Rules for Pick of The Year (PoTY) 2023

[JohnHenry]

John Henry, thank you for managing POTY again. Much appreciated!

Please put me down for AUPH, long. (Hoping for a buyout in 2023.)

Thank you and good luck to all.

Oh, you have to thank BlueWolf, too. He's writing the weekly updates.

[JohnHenry]

NVDA, short please. Go big or go home right.

[BlueWolf]

OK, we’re off to the races fellow pickers. Here are the picks I have. If you see any errors or omissions, please let me know. Your pick will be assigned today’s closing price as a starting point as per the content rules.

Antioch	SONY	Long
Antioch’s Dad	Treasury Bill	N/A
BillyJoe	SQ	Long
Blue Wolf	HUBS	Long
Jiesen	OMGA	Long
JohnHenry	NVDA	Short
Louetta	NVDA	Long
Maximo	IPA	Long
Minni17	KLIC	Long
Mr. Market	RAVE	Long
Peanuts	DDD	Long
RickFlyBoy	ZIM	Long
Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long

[billyjoe]

I bought SQ today in real life so I'm all in this year's contest.

-----------------billy

[jiesen]

I decided not to buy OMGA today, but was considering doing so. I decided it's too risky, and not something I should put real money on. Instead, I bought NOK. This one is safer in the long run, imo. I'm still not changing my pick, though. NOK would not likely win this contest, but it's more likely to make me money in 10-15 years than OMGA. Risky stocks are risky!

[Louetta]

I own NVDA in real life.

[BlueWolf]

And they’re off! Welcome all to the 2023 edition of the Mr. Market Pick of the Year contest. After the first week, RickFlyBoy (ZIM) has jumped to an impressive lead. Peanuts (DDD) follows closely in second followed by Minni17 (KLIC) in third. Great work pickers! Keep up the good work and here’s hoping we have a green year after last year’s disaster.

	2023 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Feb 3, 2023
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
Remembering 💔Riverbabe And Karel💔
1	RickFlyBoy	ZIM	Long	1/30/2023	$18.72	$‎ 22.85		22.06%
2	Peanuts	DDD	Long	1/30/2023	$10.30	$‎ 12.02		16.70%
3	Minni17	KLIC	Long	1/30/2023	$50.54	$‎ 56.53		11.85%
4	Louetta	NVDA	Long	1/30/2023	$191.62	$‎ 211.00		10.11%
5	BillyJoe	SQ	Long	1/30/2023	$79.79	$‎ 84.71		6.17%
6	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	1/30/2023	$290.27	$‎ 306.18		5.48%
7	Blue Wolf	HUBS	Long	1/30/2023	$348.99	$‎ 365.76		4.81%
8	Antioch	SONY	Long	1/30/2023	$89.33	$‎ 93.13		4.25%
9	Antioch’s Dad	$Treasury Bill$	N/A	1/30/2023	$1.00	$‎ 1.04		3.89%
10	S&P	SPY	Long	1/30/2023	$400.59	$‎ 412.35		2.94%
11	Tiedyed1	AUPH	Long	1/30/2023	$8.94	$‎ 9.05		1.23%
12	Dow	DIA	Long	1/30/2023	$337.06	$‎ 338.98		0.57%
13	Mr. Market	RAVE	Long	1/30/2023	$1.68	$‎ 1.64		-2.38%
14	Maximo	IPA	Long	1/30/2023	$4.51	$‎ 4.39		-2.55%
15	Jiesen	OMGA	Long	1/30/2023	$7.70	$‎ 7.22		-6.23%
16	JohnHenry	NVDA	Short	1/30/2023	$191.62	$‎ 211.00		-10.11%