEL which dropped 11.7% after this news http://trimurl.com/4PV but came back on Thursday and Friday on massive volume to end up 3.6% for the week. There was some talk about a lawsuit settlement...Maybe Mr. M can fill us in.
Lye steadily moves up the ladder with ECOL as he passes ninner's ADAM which pretty much got whacked...We'll see if the 50sma can continue to provide support for ADAM as it has since early November.
Our A/D/U for the week was horrendous...6/20/0 while our overall % decline was 2.65%.
Our YTD A/D/U remains at 17/9/0 as Stocks54 goes green and Spike goes red.
We have an overall average gain of 9.10% this year...Down from 12.07% at the end of last week. Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX which dropped 4.65% last week...At this rate all the funds holdings are gonna get stopped out at -8%...So much for CANSLIM...LOL
Below are the YTD's for the indices and CSSGX...As you can see we are well ahead of all of them.
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/9548/mrmindices3107ra.png (http://imageshack.us/)
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/7457/mrm310067rm.png (http://imageshack.us/)
Here is a chart of Mickey's BWNG:
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/3729/bwng3104tv.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW (http://trimurl.com/4PW)
http://trimurl.com/4PX (http://trimurl.com/4PX)
http://trimurl.com/4PY (http://trimurl.com/4PY)
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ (http://trimurl.com/4PZ)
billyjoe
03-11-2006, 02:23 PM
Shocking news from the celebrity section of the Pick of the Year Contest. Only one celebrity is doing better than Mr.Market. The dreaded Cramer, with a 50% gain with ATI. None of the celebs can touch Mickey or Jiesen's picks. On the downside, 2 celebs have the worst overall picks with AOL Financial's GOOG down 20.1% and Schaeffer's Power Stocks MWY down 49.23%
1. ATI---Cramer---36.40--54.60--+50% yes, it's THAT Cramer
2.FMCN--Wyatt Growth Report--34.58--50.61--+46.36%
3.ESLR--Rothstein Follow the Ram--10.77--15.63--+45.13%
4.FTO--Pro Timing Newsletter--38.04--49.28--+29.55%
5.STX--Consumer Elect. Show Unknown Expert--20.07--24.28--+20.98
6.SU--Blue Chip Navellier--63.67--73.03--+14.7%
7.IPAS--ForbesWireless Stockwatch--6.53--7.43--+13.78
8.RSG--RaymondJames--37.40--40.28--+7.7%
9.SGR--Personal Finance George--29.09--31.02--+6.63%
10.MSFT--Drip Investor News.--26.25--27.17--+3.5%
11.CSSGX--Wm.O'Neil--10.46--10.77--+2.96%
12.FO--Credit Suisse--77.75--79.55--+2.3%
13.ERTS--Motley Fool Gardner--52.44--50.64-- -3.43%
14.XTO--MD Wholesale--44.56--40.04-- -10.1% claims 187% gains last year and 500% last 3 years, guess this isn't his year
15.ELOS--Supernova Stocks--32.07--28.66-- -10.6%
16.GOOG--AOL Financial--422.52--337.50-- -20.1%
17.MWY--Schaeffer's Power Stocks--18.87--9.29-- -49.23% yikes!
billyjoe
Hey Billy...You forgot my galpal Bambi's pick...IIC +3.0%...Heck, she's even beating the CSSGX...But then again, she did a lot of due diligence...LOL
Our A/D/U was 19/7/0 today...One jerk had a -8.99% day on IDWK..Dang, that was me :(
Anyway, Here is a chart of the # 1 mover today:
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/8917/adam313061zf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Huge one day and.....OUCH!!!! ADAM down 24% on eps
ninner
03-14-2006, 11:33 AM
to the tee.
jiesen
03-14-2006, 01:15 PM
watch out, $$MM's BEL is about to break the $5 barrier... oops, scratch that. It just did!
BEL IS HUGE!!!
billyjoe
03-14-2006, 02:32 PM
Mr.Market could very well win this whole thing. Didn't Spike mention a plus 550% for BEL and so far he's on the money. I don't think Mickey's worrying yet.
Mr. Market has left Cramer in the dust......isn't that too bad?
billyjoe
Hey...I'm HUGE TODAY...IDWK rebounds after lowering outlook +11.9%
Mr. Market is pretty HUGE today too...Of course he always is...With BEL +7.2% bringing his YTD up to +63.5% edging out Jiesen's LJPC +58.0% for 2nd place. Mickey still leads with BWNG +94.9%.
Overall, our A/D/U was 15/11/0 today.
http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/6007/idwk0no.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img479.imageshack.us/img479/4539/bel5on.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Lye is HUGE today w/ ECOL on the Cup w/ Handle Breakout
Lye is HUGE today w/ ECOL on the Cup w/ Handle Breakout
May not get the volume though...We can just call it one of those IBD "A breakout doesn't necessarily have to have volume anymore" ones...Wonder why CANSLIM is based on a jillion years of research but they keep changing the rules???
No matter...LYE is HUGE today anyway!!!
ParkTwain
03-15-2006, 04:47 PM
Re: BEL, notice in the 2-year chart that after it surpasses about 5.80/sh, it has clear sailing with practically ZERO resistance up to about 14.00/sh.
http://finance.yahoo.com/q/bc?s=BEL&t=2y&l=on&z=m&q=b&c=
It's a BREAKOUT!!! on increased late volume.
Lye is Super Huge Today!!!
Our A/D/U was 17/9/0 today...IIC
http://img86.imageshack.us/img86/4028/ecol1jl.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Here's another one that w/o the ema ribbons
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/3214/ecol26rv.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Lyehopper
03-16-2006, 01:07 AM
Here's another one that w/o the ema ribbons
http://img76.imageshack.us/img76/3214/ecol26rv.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Pretty chart ain't it IIC?.... I've got a nice position of ECOL too.
Take a look at "my GEHL" today too.... Talkin' 'bout my-I GEHL.... my GEHL.... je....je....je
VTP FOREVER!!!!
Karel was sorta HUGE today...At least the closest thing to huge vis-a-vis anyone else with CELL up 2.79%.
However...chart looks pretty good right here and I will put it on my Friday Watch.
Our A/D/U was only 12/14/0 today...IIC
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/5697/cell3167xl.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Jim Smith
03-16-2006, 07:46 PM
SKS is my pick
New-born baby
03-16-2006, 08:12 PM
Lye is HUGE today w/ ECOL on the Cup w/ Handle Breakout
Just tuned into this thread for the first time . . . huge move with E-coli stock you chose . . . has a terrific target of $25+ . . . at all time highs with no overhead resistance . . . makes me almost, somewhat, in some way, perhaps, maybe, could be, possibly, in some fashion--want to check out the VTP system.
On second thought--naw. :D
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9624/chart12np.gif (http://imageshack.us)
SKS is my pick
Sorry Jim... the entry deadline was the first week of January...But I'll count on you to enter in '07...Thanks, Doug(IIC)
Jim Smith
03-16-2006, 11:19 PM
last week of January, and this thread is ahead of Jim's cycle trades....>LOL....I won't post here anymore, I'll just lurk...
Lyehopper
03-16-2006, 11:33 PM
Just tuned into this thread for the first time . . . huge move with E-coli stock you chose . . . has a terrific target of $25+ . . . at all time highs with no overhead resistance . . . makes me almost, somewhat, in some way, perhaps, maybe, could be, possibly, in some fashion--want to check out the VTP system.
On second thought--naw. :D
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/9624/chart12np.gif (http://imageshack.us/)
LOL.... You know you really want a set of ears.... Admit it dude!lol
Hey NBB?.... Why do you use that "handysnap" deal all the time? Why not just hit the "PrtSc" button and then right click and paste your desired image into MS paint (then trim and size the image) and send it to imageshack? It's EASY!!!! and no more funky (handysnap) logo on your image.
last week of January, and this thread is ahead of Jim's cycle trades....>LOL....I won't post here anymore, I'll just lurk...
No problem with you posting here Jim...But it is an Annual thing...If I was to make a pick now it would not be the same one I picked in early January.
Anyway...We got the Pick of the Week and the Pick of the Year Contests...You could always set up a Pick of the Month Thread...Doug
Lyehopper
03-17-2006, 03:39 PM
Lye is HUGE today w/ ECOL on the Cup w/ Handle Breakout
ECOL is breakin on upward and the Volume is increasing.... Let-r-roll!!!!
Mickey is so HUGE I'm gonna need a bigger monitor just to see him.
Our A/D/U was a sub-par 12/12/2 today...But Mickey w/ BWNG was up another 3% today and closes out the week at +101.6% YTD.
YTD Recap tomorrow...IIC
http://img207.imageshack.us/img207/4138/bwng5rc.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
New-born baby
03-17-2006, 08:25 PM
LOL.... You know you really want a set of ears.... Admit it dude!lol
Hey NBB?.... Why do you use that "handysnap" deal all the time? Why not just hit the "PrtSc" button and then right click and paste your desired image into MS paint (then trim and size the image) and send it to imageshack? It's EASY!!!! and no more funky (handysnap) logo on your image.
Lye-Baby,
Yes, I really DO want a set of ears! I'd be cool--like you!
The reason I don't--I am too dumb! I don't even know if I have MS paint on this computer. Yup, its brand new, and I have more gadgets on it than a brand new Cadillac. Still learning. But I am going to follow your advice and try it. Thanks for trying to help this old dinasaur!
Lye-Baby,
Yes, I really DO want a set of ears! I'd be cool--like you!
The reason I don't--I am too dumb! I don't even know if I have MS paint on this computer. Yup, its brand new, and I have more gadgets on it than a brand new Cadillac. Still learning. But I am going to follow your advice and try it. Thanks for trying to help this old dinasaur!
NB...Click All Programs...Click Accessories...Then you should see Paint...Click it...Doug
New-born baby
03-17-2006, 08:39 PM
NB...Click All Programs...Click Accessories...Then you should see Paint...Click it...Doug
Doug--thanks, I got it!
LYE--working to see if I can get it to go. Thanks!
Hey, I got it to work!
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/3476/file11ft.th.png (http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/3476/file11ft.png)
New-born baby
03-17-2006, 09:06 PM
Hey, guys! Thanks a lot! You are the best! VTP forever! HAhahahahaha
Ya know...I didn't even try to figure out how to post from Paint to My Pictures to Imageshack until I had to type out the POTY results...Now I'm an imageshack maniac...I even taught a couple of women in my office how to do it this past week.
Imageshack.us is a wonderful little service...Doug
Karel
03-18-2006, 03:22 AM
Doug--thanks, I got it!
LYE--working to see if I can get it to go. Thanks!
Hey, I got it to work!
http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/3476/file11ft.th.png (http://img160.imageshack.us/img160/3476/file11ft.png)
Hi New-born!
Glad to see you're making progress! Now try to keep your images under 700 pixels. Rule of thumb: about half the screen width, maybe a bit wider.
Regards,
Karel
New-born baby
03-18-2006, 07:51 AM
Sorry, Karel. :(
Thanks, Karel. :D
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 3/17/2006
Mickey is still "SUPER" $$$HUGE$$$
Mickey increased his lead again this week and now sits over +100 YTD. Mr. M moves up into 2nd place ahead of Jiesen. Karel and Lye round out the top 5 as they did last week. Lye's ECOL did especially well on a Saucer w/ Platform Breakout.
Our A/D/U for the week was 17/9/0 but our YTD slipped to 15/11/0 as Ninner's ADAM got whacked and Billy's TLF went red.
Our overall % gain YTD advanced to 10.44% up from 9.10% last week but we couldn't keep up with the RUT's advance.
Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX which is +6.21% YTD. Now I hear that there is a new CANSLIM portfolio manager for people who are too inept to manage their own portfolios. See http://Canslimpc.com (http://canslimpc.com/)
But let's see...I always thought IBD advertised that you can be a Winning Investor by reading IBD 10-20 mins a day...But this site claims it takes immense time and energy...I also have a bit of a problem trusting a company that lists MVRL as one of their TOP 10 Holdings as of 12/30/05...Heck, there is no stock with that ticker symbol....OK OK...They made a typo...they really meant MRVL...Wonder how many typos they make when entering customer orders???
Their YTD A/D/U on their Top 10 Holdings as listed on their site is a less than stellar 5/5/0...The only holding they list that is in our contest is WFMI down over 17% this year.
http://img216.imageshack.us/img216/5715/mrmindices3173xk.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1996/mrm317068wz.png (http://imageshack.us/)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW (http://trimurl.com/4PW)
http://trimurl.com/4PX (http://trimurl.com/4PX)
http://trimurl.com/4PY (http://trimurl.com/4PY)
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ (http://trimurl.com/4PZ)
Lyehopper
03-18-2006, 12:24 PM
Sorry, Karel. :(
Thanks, Karel. :D
To resize your images in MS paint....
Just click the "image" pulldown tab at the top....
click the "stretch/skew tab and change the % to a smaller (or larger) fraction.
Then pulldown "image" tab again....
Click "attributes" and you can see the pixel size of your canvas. Resize it (700 max width).
Then Save the image to MS paint. and host the desired image to imageshack.
To resize your images in MS paint....
Just click the "image" pulldown tab at the top....
click the "stretch/skew tab and change the % to a smaller (or larger) fraction.
Then pulldown "image" tab again....
Click "attributes" and you can see the pixel size of your canvas. Resize it (700 max width).
Then Save the image to MS paint. and host the desired image to imageshack.
That's interesting Lye...I didn't know that. I've been saving them from Paint to My Pictures...Then I crop them and compress them for imageshack. I'll have to try that...thx...IIC
billyjoe
03-18-2006, 01:44 PM
The celebrity section of The Pick of the Year Contest had few changes this week. Cramer fell back to #2 with an overall gain of 54.37% with ATI. #1 is Ian Wyatt Growth Report's FMCN +61.08%. These gains both trail our top 2, Mickey and Mr. Market.
Week Ending 3/17/06
1. FMCN--Ian Wyatt Growth Report 34.58--55.70--+61.08%
2. ATI--Cramer--Mad Money---- 36.40--56.19--+54.37%
3. ESLR--Rothstein Follow the Ram--10.77--15.35--+42.53%
4. FTO--Pro Timing Newsletter--38.04--53.88--+41.64%
5. STX--Unknown Expert Consumer Elect. Show--20.07--24.73--+23.22%
6. SU--Navellier Blue Chip---63.67--74.17--16.49%
7. IPAS--Forbes Wireless Newsletter--6.53--7.43--+13.78%
8. RSG--Raymond James--37.40--41.34--+10.53%
9. CSSGX--Wm.O'neil---10.46--11.11--+6.21%
10. FO--Credit Suisse---77.75--81.95--+5.4%
11. SGR--Personal Finance George--29.09--30.50--+4.85%
12. MSFT---Drip Investor--26.25--27.50--+4.76%
13. ERTS--Motley Fool Gardner--52.44--52.58-- -.27%
14. XTO--MD Wholesale--44.56--42.88-- -3.8%
15. ELOS--Supernova Stocks--32.07--29.78-- -7.1%
16. GOOG--AOL Financial--422.52--339.79-- -19.6%
17. MWY--Schaeffer's Power Stocks--18.87--9.64-- -48.9% yikes!
I don't know why my letters are so big , what key did I hit. Did I mention My D- in summer school typing?
Glad I didn't give my $$ to the experts at IBD/O'Neil/CSSGX YTD CSSGX +6.21% YTD Billyjoe's self directed 10 stock retirement fund +12.31%
billyjoe
New-born baby
03-18-2006, 04:51 PM
To resize your images in MS paint....
Just click the "image" pulldown tab at the top....
click the "stretch/skew tab and change the % to a smaller (or larger) fraction.
Then pulldown "image" tab again....
Click "attributes" and you can see the pixel size of your canvas. Resize it (700 max width).
Then Save the image to MS paint. and host the desired image to imageshack.
Thanks, you old goji drinking Vulcan you!
Lyehopper
03-18-2006, 04:52 PM
That's interesting Lye...I didn't know that. I've been saving them from Paint to My Pictures...Then I crop them and compress them for imageshack. I'll have to try that...thx...IIC
When you save them in "MS Paint" it directs you to "my pictures" or whatever file you choose.
I actually get them to the proper size while I'm in "Paint" and before I save them. BTW you can open up multiple "paint" windows and cut from one image and move it.... then paste it to another one. That's how I put Websman's face on $$MM$$'s body. and $$MM$$'s face on "Bambi's" body.lol
http://img146.imageshack.us/img146/4061/hugewebs3wq.png (http://imageshack.us)
http://img129.imageshack.us/img129/9616/hotmm0jd.png (http://imageshack.us)
New-born baby
03-18-2006, 05:01 PM
Karel, Lye-baby, Doug:
Here's WIRE and the trouble its in--at 691 pixels wide!
My view: short it, sell the calls, sumfin' bearish, because it
is going to geet ugly for awhile. Really.
http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/1546/file13xz.pngrusty wire (http://imageshack.us)
New-born baby
03-18-2006, 05:10 PM
Here's what I'd like to do:
Post my charts on MM so that they are a link that looks like this--
WIRE CHART
and you would click on them and it would open and you'd see the chart. Now I can do that for a web page, (see "current oil price" in my signature), but I cannot do it for anything I post on image shack. What do I need to do in order to do that?
Lyehopper
03-18-2006, 05:18 PM
Karel, Lye-baby, Doug:
Here's WIRE and the trouble its in--at 691 pixels wide!
My view: short it, sell the calls, sumfin' bearish, because it
is going to geet ugly for awhile. Really.
Groovy NBB!!!! here are a few other simple tips....
http://img465.imageshack.us/img465/108/painttips1kr.png (http://imageshack.us)
Lyehopper
03-18-2006, 05:46 PM
Here's what I'd like to do:
Post my charts on MM so that they are a link that looks like this--
WIRE CHART
and you would click on them and it would open and you'd see the chart. Now I can do that for a web page, (see "current oil price" in my signature), but I cannot do it for anything I post on image shack. What do I need to do in order to do that?
Just use the "direct link" on Image shack....
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/324/paintips29xm.png (http://imageshack.us)
scifos
03-18-2006, 06:20 PM
Just use the "direct link" on Image shack....
http://img124.imageshack.us/img124/324/paintips29xm.png (http://imageshack.us)
Great explaination Lye. A picture says a thousand words. A picture with words says even more.
Karel
03-19-2006, 04:21 AM
Karel, Lye-baby, Doug:
Here's WIRE and the trouble its in--at 691 pixels wide!
...Great! Saves me some thumbnailing! ;)
Regards,
Karel
Geez!!!!...Mickey up over 16% today...Where will it all end???...He's up 135% YTD.
Our A/D/U was a stinkin' 11/15/0 Today...IIC
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/4387/bwng320069as.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
MickyMouse
03-20-2006, 07:03 PM
Doug and others,
Thank you all for the "encouragement". I kinda like it. To make sure I will hear from you again, the next target is 200%.
Thanks.
Mickey
Sleddawg is Huge for a day as FORD blows out the 20ema but stops just short of the 50sma...If FORD gets to the 200sma he will be right up there with Mickey.
Collectively our A/D/U was a paltry 11/15/1 today.
Karel was almost huge w/ CELL up over 3.5% on below avg. vol.
http://img222.imageshack.us/img222/1680/ford3zy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Lyehopper
03-23-2006, 12:40 AM
Doug and others,
Thank you all for the "encouragement". I kinda like it. To make sure I will hear from you again, the next target is 200%.
Thanks.
Mickey
Micky.... Hey dude why don't you post more often? I'm sure you must have other hot picks you like. A fella just dosen't pick a stock like this by sheer luck.
Why not start a thread to post your thoughts on? I for one would love to see that.
mimo_100
03-23-2006, 09:42 AM
Geez!!!!...Mickey up over 16% today...Where will it all end???...He's up 135% YTD.
Our A/D/U was a stinkin' 11/15/0 Today...IIC
http://img231.imageshack.us/img231/4387/bwng320069as.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
I think there is a buying opportunity coming up soon -- will it go back to the gap just under 12??
Tim
MickyMouse
03-23-2006, 08:28 PM
Tim,
The second pp is at $12. This thing won't go under that in foreseeable future. It will shoot up if the performace after 1st pp (at $10) is of any indicative value.
Mickey
MickyMouse
03-23-2006, 08:34 PM
Micky.... Hey dude why don't you post more often? I'm sure you must have other hot picks you like. A fella just dosen't pick a stock like this by sheer luck.
Why not start a thread to post your thoughts on? I for one would love to see that.
Lye,
I am lucky in a sense that I wasn't anticipating this huge biuldup of interest from big money. Maybe Mr. Market took interest, or Doug and his partner dived in?
It is a IPTV and carrier play. Thought it will take much longer to double.
Mickey
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 3/24/2006
Mickey is still "SUPER-DUPER" $$$HUGE$$$
Mickey increased his lead again this week and now sits over +134% YTD. No change in the Top 5 except that Jiesen and Karel flip-flopped as Karel took over 3rd with CELL now up over 50% YTD.
Our A/D/U for the week was only 14/11/1 and our YTD remained a mediocre 15/11/0 as Billy's TLF and Sleddawg's FORD went green and Park's DDD and Stock54's ELN went red.
Our overall % gain YTD advanced to 11.82% up from 10.44% last week and we got back over the RUT YTD.
Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX which is +7.55% YTD.
http://img93.imageshack.us/img93/8461/mrmindices3245qy.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
http://img230.imageshack.us/img230/4457/mrm324063oz.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW (http://trimurl.com/4PW)
http://trimurl.com/4PX (http://trimurl.com/4PX)
http://trimurl.com/4PY (http://trimurl.com/4PY)
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ (http://trimurl.com/4PZ)
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 3/31/2006
Mickey is "SUPER-DUPER-ULTRA-DELUXE" $$$HUGE$$$
Well, the first quarter is in the archives and 50% of us are sittin' on double digit gains. The Top 5 are still the same except that Karel and Jiesen jump ahead of Mr. M...Lye remains in 5th.
Our A/D/U for the week was 19/6/1 (Naz was 2058/1190/78) and our YTD bounced up to 18/8/0 as Grebnet, Parktwain and Stocks54 went green.
Our overall % gain YTD advanced to 13.87% up from 11.82% last week.
Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX which is +9.27% YTD....even though in IBD they claim a 12.1% gain. But I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/917/mrmindices3316xw.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img414.imageshack.us/img414/8159/mrm331065sg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW (http://trimurl.com/4PW)
http://trimurl.com/4PX (http://trimurl.com/4PX)
http://trimurl.com/4PY (http://trimurl.com/4PY)
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ (http://trimurl.com/4PZ)
Lyehopper
04-03-2006, 12:51 AM
Not half bad for a bunch of "Outlaw Stock Pickers"....
http://img322.imageshack.us/img322/7793/outlawbikers9kp.png (http://imageshack.us)
This is fun...Mickey is leaving everyone in the dust...BWNG now up 149.7%.
