Pick Of The Year Contest

[ParkTwain]

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]

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 is producing today:

[sowersnc]

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]

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

[billyjoe]

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]

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]

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]

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

[IIC]

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)

[IIC]

lol well I'm not makin' a big issue out of it. If this helps, this is the chart that www.nasdaq.com is producing today:

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]

LOL IIC. Thanks, that was a good chuckle.

[stocks54]

I will submit long ELN

Regards,
Stocks

[billyjoe]

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]

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/chart...4-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/chart...4-HT=395--XTBL-

[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...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