Portfolio of the Week

[Lyehopper]

Don't look now...But I'm green now that we shook out all the weak holders...Doug

Very Nice play today Doug.... Good stock.

[IIC]

Very Nice play today Doug.... Good stock.

Actually...I did not play the bottom exactly right...But I'll take it...I paid 9.71 for it and it has been over 11...I'm not gonna lye...I was a bit concerned today until it made the 2nd move...Thx...Doug

[Rob]

Quasi-Ernie

Having read in the "Good causes" thread Lyehopper's heroic efforts at trying to get $$$Mr. Market$$$ to join the POTW contest, and remembering that last week WIRE was up 10.8% from Monday's open to Friday's close, I thought: it would be fun to have Ernie jump in the fray. But alas, it appears that it is not to be.

Enter Quasi-Ernie. Quasi-Ernie is the group's "imaginary friend" for lack of a better term. He is the next best thing to having his hugeness himself throwin' down on the POTW. Quasi-Ernie chooses to communicate only with whomever is attending to the scorekeeping duties at any given time, and therefore his picks will be entered by that person. That would be me for now, even though I am not the scorekeeper! I am only doing this to give Lyehopper a bit of a respite. And in Quasi-Ernie's case I have decided to relax the rules just a bit and let him get into this week's competition late by entering his Monday 12:06 pm pick of MFLX long at 60.22. Quasi-Ernie is only allowed to enter long picks, and they can only be stocks that the real Ernie buys. If the real Ernie sells XYZ, then so does Quasi-Ernie.

Quasi-Ernie, you will see your scores posted on the next end-of-day score post. Please remember, Q-E, that you are just experimental and may be removed from the contest at any time at the whim of whomever is keeping score. You got that? Other than that, welcome to the POTW, Q-E. More power to you.

[Rob]

Diet

Whoah! BoSox, dude! Your DIET pick just lost a lot of weight this a.m.! What happened?

[Lyehopper]

My longest post ever.lol

Having read in the "Good causes" thread Lyehopper's heroic efforts at trying to get $$$Mr. Market$$$ to join the POTW contest, and remembering that last week WIRE was up 10.8% from Monday's open to Friday's close, I thought: it would be fun to have Ernie jump in the fray. But alas, it appears that it is not to be.

Enter Quasi-Ernie. Quasi-Ernie is the group's "imaginary friend" for lack of a better term. He is the next best thing to having his hugeness himself throwin' down on the POTW. Quasi-Ernie chooses to communicate only with whomever is attending to the scorekeeping duties at any given time, and therefore his picks will be entered by that person. That would be me for now, even though I am not the scorekeeper! I am only doing this to give Lyehopper a bit of a respite. And in Quasi-Ernie's case I have decided to relax the rules just a bit and let him get into this week's competition late by entering his Monday 12:06 pm pick of MFLX long at 60.22. Quasi-Ernie is only allowed to enter long picks, and they can only be stocks that the real Ernie buys. If the real Ernie sells XYZ, then so does Quasi-Ernie.

Quasi-Ernie, you will see your scores posted on the next end-of-day score post. Please remember, Q-E, that you are just experimental and may be removed from the contest at any time at the whim of whomever is keeping score. You got that? Other than that, welcome to the POTW, Q-E. More power to you.

LOL.... I think Ernies fans would love to see "Real Ernie" participate too Rob. It's a shame $$MM$$ didn't think of your idea first.... On the Aussie stock forum, the owner of the forum actually runs their contest. They have 38 palyers in the current contest.... The funny thing about Quasie-Ernie playing the POTW (win, lose or draw) is this.... "Real Ernie" will never know about it because he won't bother to read this thread.

You know Rockin'Rob? This contest ain't so much about winning or losing to me.... I just like to play and see what other members are playing..... btw my data shows that this is the fastest growing thread on the forum and certainly a great place for the active members to get to know one another. It's nice to see what stocks the other members favor.

HERE's THE DEAL.... From following this thread one can learn that I trade GEHL, ECOL and PARL and short ESLR.... that you like IMCL and GOOG.... that Karel Likes CMCO and CELL.... that Jiesen likes AMLN.... Webs trades TIII.... IIC trades NUAN.... that "Bean stock's" EONC is hot this week... that Spikefader shorted ECR this week.... Look at the great picks Pete, Gator, Ski, Gary, Ray, BillyJoe, Photon, NBB, Scifos, Thom and Mimo bring to the table weekly.... etc,etc,etc.... AND how about the new fellas with their HUUUUGE picks recently?.... It's a great consolidated place to see what stocks each player is hot on in any particular week. I think very few players just pick a stock out of their a$$ "willy nilly" as Ernie suggests. I honestly think this thread helps keep the forum healthy and is a great resource for HUUUGE trading ideas. Too bad "everyone" can't see the value and contribute to the team effort that makes this thread a success.

btw.... I'd like to THANK all $$MM$$ members who "bother" the participate in this POTW contest weekly, I hope you gain as much from it it as I do.... AND.... I'd again like to thank BillyJoe for starting the thread and you ESPECIALLY [Rockin'Rob] for your hard work in making this such a great thread. You my friend are HUUUUGE!!!!

[RL]

If the big guy joins the POTW contest I'll even throw my dart blindfolded that way It would only be dumb luck that could beat his pick. Come on MM we want you to be a part of the fun.As for no time only people that have no time have time.

[spikefader]

"My longest post ever.lol " Who wouldn't be impressed with that?!! hehe

Solid post dude...and expresses how I feel about the value of the thread.

Awesome job making it the fastest growing thread on this forum Lye, and Rob for highlight just how good it can get commentary-wise.

Huge efforts and well done!

Personally, I love this thread, and it'll be a shame if it ever dies. And I call on everyone to help it stay alive and creative and enjoyable.

[Rob]

A Little Birdie Told Me ...

A little birdie told me that PARL would be a great buy right now, so I'm going to try something I would not ordinarily do:

IMCL: Sell
PARL: Buy

I still think IMCL is fixin' to explode, and I own quite a bit in real life. For the purposes of this contest I hope it waits till next week. If it doesn't, I'll be happy about that too.

[Karel]

Isn't Lye holding PARL?

Regards,

Karel

[Websman]

A little birdie told me that PARL would be a great buy right now, so I'm going to try something I would not ordinarily do:

IMCL: Sell
PARL: Buy

I still think IMCL is fixin' to explode, and I own quite a bit in real life. For the purposes of this contest I hope it waits till next week. If it doesn't, I'll be happy about that too.

This was the price drop I've been looking for. I bought some PARL myself today. Good thing I took off work early...jejeje

[Rob]

Good Eye

Isn't Lye holding PARL?

Good eye, Karel, but no, Lye was holding PARL.

[Websman]

Looks like GES is doing well for me...Look at that little doggie fall! jejeje

[Bean Stocks]

Looks like GES is doing well for me...Look at that little doggie fall! jejeje

I never understood why that stock ran up. I haven't seen anyone wearing Guess jeans in 15 years. Good job.

[Lyehopper]

HUUUUGE Webs! HUUUUGE!!!!

Looks like GES is doing well for me...Look at that little doggie fall! jejeje

Nice one WEBS!!!! You are HUUUGE!!!!

VTP FOREVER!!!!jejeje

[Websman]

VTP FOREVER!!!!


BWAAHAHAAA!!!!!!