Our collective A/D/U was 11/15/1 today.
http://img132.imageshack.us/img132/1328/bnwg3rt.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 4/7/2006
Mickey is TOO $$$HUGE$$$ For The Rest Of Us
Mickey continues his march towards 200% as he leaves the rest of us in the dust. It's been a long year but you never know with a company that has no earnings
Our A/D/U for the week was 13/13/1 (Naz was 1256/1978/90) and our YTD dropped to 16/9/1 from 18/8/0 as Parktwain went red and Stocks54 dropped to unchanged.
There were some changes in the standings this week as Mr. M's BEL got whacked losing 25% allowing Peter and DMK to crack the Top 5.
Our overall % gain YTD dropped to +12.31% from +13.87% last week as our total portfolio was -1.36% for the week.
Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX which is +10.61% YTD....I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
Sorry about that black box.
http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/9297/mrmindices472vr.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/4861/mrm47064jx.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW (http://trimurl.com/4PW)
http://trimurl.com/4PX (http://trimurl.com/4PX)
http://trimurl.com/4PY (http://trimurl.com/4PY)
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ (http://trimurl.com/4PZ)
Runner
04-08-2006, 12:42 PM
It has been my observation that the stronger the trend the less the dips. Traders were rewarded well by entering on the dips. Most will be afraid to enter because they think the trend will reverse. This is one heck of a stock BWNG. I wish I’d been tracking it.
http://img462.imageshack.us/img462/1493/bwng9gd.png (http://imageshack.us)
mrmarket
04-08-2006, 01:35 PM
I'm melting!
I'm melting!
Well Ernie...There's always next year...But anyway, you woulda made your 15% and been out weeks ago...So no matter...You chalk up another nice gain.
I'm gonna go out on a limb here and predict that Mickey does not win this thing...If I'm right...I'll repost this post along about New year's Eve...If I'm wrong...Then I won't...Nobody will remember anyway...LOL
MickyMouse
04-09-2006, 04:36 PM
Doug,
A bold move and you are marked. Since it is my long term holding and biggest in my portfolio, I wish you are wrong. Subjectivity aside, I believe this thing will go to 30 before it turns back. By then I make big profit already.
Mickey
Today's Results:
http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/3186/mrm412064me15iu.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 4/13/2006
Mickey is not as HUGE as he was but he's still Super $$$HUGE$$$
Mickey took a big hit as I predicted last week ;) but he is still a one man show so far.
Our A/D/U for the week was 13/12/1 and our YTD dropped to 16/10/0 from 16/9/1 as Your's Truly went red and Stocks54 went from unchanged to green. Of last week's Top 7 only Lye was green for the week.
Our overall % gain YTD dropped to +10.96% from +12.31% last week as our total portfolio was -1.20% for the week.
Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX which is +9.37% YTD....I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img91.imageshack.us/img91/6784/mrmindices413060jy.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/9683/mrm413065fa.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW (http://trimurl.com/4PW)
http://trimurl.com/4PX (http://trimurl.com/4PX)
http://trimurl.com/4PY (http://trimurl.com/4PY)
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ (http://trimurl.com/4PZ)
LYE was HUGE today with ECOL up over 16%...Karel's CELL looks great again right here...In fact, CELL will be on the IIC's Killer Watch Lists tonight which is usually good for a nickel boost ;)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW (http://trimurl.com/4PW)
http://trimurl.com/4PX (http://trimurl.com/4PX)
http://trimurl.com/4PY (http://trimurl.com/4PY)
PS...Geez Mickey...Hope I didn't jinx 'ya
billyjoe
04-22-2006, 11:15 AM
The celebrities are putting the pressure on the Mr.Market faithful followers in our Pick of the Year Contest. Ian Wyatt's FMCN and Cramer's ATI keep exchanging the lead while Schaeffer's Power Stocks MWY continues to stink up the entire contest. In a significant move , GOOG has moved into positive territory for AOL Financial's Hillary Kramer leaving just two losers in the 17 stock portfolio.
Stock-----Expert-----Price 1/3------Price 4/22-------% Gain or Loss
1.ATI----Cramer-----36.40----------72.27------------+98.54%
2.FMCN--Ian Wyatt's Growth Report--34.58---62.995--+82.17%
3.FTO--Curtis Hesler Pro Timing------38.04---62.80----+65.09%
4.ESLR--Rothstein Follow the Ram----10.77---15.15----+40.67%
5.SU--Navallier's Blue Chips----------63.67---88.86----+39.56%
6.STX--Unknown Expert Consumer Show-20.07-25.10---+25.06%
7.IPAS-Forbes N. Hutheesing--------6.53----7.96-------+21.90%
8.RSG--Raymond James B. Fisher-----37.40---43.87-----+17.30%
9.SGR--Personal Finance George-----29.09---33.36------+14.68%
10.CSSGX--IBD O'Neil-----------------10.46---11.92-----+13.96%
11.ERTS--Motley Fool Gardner--------52.44---55.75------+6.31%
12.XTO--MD Wholesale D.Maille-------44.56---47.32------+6.19%
13.GOOG--AOL Finan. Hillary Kramer---422.52--437.10-----+3.45%
14.MSFT--Drip invest. Chuck Carlson---26.25--27.15------+3.43%
15.FO--Credit Suisse Ivy Zelman-------77.75--78.88------+1.45%
16.ELOS--Supernova Stocks Gillespie---32.07--29.40------- -8.33
17.MWY--Schaeffer's Power Stocks----18.87--10.13------- -46.32 PU
Of course none of these experts is close to our Mickey's BWNG +111.11%
billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 4/21/2006
Mickey is still $$$HUGE$$$...But it could get interesting soon!!!
Mickey is fading...but you can't argue that he is still $$$HUGE$$$...For now anyway.
A little shake up in the standings as LYE's ECOL rockets over 27% this week and lands him in the runner-up spot passing Karel and "J". Sowersnc was +19.3% with ACI and Sleddawg's FORD advanced 13.5% for the week.
Our A/D/U for the week was 16/9/1 and our YTD increased to 17/9/0 from 16/10/0 last week as Sowersnc went green with ACI advancing $15.05.
Our overall % gain YTD increased to +14.56% from +10.96% last week as our total portfolio was +3.2% for the week.
Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX which is +13.96% YTD....But the gap is closing...I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img233.imageshack.us/img233/5719/mrmindices4219te.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/3482/mrm421062ry.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW (http://trimurl.com/4PW)
http://trimurl.com/4PX (http://trimurl.com/4PX)
http://trimurl.com/4PY (http://trimurl.com/4PY)
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ (http://trimurl.com/4PZ)
Karel
04-22-2006, 11:50 AM
Hi Lye, nice move, but watch your back!
Regards,
Karel
skiracer
04-22-2006, 12:13 PM
I'm curious to know if anyone owns any of their picks for the long term in this contest. Is there anyone there besides Ernie, who is down a few hundred % since his entry an probably should be commended some way for his endearing belief in this stock after all this time, that actually owns their picks an is considering holding over the long term.
I'm curious to know if anyone owns any of their picks for the long term in this contest. Is there anyone there besides Ernie, who is down a few hundred % since his entry an probably should be commended some way for his endearing belief in this stock after all this time, that actually owns their picks an is considering holding over the long term.
Originally I had owned my pick...IDWK...But I sold it for a 9% loss back in January...IIC
Karel
04-22-2006, 12:45 PM
Yup, I own CELL, with about the same entry point as in this contest. I will sell it when it drops off the screen I use.
Regards,
Karel
Lyehopper
04-22-2006, 01:02 PM
I'm curious to know if anyone owns any of their picks for the long term in this contest. Is there anyone there besides Ernie, who is down a few hundred % since his entry an probably should be commended some way for his endearing belief in this stock after all this time, that actually owns their picks an is considering holding over the long term.
Hey Ed.... I first owned ECOL below $12.... My primary position was purchased in Mid December 2005 below $14.... I have traded some shares along the way but held my major position till just yesterday (I posted that I sold it yesterday in my thread)
Look back at $$MM$$'s "BEL thread" and you'll find that I first mentioned ECOL on 9/17/05 (post #58 and #60) and on 12/14/05 (post #63) I stated that I was accumulating it again.
http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/showthread.php?t=270&page=7&pp=10&highlight=dirty+dirt
Edit: also look at the following link.lol
http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/showthread.php?t=1095&page=3&pp=10
After I sold all of my shares yesterday ECOL continued to move up though. I fear that I sold too soon but I'm just spooked by this market.... I'll buy it back again soon after I feel comfortable doing so. ECOL's a great company.
I don't think anyone here ever saw what I did in this company. Everyone was focused on the substandard BEL.... and no one even commented on my post #60 on the BEL thread but Runner and I'm sure he never hit the links in my post to read what I was talking about.... A prime example of how TA alone is trumped by solid fundamental research.
skiracer
04-22-2006, 01:11 PM
Originally I had owned my pick...IDWK...But I sold it for a 9% loss back in January...IIC
I ask because I wanted to see how many people actually had that much belief in their pick over the long term or for the entire year the contest runs to own it for that period of time. Your pick is now down only 3.5% BTW. Great pick Karel. What would CELL have to drop to for you to exit the position. I have to agree with you to some extent Doug. If I was up considerably in my position, which I am and do own 1000 shares of it from $46 range, I would have to exit the play rather than give it all back or even some small % of it back. If I were Mickey an owned it from his contest entry I wouldn't give it back. On the other hand I might have given it more room from the initial entry since I was playing it for a year. Your exit at 9 % seems to indicate a lack of overall faith in the play for the entire year from the beginning.
billyjoe
04-22-2006, 01:23 PM
Ski,
I own TLF and have for a while before the contest started. Up maybe 3% overall. It has been see- sawing , but I still anticipate a big move up before year's end. I've been burned so often within the last 3 years selling too early that I'm now holding everything 6-12 months. Am sitting on some nice gains which makes it very tempting to cash in , but patience has rewarded me so far. Was down on HOM CHB FDG KFY WDFC and have nice gains in all of them now.
billyjoe
Karel
04-22-2006, 01:28 PM
... Great pick Karel. What would CELL have to drop to for you to exit the position. ...Well, great pick... There is some luck involved. CELL is a part of my experiment with Mechanical Investing, and you generally don't just pick one stock, but a basket, like in my Mechanical Fund. In my mechanical strategy, I pick the top X of the screen, and sell a stock when it drops below place 25. As this is a guarantee for not selling at the top, I take care to sell on the way up, but always so that my $$$ position keeps growing. Just a way to play this, and I am still experimenting.
Regards,
Karel
I ask because I wanted to see how many people actually had that much belief in their pick over the long term or for the entire year the contest runs to own it for that period of time. Your pick is now down only 3.5% BTW. Great pick Karel. What would CELL have to drop to for you to exit the position. I have to agree with you to some extent Doug. If I was up considerably in my position, which I am and do own 1000 shares of it from $46 range, I would have to exit the play rather than give it all back or even some small % of it back. If I were Mickey an owned it from his contest entry I wouldn't give it back. On the other hand I might have given it more room from the initial entry since I was playing it for a year. Your exit at 9 % seems to indicate a lack of overall faith in the play for the entire year from the beginning.
Well they missed big time on eps announced in January...Unfortunately my Chrystal Ball was in the repair shop that day...Doug
Lyehopper
04-22-2006, 01:34 PM
Is there anyone there besides Ernie, who is down a few hundred % since his entry....
Ed.... It's mathamatically impossible to be down "a few hundred % dude".... You can be up several thousand percent.... but once you're down 100% you're at zero.
Lyehopper
04-22-2006, 01:37 PM
Hi Lye, nice move, but watch your back!
Regards,
Karel
LOL.... Thanks dude.... BRING IT ON!!!!!
Lyehopper
04-22-2006, 01:49 PM
Ed.... It's mathamatically impossible to be down "a few hundred % dude".... You can be up several thousand percent.... but once you're down 100% you're at zero.
On second thought.... I guess you could be down over 100%.... If you margined a stock and then your stock quickly tanked and lost all it's value and then you got a margin call thus owing your brokerage firm additional money to cover the call you could easily be in negative territory....
Ed.... It's mathamatically impossible to be down "a few hundred % dude".... You can be up several thousand percent.... but once you're down 100% you're at zero.
Can't you lose more than 100% in Futures?...IIC
billyjoe
04-22-2006, 02:08 PM
Lye,
I was thinking just like Ski when he mentioned MM being "down a few hundred %" . If you bought a stock at 25, it then tanked to 2.50, you held as it went up 100% to 5, you might be thinking to yourself "if I could just gain back a few more 100% that I earlier lost..... although not mathematically 100% correct we know what he means. Add inflation and you can lose more than 100%.
billyjoe
MickyMouse
04-22-2006, 02:13 PM
Great showing, Lye and Karen. Now you are catching up.
Call me stubborn, I am holding for my 200% gain some time this summer.
Mickey
skiracer
04-22-2006, 02:55 PM
Lye,
I was thinking just like Ski when he mentioned MM being "down a few hundred %" . If you bought a stock at 25, it then tanked to 2.50, you held as it went up 100% to 5, you might be thinking to yourself "if I could just gain back a few more 100% that I earlier lost..... although not mathematically 100% correct we know what he means. Add inflation and you can lose more than 100%.
billyjoe
Actually I was wrong with the mathematics in the first post. What I was thinking was that from here to get back to where he bought the stock orginally the stock would have to gain several hundred percent. I think Ernie bought it somewhere in the 20's, I could be off somewhat, but in that range. I was thinking of what the stock would have to gain from here to get back to where he bought it orginally. But Lye is completely right in that Ernie hasn't lost 100% yet and that theroetically you can only lose 100 % of your initial investment plus margin costs, if any, an if you wanted to include inflation or what you could have done with that money if you had it in your pocket to use again.
But getting back to the original question about anyone owning their plays. I'm surprised that so few actually own their picks in this contest. I owned every play I entered in the POTW. Not to say that I didn't dump them before the week was over because several of them did violate my stop loss point but it's to upsetting not to own them and then have them make some great gain and you're left wondering why you didn't make that play. I say own them if you're going to play them.
jiesen
04-22-2006, 03:19 PM
I'm curious to know if anyone owns any of their picks for the long term in this contest. Is there anyone there besides Ernie, who is down a few hundred % since his entry an probably should be commended some way for his endearing belief in this stock after all this time, that actually owns their picks an is considering holding over the long term.
My pick is also my largest stock holding (around 20% of total port) and I've been buying it regularly for over 3 years now. I intend to hold at least another 5 years, and to keep buying it for at least another year or three (depending on price).
My pick is also my largest stock holding (around 20% of total port) and I've been buying it regularly for over 3 years now. I intend to hold at least another 5 years, and to keep buying it for at least another year or three (depending on price).
OK...well I guess we know your pick for next year's contest...IIC
Lyehopper
04-22-2006, 04:22 PM
Actually I was wrong with the mathematics in the first post. What I was thinking was that from here to get back to where he bought the stock orginally the stock would have to gain several hundred percent. I think Ernie bought it somewhere in the 20's, I could be off somewhat, but in that range. I was thinking of what the stock would have to gain from here to get back to where he bought it orginally. But Lye is completely right in that Ernie hasn't lost 100% yet and that theroetically you can only lose 100 % of your initial investment plus margin costs, if any, an if you wanted to include inflation or what you could have done with that money if you had it in your pocket to use again.
But getting back to the original question about anyone owning their plays. I'm surprised that so few actually own their picks in this contest. I owned every play I entered in the POTW. Not to say that I didn't dump them before the week was over because several of them did violate my stop loss point but it's to upsetting not to own them and then have them make some great gain and you're left wondering why you didn't make that play. I say own them if you're going to play them.
I knew what you meant Ski. I just wanted to "engage you" a little dude, thought you were ignoring me since you didn't "directly" answer any of my previous posts.... nor mention my HUUUUGE pick ECOL along with your mention of the #1 and #3 players.lol
So.... if you were in my shoes, would you have sold ECOL Friday?.... or held it longer? Remember I held ECOL thru the earnings release (4/18 last week).... This is definitly a TA question.
Realize this too. I think ECOL will inevitably quadruple from here in the next 36 months.
Another more important question.... Since I'm currently short SIRF (in real life above 39.50) What's your opinion of that play? btw, they report after the close Tuesday 4/25.
I knew what you meant Ski. I just wanted to "engage you" a little dude, thought you were ignoring me since you didn't "directly" answer any of my previous posts.... nor mention my HUUUUGE pick ECOL along with your mention of the #1 and #3 players.lol
So.... if you were in my shoes, would you have sold ECOL Friday?.... or held it longer? Remember I held ECOL thru the earnings release (4/18 last week).... This is definitly a TA question.
Realize this too. I think ECOL will inevitably quadruple from here in the next 36 months.
Another more important question.... Since I'm currently short SIRF (in real life above 39.50) What's your opinion of that play? btw, they report after the close Tuesday 4/25.
You didn't ask me...But I think I would have trimmed ECOL. SIRF...Too risky...I would cover before eps...Doug
Edit: Or take an equal amount long just before eps...then bail on the wrong choice
skiracer
04-22-2006, 05:44 PM
I knew what you meant Ski. I just wanted to "engage you" a little dude, thought you were ignoring me since you didn't "directly" answer any of my previous posts.... nor mention my HUUUUGE pick ECOL along with your mention of the #1 and #3 players.lol
So.... if you were in my shoes, would you have sold ECOL Friday?.... or held it longer? Remember I held ECOL thru the earnings release (4/18 last week).... This is definitly a TA question.
Realize this too. I think ECOL will inevitably quadruple from here in the next 36 months.
Another more important question.... Since I'm currently short SIRF (in real life above 39.50) What's your opinion of that play? btw, they report after the close Tuesday 4/25.
Sorry if I overlooked you Lye. You only hurt the one's you love. As I ALWAYS tell my wife, "sorry hon, it'll never happen again".
ECOL is a great play within that sector. Can't understand why BEL isn't showing any strength lately since it basically deals with contaminated soils also. I would definitely be a buyer of ECOL on any pullback to the $22/23 range. I think there is enough there fundamentally to drive it to over $30 if you have the patience to hold and ride it out. Wouldn't be a buyer until that next pullback. The only thing I don't like is that the analysists always expect more from a winning stock and that may effect it but since they just reported you have another 3 months or so leeway on that front.
I like SIRF to the long side and have been in an out of it a few times since it was around $28. Out of it right now and wouldn't do anything until they report earnings. I like it long and will tell you if you tell me why you like it short first.
http://img530.imageshack.us/img530/1023/ecol9dp.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/6794/ecol27vh.png (http://imageshack.us)
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mrmarket
04-22-2006, 07:51 PM
Skiracer..I want to drink with you. I think it would be a fun evening.
skiracer
04-22-2006, 08:39 PM
Skiracer..I want to drink with you. I think it would be a fun evening.
I'm looking forward to you an everyone else at the convention. My wife an I just watched "Cinderalla Man" on a rainy Saturday afternoon. It has to be up there in my top 10 movies of all time. I hate to admit it but we both had tears in our eyes. Of course my wife will cry over kittens and puppies. It's definitely worth a look.
Jim Smith
04-22-2006, 08:55 PM
I am picking CAMH....it won't be a bulletin board stock for long
New-born baby
04-22-2006, 09:12 PM
I am picking CAMH....it won't be a bulletin board stock for long
Your comments about CAMH caused me to consult the chart on it. Interesting look at the weekly for the last 10 years, 6 mo. . . and then the daily.
1. Was once a much more expensive stock that slid all the way down to a quarter!
2. Double bottom off the 25 cent marker led to a target of $2.45. CAMH reached and exceeded that target, reaching $4.
3. CAMH has resistance currently at $3.10. Had very bullish action FRI, closing near the high of the day. Impressive, except that move was on only 1/3 average daily volume. (A bearish signal).
4. Currently PnF says CAMH set to return to 75 cents.
Question: Has CAMH some news or change in fundamentals that tell you she's a $15 winner? To move from $3 to $15 would be an awesome winner!
http://img117.imageshack.us/img117/5438/file12lv.png (http://imageshack.us)
http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/7981/file12sa.png (http://imageshack.us)
Skiracer..I want to drink with you. I think it would be a fun evening.
Don't worry Ernie...At the convention if Ski gets loaded and tries to punch you out...I'll protect you...Or at the very least I'll run for help...No Problem...LOL
I am picking CAMH....it won't be a bulletin board stock for long
Well...you are gonna have to wait till next year...The POTY closed the first week of January...Doug
skiracer
04-22-2006, 10:11 PM
Don't worry Ernie...At the convention if Ski gets loaded and tries to punch you out...I'll protect you...Or at the very least I'll run for help...No Problem...LOL
I'm a very good natured drunk and much more into love than violence these days. Plus my M.O. and nature has always been more towards the clandestine if an when it ever came to that stuff. BTW you know I'm still a card carrying member of the VTP inner circle an the word is out that we are all creampuffs.
the word is out that we are all creampuffs.
That's why I'm not too worried...LOL...IIC
Lyehopper
04-22-2006, 10:30 PM
Sorry if I overlooked you Lye. You only hurt the one's you love. As I ALWAYS tell my wife, "sorry hon, it'll never happen again".
ECOL is a great play within that sector. Can't understand why BEL isn't showing any strength lately since it basically deals with contaminated soils also.
And as my wife always tells me.... "No problem hon".... I'll forgive you this time.
I guess BEL lacks several important things. One being the ability to nail down the big contracts. If you take a look at ECOL's board members you'll see why they get the job done. I think to compare ECOL to BEL is like comparing Walmart to Roses.... Now since BEL does have some nice facilities to treat contaminated soil and evidentially has capacity.... they could very well be a buyout target by a company like ECOL. I may be interested in speculating on some BEL shares in the $2.50 range....
I'll post more on my SIRF short play later Ski.... Have a great evening dude.... and try not to watch too many more sad movies this weekend. If you start doing that with Mrs. Ski too often?.... she'll always be bringin' them tear-jerkers home and you'll never get to watch the Godfather again.lol
Websman
04-22-2006, 10:41 PM
Ski, I have never owned ACW, which was my pick for this contest. I actually turned bearish on it shortly after I entered it into the contest.
skiracer
04-22-2006, 11:26 PM
And as my wife always tells me.... "No problem hon".... I'll forgive you this time.
I guess BEL lacks several important things. One being the ability to nail down the big contracts. If you take a look at ECOL's board members you'll see why they get the job done. I think to compare ECOL to BEL is like comparing Walmart to Roses.... Now since BEL does have some nice facilities to treat contaminated soil and evidentially has capacity.... they could very well be a buyout target by a company like ECOL. I may be interested in speculating on some BEL shares in the $2.50 range....
I'll post more on my SIRF short play later Ski.... Have a great evening dude.... and try not to watch too many more sad movies this weekend. If you start doing that with Mrs. Ski too often?.... she'll always be bringin' them tear-jerkers home and you'll never get to watch the Godfather again.lol
Lye,
Likd good friends, good wives are hard to come by an I'm a lucky guy to have Mrs. Ski. She also always forgives me.
Actually I brought the video home. It's about the boxing career of James J. Braddock who eventually beat Max Baer for the heavyweight title in 1935. Some friends told me that it was very good an we finally got to watch it. It took place during the depression era an he was a pretty decent guy who loved boxing and his family even moreso. Being the family orientated man that you are I know you would like it alot. They had a rough patch there for awhile but endured alot of hardship to come out intact as a family unit and he actually does become world champion. Lots and lots of great fight scenes with plenty of blood and guts. Russell Crowe is Braddock.
