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  • billyjoe
    Senior Member
    • Nov 2003
    • 9014

    Rob,
    Most people who don't live in Northern Ohio wouldn't know that Patricia Heaton's father Chuck was a well known sports writer for the Cleveland Plain Dealer. I read his columns for years before I ever heard of Patricia and even then never connected the names until much later. She grew up in Bay Village , Ohio, a very nice community a few miles west of Cleveland, that unfortunately is known for the Dr.Sam Shepard murder case.

    ---------billyjoe

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    • RL
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2003
      • 1215

      Rob It Is a ETF please put me In C-LONG to finish out the week
      Ray Long

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      • peanuts
        Senior Member
        • Feb 2006
        • 3365

        Dear Mr Rob, sir

        please sell MT at the open and then I'd like to be long WX. Thanks!!!
        Hide not your talents.
        They for use were made.
        What's a sundial in the shade?

        - Benjamin Franklin

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        • Rob
          Senior Member
          • Sep 2003
          • 3194

          Originally posted by RL View Post
          Rob It Is a ETF
          On which E?
          —Rob

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          • RL
            Senior Member
            • Sep 2003
            • 1215

            Which E? don't understand. It Is on the AMEX It Is a AGR TRUST
            Ray Long

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            • Rob
              Senior Member
              • Sep 2003
              • 3194

              Originally posted by RL View Post
              Which E? don't understand. It Is on the AMEX It Is a AGR TRUST
              You said it is an ETF, i.e. an Exchange Traded Fund. So in asking "Which E?" I meant, "Which Exchange?" I do not know what an AGR Trust is, but looking around on http://www.amex.com I cannot find DMA anywhere. What am I missing? I'm not trying to be difficult; I just don't like being in the dark about something I probably should know.
              —Rob

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              • RL
                Senior Member
                • Sep 2003
                • 1215

                Rob I found It on yahoo by going to the profile on DBA It Is a ETF holding agriculture commodities hope this helps I thought this would be a winner but what do I know
                Ray Long

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                • billyjoe
                  Senior Member
                  • Nov 2003
                  • 9014

                  Rob,
                  Sell TELOZ and buy S long. Thanks

                  ---------billyjoe

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                  • Rob
                    Senior Member
                    • Sep 2003
                    • 3194

                    Week 48, Day 4—“The Crux of the Biscuit . . . ”



                    Mr. Billyjoe, your score is correct in the table but not on the graph. Little glitch that I don't have time to fix at the moment ... but the universe will be back in balance tomorrow.
                    —Rob

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                    • Rob
                      Senior Member
                      • Sep 2003
                      • 3194

                      Originally posted by RL View Post
                      Rob I found It on yahoo by going to the profile on DBA It Is a ETF holding agriculture commodities hope this helps I thought this would be a winner but what do I know
                      Here is an alphabetical list of 621 ETFs from Yahoo.com, presumably all of them. Yet I still cannot find DMA. Is DBA what you meant to enter in the contest? Or DMA? Just how much beer have you been drinking anyway?
                      —Rob

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                      • mimo_100
                        Senior Member
                        • Sep 2003
                        • 1784

                        Originally posted by Rob View Post
                        Here is an alphabetical list of 621 ETFs from Yahoo.com, presumably all of them. Yet I still cannot find DMA. Is DBA what you meant to enter in the contest? Or DMA? Just how much beer have you been drinking anyway?
                        Go to amex.com

                        expand on the ETF Tree ( at the left)

                        Choose product category from drop-down list at the top right: List all Products

                        Scroll down to PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund

                        PowerShares DB Agriculture Fund DBA Sector PowerShares DB Multi-Sector Commodity Trust

                        Are we permitted to use ETF’s in this contest? (see rules)
                        Tim - Retired Problem Solver

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                        • RL
                          Senior Member
                          • Sep 2003
                          • 1215

                          Rob I'm going to go on the wagon soon I think I did mean DBA
                          Ray Long

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                          • riverbabe
                            Senior Member
                            • May 2005
                            • 3373

                            Cover BIDZ quick please.

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                            • Rob
                              Senior Member
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 3194

                              Originally posted by mimo_100 View Post
                              Are we permitted to use ETF’s in this contest? (see rules)
                              Good question, Mimo. Rule #4 from the rules post states:

                              "NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX listed stocks will be the only possible sources of stocks from which to choose each week's stock. This is a stock picking contest, so avoid choosing ETF's. OTCBB and pink sheet stocks are not allowed."

                              The wording appears to discourage but not prohibit the picking of ETFs.

                              Basically, since I somewhat unwillingly began keeping score again, I have been adhering to the rules as they had been when I wrote them, with the following two exceptions: (1) The 3% penalty instead of 5% for no-shows, and (2) Getting the opening price from the minute following the entry instead of the opening price of the same minute as the entry.

                              My thinking is that since ETFs trade just like stocks on the open market, they are allowed.

                              I'm also thinking that if I continue to keep the score in January 2008, I'm going to disallow penny stocks, which I would broadly define for purposes of this contest as any stock under five bucks. That would not eliminate all the wild swings but some of them.
                              —Rob

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                              • Peter Hansen
                                Banned
                                • Jul 2005
                                • 3968

                                Rob Great Job

                                Originally posted by Rob View Post
                                Good question, Mimo. Rule #4 from the rules post states:

                                "NYSE, NASDAQ, and AMEX listed stocks will be the only possible sources of stocks from which to choose each week's stock. This is a stock picking contest, so avoid choosing ETF's. OTCBB and pink sheet stocks are not allowed."

                                The wording appears to discourage but not prohibit the picking of ETFs.

                                Basically, since I somewhat unwillingly began keeping score again, I have been adhering to the rules as they had been when I wrote them, with the following two exceptions: (1) The 3% penalty instead of 5% for no-shows, and (2) Getting the opening price from the minute following the entry instead of the opening price of the same minute as the entry.

                                My thinking is that since ETFs trade just like stocks on the open market, they are allowed.

                                I'm also thinking that if I continue to keep the score in January 2008, I'm going to disallow penny stocks, which I would broadly define for purposes of this contest as any stock under five bucks. That would not eliminate all the wild swings but some of them.
                                Thanx for the clarification .........it has been most helpful

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