Actually I wasn't thinking of comparing BEL to ECOL because I agree with what you stated. Just thought the sector was strong and that BEL might pick up on some of that but doesn't seem to have benefited. I'm also looking to get into BEL when an if it bottoms soon. Great play for you with ECOL an always happy to see people making money. Good night and good luck Lye.
Lyehopper
04-22-2006, 11:55 PM
I'm a very good natured drunk and much more into love than violence these days. Plus my M.O. and nature has always been more towards the clandestine if an when it ever came to that stuff. BTW you know I'm still a card carrying member of the VTP inner circle an the word is out that we are all creampuffs.
LOL!!!! You rock on Skiracer!
billyjoe
04-23-2006, 12:35 AM
Ski,
I'm sure you know Max Baer Jr. = Jethro Bodine . Hey, wouldn't it be great to own both ECOL and BEL if ECOL bought out BEL? The amount of contaminated soil in US and Canada must be growing at an alarming rate. They could eventually be bigger than oil stocks and I don't see as much competition.
billyjoe
skiracer
04-23-2006, 09:06 AM
Ski,
I'm sure you know Max Baer Jr. = Jethro Bodine . Hey, wouldn't it be great to own both ECOL and BEL if ECOL bought out BEL? The amount of contaminated soil in US and Canada must be growing at an alarming rate. They could eventually be bigger than oil stocks and I don't see as much competition.
billyjoe
Billyjoe,
My wife an I were talking about that yesterday while watching the movie. I thought that Max Baer Jr. played a character in some TV show about a husband and wife team of private detectives or something. Wasn't he their butler/driver/confidant or something or was that Max Baer Sr. and Jr. was Jethro on the Beverley Hillbilleys. I think you're right.
I had to go back and search the Briefing.com archives to get that article I saw on VLTS just to make sure I wasn't hallucinating. Usually I know what I see during the weekdays but coming off a weekend sometimes it might take me all day Monday to air it out a little and get my full head on and back together. Anyway I found the article in their archives and here it is:
http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/8013/vlts23hg.png (http://imageshack.us)
And as my wife always tells me.... "No problem hon".... I'll forgive you this time.
I'll bet she has to say that about 10 times a day
billyjoe
04-29-2006, 07:42 AM
As of close 4/28/06 , the celebrities took a hit in Doug's Pick of the Year Contest. The pressure from Mickey and others may just be too much for the pampered entertainers. Only 5 positions advanced led by Forbes Wireless IPAS up 5.5%. The 12 declining stocks featured Drip investors MSFT down 11.43%,
Supernova's ELOS down 11% , and Personal Finance's SGR down 9.5%. Here are current standings.
Stock---Celebrity---------------1/3/06--------4/28/06-----gain/loss
ATI------Cramer----------------36.40----------69.34------ +90.49%
FMCN---Wyatt,Growth Inv.------34.58----------60.39------ +74.64
FTO-----Pro Timing-------------38.04----------60.53-------+59.12
SU------Blue Chip---------------63.67----------85.74-------+34.66
STX-----Consumer Elect.--------20.07----------26.56-------+32.34
ESLR----Rothstein Ram----------10.77----------13.88-------+28.88
IPAS-----Forbes Wireless---------6.53-----------8.32-------+27.41
RSG-----Raymond James--------37.40----------44.01-------+17.67
CSSGX---O'Neil IBD--------------10.46----------11.70-------+11.85
ERTS----Motley Fool------------52.44----------56.80--------+8.31
SGR-----Personal Finance-------29.09----------30.60--------+5.19
FO-------Credit Suisse----------77.75----------80.30--------+3.28
GOOG---AOL Financial----------422.52---------417.94------- -1.08%
XTO-----MD Wholesale----------44.56----------42.35------- -4.96
MSFT--- Drip Investor-----------26.25----------24.15------- -8.0
ELOS----Supernova-------------32.07----------25.87------- -19.43
MWY----Schaeffer's Power------18.87-----------10.01------ -46.95
Let's see how our boys and girls did this week. Doug, take it away.
billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 4/28/2006
Mickey is still $$$HUGE$$$...But Lye and Karel are closing the Gap
Lye's ECOL and Karel's CELL are steadily climbing...Mickey rebounded this week and still holds a commanding lead...But who knows??? One bad report and...
One notable move this week was Ninner's ADAM up over 18% going into earnings which will be announced on May 3rd.
Our A/D/U for the week was OK at 15/10/1 but our YTD dropped to 15/11/0 from 17/9/0 last week as Mr. M's BEL went red and Sled's FORD fell apart dropping 42% on EPS after gaining over 13% last week...FORD is back to red now.
Our overall % gain YTD dropped a tad to +14.18% from +14.56% last week.
Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX which is +11.85% YTD...I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/1319/mrmindices4289cs.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/8853/mrm428064yh.jpg (http://imageshack.us/)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW (http://trimurl.com/4PW)
http://trimurl.com/4PX (http://trimurl.com/4PX)
http://trimurl.com/4PY (http://trimurl.com/4PY)
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ (http://trimurl.com/4PZ)
billyjoe
04-29-2006, 02:42 PM
Doug,
I think it's significant that in the last 5 trading days 7 of the Mr.Market crew's top 11 picks advanced while in the same time period only 3 of the top 11 celebrity picks did so. Are the celebs running out of gas?
billyjoe
'mon Mickey...Give us a break ;)
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jiesen
05-02-2006, 02:02 AM
I'm melllllltiiiiiing!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sprry that was so blurry...Doug
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 5/5/2006
Aren't 'Ya Tired Of Hearing That Mickey Is Still $$$HUGE$$$...?
Well...it's still true...Mickey weathered the recent correction with little problem and looks poised for a possible next leg up as the 50sma held during this recent basing period. And now he's back above the 20ema so things are looking pretty good here for BWNG. He even came through another losing quarter unscathed as eps was announced this week.
Notable moves this week included Photon's WFMI +17.4% and Sower's ACI +11.7%.
Our A/D/U for the week was 19/7/0 and our YTD increased to 16/10/0 from 15/11/0 last week as Runner's TEVA went green.
Our overall % gain YTD increased to +15.92% from +14.18% last week.
Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX which is +15.58% YTD...But CSSGX is trying to close the gap...I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img54.imageshack.us/img54/7260/mrmindices5059an.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW (http://trimurl.com/4PW)
http://trimurl.com/4PX (http://trimurl.com/4PX)
http://trimurl.com/4PY (http://trimurl.com/4PY)
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ (http://trimurl.com/4PZ)
billyjoe
05-06-2006, 12:29 PM
In the celebrity category of the Pick of the Year Contest, the 1st 4 places remain unchanged with Cramer's ATI and Ian Wyatt's FMCN remaining neck and neck. Gainers outnumbered losers 10 to 7 lead by FMCN +19.3% , ATI +15.7%, and Pro Timing's FTO +7.4% . The 3 worst performers MSFT, ELOS, and MWY remained mired at the bottom. Top losers this week were #13 GOOG -5.6% and #14 ERTS -17.1%.
Stock------Expert---------1/3/06------5/5/06-------Gain/Loss %
ATI---Cramer--------------36.40-------75.05---------+106.18%
FMCN--Wyatt Growth------34.58-------67.07----------+93.93
FTO---Hesler Pro Timing----38.04-------63.37----------+66.59
SU--Navellier Blue Chip-----63.67-------86.95----------+36.56%
ESLR--Rothstein Ram-------10.77-------14.26----------+32.40
STX--Consumer Electron---20.07-------26.48-----------+31.94
IPAS--Hutheesing Forbes----6.53--------8.19-----------+25.42
RSG--Fisher Raymond James-37.40------43.81-----------+17.14%
CSSGX--O'Neil IBD----------10.46-------12.09-----------+15.58
SGR--George Pers.Finance---29.09------31.71------------+9.0%
FO----Zelman Credit Suisse--77.75------81.25------------+4.5
XTO--DMaille MD Wholesale--44.56------43.55----------- -2.3%
GOOG--Kramer AOL Financial-422.52----394.30---------- -6.7
ERTS--Gardner Mot. Fool-----52.44------47.85---------- -8.8
MSFT--Carlson Drip Inv.------26.25------23.80---------- -9.3
ELOS--Gillespie Supernova----32.07------25.80---------- -19.6%
MWY--Schaeffer's Power Stks. 18.87-----10.10---------- -46.5
billyjoe
billyjoe
05-13-2006, 01:16 PM
The celebs have come upon hard times in the POTY contest with only 1 advancing stock . It is #1 Cramer's ATI +9.34% for the week. The 16 declining issues are led by IPAS -30.01% ESLR -16.62% STX -11.91 ELOS -8.78%
FTO -8.2% and CSSGX -6.02% for the week. Current standings :
Stock----Expert -----------1/03/06---------5/12/06----% Gain/Loss
ATI------Cramer------------36.40-----------78.45--------+115.52%
FMCN---Wyatt Growth Inv.--34.58-----------66.60--------+ 92.60
FTO----Hesler Pro Timing----38.04-----------60.25---------+58.39
SU---Navellier Blue Chip-----63.67-----------83.74---------+31.52
STX--Consumer Elect.Show--20.07-----------24.09---------+20.03%
ESLR--Rothstein Ram--------10.77-----------12.47----------+15.78
RSG---Fisher Ray. James----37.40-----------41.49-----------+10.94
CSSGX--O'Neil IBD-----------10.46-----------11.46----------+9.56
SGR---George Pers. Finance--29.09-----------31.40----------+7.94
FO---Zelman Credit Suisse---77.75-----------78.61-----------+1.11%
IPAS--Hutheesing Forbes------6.53------------6.23----------- -4.59%
XTO--D.Maille MD Wholesale--44.56-----------41.50---------- -6.87
GOOG--Kramer AOL Financial--422.52---------374.13---------- -11.45
MSFT--Carlson Drip Invest.----26.25-----------23.17--------- -11.73
ERTS---Gardner Mot. Fool-----52.44-----------44.96--------- -14.26
ELOS--Gillespie Supernova----32.07------------22.97--------- -28.38%
MWY---Schaeffer's Power----18.87-------------9.73--------- -48.44
Hope the Mr. Market crew did better than this.
billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 5/12/2006
Mickey is still $$$HUGE$$$ In a "Blood In The Streets" Type Week
Tough week for the contest pix...There were a couple of bright spots...
J's LJPC advanced 14.7% after being in the red 8 outta the last 9 weeks and Stocks54's ELN was up 7.5%.
Our A/D/U for the week was an embarrassing 5/21/0 and our YTD decreased to 14/12/0 from 16/10/0 last week as Runner's TEVA and Billyjoe's TLF went red.
Our overall % gain YTD decreased to +11.71% from +15.92% last week as the overall portfolio was -3.6% for the week.
Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX which is +9.56% YTD as they tanked -5.2% for the week...Probably due to one of my holdings, ABAX, which they dumped this week. I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img213.imageshack.us/img213/4619/mrmindices512063jg.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img339.imageshack.us/img339/6074/mrm512062ci.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW (http://trimurl.com/4PW)
http://trimurl.com/4PX (http://trimurl.com/4PX)
http://trimurl.com/4PY (http://trimurl.com/4PY)
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ (http://trimurl.com/4PZ)
billyjoe
05-13-2006, 02:21 PM
Doug,
My TLF was up over 17% at one point this week when the elderly CEO decided he needed new false teeth or another retirement home and sold 3 million shares at 6.25 , thereby screwing thousands of loyal shareholders and causing a fast decline of nearly 20%. It has recovered about 6% of that loss.
billyjoe
billyjoe
05-13-2006, 02:26 PM
This isn't scientific or anything but look at the performance of the Mr.Market top 10 vs. celebrity top 10. Maybe the celebs chose higher beta stocks. The Mr.Market 10 are holding up well.
billyjoe
jiesen
05-13-2006, 04:33 PM
Doug,
My TLF was up over 17% at one point this week when the elderly CEO decided he needed new false teeth or another retirement home and sold 3 million shares at 6.25 , thereby screwing thousands of loyal shareholders and causing a fast decline of nearly 20%. It has recovered about 6% of that loss.
billyjoe
Yeah, don't you just hate that? I mean, nothing spells "lack of confidence" quite like a CEO dumping his/her shares. Just look at OFG, when after saying the financials need to be restated, the CEO goes and dumps 2000 shares! I mean, WTF? Does he REALLY need the $25k so bad that he is willing to put his company's investor confidence in a tailspin, especially when the entire country is falling apart around him? And, he's got another 100,000 or so shares, so it's also taking a toll on his own investment to boot.
CEO's, get a clue, please! It's not like you don't earn enough, just live within the huge salary you've got. If you want more money, just run the business better, and get a nice big bonus. Stocks are for selling in retirement, or to pass on to your kids, not for dumping on the market when the company is in turmoil.... just my opinion, sorry for the rant.
Lyehopper
05-14-2006, 03:57 PM
Take a look at NRPH fellas.... The CEO and his entire family (and other holding companies he owns) has dumped millions of dollars worth of this stock since last year. One day when the moon is right and the chart looks weak.... I'm gonna short this stock into the gutter!
You fellas ain't gonna beleive what I just saw!!!! While sitting here typing this post (my desk faces the window and looks out over my pond and a pasture behing the house) I saw a bolt of lightening strike the ground about 75 yards from my house! RATTLED THE WINDOWS!!! Then a little column of smoke (steam) about ten feet high floated up and disipated in the air! WOW! I have never seen any thing like that before. My heart is racing.LOL! I hope this posts goes thru because my sattelite internet is working at about 30% during this storm. BOOOOOOM! Glad I wasn't standing back there!JEJEJEJEEEEEEEE
Lyehopper
05-14-2006, 04:13 PM
Take a look at NRPH fellas.... The CEO and his entire family (and other holding companies he owns) has dumped millions of dollars worth of this stock since last year. One day when the moon is right and the chart looks weak.... I'm gonna short this stock into the gutter!
You fellas ain't gonna beleive what I just saw!!!! While sitting here typing this post (my desk faces the window and looks out over my pond and a pasture behing the house) I saw a bolt of lightening strike the ground about 75 yards from my house! RATTLED THE WINDOWS!!! Then a little column of smoke (steam) about ten feet high floated up and disipated in the air! WOW! I have never seen any thing like that before. My heart is racing.LOL! I hope this posts goes thru because my sattelite internet is working at about 30% during this storm. BOOOOOOM! Glad I wasn't standing back there!JEJEJEJEEEEEEEE
Lightining update!.... Now about ten of my cows and a bull have walked down to the area that the lightining struck the ground. They were way the heck back near the woods during the storm about 200 yards from the strike. Now the bull and a cow are both sniffing the ground right where it struck! this is just too freakin weird! I want to go out and see where it struck but I'll wait a while first.LOL!
spikefader
05-14-2006, 04:23 PM
....You fellas ain't gonna beleive what I just saw!!!! While sitting here typing this post (my desk faces the window and looks out over my pond and a pasture behing the house) I saw a bolt of lightening strike the ground about 75 yards from my house! RATTLED THE WINDOWS!!! Then a little column of smoke (steam) about ten feet high floated up and disipated in the air! WOW! I have never seen any thing like that before. My heart is racing.LOL! I hope this posts goes thru because my sattelite internet is working at about 30% during this storm. BOOOOOOM! Glad I wasn't standing back there!JEJEJEJEEEEEEEE
http://img282.imageshack.us/img282/7264/lightningbolt9ch.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Dude!!!!!!! You were only 75 yards from temperatures 3 times hotter than the surface of the sun!!!!!! Yowchiwowa!
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Take a look at NRPH fellas.... The CEO and his entire family (and other holding companies he owns) has dumped millions of dollars worth of this stock since last year. One day when the moon is right and the chart looks weak.... I'm gonna short this stock into the gutter!That's a double top there on the weekly for NRPH dude! It is what it is until it ain't :D And on the weekly chart, it is a possible fifth completion, entering the 'a' correction down now.
32.25 is a little 'c' support area on the daily, so below $32.25 will be a C failure! You could short the breakdown right there, with 6% stop above the price resistance of $34.15 to target the 50 percent Fibonacci retracement zone of 50 $19.00, which is 41% profit, and risk/reward of 6.8; not bad....
Lightining update!.... Now about ten of my cows and a bull have walked down to the area that the lightining struck the ground. They were way the heck back near the woods during the storm about 200 yards from the strike. Now the bull and a cow are both sniffing the ground right where it struck! this is just too freakin weird! I want to go out and see where it struck but I'll wait a while first.LOL!
Cool Lye...Or should I say Hot...I love lightning. Don't be a Wuss...Go out there and see what the damage is...What are the chances it's gonna strike in the same place twice?...Probably about as good as my ABAX closing at 30 tomorrow.
We get a little lightning here in So. Cal...But it's not that great unless you are up in the mountains...I remember when I lived in Texas when I was in 4th Grade...We sometimes got these lightning balls in the sky...They looked real small and they got a bit larger as they seemed to get closer then WHAMO...They would explode with bolts going in all directions.
Also, in the Carib Sea you can see some really good lightning storms.
I'll eagerly await your damage report...Doug(IIC)
billyjoe
05-14-2006, 09:06 PM
Doug,
This is a true story, my brother in law , also named Doug, used to live in an old farm house in Lucas County, Ohio just a few miles south and east of Toledo, Ohio. According to a friend of mine who majored in geography, it's one of the flatest spots on the earth. They have some unusual weather from time to time especially almost tornado intensity straight line winds. More than once lightening balls would bounce around in the farm house. The old farmer who owned the house lived to about 90 and said he'd seen it happen over the years from the 1920's to 1970's. I'd read about it in books but might have had a heart attack if I'd actually seen those lightening balls. There is a scientific explanation.
What do you suppose would happen if a person were to touch one?
billyjoe
Lyehopper
05-14-2006, 11:48 PM
I'll eagerly await your damage report...Doug(IIC)
I went out at about 4:00pm when it stopped rainind the sun came out.... I looked all around the area but I couldn't see anything but cow crap and grass and dirt.lol.... I think my cows screwed up the crime scene.... I expected to see a big crater or something.... But there's nothing..... It had to be mighty hot to cause that big ol steam ploom.... Now I know how the fellas who spot those UFO's feel.
Doug,
This is a true story, my brother in law , also named Doug, used to live in an old farm house in Lucas County, Ohio just a few miles south and east of Toledo, Ohio. According to a friend of mine who majored in geography, it's one of the flatest spots on the earth. They have some unusual weather from time to time especially almost tornado intensity straight line winds. More than once lightening balls would bounce around in the farm house. The old farmer who owned the house lived to about 90 and said he'd seen it happen over the years from the 1920's to 1970's. I'd read about it in books but might have had a heart attack if I'd actually seen those lightening balls. There is a scientific explanation.
What do you suppose would happen if a person were to touch one?
billyjoe
If they touched one I think they'd be burned beyond recognition.
Geez...Only 5% of the people have actually seen Lightning Balls...Didn't know I was so special http://www.wonderquest.com/ball-lightning.htm
billyjoe
05-15-2006, 09:06 AM
Doug,
Wow, your report mentioned an area 30 miles southwest of Detroit. That's really close to where the brother in law was , but he was southeast.
I think Lye's cows are involved in a coverup especially if they now are acting uninterested like nothing happened. These animals are no dummies they know more than they let on.
billyjoe
sisterwin2
05-15-2006, 07:05 PM
Cool Lye...Or should I say Hot...I love lightning. Don't be a Wuss...Go out there and see what the damage is...What are the chances it's gonna strike in the same place twice?...Probably about as good as my ABAX closing at 30 tomorrow.
We get a little lightning here in So. Cal...But it's not that great unless you are up in the mountains...I remember when I lived in Texas when I was in 4th Grade...We sometimes got these lightning balls in the sky...They looked real small and they got a bit larger as they seemed to get closer then WHAMO...They would explode with bolts going in all directions.
Also, in the Carib Sea you can see some really good lightning storms.
I'll eagerly await your damage report...Doug(IIC)
When I was out to sea my boat was hit twice by lightning.... both times I had to put out alot of $$ for total re-wireing, all new instruments.. I was on-board during one hit and my hair stood straight up in the air... the hair on my neck stood out. I felt a tingle coming up my legs but that was it. I guess you can ground a boat.. wish my instruments realize that the boat was grounded. I have heard of sailors being thrown off thier boats... I guess I was lucky. I felt like I worked out a bit too hard the next day and that was it. The worst of it all was that loud Bang.. and not being able to focus for a while. Of couse I was out of beer and had to turn to volka to calm my nerves.
Websman
05-15-2006, 07:16 PM
I got stuck under a bridge in the middle of a huge thunderstorm last year, in my 17' boat. I had just come back in through the jetties after a day of fishing off the beach. The storm hit about 5 minutes after I got back into the bay...If the storm would have hit 5 minutes earlier, I would have probably capsized and would have ened up treading water until I got rescued. Even worse, if the storm would have hit while I was coming through the pass, I would have ended up being tossed into the jetties, which would have really sucked.
That's my boat story...
Lyehopper
05-15-2006, 07:39 PM
I got stuck under a bridge in the middle of a huge thunderstorm last year, in my 17' boat. I had just come back in through the jetties after a day of fishing off the beach. The storm hit about 5 minutes after I got back into the bay...If the storm would have hit 5 minutes earlier, I would have probably capsized and would have ened up treading water until I got rescued. Even worse, if the storm would have hit while I was coming through the pass, I would have ended up being tossed into the jetties, which would have really sucked.
That's my boat story...
That brought tears to my eyes....sniff.... So when do I get my Gators?
Websman
05-15-2006, 07:50 PM
That brought tears to my eyes....sniff.... So when do I get my Gators?
I can get you all the Gators you want. Come on down...We'll put the boat in the lake and go catch a few. Oh yea...bring a shotgun.
Websman
05-15-2006, 07:53 PM
After today's action in the market, I'm not so sure I wouldn't rather be smashed into the jetties.
sisterwin2
05-15-2006, 09:09 PM
After today's action in the market, I'm not so sure I wouldn't rather be smashed into the jetties.
LMAO... feeling your pain. Only good thing today is ELN and my tax return. But wait, the tax return thingy. Not so good. This means I didnt cash in enought stocks last yr. Ok, the only good thing today was ELN and GE.
trying to down load a pic of a friend of mind who's boat ended up on the rocks during a squall...... living on your boat 2000 miles from home, not good day for him. Calling for help to the Coast guard in Grenada... recieved a answer from the coast guard... the sail boat told the coast guard where he was and the coast guard answers "where is that". The sail boat replied.. right around the corner from you... We were in Grenada and the coast guard who answer the MAY DAY was in Trinadad. Really not a good day for him.
We all had to sit and watch/listen to his boat get pounded on the rocks with about 6-9 ft swells coming in. Dinghy's who tried to help were capsized and pounded on the rocks.
Thinking about it. Today not such a bad day after all.
When I was out to sea my boat was hit twice by lightning.... both times I had to put out alot of $$ for total re-wireing, all new instruments.. I was on-board during one hit and my hair stood straight up in the air... the hair on my neck stood out. I felt a tingle coming up my legs but that was it. I guess you can ground a boat.. wish my instruments realize that the boat was grounded. I have heard of sailors being thrown off thier boats... I guess I was lucky. I felt like I worked out a bit too hard the next day and that was it. The worst of it all was that loud Bang.. and not being able to focus for a while. Of couse I was out of beer and had to turn to volka to calm my nerves.
Is that why you were diving overboard?...That's pretty scary when you are so close to the lightning bolt that it burns off all your clothes...That watch must be a Timex...LOL...IIC
sisterwin2
05-16-2006, 08:03 AM
Is that why you were diving overboard?...That's pretty scary when you are so close to the lightning bolt that it burns off all your clothes...That watch must be a Timex...LOL...IIC
hehehehehe..... I guess I will never live that pic down. See what a few beers in you will do to your thinking. I have tried to find that pic again to put a more "acceptable" pic up for land Lubbers. Not sure who made that watch since it did inplode while on a deep dive. The best dive of my life.. I actually experienced the "narco" feeling and lived to enjoy it. If herion is anything like it, its a good thing I never played with drugs when I was a child.
Can you lead me to that pic place again? I am sure all who cares too have down loaded it for keeps and I can put a nice face pic up and you can put face to body. Not that I am ashame of that pic. I have in on my wall, though it is inverted so it looks like my white tan lines are actually a swim suit. Prob. the one I should of actually posted since I was so balsy to post it anyway.
IIC...... I am happy that you like the pic. Would of hated to get a negative response on it. Just think what that would of done to my ego and how it would affected my stock buying.. I would of prob. been out of the game already.
Happy trade day to you.
sisterwin2
05-16-2006, 08:12 AM
fav teeshirt saying.... " I would rather in sitting on my boat with a drink on the rocks instead of in the drink with my boat on the rocks"
Happy boating season to those who do.. May the winds be at your back.
Here is your pic:
http://www.frappr.com/mrmarketishuge
billyjoe
05-18-2006, 06:50 PM
Celebs are hurting . Here's what some are doing #1 ATI -11.9% #2 FMCN -7.3% #3 FTO -8.2% #4 SU -8.8% . Hope Mr.Market crew are holding up better.
billyjoe
billyjoe
05-20-2006, 11:49 AM
The celebrities in the Pick of the Year Contest have fallen upon hard times. This week's biggest losers are former #1 Cramers ATI -36% #3 Heslers Pro Timing FTO -15.75% #11 George Pers.Finance SGR -14.34 and #5 Navellier Blue Chip SU -10.52%. Several others lost in the 7 - 9 % range. For the week 5 advanced and 12 declined. Current standings :
STOCK --CELEBRITY-------------1/03/06---------5/19/06----Gain/Loss
FMCN----Wyatt/Growth-----------34.58-----------69.18-------+100.06%
ATI------Cramer/Mad------------36.40-----------65.37--------+ 79.59
FTO-----Hesler/Pro Tim----------38.04-----------54.26---------+42.64
STX-----Unknown/Consumer------20.07-----------24.95--------+24.31
SU------Navellier/Blue Chip------63.67------------77.04--------+21.00
RSG------Fisher/Raymond James--37.40------------41.29--------+10.4
ESLR------Rothstein/Follow Ram---10.77------------11.53-------- +7.06
CSSGX----O'Neil/ IBD--------------10.46-----------10.74---------+2.68
FO------Zelman/Credit Suisse----77.75-----------76.60--------- -1.48%
IPAS------Hutheesing/Forbes--------6.53------------6.36--------- -2.60
SGR------George/Pers.Finance-----29.09-----------27.18--------- -6.40
XTO------DeMaille/MD Wholesale---44.56-----------39.65--------- -11.02
GOOG-----Kramer/AOL Financial----422.52----------370.02--------- -12.43
MSFT------Carlson/Drip Invest------26.25-----------22.56--------- -14.10
ERTS-------Gardner/Motley Fool----52.44------------42.52-------- -18.92
ELOS------Gillespie/Super Nova-----32.07------------20.76--------- -35.3%
MWY------Schaeffer/Power Stocks-18.87-------------9.75--------- -48.3
Fewer than 1/2 remain in positive territory
billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 5/19/2006
Mickey is still $$$HUGE$$$ but looks like a race is developing
Another bloody week for the contest pix as some got whacked...But as always there were some bright spots...Karel's CELL bounced +14.8% which puts him back in the thick of things...Stocks54's ELN continues to climb +13.3% for the week and your's truly was up +10.7% w/ IDWK, although I'm still red YTD.
There were a couple of splits so I made adjustments to the opening prices on CELL (6/5) and ACI (2/1). I happened to notice that Karel had not entered CELL till 1/6/06...Too bad for him that he didn't enter Day One (1/3/06).
Our A/D/U for the week was an embarrassing 7/19/0 but our YTD increased to 15/11/0 from 14/12/0 last week as Billyjoe's TLF went green.
Our overall % gain YTD decreased to +7.24% from +11.71% last week as the overall portfolio was -4.0% for the week after going -3.6% the prior week.
Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX which is now only a paltry +2.68% YTD as the CANSLIM Fund has tanked over 11% the past 2 weeks....And now I'm wondering???...Are all the diehard Canslimmers bailing on the Fund? Geez...If they follow the rules and they bot a couple of weeks ago they should have sold at -7%...Right???
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
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Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
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Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 5/26/2006
Mickey is still $$$HUGE$$$ but Lye is closing in!!!
Looks like we are going the wrong way overall here. Collectively this is our 3rd red week in a row. The only real bright spot was Spike's CERS +12.4%.
Our A/D/U for the week was a mediocre 12/12/2 and our YTD dropped to 13/13/0 from 15/11/0 last week as Billyjoe's TLF and Mimo's ENER went red. This is the first week of the year that our collective A/D/U was not green.
Our overall % gain YTD decreased to +6.98% from +7.24% last week. The last 3 weeks our overall losses have been -3.6%, -4.00% and now -0.24%
Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX, down -0.19% for the week and now only a paltry +2.49% YTD as the CANSLIM Fund has tanked over 11% the past 3 weeks....But all the other indices were green for the week.
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img81.imageshack.us/img81/7365/mrmindices526064qe.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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http://trimurl.com/4PY (http://trimurl.com/4PY)
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ (http://trimurl.com/4PZ)
billyjoe
05-27-2006, 11:54 AM
The celebrity pickers again continued a slide towards mediocrity. Although advancers led decliners 11 - 6 , gains weren't as large as the losses. Gainers were lead by FTO and SU both up 5.6% and Cramer's ATI +5%. Biggest losers were former #1 FMCN down 19.38% and #17 MWY down 11.42%.
STOCK----CELEBRITY PICKER--- 1/03/06---5/26/06-----%Loss/Gain
ATI---------Cramer/Mad Money 36.40-----67.19--------+84.59%
FMCN-------Wyatt/Growth Letter 34.58-----62.48--------+80.68
FTO---------Hesler/Pro Timing----38.04-----56.40--------+48.26
SU----------Navellier/Blue Chip---63.67-----80.62--------+26.62
STX---------Unknown/Consumer--20.07----24.21---------+20.63
RSG---------Fisher/Raymond James37.40---40.78----------+9.04
ESLR--------Rothstein/Follow Ram-10.77----11.55---------+7.24
CSSGX------O'Neil/IBD------------ 10.46---10.72----------+2.49
IPAS--------Hutheesing/Forbes-----6.53----6.43---------- -1.53
FO----------Zelman/Credit Suisse--77.75---75.15--------- -3.34
SGR---------George/Pers Finance--29.09---27.25--------- -6.33
XTO---------D.Maille/MD Wholesale44.56---40.68---------- -8.71
MSFT--------Carlson/Drip Invest---26.25---23.72---------- -9.64
GOOG-------Kramer/AOL Financial--422.52--381.35--------- -9.74
ERTS--------Gardner/Motley Fool---52.44---44.25---------- -15.62
ELOS--------Gillespie/Supernova----32.07---20.50---------- -36.08
MWY-------- Schaeffer/ Power Stks.18.87---7.60----------- -59.72
billyjoe
The overall Celeb portfolio pix are +2.93% YTD and their A/D/U is 8/9/0...IIC
billyjoe
05-31-2006, 09:35 PM
For anyone interested, here are the top 5 holdings for CSSGX (IBD) canslim fund
1. Joy Global
2. JLG Industries
3. Dress Barn
4. MEMC Electronic Materials
5. Goldcorp
I'm not positive but believe that most of my mutual funds and I've got many of them, are doing much better than CSSGX's +2.49% YTD.
billyjoe
For anyone interested, here are the top 5 holdings for CSSGX (IBD) canslim fund
1. Joy Global
2. JLG Industries
3. Dress Barn
4. MEMC Electronic Materials
5. Goldcorp
I'm not positive but believe that most of my mutual funds and I've got many of them, are doing much better than CSSGX's +2.49% YTD.
billyjoe
The more money CSSGX gets...the worse they will do...Look what happened to WON's New USA Fund or whatever it was called in the 90's???
billyjoe
06-01-2006, 12:03 AM
Doug,
I'm not familiar with that fund (New USA) what happened ?
billyjoe
Doug,
I'm not familiar with that fund (New USA) what happened ?
billyjoe
I'm not even sure that was the exact name of it...But something like that...Run by IBD afilliate cos. for about 3 years in the 90's...maybe $280 mil...Didn't do very good...I think they sold it to Mass Mut...and then it faded away...Doug
billyjoe
06-03-2006, 11:45 AM
Celebrity POTY contestants week ending 6/02/06
Advancers outnumbered decliners 9 - 8 , leaders being #1 FMCN +12.35% , #9 IPAS +5.05% , and #10 SGR +3.61% . Biggest losers #7 ESLR -5.38%, #17 MWY -3.87%, #14 MSFT -3.66% , and #15 ERTS -3.51% . All in all, the best, #1 got better and the worst #13 - #17 got worse.
Stock---Celeb. Picker ------------1/03/06----6/02/06-------% gain/loss
FMCN-----Wyatt/Growth Letter----34.58-------66.75---------- +93.03%
ATI--------Cramer/Mad Money-----36.40-------67.02---------- +84.12
FTO-------Hesler/Pro Timing-------38.04-------57.02---------- +49.89
SU--------Navellier/Blue Chip------63.67-------82.39---------- +29.40%
STX-------Unknown/Consumer Elect.-20.07----24.12---------- +20.18
RSG-------Fisher/Raymond James---37.40------41.60---------- +11.23%
IPAS------Hutheesing/Forbes Wrls.---6.53-------6.76---------- +3.52
CSSGX-----O'Neil/IBD Fund----------10.46------10.79--------- +3.15
ESLR-------Rothstein/Ram-----------10.77------10.97--------- +1.86
SGR-------George/Pers.Finance------29.09------28.30--------- -2.72%
FO--------Zellman/Credit Suisse-----77.75------74.90----------- -3.67
XTO-------DMaille/MD Wholesale-----44.56------42.10----------- -5.52
GOOG-----Kramer/AOL Financial-----422.52-----379.44----------- -10.20%
MSFT------Carlson/Drip Investor-----26.25------22.76------------ -13.30
ERTS------Gardner/Motley Fool------52.44------42.41------------ -19.13
ELOS------Gillespie/Supernova Stks.--32.07-----19.61------------- -38.85%
MWY------Schaeffer/Power Stocks---18.87------6.87------------- -63.59 ouch
billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 6/2/2006
Mickey is still $$$HUGE$$$ as he shoots for +100% again!!!
Finally!!!...After three red weeks in a row the collective portfolio was green.
Ray's GHM led the pack this week at +10.96%. Billy's TLF was +8.19% and Mr. M's BEL was +7.62%
Our A/D/U for the week was 18/8/0 and our YTD increased to a semi-respectable 16/10/0 from a YTD low last week of 13/13/0 as Billy, Mr. M and Mimo (ENER) all went green. The collective A/D/U for the Naz, NYSE and AMEX was 5133/2680/225 for the week.
Our overall % gain YTD increased to +8.80% from +6.98% last week. Our collective gain was +1.7% for the week.
Of course...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX which is presently +3.54% YTD
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img288.imageshack.us/img288/5522/mrmindices602064lc.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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Here are little charts of all our pix:
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http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
06-10-2006, 10:41 AM
Celebrity Contestants POTY WEEK ending 6/09/06
A very bad week as only 7 of the celebs are in positive territory YTD. This week 4 advanced led by ESLR (Rothstein) +11.70% and ELOS (Gillespie) +3.86%. Losses were massive with FMCN (Wyatt) -36.73% , ATI (Cramer) -15.91% , FTO (Hesler) - 12.11% , IPAS (Hutheesing) -12.10% , SU (Navellier) -11.39%, SGR (George) -8.9%, and XTO (D.Maille) -8.28%.
---------------------------Current Standings---------------------------
ATI---Cramer--------------36.40---61.23---------+68.21%
FMCN--Wyatt--------------34.58---54.05---------+56.30
FTO---Hesler--------------38.04---52.41----------+37.78
SU---Navellier--------------63.67--75.14----------+18.01%
STX--Unknown-------------20.07---23.11---------+15.15
ESLR--Rothstein------------10.77---12.23---------+13.56
RSG----Fisher--------------37.40---40.63----------+ 8.64
CSSGX--O'Neil--------------10.46---10.27---------- -1.82%
FO-----Zellman-------------77.75---72.12---------- -7.24
GOOG--Kramer-------------422.52--386.57---------- -8.51
IPAS---Hutheesing-----------6.53----5.97---------- -8.58
SGR----George--------------29.09---25.71--------- -11.62%
XTO----DMaille--------------44.56---38.41--------- -13.80
MSFT--Carlson--------------26.25---21.92--------- -16.50
ERTS---Gardner-------------52.44---42.75---------- -18.48
ELOS----Gillespie------------32.07---20.85---------- -34.99%
MWY----Schaeffer-----------18.87---6.51----------- -65.50 yikes !
--------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 6/9/2006
IIC is $$$HUGE$$$...For this week anyway!!!
Been a looooong year as the overall portfolio "Crashed" this week down a collective -7.49%!!!
Don't get to toot my own horn much in this contest...In fact, I never get to...But I was the only one green for the week with IDWK +7.68%...However, I'm still way down the list on the YTD standings at -8.07%
Our A/D/U for the week was 1/25/0 and our YTD decreased to a horrendous 10/16/0 (First time this year that its been negative) from a YTD last week of 16/10/0 as Mimo (ENER), Karel (CELL), Sowers (ACI), Ernie (BEL), Dio (PFE) and Billy (TLF) all went red. The collective A/D/U for the Naz, NYSE and AMEX was 1803/6069/185 for the week.
Our overall % gain YTD decreased to +0.65% from +8.80% last week.
Of course...If its any consolation...we are still kickin' the cr*p outta the CSSGX which is presently -1.82%% YTD
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img110.imageshack.us/img110/9001/mrmindices69067nq.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
06-10-2006, 01:29 PM
Doug,
Why does my CSSGX closing value always differ from yours ? Could it be that I'm getting number too close to market close and funds are delayed ?
----------billyjoe
Doug,
Why does my CSSGX closing value always differ from yours ? Could it be that I'm getting number too close to market close and funds are delayed ?
----------billyjoe
Because you used Thursday's close...Mutual Funds only price once a day at the end...Usually have to wait a while to get the price after the close too...at least at Stockcharts:
CAN SLIM Select Growth Fund (CSSGX) DAILY bars
Day Date Open High Low Close Volume
=== =========== ========== ========== ========== ========== ===========
Fri 09-Jun-2006 10.2700 10.2700 10.2700 10.2700 0
Thu 08-Jun-2006 10.3100 10.3100 10.3100 10.3100 0
Wed 07-Jun-2006 10.4200 10.4200 10.4200 10.4200 0
Tue 06-Jun-2006 10.5400 10.5400 10.5400 10.5400 0
Mon 05-Jun-2006 10.6200 10.6200 10.6200 10.6200
http://img130.imageshack.us/img130/3729/cssgx2no.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Go to stockcharts.com now...use freecharts and put in CSSGX
Best...Doug(IIC)
billyjoe
06-10-2006, 01:56 PM
Doug,
Thanks. Goes to show you can learn something new every day.
----------billyjoe
billyjoe
06-17-2006, 12:00 PM
Celebrity Contestants POTY Week Ending 6/16/06
Another bad week for the celebs as decliners outnumbered advancers 11-6. Advancers were led by our #1 ATI +9.87% and #2 FMCN +19.47%. Worst decliners were #6 STX -6.63% and #12 IPAS -6.12%.
Stock---Celeb Picker-----------1/03/06-------6/16/06-------% gain/loss
ATI-----Cramer/Mad Money-----36.40----------64.82--------- +78.08%
FMCN---Wyatt/Growth Letter---34.58----------60.78--------- +75.77
FTO-----Hesler/Pro Timing-------38.04---------51.67--------- +35.83
SU------Navellier/Blue Chip------63.67---------72.82---------- +14.37%
ESLR----Rothstein/Ram----------10.77---------11.99---------- +11.33
STX-----Unknown/Consumer-----20.07---------21.78---------- +8.52
RSG-----Fisher/Ray James-------37.40----------39.49---------- +5.59
CSSGX---O'Neil/IBD Fund---------10.46---------10.21----------- -2.39%
GOOG----Kramer/AOL Financial---422.52--------390.70---------- -7.53
FO-------Zellman/Credit Suisse---77.75---------70.54----------- -9.27
XTO------DMaille/MD Wholesale---44.56---------40.02----------- -10.19%
IPAS------Hutheesing/Forbes------6.53----------5.57------------ -14.70
SGR-------George/Pers.Finance----29.09---------24.63----------- -15.33
MSFT------Carlson/Drip Invest.----26.25---------22.10----------- -15.81
ERTS------Gardner/Motley Fool----52.44---------42.30------------ -19.34
ELOS------Gillespie/Supernova-----32.07---------21.05----------- -34.36%
MWY------Schaeffer/Power Stks.---18.87---------6.36------------ -66.30
-------billyjoe
YTD celebrity return is +2.29%
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 6/16/2006
Nobody is $$$HUGE$$$ this week!!!
Well...Bad news for the portfolio...Overall we go red YTD at a dismal
-2.43%.
About the only bright spot was Stocks54 who moves up to 3rd place with ELN +4.32% this week.
Our A/D/U for the week was 6/20/0 and our YTD remained 10/16/0.
Now for the worst part...For the first time in recorded history we are worse than CSSGX which checks in at -2.39% YTD.
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/2484/mrmindices616065kf.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/6372/mrm616060ma.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
jiesen
06-22-2006, 10:32 AM
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060622/lath017.html?.v=63
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company Files Marketing Authorization Application for European Regulatory Approval of Riquent
Thursday June 22, 7:30 am ET SAN DIEGO, June 22 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ --
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company (Nasdaq: LJPC (http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=ljpc&d=t) - News (http://finance.yahoo.com/q/h?s=ljpc)) today announced that its Marketing Authorization Application (MAA) has been accepted for review by the European Medicines Agency (EMEA) for potential approval to market Riquent® (abetimus sodium), its drug candidate for lupus renal disease, in the European Union (EU). The MAA was filed with the EMEA on March 31, 2006.
The EMEA's review of the application will follow their centralized marketing authorization procedure. If approved, Riquent will receive marketing authorization in all 25 EU member states as well as Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Riquent has already received orphan medicinal product designation in Europe, which will provide ten years of market exclusivity from the date of EU authorization. Riquent also has orphan drug status and fast track status in the United States.
Riquent is the first drug candidate specifically developed for the treatment of lupus renal disease, a leading cause of sickness and death in lupus patients.
"The acceptance of our MAA filing is a significant step toward our goal of providing a safer treatment to patients who suffer both from lupus renal disease and from the side effects of current therapies used in its treatment," said Deirdre Y. Gillespie, M.D., President and CEO of La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company. "It is also a major milestone in our focused corporate effort to guide Riquent toward full approval in Europe and the United States. We anticipate that the EMEA's initial response and questions concerning our application will come later this year, and a final decision should come in 2007."
The MAA filing includes data from the previously completed Phase 3 and Phase 2/3 clinical trials of Riquent, in which treatment with Riquent was assessed for its ability to increase time to renal flare in comparison to placebo. A renal flare is caused by inflammation in the kidney that destroys kidney tissue and/or reduces or stops kidney filtration. Renal flare can result in the progression to end-stage renal disease, the need for dialysis, or death.
* In both trials, patients treated with Riquent benefited by an increased
time to renal flare compared to patients treated with placebo, although
the results did not reach statistical significance as defined in the
protocols.
* Riquent treatment reduced levels of antibodies to double-stranded DNA
(dsDNA), which experts believe are responsible for lupus renal disease.
In both trials, patients with sustained reductions in antibodies to
dsDNA experienced a statistically significant reduction in the number
of renal flares.
* After one year of treatment, there was a statistically significant
increase in the number of patients who had a 50% or greater reduction
in proteinuria from baseline in the Riquent-treated group compared with
the placebo-treated group. Proteinuria, or protein in the urine,
results from ongoing kidney inflammation.
* Treatment with Riquent has been well tolerated in all clinical studies.
In October 2004, following a review of the Company's New Drug Application for Riquent, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) informed the Company that Riquent was "approvable" pending the successful completion of a clinical benefit trial. The Company is currently conducting a Phase 3 study under a Special Protocol Assessment with the FDA, which is designed to further demonstrate Riquent's ability to delay time to renal flare.
About Riquent
Riquent is the first drug candidate specifically developed for the treatment of lupus renal disease, a leading cause of sickness and death in lupus patients. The drug candidate has already been evaluated in 13 clinical trials over a 10-year time span that evaluated more than 800 patients and subjects. Riquent has been well tolerated in all of these studies, with no serious side effects identified to date. Riquent's only known biological activity is the reduction of antibodies to dsDNA that are associated with the progression of lupus renal disease and renal flares. In all clinical trials where antibodies to dsDNA were measured, Riquent treatment has significantly reduced these antibody levels. Data generated in the Company's previous Phase 2/3 and Phase 3 trials indicate that patients with lower antibody levels experience significantly fewer renal flares and improved health-related quality of life.
About Lupus
Lupus, systemic lupus erythematosus or SLE, is a chronic, potentially life-threatening autoimmune disease afflicting several million people worldwide. About 90% of lupus patients are female, and many develop the disease during their childbearing years. Approximately 50% of lupus patients have renal disease, which can lead to irreversible kidney damage, kidney failure and the need for dialysis, and is a leading cause of death in lupus patients. Latinos, African Americans and Asians face an increased risk of serious renal disease associated with lupus. The current standard of care for lupus renal disease often involves treatment with high doses of corticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs that can cause severe side effects including diabetes, hypertension and sterility, and may leave patients vulnerable to opportunistic infections. In the U.S., no new drug has been approved to specifically treat lupus in 40 years.
About La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company
La Jolla Pharmaceutical Company is a biotechnology company developing therapeutics for antibody-mediated autoimmune diseases and inflammation afflicting several million people around the world. The Company is developing Riquent® for the treatment of lupus kidney disease, a leading cause of sickness and death in patients with lupus. The Company is also developing small molecules to treat various autoimmune and inflammatory conditions. The Company's common stock is traded on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the symbol LJPC. For more information about the Company, visit its Web site: http://www.ljpc.com (http://www.ljpc.com/).
Websman
06-22-2006, 10:50 AM
ACW will run soon...
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 6/23/2006
Mr. Market is $$$HUGE$$$ this week!!!
But nobody else was as our portfolio gained a little bit overall (+0.88%)
Ernie led the week w/ BEL +9.39% and Sirtuck's ABB was +5.14%.
Our A/D/U for the week was 17/9/0 but our YTD dropped a notch to 9/17/0 as Grebnet's APLX went red. Last week's Top 9 were all green.
While all the indices we follow here were red for the week, CSSGX was green and now stands at -0.96% YTD.
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/1441/mrmindices623065ce.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/9246/mrm623069zi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
06-24-2006, 12:23 PM
POTY Contest Celebrity Branch Week ending 6/23/06
The celebrity contestants did ok this week with advancers leading decliners 11 to 6 . Advancing stocks were led by new #1 FMCN (Wyatt) +10.35% , #3 FTO (Hesler) +6.91% , and #17 MWY (Schaeffer) +5.83%. Most declines were small with #14 IPAS (Hutheesing) -5.05% being the worst. ATI (Cramer) and FMCN (Wyatt) continued their see-saw battle for #1 with FMCN regaining the first position.
Stock-------Celebrity Picker----------1/03/06------6/23/06----% Gain/Loss
FMCN------Wyatt/Growth N.L.--------34.58---------64.36------ +86.12%
ATI--------Cramer/Mad Money--------36.40---------65.28------ +79.34
FTO--------Hesler/Pro Timing---------38.04---------54.30------ +42.74
SU---------Navellier/Blue Chip--------63.67---------73.47------ +15.39%
ESLR-------Rothstein/Follow Ram------10.77---------12.29------ +14.11
RSG--------Fisher/Raymond James----37.40----------39.31------ +5.11%
STX--------UnKnown/Consumer Elect.-20.07----------20.99------ +4.58
CSSGX-----O'Neil/IBD-----------------10.46----------10.36------ -.96%
GOOG------ Kramer/AOL Financial-----422.52---------404.86----- -4.18
XTO--------DMaille/MD Wholesale------44.56----------40.95------ -8.10
FO---------Zellman/Credit Suisse------77.75-----------68.92------ -11.36%
MSFT-------Carlson/Drip Investing-----26.25-----------22.50------ -14.29
SGR---------George/Pers.Finance------29.09-----------24.75------ -14.92
IPAS-------Hutheesing/Forbes Wire.-----6.53-----------5.24------- -19.75
ERTS-------Gardner/Motley Fool-------52.44-----------41.20------ -21.43%
ELOS-------Gillespie/Supernova--------32.07-----------20.99------ -34.55
MWY--------Schaeffer/Power Stks.----18.87------------7.46------ -60.47
Although 41.18% of the celebs vs. 34.62% of MM picks are green , 30.77% of MM picks are double digit gainers vs. 29.41% of the celebs.
----------billyjoe
billyjoe
06-30-2006, 05:50 PM
Doug,
What's your take on the results for the first half of the POTY contest ?
This week probably was the best this year for the celebrity pickers with 16 advancing and only the #16 loser ELOS dropping further into a pit. Results in the morning.
----------billyjoe
Doug,
What's your take on the results for the first half of the POTY contest ?
This week probably was the best this year for the celebrity pickers with 16 advancing and only the #16 loser ELOS dropping further into a pit. Results in the morning.
----------billyjoe
I don't know yet...I do the weekly results on Saturday mornings...But as of last week I am disappointed that the CSSGX was ahead of us...Doug(IIC)
PS...I see I forgot to post our YTD last week...it was -1.57%...So I'd say I am "Not-Thrilled" w/ the results including my own pick.
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 6/30/2006
Lye is $$$HUGE$$$ For The 1st Half of 2006
Well...Half the year is down the drain and although we were up +2.99% this week which brought us into the green again YTD at +1.03%, it has been a rather dismal showing collectivey...Your's truly included.
But there are some bright spots...Lye stormed to the lead with a HUGE 10.6% gain this week w/ ECOL. I remember not too long ago when everyone, except me, thought the contest was over...But a year is a long time....Mickey's BWNG is still right in there...But I suspect something will happen and we'll see somebody new join the hunt for the SUPER DUPER GRAND PRIZE over the summer.
Web's ACW was the leader this week +11.6%, followed by Lye and Sis's DVN +8.5%.
Our A/D/U for the week was 14/11/1 but our YTD remained 9/17/0.
The worst news is that we remain behind CSSGX which is rebounding at +2.29% YTD.
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
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billyjoe
07-01-2006, 11:34 AM
Pick of the Year Contest , Celebrity Division 6/30/06
The celebrities stormed to the half way point in our contest with 16 advancing and 1 declining stock this week. Advancers were led by #3 FTO (Hesler) +25.61% following a 2-1 split , #4 SU (Navellier) +11.84% , #1 ATI (Cramer) +10.88% , #11SGR (George) +10.49% , #9 XTO (DMaille) +7.45% , and #5 ESLR (Rothstein) +6.41%. The only loss was by #16 ELOS (Gillespie) -.35%. Overall YTD the celebrities are up 9.99% on the shoulders of the big 3, ATI +90.22% ,FMCN +88.43% , and FTO +70.35%.
STOCK----CELEBRITY----1/03/06-----6/30/06--------GAIN/LOSS
ATI--------Cramer--------36.40-------69.24----------- +90.22%
FMCN------Wyatt---------34.58-------65.16----------- +88.43
FTO--------Hesler--------19.02--------32.40----------- +70.35
SU---------Navellier------63.67--------81.01----------- +27.23
ESLR-------Rothstein-----10.77--------12.98----------- +20.52
STX--------unknown------20.07-------22.64------------ +12.81
RSG--------Fisher---------37.40-------40.34------------ +7.86
CSSGX-----O'Neil----------10.46-------10.70------------ +2.29
XTO--------DMaille--------44.56-------44.27------------ -.65
GOOG-------Kramer-------422.52------419.33----------- -.75
SGR--------George---------29.09-------27.80----------- -4.43
FO---------Zellman--------77.75-------71.01------------ -8.67
MSFT-------Carlson--------26.25-------23.30------------ -11.24
IPAS--------Hutheesing-----6.53--------5.60------------- -14.24
ERTS-------Gardner--------52.44-------43.04------------- -17.93
ELOS--------Gillespie-------32.07-------20.88------------- -34.89
MWY--------Schaeffer------18.87-------8.09-------------- -57.13
---------billyjoe
billyjoe
07-08-2006, 12:15 PM
Pick of the Year Contest , Celebrity Division Week of 7/7/06
This week there were 4 advancers 12 decliners and 1 unchanged. Advancers were led by FTO +5.36% strongly holding on to 3rd place. Last place MWY continues it's comeback bid up +10.18%, but still holding down last place. Biggest losers were #2 ATI -6.70% , #13 SGR -7.05 , and #15 IPAS -5.97%.
STOCK----Source--------1/03/06-------7/07/06-------%gain/loss
FMCN----Growth Investor--34.58---------64.45----------+86.38%
ATI-------Mad Money------36.40---------66.80----------+83.52
FTO------Pro Timing N.L.---19.02---------33.42----------+75.71
SU--------Blue Chip--------63.67---------80.75----------+26.83%
ESLR-----Follow the Ram---10.77---------12.44-----------+15.51
STX------Consumer Elect.--20.07---------33.58-----------+12.51
RSG-------Raymond James--37.40---------39.65-----------+6.02%
CSSGX------IBD------------10.46---------10.49------------+ .29
GOOG------AOL Finance---422.52--------420.45------------ -.49%
XTO--------MD Wholesale--44.56---------43.36------------ -2.69
FO---------Credit Suisse---77.75---------71.63------------ -7.87
MSFT------Drip Investor----26.25--------23.30------------- -11.24%
SGR-------Personal Finance-29.09--------25.75------------- -11.48
ERTS-------Motley Fool-----52.44--------42.04------------- -19.83
IPAS------Forbes Wireless---6.53---------5.21-------------- -20.21%
ELOS------Supernova Stks.--32.07-------20.55------------- -35.92
MWY-------Power Stocks----18.87-------10.01------------- -46.95
MSFT was unchanged for the week. ATI and FMCN keep juggling #1 and #2.
FTO is trying to break into the top 2 positions while MWY is attempting to get out of last place for the first time.
-----------billyjoe
I'll post the standings before noon PDT...Been busy doing web stuff this morn...IIC
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 7/7/2006
Sleddawg is $$$HUGE$$$ This Week
About the only bright spot this week was Sled's FORD up 35.4%....Another 4 or 5 weeks like that and he'll be right in the thick of things...(Sorry Sled...I couldn't resist). Ski also advanced a coupla slots with GLD.
The race is tightening for 1st with LYE's ECOL and Mickey's BWNG as less than 5% separates them. But the real race at this point is for the bronze with less than 1/2% separating Gary's VLO and DMK and Peter's GG. Actually, I'm rooting for DMK and Peter to NOT place in the Top 3 because I will have to supply an extra prize. The top 3 prizes will be really good...at least IMO...But the prizes for 4th thru 26th won't be that hot...A FREE 2 week trial to IBD for the losers...Sorta like one of those participation trophies they used to give everyone in Little League...I would never put those trophies in my trophy case...Even when I was a kid I always thought those trophies taught people a bad lesson in life..."Don't worry...It's OK to be a loser...You will still be rewarded"
The collective portfolio was -1.66% for the week taking us into the red again YTD at -0.38%...Maybe we all belong over at MarketMillionaires???
Our A/D/U for the week was only 9/17/0 but our YTD jumped a notch up to 10/16/0 as Dio's PFE went green.
The worst news is that we continue to remain behind CSSGX which is still green at +0.29% YTD.
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
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Lyehopper
07-08-2006, 03:19 PM
I played BWNG (short) a few weeks ago for a nice 20%+ gain.... But I really like the stock and I'm stalking a long entry right now.
Sooooo.... Keep an eye on Mickey's BWNG fellas.... As soon as it sells off one more time.... it'll be ripe to buy it and ride it out for another 100% gain.... IMRNO.
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skiracer
07-08-2006, 03:41 PM
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 7/3/2006
Sleddawg is $$$HUGE$$$ This Week
About the only bright spot this week was Sled's FORD up 35.4%....Another 4 or 5 weeks like that and he'll be right in the thick of things...(Sorry Sled...I couldn't resist). Ski also advanced a coupla slots with GLD.
The race is tightening for 1st with LYE's ECOL and Mickey's BWNG as less than 5% separates them. But the real race at this point is for the bronze with less than 1/2% separating Gary's VLO and DMK and Peter's GG. Actually, I'm rooting for DMK and Peter to NOT place in the Top 3 because I will have to supply an extra prize. The top 3 prizes will be really good...at least IMO...But the prizes for 4th thru 26th won't be that hot...A FREE 2 week trial to IBD for the losers...Sorta like one of those participation trophies they used to give everyone in Little League...I would never put those trophies in my trophy case...Even when I was a kid I always thought those trophies taught people a bad lesson in life..."Don't worry...It's OK to be a loser...You will still be rewarded"
The collective portfolio was -1.66% for the week taking us into the red again YTD at -0.38%...Maybe we all belong over at MarketMillionaires???
Our A/D/U for the week was only 9/17/0 but our YTD jumped a notch up to 10/16/0 as Dio's PFE went green.
The worst news is that we continue to remain behind CSSGX which is still green at +0.29% YTD.
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
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Boy just let someone drop a nuclear bomb somewhere or shoot a missle at someone else an I'll be in first place in no time.
I played BWNG (short) a few weeks ago for a nice 20%+ gain.... But I really like the stock and I'm stalking a long entry right now.
Sooooo.... Keep an eye on Mickey's BWNG fellas.... As soon as it sells off one more time.... it'll be ripe to buy it and ride it out for another 100% gain.... IMRNO.
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Lyehopper, it looks to me as though the gap has, for all intents and purposes, been filled already with that little spike down about a week ago ... and with that TRIX crossing up at that low level, maybe the ~50% Fibonacci retracement will be all this one gets?
Lyehopper
07-08-2006, 04:53 PM
Lyehopper, it looks to me as though the gap has, for all intents and purposes, been filled already with that little spike down about a week ago ... and with that TRIX crossing up at that low level, maybe the ~50% Fibonacci retracement will be all this one gets?
Good eye Rob!.... Yes it did fill by 3 penny's on 6/28. I'll still wait for that 61.8% line to be taken out. I'd like to see it happen all in one big drop.
skiracer
07-08-2006, 09:10 PM
Good eye Rob!.... Yes it did fill by 3 penny's on 6/28. I'll still wait for that 61.8% line to be taken out. I'd like to see it happen all in one big drop.
Interesting point for BWNG. This could be a nice setup for a pop up but there is some downside in the daily and weekly charts. This one is definitely worth keeping on your watchlist this coming week.
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Lyehopper
07-13-2006, 11:04 AM
Good eye Rob!.... Yes it did fill by 3 penny's on 6/28. I'll still wait for that 61.8% line to be taken out. I'd like to see it happen all in one big drop.
That "drop" just happened dude.... Keep an eye on BWNG for a pop.
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 7/14/2006
Sleddawg is $$$HUGE$$$ This Week...AGAIN!!!
Sled led...up 12.1% this week after rocketing 35.4% last week...Maybe it was all in the plan...At this rate he should be in 1st by the first week of December. Ski slips into 3rd with GLD +5.1%.
Lye holds a commanding lead now w/ ECOL as Mickey's BWNG is falling apart down 47% off the intraday high on April 7th.
The collective portfolio was -5.06% for the week taking us further into the red YTD at -5.42%...T-Bills are lookin' pretty attractive right now.
Our A/D/U for the week was only 4/22/0 and our YTD dropped a notch to 9/17/0 as Dio's PFE went red.
There was some good news and some bad news this week...The good news is that CSSGX was down even more than we were at -5.53%...The bad news is that our collective portfolio is still lagging CSSGX which is at
-5.26% YTD. Wonder if these guys got their money's worth at the Canslim Certification Course???
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
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skiracer
07-15-2006, 11:42 AM
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 7/14/2006
Sleddawg is $$$HUGE$$$ This Week...AGAIN!!!
Sled led...up 12.1% this week after rocketing 35.4% last week...Maybe it was all in the plan...At this rate he should be in 1st by the first week of December. Ski slips into 3rd with GLD +5.1%.
Lye holds a commanding lead now w/ ECOL as Mickey's BWNG is falling apart down 47% off the intraday high on April 7th.
The collective portfolio was -5.06% for the week taking us further into the red YTD at -5.42%...T-Bills are lookin' pretty attractive right now.
Our A/D/U for the week was only 4/22/0 and our YTD dropped a notch to 9/17/0 as Dio's PFE went red.
There was some good news and some bad news this week...The good news is that CSSGX was down even more than we were at -5.53%...The bad news is that our collective portfolio is still lagging CSSGX which is at
-5.26% YTD. Wonder if these guys got their money's worth at the Canslim Certification Course???
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
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I wonder who will be the first to be in first place in the POTW and the POTY in the same week. Right now Lye is in good shape to have a run at it with Mickey also having a chance to do it. But Lye needs a better pick this week than last week in the POTW and mickey's BWNG had some negative news last week about sales/earnings and most likely will fall from 3rd place. With the geo-political scene heating up considerably in the middle east I like the safe haven of gold and GLD to take over at least 2nd place this week if the tensions remain at these levels. Lye will you be the first one to do it. That will be a landmark and will never be done again. You could be the first to be first in both. I didn't really look back but it hasn't been done yet has it Doug?
I wonder who will be the first to be in first place in the POTW and the POTY in the same week. Right now Lye is in good shape to have a run at it with Mickey also having a chance to do it. But Lye needs a better pick this week than last week in the POTW and mickey's BWNG had some negative news last week about sales/earnings and most likely will fall from 3rd place. With the geo-political scene heating up considerably in the middle east I like the safe haven of gold and GLD to take over at least 2nd place this week if the tensions remain at these levels. Lye will you be the first one to do it. That will be a landmark and will never be done again. You could be the first to be first in both. I didn't really look back but it hasn't been done yet has it Doug?
I don't know...Doug
billyjoe
07-15-2006, 12:26 PM
Celebrity Division--Pick of the Year Contest Week Ending 7/14/06
History was made. After 28 weeks we have a new leader. Cramer's ATI and Wyatt's FMCN have been usurped by previous #3 Hesler's Pro Timing Newsletter's FTO which surged another 9.52% this week while former #1 FMCN dropped 7.09% and #2 ATI dropped 22.17%. Only 3 advanced led by FTO and #12 ERTS +6.23%. The 14 decliners include ATI and FMCN along with ESLR -12.72% and SGR -14.44% being the worst. We have 7 picks in positive territory for the year with 2 of those close to the red line.
Stock----Celebrity-------1/3/06-----7/14/06---------% Gain/Loss
FTO-------Hesler---------19.02------35.23------------ +85.23%
FMCN-----Wyatt----------34.58-----62.00------------- +79.29
ATI-------Cramer---------36.40-----58.73-------------- +61.35
SU--------Navellier--------63.67-----80.22-------------- +25.99
STX-------Unknown-------20.07------22.43------------- +11.76%
RSG-------Fisher----------37.40------38.79-------------- +3.72
ESLR-------Rothstein------10.77------11.07---------------+2.79
XTO--------DMaille--------44.56------43.47--------------- -2.45%
GOOG------Kramer--------422.52-----403.50-------------- -4.50
CSSGX------O'Neil----------10.46------9.91--------------- -5.26
FO---------Zellman--------77.75------70.83--------------- -8.90
ERTS-------Gardner--------52.44------45.31--------------- -13.60%
MSFT-------Carlson--------26.25------22.29--------------- -15.09
IPAS-------Hutheesing------6.53-------4.86---------------- -25.57%
SGR---------George--------29.09------21.55--------------- -25.92
ELOS--------Gillespie-------32.07------19.16--------------- -40.57
MWY--------Schaeffer------18.87------8.97---------------- -52.46
Overall Performance to Date +4.46%
---------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 7/21/2006
NOBODY is $$$HUGE$$$ This Week
The Top 11 YTD were all red this week. Karel's CELL at +8.1%, Dio's PFE +6.3% and Web's ACW +5.2% were the only bright spots.
Lye's ECOL still hangs on to the lead however it looks like the race is tightening and at this point there are a number of contenders.
The collective portfolio was -4.41% this week after dropping -5.06% last week.
Our A/D/U for the week was only 5/21/0 but our YTD remained at 9/17/0 as Dio's PFE went green and Stocks54's ELN went red.
Overall...most indices were hit pretty hard although the SP 500 was slightly green. We lost a little more than the CSSGX this week...Maybe we could get a group discount if we all enrolled in the $7,000.00 Canslim Cerification Course...LOL
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
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billyjoe
07-22-2006, 12:31 PM
Celebrity Division , Pick of the Year Contest 7/21/06
Another bad week as decliners outnumbered advancers 12 to 5. Gainers were led by #1 FMCN +7.67% and #11 MSFT +6.02%. Losers included former #1 FTO -25.69% , ATI -7.97% , XTO -5.25% , and CSSGX -3.54%.
STOCK ----------EXPERT------------------1/03/06--7/21/06----%GAIN/LOSS
FMCN------Wyatt-Growth InvestorN.L.------34.58---64.65---------+86.96%
FTO-------Hesler--Pro Timing N.L.-----------19.02---30.33---------+59.46
ATI--------Cramer--Mad Money-------------36.40---55.83---------+53.38
SU---------Navellier--Blue Chip--------------63.67---77.94---------+22.41
STX-------Unknown-Consumer Elect.Show---20.07---22.79---------+13.55
RSG--------Fisher--Raymond James----------37.40---39.25---------+ 4.95
ESLR-------Rothstein Follow Ram-------------10.77---11.16---------+ 3.62
GOOG------Kramer--AOL Financial-----------422.52--390.11-------- -7.67%
XTO-------DMaille--MD Wholesale------------44.56---41.13-------- -7.70
CSSGX-----O'Neil--IBD Fund------------------10.46----9.54-------- -8.80
MSFT------Carlson-Drip Investing-------------26.25---23.87-------- -9.07
FO---------Zellman--Credit Suisse------------77.75---70.69-------- -9.08
ERTS-------Gardner--Motley Fool-------------52.44---44.94------- -14.30%
IPAS-------Hutheesing Forbes Wireless---------6.53----4.72------- -27.72
SGR--------George Personal Finance-----------29.09---20.75------ -28.67
ELOS-------Gillespie--Supernova Stocks-------32.07---18.27------ -43.03
MWY-------Schaeffer Power Stocks-----------18.87----8.66------ -54.11
Overall YTD +2.01%
---------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 7/28/2006
Mickey is $$$HUGE$$$ Again!!!
Mickey regains the lead with BWNG and our A/D/U for the week was 22/4/0 as 6 contestants all surpassed +10% for the week...led by Karel's CELL +14.38%, Stocks54's ELN +12.25% and Greb's APLX +11.80%.
Our A/D/U for the year is now 11/15/0 as Stocks54's ELN and Greb's APLX went green.
YTD our total portfolio is still red at -5.20% but the good news is that we are back ahead of the CSSGX which stands at -7.27%...Hey!!!...I thought CANSLIM was supposed to be a winning system in good times or bad???...I suggest the CSSGX goes to cash until they can get their act together....Wonder if they are going to enroll in the next CANSLIM Certification Course in Santa Monica next November? Do they offer a discount to previous attendees?
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
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billyjoe
07-29-2006, 11:31 AM
Pick of the Year Contest Celebrity Division 7/28/06
This week we had 13 advance 4 decline. The top and bottom of the standings remain unchanged while the middle was shaken up. XTO went green while ESLR went red. Advancers were led by FTO (2) +27.22% ATI (3) +16.97% and XTO (7) +10.33%. Major decliners were ESLR (12) -13.18% and FMCN (1) -5.01%.
STOCK---CELEBRITY----------1/3/06---------7/28/06--------%GAIN/LOSS
FMCN-----Wyatt--------------34.58----------62.92-------------+81.95%
FTO------Hessler--------------19.02----------33.62-------------+76.76
ATI-------Cramer-------------36.40----------62.90--------------+72.80
SU-------Navellier-------------63.67----------79.89--------------+25.48
STX------Unknown------------20.07----------23.44--------------+16.97
RSG-------Fisher--------------37.40----------40.41---------------+8.05
XTO------DMaille--------------44.56----------45.73---------------+2.63
FO--------Zellman-------------77.75----------73.84-------------- -5.03%
CSSGX-----O'Neil---------------10.46----------9.70-------------- -7.27
MSFT------Carlson-------------26.25----------24.25------------- -7.62
GOOG------Kramer------------422.52---------388.12-------------- -8.14
ESLR-------Rothstein-----------10.77-----------9.74-------------- -9.56
ERTS-------Gardner-------------52.44---------46.82------------- -10.72%
IPAS-------Hutheesing-----------6.53-----------5.02------------ -23.12
SGR---------George-------------29.09---------20.47------------ -29.63
ELOS-------Gillespie-------------32.07---------18.90------------- -41.07
MWY-------Schaeffer------------18.87---------9.38-------------- -50.29
Overall YTD return is +5.42%
------------billyjoe
billyjoe
08-05-2006, 10:28 AM
Celebrity Division Pick of the Year Contest Week ending 8/4/06
This week we had 8 advance and 9 decline. Gainers were led by #1 FTO +8.89% #4 SU +4.35%, and #15 SGR +4.05%. Losers were #3 FMCN -12.83% and #6 STX -8.55%.
Stock--------Source--------------1/3/06-------8/4/06----------%Gain/Loss
FTO---------Pro Timing NL---------19.02--------35.31------------ +85.65%
ATI----------Mad Money-----------36.40--------62.84------------ +72.64
FMCN--------Growth Investor------34.58--------58.48------------- +69.12
SU-----------Blue Chip NL----------63.67--------82.66-------------+29.83
RSG---------Raymond James--------37.40-------41.00------------- +9.92%
STX---------Cons.Elect.Show-------20.07-------21.76------------- +8.42
XTO---------MD Wholesale----------44.56-------47.01------------- +5.50
FO-----------Credit Suisse----------77.75-------72.73------------- -6.46%
MSFT--------Drip Investing----------26.25-------24.29------------- -7.25
ERTS---------Motley Fool------------52.44------48.57-------------- -7.38
CSSGX--------Can-Slim--------------10.46-------9.68-------------- -7.46
ESLR---------Follow the Ram---------10.77-------9.61------------ -10.77%
GOOG--------AOL Financial----------422.52-----373.85----------- -11.52
IPAS---------Forbes NL---------------6.53-------5.03------------ -22.97%
SGR----------Personal Finance-------29.09------21.65------------ -25.58
ELOS---------Supernova Stocks------32.07------18.51----------- -42.28
MWY---------Power Stocks-----------18.87------9.24------------ -51.03
Year to Date Gain is +5.20%
--------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 8/4/2006
Mickey is $$$HUGE$$$
Mickey is trying to run away from the pack again...His BWNG was the top gainer for the week at +12.73% followed by Karel's CELL at +10.69%.
Our A/D/U for the week was 13/13/0 and our YTD A/D/U remained at a miserable 11/15/0 as nobody went red or green.
YTD our total portfolio is still red at -4.30% although collectively we were up almost 1.0% for the week. The CSSGX had another lousy week and now stands at -7.46% YTD...Wonder how much they are managing now?...My crystal ball says it will go the way of the old New USA Fund...or whatever it was called.
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
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http://trimurl.com/4PZ
Lyehopper
08-05-2006, 08:46 PM
I played BWNG (short) a few weeks ago for a nice 20%+ gain.... But I really like the stock and I'm stalking a long entry right now.
Sooooo.... Keep an eye on Mickey's BWNG fellas.... As soon as it sells off one more time.... it'll be ripe to buy it and ride it out for another 100% gain.... IMRNO.
http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/6413/bwng13hy.png (http://imageshack.us)
I own a nice position of BWNG below $9.... Thanks Mickey! :p
skiracer
08-05-2006, 09:20 PM
Does anyone realize that Mickey was a heartbeat away from being the first one to win the POTW and be #1 in the POTY in the same week. As long as BWNG stays in the POTY top spot he has a chance. Personally I think BWNG falls from the top spot before the year is out.
billyjoe
08-05-2006, 09:39 PM
ski,
What would be your top candidates to overtake Micky ? I can't see the gold stocks going up that much more before year's end and Lye's ECOL may have a hard time making a big move also. Just curious as to your thoughts. I predict a greater move for electric than oil in the final 5 months of the year so ABB would be my pick.
------------billyjoe
Lyehopper
08-05-2006, 10:05 PM
ski,
What would be your top candidates to overtake Micky ? I can't see the gold stocks going up that much more before year's end and Lye's ECOL may have a hard time making a big move also. Just curious as to your thoughts. I predict a greater move for electric than oil in the final 5 months of the year so ABB would be my pick.
------------billyjoe
I think Mickey's BWNG will take the gold this year.... At this point I sure hope it does. This stock is a real winner imo. http://www.mrmarketishuge.com/images/icons/icon14.gif
skiracer
08-05-2006, 10:07 PM
ski,
What would be your top candidates to overtake Micky ? I can't see the gold stocks going up that much more before year's end and Lye's ECOL may have a hard time making a big move also. Just curious as to your thoughts.
------------billyjoe
Billyjoe,
I like ECOL, VLO, and GLD. ECOL is in a great business. They will do business in that field regardless of the economic climate. VLO is in the refining business. With oil an energy going up the producers of the products, refineries, stand to benefit the most in my opinion. They aren't building any new refineries and it looks like we are going to have to get by with what refining capacities we have. They actually have everyone over a barrel. Gold is being used in much more than just jewelry. In the increasingly volitaile world that we live in gold and silver are becoming the safe haven of choice. I bought the ETF at $46 thinking that $52/55 would be nice. It's been over $70 and seems to have settled in at this $60/65 range for the time being. I'm not hoping for any escalation of war in the mid-east but there are alot of crazies on both sides. It's not beyond my thinking that someone on the Arab side get's their hands on a nuclear device and detonates it somewhere. That would change the whole complexion of things. Especially regarding currencies and precious metals. BWNG's product line is not an esscential must have product. It is more sensitive to economic swings than the other two in my opinion.
If the cost of oil continues to go up then VLO is in the drivers seat. GLD would also benefit in that scenario. Both of them going up means a worsening economic situation for everything else price wise. ECOL will do business regardless. If oil stabilizes or goes down substantially then GLD and VLO will follow suit and ECOL would end up the stronger of the three. Nothing is written in stone an it is going to take some time to see how it plays out over the remainder of the year. Amazing that we are in the 8th month of the contest already. Anyway just how I see things possibly materializing.
Any other takes on how this could play out from here.
I think the winner will be someone who nobody suspects...But whoever it is ...you are gonna get a nice prize...Doug(IIC)
billyjoe
08-06-2006, 09:32 AM
Doug,
Nobody but me would pick TLF. When the newly designed leather whips hit the market watch out. eeeeeeeeeaaaahhh !!!
----------billyjoe
billyjoe
08-12-2006, 11:43 AM
Pick of the Year Contest Celebrity Division Week Ending 8/11/06
Not a good week for celebrity pickers with 7 advancing and 10 declining. Gainers were led by #1 FTO +7.09% and #15 ELOS +8.26%. Losers dominated with #16 IPAS -11.64%, #3 ATI -12.2% , #13 ESLR -10.40%, and #7 STX -9.02%. With the big loss, STX goes red for the first time leaving only 6 stocks in positive territory and dropping the YTD performance to +3.04%.
STOCK------PICKER-------------1/03/06----------8/11/06----Gain/Loss
FTO--------Pro Timing NL--------19.02-------------36.66----- +92.74%
FMCN-------Growth Invest.------34.58-------------58.87----- +70.24
ATI---------Mad Money----------36.40------------58.40------+60.44
SU----------Blue Chip------------63.67------------84.09-------+32.07
RSG---------Raymond James------37.40------------39.27-------+5.00%
XTO---------MD Wholesale-------44.56-------------46.30-------+3.90
STX---------Consumer Elect.-----20.07-------------19.95------- -.6%
ERTS-------- Motley Fool---------52.44-------------49.88------ -4.88
MSFT--------Drip Invest----------26.25-------------24.43----- -6.93
FO-----------Credit Suisse-------77.75--------------72.27----- -7.05
CSSGX-------IBD Fund-----------10.46---------------9.43----- -9.85
GOOG--------AOL Financial------422.52-------------368.50---- -12.79
ESLR---------Follow the Ram------10.77-------------8.49------ -21.17%
SGR----------Personal investing---29.09-------------21.72----- -25.33
ELOS---------Supernova Stocks---32.07-------------21.16----- -34.02
IPAS----------Forbes Wireless-----6.53---------------4.27----- -34.61
MWY---------Power Stocks-------18.87--------------8.40------ -55.48
---------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 8/11/2006
Ray is $$$HUGE$$$...This week Anyway
Another cr*ppy week for the contest portfolio...The only bright spot was Ray's GHM +5.86%
Our A/D/U for the week was a miserable 5/21/0 but our YTD A/D/U remained at a 11/15/0 as nobody went red or green for the second consecutive week.
YTD our total portfolio is still red at -6.52% as we were down 2.32% for the week. The CSSGX had another lousy week and now stands at -9.85% YTD...Who wants to start a pool to guess how long this fund will be around?...I'll bet they don't last 2 years from the date of inception last September. You can see their top holdings as of 6/30/06 here:
http://www.duncan-hurst.com/SiteMap.htm
Wow...98% invested at that time...Maybe they should check my ribbon chart below???
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/1336/mrmindices81106ke7.gif (http://imageshack.us)
http://img145.imageshack.us/img145/2787/mrm81106lk5.gif (http://imageshack.us)
IIC's Ribbon Chart of the CSSGX:
http://img45.imageshack.us/img45/4316/cssgxribbonchartyo7.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
08-12-2006, 01:28 PM
Doug,
CSSGX has to be an embarrassment for IBD. A truly miserable performance considering that it's diversified and backed with years of research and untold dollars. It's time for them to rethink their ways.
-----------billyjoe
Doug,
CSSGX has to be an embarrassment for IBD. A truly miserable performance considering that it's diversified and backed with years of research and untold dollars. It's time for them to rethink their ways.
-----------billyjoe
Yeah...I thought it was "How To Make Money In Good Times And Bad"???
ParkTwain
08-12-2006, 08:12 PM
Because of the longer timeframe involved in a Pick of the Year, I can't at all use my typical stock picking techniques. Just before the beginning of 2006, I had traded DDD (sustained release technology for drugs) for a gain, but found out that the company's real future is probably tied to new announcements that will surface later in 2006. That's my hope for now. So for me, DDD's a 100% "story stock." I'm hoping DDD will be at 10.00/sh by end of 2006.
Pick of the Year...An extremely difficult call...Heck, look at me...I'm down the tubes too...I lost 9%(real life) on my pick IDWK in January...I never went back...POTY is more for fun IMO...My crystal ball is only good for a day at a time anyway....Lorne Love...aka Mr Breakout...aka IIC...aka ICEMAN...aka Just Plain Doug
billyjoe
08-19-2006, 12:13 PM
Pick of the Year Contest Celebrity Division 8/18/06
The celebs did ok this week with advancers outnumbering decliners 13 - 4. Gainers were led by #13 ESLR +7.06% , #6 STX +6.93% , #3 ATI +5.47, and #8 MSFT +5.18%. Decliners were #4 SU -7.52% and #1 FTO -14.03%. YTD the celebs are +4.18%.
Stock------Celebrity Picker--------1/03/06-----8/18/06--------% Gain/Loss
FTO--------Hesler------------------19.02-------33.99---------- +78.71%
FMCN-------Wyatt----------------- 34.58------57.70----------- +66.86
ATI---------Cramer---------------- 36.40------ 60.39----------- +65.91
SU---------Navellier----------------63.67-------79.30----------- +24.55
RSG--------Fisher-------------------37.40------39.79------------+6.39%
STX--------Unknown----------------20.07------21.34------------+6.33
XTO--------DMaille------------------44.56------45.60------------+2.33
MSFT-------Carlson-----------------26.25------25.79------------ -1.75%
ERTS--------Gardner----------------52.44------51.29------------ -2.19
FO----------Zellman----------------77.75-------72.97----------- -6.15
GOOG-------Kramer----------------422.52-----383.36------------ -9.27
CSSGX------O'Neil-------------------10.46------9.49------------- -9.27
ESLR--------Rothstein---------------10.77------9.25------------- -14.11%
SGR---------George-----------------29.09-----22.23------------- -23.58
ELOS--------Gillespie----------------32.07-----22.50------------- -29.84
IPAS--------Hutheesing--------------6.53------4.44-------------- -32.01
MWY--------Schaeffer--------------18.87------9.09-------------- -51.83
STX went green this week after one week red.
-----------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 8/18/2006
Ninner is $$$HUGE$$$ This Week
And so were a few others...Ninner's ADAM was +18.5%, Your's Truly was +16.9% w/ IDWK, Photon's WFMI was +13.9%, Mimo's ENER was +12.2%, Mickey's BWNG was +11.1% as he runs away from the pack again and Karel's CELL was up 10.3%.
Our A/D/U for the week was a respectable 18/7/1 but our YTD A/D/U remained at a 11/15/0 as nobody went red or green for the third consecutive week.
YTD our total portfolio is still red at -2.86% as we were up 3.91%% for the week which sounds pretty good until you realize the Naz Comp. was up 5%.
The CSSGX was up 0.63% in its quest to find green one of these days...Wonder if I'll live long enough to see it? They are now 22.5% off their May 9th high...Heck, I coulda lost that much on my own. According to MSN Money they now have almost $82 mil. under mgmt...Anyone here own any?
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/869/mrmindices818yv2.gif (http://imageshack.us)
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/6113/mrm81806vz2.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
08-26-2006, 11:55 AM
Pick of the Year Contest---Celebrity Division--- Week Ending 8/25/06
A so so week with 8 advancers and 9 decliners . Nobody switched to red or green. Gainers were led by #1 FTO +8.62% , #2 FMCN +6.33% , and #5 XTO +5.12%. Biggest losers were #3 ATI -6.65% , #7 RSG -4.12% , #6 STX -3.89%
and #9 ERTS -3.80%. Overall portfolio lost ground now at +3.89% for the year.
STOCK-----SOURCE-----------1/3/06----------8/25/06--------%Gain/Loss
FTO-------Pro Timing N.L.------19.02-----------35.63---------- +87.33%
FMCN------Growth Investor----34.58-----------59.89----------- +73.19
ATI--------Mad Money---------36.40-----------57.97----------- +59.26
SU---------Blue Chip Inv.------63.67-----------80.84------------ +26.97
XTO--------MD Wholesale------44.56-----------47.88----------- +7.45%
STX--------Cons. Elect. Show--20.07-----------20.56----------- +2.44
RSG--------Raymond James-----37.40-----------38.25----------- +2.27
MSFT-------Drip Investing------26.25-----------25.85----------- -1.52%
ERTS-------Motley Fool---------52.44-----------49.30----------- -5.99
FO----------Credit Suisse-------77.75-----------71.00----------- -8.68
CSSGX*--------IBD--------------10.46-------------9.37---------- -10.42%
GOOG--------AOL Financial-----422.52----------373.26---------- -11.66
ESLR---------Follow the Ram----10.77------------9.37----------- -13.00
SGR----------Personal Finance---29.09-----------22.30---------- -23.34%
ELOS---------Supernova Stocks--32.07-----------21.73---------- -32.24
IPAS----------Forbes Wireless-----6.53------------4.27---------- -34.61
MWY----------Power Stocks------18.87------------9.20---------- -51.25
*Added note: CSSGX all time low was 9.21 on 10/27/05. High was 12.25 on 5/9/06.
-----------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 8/25/2006
Mickey is still $$$HUGE$$$ as he increases his lead even when BWNG is down for the week
Top Dawg for the week was Sleddawg's FORD up 16.90% followed by Ninner's ADAM at +10.94%.
Our A/D/U for the week was a respectable 16/10/0 but our YTD A/D/U remained at a 11/15/0 as nobody went red or green for the fourth consecutive week.
YTD our total portfolio is still red at -2.15% although collectively we were +0.73% for the week as all the indices we track were red.
The CSSGX was -1.62% as its YTD loss is now over 10%...There's really not much to say about this fund anymore. Maybe it is a waste of time even tracking it???
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/8752/mrmindices82506mm6.gif (http://imageshack.us)
http://img136.imageshack.us/img136/7664/mrm82506ei4.gif (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
08-26-2006, 02:25 PM
I just looked back at the BEL thread and saw Lye in there about 6 times over several months pleading with everyone to look at ECOL , but did I listen ? No , and now I'm flagellating myself with a cat- o- nine tails, ooooo that smarts. Better me than Lye putting his 300lb.+ behind the whip.
-------------billyjoe
billyjoe
08-26-2006, 02:28 PM
Doug,
Someone at the IBD forums is questioning the CSSGX fund but he's having a one way conversation. Nobody wants to talk about it. Maybe it will just go away. Recently CSSGX held 97 different non cash positions. As Poormans said "you'd be hard pressed to find 2 out of 8000 stocks that meet all the canslim qualifications" . How did they find 97 and still mess up?
------------billyjoe
Doug,
Someone at the IBD forums is questioning the CSSGX fund but he's having a one way conversation. Nobody wants to talk about it. Maybe it will just go away. Recently CSSGX held 97 different non cash positions. As Poormans said "you'd be hard pressed to find 2 out of 8000 stocks that meet all the canslim qualifications" . How did they find 97 and still mess up?
------------billyjoe
There really isn't a whole lot to say about it...I said the fund wouldn't work from the beginning...I still say it won't...Why would this fund fare any better than the old New USA fund?
I rather doubt that the fund is strict CS...In fact it can't be....But Poorman is wrong...I just ran a screen at DailyGraphs...I clicked the suggested parameter for every criteria that they have a suggested parameter.
Well, 3 stocks came up. Unfortunately the rules say you can't share your screen results...And you know I never break the rules...So I can't tell you which ones they are....But in looking at Investors.com and the CSSGX holdings as of yesterday they only own one of them.
Now speaking of Canslim...Does anybody REALLY follow Canslim? Let's take the IBD 100...Now, I always thought that Canslim calls for an ROE of at least 17%. I personally don't use that figure because I think ROE is industry specific and also does not take into account leverage.
Anyway...How come 49 of 100 of the IBD 100 have ROE's of less than 17%???
That is just one example of many I could come up with. Actually, I think a lot of CS theory is helpful...But I believe the problem is that IBD presents it as a strict system that must be followed to the T...I've heard them say that at seminars/expos...That is a real shame, because they probably lose a lot of subscribers who try to follow the letter of CS...lose money and give up or go elsewhere...That's my opinion anyway...Doug(IIC)
billyjoe
08-26-2006, 03:27 PM
Doug,
Don't you think "following it to the T" is their way of denying any responsibility when the plan fails?
-------------billyjoe
Doug,
Don't you think "following it to the T" is their way of denying any responsibility when the plan fails?
-------------billyjoe
Well...it is impossible for anyone to follow it to a T on every trade anyway...But people try.
I've called for an overhaul of the CS system since 2000...Yes, they've made a few changes...But volatility kills the system IMO. And this statement that a Breakout doesn't necessarily have to have volume as printed in IBD a couple of October's ago really discredited the system IMO...I cut that article out and saved it for a long time...But I can't find it now...I pretty much followed CS from the late 70's till 2000 when I started making adjustments. I have no complaints up till 2000.
Doug(IIC)
Well...it is impossible for anyone to follow it to a T on every trade anyway...But people try.
I've called for an overhaul of the CS system since 2000...Yes, they've made a few changes...But volatility kills the system IMO. And this statement that a Breakout doesn't necessarily have to have volume as printed in IBD a couple of October's ago really discredited the system IMO...I cut that article out and saved it for a long time...But I can't find it now...I pretty much followed CS from the late 70's till 2000 when I started making adjustments. I have no complaints up till 2000.
Doug(IIC)
I searched the Net for an hour looking for that article...but I can't find it...However, I ran across an interesting article from 1997:
IBD Chief Hammers Another Nail in Momentum Coffin
By Steven Syre and Steve Bailey
theStreet.com
3/17/97
Being an investment icon and succeeding in the mutual fund business aren't always the same thing.
Case in point: momentum investor William J. O'Neil.
O'Neil, founder and publisher of Investor's Business Daily, quietly folded his tent last week, ending a second attempt to build a mutual fund around the famed investment system he laid out in his book, How to Make Money in Stocks.
With the market caving in on momentum investors, O'Neil's decision is more bad news for the growth-at-any-price crowd. Not only did O'Neil decide to get out last week, but another big name in momentum investing, Louis Navellier, resigned as manager of an equity fund that bears his name after a disagreement with the fund's trustees.
Is this the beginning of the end for the momentum funds?
"That is dumb,'' the 63-year-old O'Neil growled at us on the phone last week.
O'Neil says his decision to transfer the assets of his fund into the MFS Emerging Growth fund ( MEGBX) says nothing about momentum investing.
Instead, O'Neil says he wants to concentrate on his three other faster-growing businesses -- his core institutional research firm, Investor's Business Daily and his commercial printing business.
Certainly no one would accuse his New USA Growth fund ( NUSFX) of being a growth business. He started the fund in 1992 and had attracted an impressive $170 million after just a month on the basis of his near-cult following. Five years later he had just under $200 million in assets when he punted last week.
The fund was based on his so-called C-A-N-S-L-I-M system. His seven principles of investing: current earnings; annual earnings gains; new products; supply and demand; leaders or laggard performance; institutional ownership; and market direction.
The system had made him rich enough to pour tens of millions of dollars of his own money into chasing The Wall Street Journal with his Investor's Business Daily.
But because O'Neil's finances are private, no one had ever been able to track his results.
His fund offered the best proxy to date -- and the results have been decidedly mixed.
Over the life of the fund, New USA Growth gained 90.0% versus 98.4% for all growth funds, ranking it 162 out of 276 similar funds tracked by Lipper Analytical Services. Over the last year it was up 15.4% versus 18.3% for all growth funds, putting it at 498 of 705 growth funds. Like other momentum funds it was getting hammered this year: down 4.0%
versus a gain of 5.0% for all growth funds, ranking it an ugly 772 of 786 growth funds tracked by Lipper.
Morningstar calls New USA Growth "a study in extreme investing." The fund, managed day-to-day by O'Neil protege David Ryan, is willing to pay high prices for its stocks, even by growth fund standards, says Morningstar analyst Jon Hale.
The fund's turnover rate is a high 400%, and the expense ratio exceeds the group average by almost one percentage point. While the aggressive growth group tends to be volatile, "this fund has been even riskier than its average peer," says Hale.
This isn't the first time that O'Neil has tried and failed in the mutual fund business. His O'Neil Fund ran up big gains in the bull market of 1966-67 but crashed along with the market in 1968-69. When the market came back his fund didn't, and he sold it in 1975 with just $6 million in assets, down from a peak of $49 million.
The good news for O'Neil investors is they will be getting one of Boston's best investors to manage their money. John Ballen, who will roll O'Neil's assets into his MFS Emerging Growth fund, currently gets four stars from Morningstar, and his fund has managed to finish in the top third or better in seven of its nine full calendar years.
In O'Neil's book, 'How to Make Money in Stocks', he left readers with this parting advice: "Have courage, be positive, and don't ever give up. ... You'll find that little acorns can grow into giant oaks."
Sometimes, however, they just wither away.
Steven Syre and Steve Bailey write a financial column for The Boston Globe.
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billyjoe
08-26-2006, 05:14 PM
Doug,
So O'Neil has failed at this more than once. I still think they should base a fund on #101- #200 or even #201-#300 if IBD rates stocks under #100 and you'd have to think they do. They should be far enough under the radar so not to be effected by sudden swings as in the recent case of their ZUMZ and HANS among others.
--------------billyjoe
Doug,
So O'Neil has failed at this more than once. I still think they should base a fund on #101- #200 or even #201-#300 if IBD rates stocks under #100 and you'd have to think they do. They should be far enough under the radar so not to be effected by sudden swings as in the recent case of their ZUMZ and HANS among others.
--------------billyjoe
A scan is a scan and nothing more...Nothing is absolute...Even IBD admits that the Weekend Review and IBD 100 are not BUY recs...My lists are not Buy recs either...Just ideas to check out...Doug
billyjoe
08-26-2006, 08:29 PM
Doug,
Although I can't back this up I assume that a good number of the 97 stocks held in CSSGX fund are in or have been in the IBD 100. If this is correct and the YTD performance of the individual 100 is so much greater than the -10.42% YTD of CSSGX it seems that a watch list of stocks on the horizon of making the 100 would be better candidates for the fund than those already showing big gains.
-----------billyjoe
Not to beat a dead horse but Morningstar has CSSGX rated in the bottom 10% of category for similar funds.
Doug,
Although I can't back this up I assume that a good number of the 97 stocks held in CSSGX fund are in or have been in the IBD 100. If this is correct and the YTD performance of the individual 100 is so much greater than the -10.42% YTD of CSSGX it seems that a watch list of stocks on the horizon of making the 100 would be better candidates for the fund than those already showing big gains.
-----------billyjoe
Not to beat a dead horse but Morningstar has CSSGX rated in the bottom 10% of category for similar funds.
The results I report are just for the top 10...I don't know what the results of the whole 100 would be???...BTW...CSSGX only holds 75 stocks right now...Doug
Billy...I would expect that many of the IBD type stocks would have high % gains over a 52 week period because they like High RS. I don't know how they weight RS in their IBD 100 but I just looked and the lowest RS rating they have is 85. Most are in the 90's. EPS seems to be the same.
On my list I also use RS. In looking at last week's IIC 100 top 20...17 had 1 yr gains of over 100%...the other 3 were all over 45%. Now, I don't use EPS rankings...In fact, I don't even have the ability to run a scan like that...And I'm not about to go check all 100 of my IIC 100 at IBD to find out the EPS rank.
However, I did check the top 10 and the lowest EPS rank I have is 74...I'm sure some are much lower though because I only use the latest quarter and projections...whereas the IBD EPS rank goes back 3-5 yrs.
My RS ranking is not exactly the same as IBD's. Mine goes from 1-100...I have less stocks in my database and we probably treat IPO's differently. But my lowest RS ranking in this week's IIC 100 is 80. I've found that my RS rank is usually within 3 of what IBD has although on the very low RS stocks I have found a difference of 5 in the past. But I really have not checked that many against IBD.
Anyway...I believe one of the IBD theories is what is moving up tends to continue up in many cases...That's what momentum investing is all about. So it is not surprising to see CSSGX buy stocks that have high YTD or 52 week gains.
When I was at the Expo in Vegas last December I went to a free IBD seminar...They asked how many people bought stocks that reached new highs...Only one person raised their hand...Me. And there were over 300 in the room...So you see..."You can take the boy out of Canslim...But you can't take Canslim out of the boy"...LOL
billyjoe
08-27-2006, 11:08 AM
Doug,
I see no problem buying stocks reaching new highs as long as it is not what I call an irrational high examples : TZOO HANS TASR . We know the axe is going to drop on these we just don't know when. It's different with the oil companies , maybe with most of the large caps.
-----------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 9/1/2006
Mickey is still $$$HUGE$$$
Short report as I'm preparing to get outta the country on vacation...But our A/D/U for the week was 15/10/0 raising us to 12/13/1 YTD :(
Not much has changed...we are collectively down a little over 2% YTD...The CSSGX still sux...Next week's results will be late too.
The last few days I was thinkin' I'd have to praise SKI for GLG...Tonight I realized he has GLD...He's a GREAT guy anyway :)
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/4189/mrmindices9106hm5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/1271/mrm9106we5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
09-02-2006, 11:28 AM
Pick of the Year Contest Celebrity Division Week Ending 9/1/06
Our celebs had 11 up and 6 down this week with nobody new going green or red. Overall 7 remain in positive territory and 10 show a loss YTD. This week advancers were led by #14 SGR +11.51% and #5 STX +10.12% followed by #10 ESLR +7.06%, #15 ELOS +5.83%, #3 ATI +5.49%, and #16 IPAS +4.14%. Worst loser was #2 FTO -14.72% with #4 SU -3.91%.
STOCK-------PICKER-------1/3/06---------9/1/06--------%GAIN/LOSS
FMCN--------Wyatt--------34.58----------59.82---------- +72.99%
FTO--------- Hesler--------19.02----------32.83---------- +72.61
ATI----------Cramer-------36.40----------59.97----------- +64.75
SU-----------Navellier------63.67----------78.35----------- +23.06
STX----------Unknown-----20.07----------22.59----------- +12.56%
RSG----------Fisher--------37.40----------39.28----------- + 5.03
XTO----------DMaille-------44.56----------46.23----------- + 3.75
MSFT---------Carlson------26.25----------25.84----------- -1.56%
ERTS---------Gardner------52.44----------51.24----------- -2.29
ESLR----------Rothstein----10.77----------10.13----------- -5.94
FO------------Zellman------77.75----------72.17----------- -7.18
CSSGX--------O'Neil--------10.46----------9.49------------ -9.27
GOOG---------Kramer------422.52---------378.60---------- -10.39
SGR-----------George-------29.09----------25.65---------- -11.83
ELOS----------Gillespie------32.07----------23.60---------- -26.41%
IPAS----------Hutheesing----6.53-----------4.54----------- -30.47
MWY-----------Schaeffer----18.87----------8.92----------- -52.73
YTD return is 5.63%
------------billyjoe
Lyehopper
09-05-2006, 05:51 PM
You fellas watchin' Mickey's BWNG? That sucka looks ready to rock again....
ParkTwain
09-08-2006, 11:42 AM
Watch the activity as it pushed above 5.25 earlier this week. Break out from multi-month base.
billyjoe
09-09-2006, 12:29 PM
Pick of the Year Contest Week ending 9/8/06 Celebrity Division
This proved to be a disastrous week for our celebs as only 2 advanced 15 declined. 2 went red : STX and XTO while 1 went green , ERTS. Overall YTD performance plunged from +5.63% to +.79%. CSSGX dropped to 9.20 , it's lowest point since inception. Only gainer of consequence was ERTS #6 +2.42%. Major losers include #3 FTO -22.4% , #7 STX -12.66% , #4 SU -10.76% , #14 ESLR -9.01% , #1 FMCN -8.18% , and #9 XTO -6.24%.
STOCK------CELEB NEWSLETTER---1/03/06-----9/08/06---%GAIN/LOSS
FMCN----------Growth Investing----34.58-------56.99-------+64.81%
ATI------------ Mad Money---------36.40-------59.05-------+62.23
FTO------------Pro Timing----------19.02-------28.57--------+50.21
SU-------------Blue Chip------------63.67------71.50---------+12.30%
RSG------------Raymond James------37.40------38.05---------+ 1.74
ERTS-----------Motley Fool----------52.44------52.51---------+ .1
STX------------Consumer Electronics-20.07------20.05--------- -.1%
MSFT-----------Drip Investor---------26.25------25.60--------- -2.48
XTO------------MD Wholesale--------44.56------43.45--------- -2.49
FO--------------Credit Suisse---------77.75------72.24-------- -7.09
GOOG-----------AOL Financial-------422.52------377.85-------- -10.57%
CSSGX-------------IBD---------------10.46--------9.20-------- -12.05
SGR-------------Personal Finance-----29.09-------24.98-------- -14.13
ESLR------------Follow the Ram-------10.77--------9.16-------- -14.95
ELOS------------Supernova Stocks----32.07-------22.99-------- -28.31
IPAS-------------Forbes Wireless-------6.53--------4.45-------- -31.85
MWY--------------Power Stocks-------18.87--------8.72-------- -53.79
----------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 9/8/2006
Mickey is still $$$HUGE$$$
A really lousy week for the group...although Park's DDD was +11.52% for the week.
Our A/D/U for the week was 4/20/2 lowering us to 12/14/0 from 12/13/1 YTD last week as I went from Unchg'd to green w/ IDWK, Sis went green w/ DVN but Karel's CELL and Gary's VLO went red.
Not much has changed...we are collectively -3.46% YTD...The CSSGX still sux though and is now down over 12% YTD...So much for CANSLIM.
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img181.imageshack.us/img181/6361/mrmindices9806zl2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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Here are little charts of all our pix:
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http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
09-16-2006, 11:05 AM
Pick of the Year Contest, Celebrity Division , Week Ending 9/15/06
The celebs made a comeback this week with 12 advancing and 5 declining. STX again went green and MSFT broke into profitable areas for the first time in a long time. Top losers were #3 FTO -14.14% , #5 SU -6.50%, and #11 XTO -6.31%. Advancers were led by #1 ATI +10.82%, #4 STX +10.16%. #10 GOOG +7.58%, #16 IPAS +6.22%, and #7 MSFT +4.77% . YTD the celebrity portfolio is +2.53%.
STOCK---CELEBRITY-----1/3/06---9/15/06---------%GAIN/LOSS
ATI--------Cramer--------36.40----62.99------------+73.05%
FMCN-------Wyatt--------34.58----57.76------------+67.03
FTO--------Hesler--------19.02----36.07-------------+36.07
STX--------Unknown------20.07----22.09------------ +10.06
SU---------Navellier-------63.67----67.36------------ +5.80%
ERTS-------Gardner--------52.44----54.22------------ +3.39
MSFT------Carlson---------26.25----26.85------------ +2.29
RSG--------Fisher----------37.40----37.89------------ +1.31
FO---------Zellman--------77.75-----75.52----------- -2.87%
GOOG------Kramer--------422.52----409.88----------- -2.99
XTO--------DMaille--------44.56------40.64----------- -8.80
CSSGX------O'Neil----------10.46------9.24----------- -11.66%
ESLR--------Rothstein------10.77------9.24----------- -14.21
SGR---------George--------29.09------24.70---------- -15.09
ELOS--------Gillespie-------32.07------24.10---------- -24.85%
IPAS--------Hutheesing-----6.53-------4.85----------- -25.73
MWY--------Schaeffer------18.87------9.49----------- -49.71
---------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 9/15/2006
Mickey is still $$$HUGE$$$
Another cr*ppy week for the group...although Mimo's ENER was up 16.4% on the -$.02 EPS report and Sled's FORD was +10.2%. However, if oil stays down I'd predict that alternative energy stocks hit the skids...Think the Arabs know this?...Of course they do...Keep oil at a level that makes alternatives financially prohibitive.
Our A/D/U for the week was 15/11/0 vs. 4/20/2 last week BUT with the bottom falling out of gold (dn over 8% the past 30 days) our YTD dropped to a measly 10/16/0 as Peter and DMK go red w/ GG.
Worst of all, our collective performance was down 0.89% for the week dropping us to -4.50% YTD while the lowly CSSGX was +0.43% for the week. However, CSSGX is down 11.66% YTD.
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/3182/mrmindices91506ts3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
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Here are little charts of all our pix:
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http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
jiesen
09-16-2006, 07:31 PM
hey Doug, how are you handling the dividends in this contest? I notice that PFE's 0.24 quarterly payout gives Dio an adjusted opening of 23.12, and there are probably others on the list as well. Are you waiting until the end to account for these?
jiesen
09-16-2006, 07:37 PM
Ok, just re-read the rules, and saw that the dividends don't count. Guess that makes the scorekeeping easier, but why shouldn't they be factored in at the end?
Ok, just re-read the rules, and saw that the dividends don't count. Guess that makes the scorekeeping easier, but why shouldn't they be factored in at the end?
Because it is too much of a hassle...Next year you can run the contest.
I know once a week is not really all that hard...But to be honest it is kind of a drag now...Of course, I will finish up the year...But I know how Rob probably feels...He was witty 5x a week and I always looked forward to his recap...But it is not a paying job and I realize people do have a real life.
At one time I had an email that went out to over 2,000 5x a week...It was tough...Some nights I couldn't think of anything worthwhile to say...If it had been a paying job I'm sure I would've continued...But I gave it up.
I have IIC100.com now but I will wait till the market gets better to actually do it.
jiesen
09-17-2006, 01:25 AM
Because it is too much of a hassle...Next year you can run the contest.
fair enough! I'll keep my mouth shut, as I'm already procrastinating on the latest 2-week POTW recap.;)
billyjoe
09-23-2006, 12:15 PM
Pick of the Year Contest Celebrity Division Week Ending 9/22/06
The celebs didn't do much this week with only 4 advancing and 13 declining. Advancers were led by #1 FMCN +10.43% and #6 ERTS +5.15%. Decliners were #14 ESLR -11.14% and #2 ATI -6.04%. We now have 4 double digit gainers and 7 double digit losers.
Stock ---------Celebrity Source---------1/3/06---9/22/06---%Gain/Loss
FMCN-----------Growth Inv. N.L.--------34.58----61.02------+76.46%
ATI--------------Mad Money------------36.40----60.79------+67.01
FTO-------------ProTiming N.L.----------19.02----25.74------+35.33
STX------------Consumers Elect.--------20.07----22.52------+12.21
ERTS------------Motley Fool-------------52.44---56.92-------+8.54%
SU---------------Blue Chip Inv.----------63.67---67.32-------+5.73
RSG-------------Raymond James---------37.40---39.02-------+4.33
MSFT------------Drip Investing----------26.25---26.66-------+1.56
GOOG-----------AOL Financial----------422.52--403.78------- -4.44%
FO--------------Credit Suisse-----------77.75---73.22------- -5.83
XTO-------------MD Wholesale----------44.56---39.40------- -11.58%
CSSGX-------------IBD------------------10.46----9.14------- -12.62
SGR-------------Personal Finance--------29.09---23.77------- -18.29
ESLR-------------Follow the Ram---------10.77---8.04-------- -25.35%
ELOS-------------Supernova Stocks------32.07--23.97-------- -25.26
IPAS--------------Forbes Wireless---------6.53---4.77-------- -26.95
MWY--------------Power Stocks N.L.-----18.87---9.15-------- -51.51
YTD performance is +1.73%
------------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 9/22/2006
Mickey is still $$$HUGE$$$ up over 7% this week
Another cr*ppy week for the group (seems like I can just leave that first sentence up lately) :(
Pretty amazing that Mickey has held the top spot for over 6 months...even more amazing is that he has weathered a 25.6% drop since the intraday high of 16.44 way back on April 7th. I know I predicted months ago that Mickey would not win...But I'm changing my tune as my crystal ball now says that nobody will catch him.
Our A/D/U for the week was 9/17/0 as our YTD also dropped to 9/17/0 as Sis goes red w/ DVN.
We were down 1.31% for the week as our YTD dropped to -5.75%. But on the bright side 16 of 26 of us are beating CSSGX YTD...Any job openings at Duncan Hurst???
Speaking of CSSGX...Some joker in PA registered http://cssgx.com last September on the same day CSSGX debuted and now has it up for sale...I'd say it is worth about 5 bux.
This one's for Billy...Our resident Stock Lemon Expert...Now he can branch out to Mutual Fund Lemons...I ran across this Google Ad:
Don't Buy CSSGX (http://www.google.com/pagead/iclk?sa=l&ai=B1MHa82cVRdboEIecYJXvwb0CmYquEdHlmfwB8ZaPwAvAuA IQARgCOABIqjlQwpiA3P7_____AZgB948GoAGXsqr8A6oBBDJH TUzIAQGVAgczGAo&num=2&adurl=http://www.making-money-alert.com/offers/customoffer.php%3Fid%3DSEO106%26alert%3D45)
Until you check out Doug Fabian's
"Mutual Fund Lemon List" - Free
www.Making-Money-Alert.com
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img68.imageshack.us/img68/696/mrmindices92206uy0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/2415/mrm92206ih2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
jiesen
09-27-2006, 12:44 PM
http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/060927/law044.html?.v=76
billyjoe
09-30-2006, 10:53 AM
Pick of the Year Contest Celebrity Division Week Ending 9/29/06
The celebs did well this week with 10 advancers and 7 decliners. Biggest gainers were #5 SU +7.43%, #8 XTO +6.13%, #3 FTO +4.42% , #1 ATI +3.84% , and #6 RSG +3.18%. Largest losses were #2 FMCN -8.96% and #17 MWY -4.98%. Jimmy Cramer again took over first place with his ATI @ +70.85% YTD.
STOCK---------CELEBRITY---------1/03/06-------9/29/06--%Gain/Loss
ATI-------------Cramer------------36.40----------62.19---- +70.85%
FMCN------------Wyatt------------34.58----------57.92---- +67.50
FTO-------------Hesler-------------19.02----------26.58---- +39.75
STX------------Unknown-----------20.07----------23.09-----+15.05%
SU-------------Navellier------------63.67----------72.05-----+13.16
RSG-------------Fisher-------------37.40----------40.21-----+ 7.51%
ERTS-----------Gardner------------52.44----------55.84------+6.48
MSFT-----------Carlson------------26.25----------27.35------+4.19
FO-------------Zellman-------------77.75----------75.11------ -3.40%
GOOG---------- Kramer------------422.52---------401.90------ -4.88
XTO------------DMaille--------------44.56----------42.13----- -5.45
CSSGX*----------O'Neil---------------10.46----------9.24------ -11.66%
SGR------------George--------------29.09----------23.64----- -18.73
ESLR------------Rothstein-----------10.77-----------8.30----- -22.93%
ELOS------------Gillespie------------32.07----------23.10----- -27.97
IPAS------------Hutheesing-----------6.53-----------4.68----- -28.33
MWY-------------Schaeffer----------18.87-----------8.78----- -53.47
*HANS is their largest holding @2.04%
YTD Performance last week +1.73% , YTD this week +2.80%
-------------billyjoe
Billy...FYI...CSSGX does not hold HANS...You are getting old info...Doug(IIC)
billyjoe
09-30-2006, 12:15 PM
Doug,
Looking at the small print it does say as of 6/30/06. How do I find purchases and sales after 6/30 ? Thanks
---------------billyjoe
Doug,
Looking at the small print it does say as of 6/30/06. How do I find purchases and sales after 6/30 ? Thanks
---------------billyjoe
At Investors.com but you have to be a subscriber. I don't feel like having any hassles w/ IBD so I'm not going to copy/paste the list...Sorry...Doug
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 9/29/2006
Mickey is $$$HUGE$$$ up over 100% again YTD
Well, another Quarter down the drain...But at least we finished it up with a green week overall. Led by Mimo's ENER +11.00%, Park's DDD +10.50% and Greb's APLX +9.97% for the week. Grebnet's pick is an interesting story...Down almost 22% early on he has climbed his way back and is now in medal contention in 4th place at +20.45% YTD.
Our A/D/U was 19/5/2 for the week and we are now 10/16/0 YTD as Park's DDD goes green.
We were up 2.09% for the week as our YTD rose to -3.47%.
The CSSGX had a rare up week +1.09%...but YTD they are pretty much at the bottom of the barrel as Morningstar has an average YTD gain of +2.02% for the Mid Cap Growth Catagory. In all honesty they use the December 30th close and I'm using the Jan. 3rd close...But even so, Morningstar has CSSGX at -9.46% YTD...Will be interesting to see their rank when they are published....Guess I'll just look at the bottom of the page.
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/6204/mrmindices92906xo1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img245.imageshack.us/img245/6737/mrm92906am4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
09-30-2006, 03:58 PM
At Investors.com but you have to be a subscriber. I don't feel like having any hassles w/ IBD so I'm not going to copy/paste the list...Sorry...Doug
The quarterly report should be out in a few days and it will become public knowledge. I'm surprised Morningstar still has the 6/30 holdings. Maybe if I actually paid for premium service I could find out.
--------------billyjoe
The quarterly report should be out in a few days and it will become public knowledge. I'm surprised Morningstar still has the 6/30 holdings. Maybe if I actually paid for premium service I could find out.
--------------billyjoe
The Duncan Hurst site still has the 6/30 holdings...I think they update it once per quarter
billyjoe
10-07-2006, 11:42 AM
Pick of the Year Contest--Celebrity Division Week Ending 10/06/06
The celebs had a positive week overall . Advancers trailed losers 8 to 9 , but the portfolio ended the week with a YTD gain of 3.51%. Gainers were led by #12 SGR +11.06%, #1 ATI +9.04%, #9 GOOG +4.40%, and #2 FMCN +3.23%. Losers were #16 ESLR -7.25%, #4 STX -3.53 , and #6 SU -6.08%.
STOCK----Publication------1/03/06----10/06/06-------% Gain/Loss
ATI-------Mad Money-------36.40------65.48---------- +79.89%
FMCN-----Growth Investing--34.58------59.04---------- +70.73
FTO-------Pro Timing NL-----19.02------26.45---------- +39.06
STX------Consumer Elect.---20.07------22.38----------- +11.51
RSG-------Raymond James---37.40------40.95----------- +9.49%
SU--------Blue Chip Inv.-----63.67------68.18----------- +7.08
MSFT------Drip Investing-----26.25------27.87----------- +6.17
ERTS------Motley Fool-------52.44------54.56------------ +4.04
GOOG------AOL Financial----422.52-----420.50----------- -.48%
FO---------Credit Suisse-----77.75------74.33----------- -4.40
XTO-------MD Wholesale-----44.56------41.37----------- -7.16
SGR-------Personal Finance---29.09------26.86----------- -7.67
CSSGX-------IBD Fund--------10.46-------9.42----------- -9.94
IPAS--------Forbes Wireless----6.53-------4.82---------- -26.19%
ELOS--------Supernova Stks.--32.07------23.00---------- -28.28
ESLR--------Follow the Ram----10.77------7.52----------- -30.18
MWY--------Schaeffer's Power-18.87------8.68----------- -54.00
--------------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 10/6/2006
Spike is $$$HUGE$$$ For This Week Anyway
Market up...Portfolio down...Spike was a bright spot though w/ CERS +11.89%
Our A/D/U was 12/14/0 for the week and we drop down 9/17/0 YTD as Park's DDD goes red.
We were down 0.81% for the week as our YTD dropped to -4.25%.
The CSSGX had a another rare up week +1.94%...But take a look at this...Sorted by YTD return:
http://news.morningstar.com/fundReturns/FundReturns.html?category=$FOCA$MG
For Funds in the MidCap Growth Catagory OPEN AT LEAST Since 1/1/06...CSSGX ranks #982 out of 982 funds.
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/4918/mrmindices10606fp3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/7954/mrm100606ll2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
10-14-2006, 10:19 AM
Pick of the Year Contest Celebrity Division Week Ending 10/13/06
Our celebrities had a monster week with 16 advancing and 1 declining. Biggest gains were #1 ATI +24.12%, #3 FTO +12.89% , #14 ELOS +7.89% , #4 SU +6.79% , #16 ESLR +6.41% , #6 ERTS +4.66% , and #15 IPAS +4.44%. The only loser was #8 STX -4.64%.Jimmy Cramer cracked the magical 100% gain plateau. GOOG went green for the first time in memory while the celebs YTD performance rose to +8.49%.
STOCK----CELEBRITY-----1/03/06-----10/13/06-----% YTD Gain/Loss
ATI--------Cramer--------36.40--------74.26---------104.01%
FMCN------Wyatt---------34.58--------60.00--------- 73.51
FTO--------Hesler--------19.02--------28.90----------51.95
SU--------Navellier-------63.67--------72.50----------13.87%
RSG--------Fisher--------37.40--------42.04---------- 12.41
ERTS------Gardner-------52.44--------57.00-----------8.70
MSFT------Carlson-------26.25--------28.37-----------8.08
STX-------Unknown------20.07--------21.65-----------7.87
GOOG------Kramer------422.52-------427.30-----------1.13
FO--------Zellman-------77.75---------75.85---------- -2.44%
XTO-------DMaille-------44.56---------42.75---------- -4.06
SGR-------George-------29.09---------27.62---------- -5.05
CSSGX-----O'Neil--------10.46----------9.64---------- -7.84
ELOS------Gillespie------32.07---------25.53---------- -20.39%
IPAS------Hutheesing----6.53----------5.11----------- -21.75
ESLR------Rothstein-----10.77---------8.21----------- -23.77
MWY------Schaeffer-----18.87---------9.07----------- -51.93
------------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 10/13/2006
Spike is $$$HUGE$$$ For 2 Weeks In A Row
Spike's CERS was up over 11% for the second week in a row and Mickey's BWNG is back up over 100% YTD.
Our A/D/U was 17/9/0 for the week and we moved up a notch to 10/16/0 YTD as Gary's VLO and Sis' DVN go green and J's LJPC goes red.
We were up 2.3% for the week (Same as CSSGX) as our YTD moved to
-2.03%.
Speaking of CSSGX...How many of you are planning to attend the IBD CHART SCHOOL on December 9th??? It's only $2994.00 per person http://www.investors.com/seminar/level3.asp Who the heck takes these classes??? I can think of a lot better things to do w/ 3 grand...But then again they probably include lunch???
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/8012/mrmindices101306jm1.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img324.imageshack.us/img324/5144/mrm101306vc0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
10-17-2006, 10:14 AM
Mickey is HUGE, BWNG acquired by Level 3 Comm. Stock up another 15%.
------billyjoe
Mickey is HUGE, BWNG acquired by Level 3 Comm. Stock up another 15%.
------billyjoe
Isn't is GREAT when both the Acquirer and the Acquiree both take off???...Everybody LOVES this deal :)
ParkTwain
10-17-2006, 11:45 PM
This gives the rest of us HOPE for the remainder of this year in the contest!
This gives the rest of us HOPE for the remainder of this year in the contest!
Yeah...But read the very first post of this thread...As sole Judge and Juror I am assigned the task of figuring this thing out...Hopefully the deal won't close till January...LOL
MickyMouse
10-18-2006, 11:45 AM
You have an easy task this time, it closes Q1:07.
Mickey
You have an easy task this time, it closes Q1:07.
Mickey
Up 147%...IIC
billyjoe
10-21-2006, 11:42 AM
Pick of the Year Celebrity Division Week ending 10/20/06
Another good week for the celebrity pickers with advancers outnumbering decliners 9-8. Gainers were led by #7 GOOG +7.66%, #1 ATI +6.48%, #15 ESLR +4.33%, and #4 SU +4.05%. The only major decline was #2 FMCN -9.05%. YTD gain rose to +9.47%.
STOCK----- SOURCE------1/3/06----10/20/06-------% GAIN/LOSS
ATI--------Mad Money----36.40-------76.62---------+110.49%
FMCN------Growth Invest.-34.58-------56.89---------+ 64.46
FTO--------Pro Timing-----19.02-------29.65---------+55.89
SU---------Blue Chip------63.67-------75.08----------+17.92
RSG--------Raymond James37.40-------41.20----------+10.16
STX-------Consumer Elect.-20.07-------22.07---------+9.97%
GOOG------AOL Financial--422.52------459.67---------+8.79
MFST-------Drip Invest.----26.25-------28.43----------+8.30
ERTS-------Motley Fool-----52.44-------56.03----------+6.85
XTO-------MD Wholesale----44.56-------44.41---------- -.34%
FO---------Credit Suisse-----77.75------75.50---------- -2.89
SGR-------Personal Finance--29.09-------26.93--------- -7.43
CSSGX-----IBD Can-Slim Fund-10.46-------9.57--------- -8.51
IPAS-------Forbes Wireless----6.53--------5.30--------- -18.84%
ESLR-------Follow the Ram----10.77-------8.73--------- -18.94
ELOS-------Supernova Stks.---32.07------25.34-------- -20.99
MWY-------Power Stocks------18.87-------8.70-------- -53.90
---------billyjoe
Darn...I forgot to send my score sheet to my laptop...will have to wait till next Sunday to update...We all know Mickey ran away from us again anyway...He is +148% on the buyout offer...Sorry about that...Doug
billyjoe
10-28-2006, 12:56 PM
Pick of the Year Contest Celebrity Division Week Ending 10/27/06
Our celebs are putting the pressure on the Mr.Market gang with another good week of 10 advancers vs. 7 decliners that has allowed them to increase their YTD performance to +10.65%. Gainers were led by #1 ATI +9.54%, #9 XTO +4.74% and in the green for the first time in memory, #5 GOOG +3.75%, and #4 SU +3.02%. The only loser of significance was #10 ERTS -2.90%.
STOCK-----Celebrity------1/03/06-----10/27/06---------%Gain/Loss
ATI--------Cramer---------36.40-------80.09------------ +120.03%
FMCN-------Wyatt---------34.58-------57.00------------ +64.84
FTO--------Hesler---------19.02--------29.85------------ +56.94
SU--------Navellier--------63.67--------77.00------------ +20.94
GOOG------Kramer--------422.52-------475.50------------+12.54%
RSG--------Fisher----------37.40--------41.41------------ +10.72
STX-------Unknown--------20.07--------22.17-------------+10.46
MSFT------Carlson---------26.25--------28.34--------------+7.96
XTO-------DMaille----------44.56--------46.52--------------+4.40
ERTS------Gardner---------52.44--------54.51---------------+3.95
FO--------Zellman---------77.75--------76.95-------------- -1.03%
SGR--------George---------29.09--------26.70-------------- -8.22
CSSGX-----O'Neil-----------10.46--------9.53--------------- -8.89
ESLR------Rothstein--------10.77--------8.71--------------- -19.13%
ELOS------Gillespie---------32.07-------25.85--------------- -19.40
IPAS-----Hutheesing--------6.53---------5.24--------------- -19.75
MWY------Schaeffer-------18.87---------8.44--------------- -55.27%
---------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 10/27/2006
The race for Silver & Bronze is $$$HUGE$$$
Sorry about missing last week...As I see the race for 2nd and 3rd is very tight. Lye's ECOL drops from 2nd to 4th but he's still right there w/ Sirtuck's ABB and Greb's APLX. We all know the story on Mickey's BWNG but honorable mention goes to Sowersnc's ACI which was up a nifty 15.9% over the past two weeks.
Our A/D/U was 11/14/1 for the week but it was good last week ( 18/8/0 ) as our YTD advances to 14/12/0 from 10/16/0 as J's LJPC and Billy's TLF went green two weeks ago and Gary's VLO ( after dipping into the red 2 weeks ago ) and Peter's & DMK's GG went green this past week. This is the first time our collective A/D/U has been green since June 2nd.
We were +1.72% over the past 2 weeks as our YTD moved to
-0.34%. The collective portfolio has not been green since 6/30/06.
The CSSGX was red the past 2 weeks...Big Surprise...lol...and now stands at -8.89% YTD.
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img303.imageshack.us/img303/3558/mrmindices102706jt2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/3697/mrm102706fb2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
11-04-2006, 11:27 AM
Pick of the Year Contest Celebrity Division Week ending 11/03/06
The celebs had 9 advance and 8 decline with #11 FO emding up green for the first time. Advancers were lead by #6 ERTS +9.02%, #2 FTO +6.60%, and #5 STX +3.04%. Top decliners were #1 ATI -13.11% and #16 ESLR -7.06%.
YTD performance dropped .14% to 10.51%.
STOCK-------SOURCE---------1/3/06----------11/3/06------%Gain/Loss
ATI----------Mad Money-------36.40-----------75.32------- +106.92%
FTO---------Pro Timing NL-----19.02-----------31.11-------- + 63.56
FMCN--------Growth Invest----34.58-----------56.12---------+62.29
SU-----------Blue Chip Inv.----63.67-----------77.14--------- +21.16%
STX----------Consumer Elect.--20.07-----------22.78--------- +13.50
ERTS---------Motley Fool------52.44-----------59.24----------+12.97
RSG----------Raymond James--37.40-----------41.83----------+11.84
GOOG--------AOL Financial----422.52----------471.80----------+11.66
MSFT---------Drip Investing----26.25-----------28.73----------+9.45%
XTO----------MD Wholesale----44.56-----------46.80-----------+4.80
FO-----------Credit Suisse-----77.75-----------78.15------------+.51
SGR----------Personal Finance--29.09----------26.03----------- -10.52%
CSSGX--------IBD Can Slim Fund-10.46----------9.29----------- -11.19
ELOS----------Supernova Stocks-32.07---------25.95----------- -19.08
IPAS----------Forbes Wireless----6.53-----------5.20----------- -20.37
ESLR---------Follow the Ram-----10.77----------7.96----------- -26.19
MWY----------Power Stocks-----18.87----------8.93----------- -52.68
------------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 11/3/2006
Nobody was particularly $$$HUGE$$$ this week!!!
The race for Silver and Bronze is really tight between Grebnet, Sirtuck and Lye...My money is on.......
Our A/D/U was 9/17/0 for the week as our YTD goes down to 13/13/0 from 14/12/0 as Gary's VLO goes red.
We were down a fraction overall this week as our YTD is now at
-0.86% The collective portfolio has not been green since 6/30/06.
The CSSGX was red the past 3 weeks...Big Surprise...lol...and now stands at -11.19% YTD....Maybe CANSLIM never should have been revised??? CSSGX is now down 29.9% since May 9th...Wow!!!...I never imagined it was that bad. BTW...Have you ever wondered what type of person subscribes to IBD??? Well, the latest subscriber profile I could find was 2004: http://www.accessabc.com/subscriber/102940_1203_SP.pdf
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img169.imageshack.us/img169/2282/mrmindices11306hd0.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/2122/mrm11306vr3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
11-04-2006, 01:15 PM
Doug,
I'm surprised you could get that information. Did you notice it was August 2004? I'll bet their paid subscriptions are well under 200,000 now.
------------billyjoe
Doug,
I'm surprised you could get that information. Did you notice it was August 2004? I'll bet their paid subscriptions are well under 200,000 now.
------------billyjoe
Where there's a will there's a way...LOL
But I have no idea what the current subscription base is...Why don't you call 'em and ask 'em???
BTW...Maybe I should start a new contest...How long will CSSGX last?...LOL
It really is amazing to me that CSSGX is doing as bad as it is though. I'd assume the managers are Canslim experts...If true, how does anyone expect Joe and Jane Canslim to make any money?
billyjoe
11-08-2006, 08:28 PM
If anyone is interested, I've got picks from 10 so called experts on the best stocks for 2007. I can't disclose their names although 6 are pickers in this year's celebrity division. Do some homework. There should be a couple real good one's in this list.
RIG BBBY CYKN JADE CBK UTSI APC PRS ADY WFR
--------billyjoe
If anyone is interested, I've got picks from 10 so called experts on the best stocks for 2007. I can't disclose their names although 6 are pickers in this year's celebrity division. Do some homework. There should be a couple real good one's in this list.
RIG BBBY CYKN JADE CBK UTSI APC PRS ADY WFR
--------billyjoe
Did they swear you to secrecy?
billyjoe
11-08-2006, 08:59 PM
Doug,
They said they'd sue me for everthing I've got if I disclose before Jan.1st.
----------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 11/10/2006
Grebnet & Sirtuck are $$$HUGE$$$ as they battle it out for Silver & Bronze!!!
And Lye is right there too. Kudos go to Karel w/ CELL & Spike w/ CERS both up over 9% this past week.
Our A/D/U was 13/12/1 for the week but our YTD goes down to 12/14/0 from 13/13/0 as Gary's VLO goes green but Stocks54's ELN and Billy's TLF go red.
We were up a fraction overall this week as our YTD is now at
-0.16% The collective portfolio has not been green since 6/30/06.
The CSSGX was red the prior 3 weeks...But it was +3.4% this past week. However, their YTD is an embarrassing -9.08% as they battle to stay out of the cellar in the Morningstar ratings in the Mid Cap Growth category
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img166.imageshack.us/img166/6727/mrmindices111006mb8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/8676/mrm111006xu6.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
11-11-2006, 12:21 PM
Pick of the Year Contest Celebrity Division Week Ending 11/10/06
Another stellar week for the celebs with 12 picks advancing and 5 declining. Advancers lead by #12 SGR +6.53%, #2 FMCN +4.89, #14 IPAS +4.75%, #5 STX +3.34%, and #4 SU +3.25%. Only 2 significant losers #3 FTO -8.83% and #15 ELOS -3.96%. YTD performance is up to +11.73%.
Stock--- Celebrity----1/03/06---------11/10/06---------% Gain/Loss
ATI--------Cramer------36.40-----------76.37----------- +109.81%
FMCN------Wyatt-------34.58-----------57.81----------- + 67.18
FTO--------Hesler-------19.02-----------29.43------------+54.73
SU--------Navellier------63.67-----------79.21------------+24.41
STX-------Unknown-----20.07-----------23.45------------+16.84
RSG------- Fisher-------37.40-----------42.82------------ +14.49
GOOG------Kramer-----422.52----------473.55-------------+12.08
ERTS------Gardner------52.44-----------58.48-------------+11.52
MSFT------Carlson------26.25-----------29.24-------------+11.39
XTO-------DMaille-------44.56-----------46.25-------------+3.79%
FO--------Zellman-------77.75-----------79.89-------------+2.75
SGR-------George-------29.09-----------27.93------------- -3.99%
CSSGX-----O'Neil--------10.46------------9.51------------- -9.08
IPAS------Hutheesing-----6.53------------5.51------------- -15.62%
ELOS-------Gillespie------32.07-----------24.68------------ -23.04
ESLR-------Rothstein-----10.77------------8.25------------ -23.40
MWY-------Schaeffer-----18.87-----------8.59------------- -54.48
-----------billyjoe
billyjoe
11-18-2006, 11:45 AM
Pick of the Year Celebrity Division Week Ending 11/17/06
Another good week for the celebs as they went 13-4 and raised their YTD performance to +13.79%. Gainers were led by #2 FMCN +11.33%, #4 STX +9.47%, #1 ATI +6.26%, and #6 GOOG +5.97%. The only significant loser was #4 SU -5.64%.
Stock-------Source---------1/03/06--------11/17/06----%Gain/Loss
ATI--------Mad Money-------36.40---------78.65--------+116.07%
FMCN------Growth Investing--34.58---------61.73--------+78.51
FTO-------Pro Timing NL------19.02---------29.56--------+55.41
STX-------Consumer Elect----20.07---------25.35--------+26.31
SU---------Blue Chip Inv------63.67--------75.63---------+18.77%
GOOG------AOL Financial-----422.52-------498.79---------+18.05
RSG--------Raymond James---37.40---------43.12---------+15.29
MSFT------Drip Investing-----26.25---------29.40----------+12.00
ERTS-------Motley Fool-------52.44--------58.65-----------+11.81
XTO-------MD Wholesale------44.56--------47.18----------+5.88%
FO---------Credit Suisse------77.75--------81.17-----------+4.40
SGR--------Personal Finance---29.09--------27.62---------- -5.05%
CSSGX------IBD Canslim Fund--10.46---------9.72---------- -7.07
IPAS--------Forbes Wireless----6.53----------5.49--------- -15.93%
ESLR--------Follow the Ram--10.77----------8.53--------- -20.80
ELOS--------Supernova Stocks-32.07---------23.96-------- -25.29
MWY--------Power Stocks-----18.87----------8.69--------- -53.95
-----------billyjoe
Sorry...I will post the standings a little later...I just got back from Vegas and had to send off the IIC 100...Now I have to go out for a bit...IIC
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 11/17/2006
Billyjoe is $$$HUGE$$$ This Week!!!
...with TLF up 14.47%...A couple more weeks like this for Billy and he'll be in medal contention.
Our A/D/U was 12/13/1 for the week but our YTD actually improved to 14/12/0 from 12/14/0 as Billy's TLF goes green as does Stocks54's ELN.
FINALLY...Overall we are GREEN at +0.31%...The collective portfolio has not been green since 6/30/06.
The CSSGX was up again too...+4.6% the last 2 weeks (I accidently gave them too much credit %-wise last week)...However, their YTD is an embarrassing -7.07% as they battle to stay out of the cellar in the Morningstar ratings in the Mid Cap Growth category
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/89/mrmindices111706dc5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img153.imageshack.us/img153/8673/mrm111706vb9.png (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
11-25-2006, 11:12 AM
Pick of the Year Contest Celebrity Division Week Ending 11/24/06
The celebs continue to put the heat on Mr. Market's prognosticators with a 10 up, 7 down week that had no significant losers. Gainers were led by #2 FMCN +18.60%, #1 ATI +11.32, #4 STX +6.67%, #12 SGR +4.02% , and #15 ESLR +3.44%. Year to date the portfolio is +16.34%.
Stock---Celebrity----1/3/06----11/24/06-------%Gain/Loss
ATI------Cramer------36.40------82.77---------+127.39%
FMCN-----Wyatt------34.58------68.16---------+ 97.11
FTO------Hesler-------19.02------29.72---------+ 56.26
STX-----Unknown-----20.07------26.69---------+ 32.98
SU-------Navellier-----63.67------76.65----------+20.39
GOOG-----Kramer-----422.52-----505.00----------+19.52
MSFT-----Carlson------26.25------29.76----------+13.37
RSG-------Fisher-------37.40------42.05----------+12.43
ERTS-----Gardner------52.44------58.42-----------+11.40
XTO------DMaille-------44.56------46.93-----------+5.32%
FO-------Zellman-------77.75------80.88-----------+4.03
SGR------George--------29.09-----28.79----------- -1.03%
CSSGX----O'Neil---------10.46------9.77----------- -6.60
IPAS-----Hutheesing------6.53------5.42----------- -17.00
ESLR------Rothstein-----10.77------8.90----------- -17.36
ELOS------Gillespie------32.07-----23.87----------- -25.57
MWY------Schaeffer-----18.87------8.52----------- -54.85%
-----------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 11/24/2006
Mr. Market is $$$HUGE$$$ This Week!!!
...With BEL up a WHOPPING 49.16% on news this week...First they pick a new CEO:
http://www.glass-consulting.com/bio_detail.asp?ID=35 (http://www.glass-consulting.com/bio_detail.asp?ID=35)
And then they ask to be delisted
http://www.bennettenv.com/php/ii_press_release.php (http://www.bennettenv.com/php/ii_press_release.php)
Our A/D/U was 15/11/0 for the week but our YTD actually dropped to 13/13/0 from 14/12/0 as Gary's VLO goes red.
Overall we were +2.19% for the week...The collective portfolio now stands at +1.87% YTD.
The CSSGX was up again too this week +0.51%...Not too hot considering the Naz Comp. was up more than that. Time is running out for Canslimmers though as CSSGX is -6.60% YTD. I sure hope those guys at Duncan-Hurst take good notes at the $2,994.00 Chart School Seminar on December 9th.
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/1846/mrmindices112406bh2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/9108/mrm112406xz8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
12-02-2006, 11:03 AM
Celebrity Division Pick of the Year Contest Week Ending 12/01/01
Despite 7 winners and 10 losers, the celebs increase their YTD to +17.31% thanks to #1 ATI +14.53% and #3 FTO +14.46%. Other significant winners were #5 SU +3.75% and #7 XTO +7.88%. #12 SGR finally broke into the green with a 3.23% gain. Losers were led by #10 ERTS -6.08%, #17 MWY -5.30%, #6 GOOG -5.73%, and #4 STX -4.33%.
Stock--Source----------1/03/06------12/01/06-------%Gain/Loss
ATI----Mad Money--------36.40--------88.06-----------+141.92%
FMCN--Growth Inv.--------34.58--------68.43-----------+ 97.87
FTO---Pro Timing NL.------19.02--------32.47------------+70.72
STX---Consumer Elect-----20.07--------25.82------------+28.65
SU-----Bluechip Inv.-------63.67--------79.04------------+24.14
GOOG--AOL Financial------422.52-------480.80------------+13.79%
XTO----MD Wholesale------44.56--------50.44-------------+13.20
MSFT---Drip Investing------26.25--------29.12-------------+10.93
RSG----Raymond James----37.40--------41.39--------------+10.67
ERTS----Motley Fool-------52.44--------55.23--------------+5.32%
FO------Credit Suisse------77.75--------80.71--------------+3.81
SGR----Personal Finance---29.09--------29.73---------------+2.20
CSSGX---IBD Fund---------10.46---------9.64-------------- -7.84%
IPAS----Forbes Wireless-----6.53---------5.59-------------- -14.40
ESLR----Follow the Ram----10.77---------8.81-------------- -18.20
ELOS----Supernova Stocks-32.07--------22.95-------------- -28.44
MWY----Power Stocks------18.87--------7.52--------------- -60.15%
-----------billyjoe
Mr Market Stock Contest 2006
Close on 12/1/2006
Nobody is $$$HUGE$$$ This Week!!!
Although the race for silver and bronze is clearing up a bit. But DWK and Peter are trying a last minute run w/ GG as well as Ski w/ GLD.
Our A/D/U was 10/16/0 for the week but our YTD remained at 13/13/0 as Gary's VLO goes green and J's LJPC goes red.
Overall we were -0.2% for the week...The collective portfolio now stands at +1.69% YTD.
The CSSGX was down this week -1.3% and now stands at -7.84% YTD. If they can go over 8.6% in December they can get into the green...FAT CHANCE!!!
I use the open on 1/3/06 for the indices and the close on 1/3/06 for the CSSGX because funds are only priced at eod.
http://img480.imageshack.us/img480/5007/mrmindices120106zu3.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
http://img469.imageshack.us/img469/8601/mrm12106sd4.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
Here are little charts of all our pix:
http://trimurl.com/4PW
http://trimurl.com/4PX
http://trimurl.com/4PY
Here are little charts of the Indices and CSSGX:
http://trimurl.com/4PZ
billyjoe
12-04-2006, 06:06 PM
Tonight (Monday) on CNBC's fast money at 8 est. they are going to make picks for stock of the year 2007. I've only watched these guys a couple times and don't have enough info. to rate them, but it should be interesting anyway.
-------------billyjoe
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