Announcing the enhanced 2026 Pick of the Year contest! Now with scrubbing bubbles!!

[BlueWolf]

It was a mixed week with two of the three major induces closing marginally down and the other closing slightly higher. The leaderboard remained unchanged, with Massimo’s cruncher ACMIF firmly in first, Mr. Market’s energy burner BE locked into second, and JohnHenry’s RIOT clamped down onto third. Good luck pickers.

[BlueWolf]

Ah, life was good. Flowers were blooming. The skies were blue. Dogs and cats were living in peace together. Then came Friday … bloody Friday. A great jobs report was followed by rumors of the worst kind. Interest rates might be going up. Oh … my … God! Institutional investors pushed the sell button and scurried back under their collective refrigerators as the market crashed harder than a WayMo cruising through a construction zone. Oh well, pickers, you put your right foot in, you put your right foot out … Anyway, there were no changes on the leaderboard as Massimo’s ACMIF held on to 1st, Mr. Market’s BE maintained its hold on 2nd, and JohnHenry’s RIOT held down third. Better luck this week.

[billyjoe]

Hey Billy Joe, I was doing some scanning this week and your pick ASTS came up. So I did a little digging and I really liked what I saw. It’s a really interesting company with an interesting product. They took a hit today because of the Blue Origin explosion, but it looks like that might have created a buying opportunity for those of us not already in it.

Blue Wolf, My son discovered it. I think he has owned it for a long time. When it tanked he said "Don't worry it will recover, it always does". He was right.

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[BlueWolf]

What a week! Somebody put the market on blast and just about every one of our picks made a move up. Some of the moves were quite spectacular too. The really good news is that we now have seven of our ten picks in the green, and four picks beating all three indices. Not bad, pickers. As for the leaderboard, our top two picks decided to play leap frog again with Massimo’s ACMIF retaking 1st and Mr. Market’s BE slipping into second. JohnHenry’s RIOT made one of those spectacular moves I was talking about, and not only held onto 3rd, but also jumped into striking distance of the top two. Another noteworthy event was with Antioch’s FFTY, which went green despite a 20% handicap. Well done! And Louetta, HOOD made a pretty strong move this week. It’s getting really interesting around here.

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[BlueWolf]

Hey Billy Joe, I was doing some scanning this week and your pick ASTS came up. So I did a little digging and I really liked what I saw. It’s a really interesting company with an interesting product. They took a hit today because of the Blue Origin explosion, but it looks like that might have created a buying opportunity for those of us not already in it.

[BlueWolf]

The week ended with a bang after starting with a whimper, and a few picks made big moves as a result. We do have a change on the leaderboard as Mr. Market’s BE took over 1st as a result of it’s surge and a little bit of a pullback by Massimo’s ACMIF, which is now in 2nd. John Henry’s RIOT is holding on to third. It’s starting to get a little exciting. Let’s just hope the market can sustain its momentum. That’s been the challenge for a while now as it’s been like riding a roller coaster.

[BlueWolf]

It was developing into another nice week when oil price surges and new worries over the Strait of Hormuz rattled the market on Friday to leave it slightly down for the week. There wasn’t any movement on our leader board as a result with Massimo’s ACMIF remaining entrenched in 1st, Mr. Market’s BE staying strong in 2nd, and JohnHenry’s RIOT flexing in 3rd. This is going to be an interesting year, for sure.

[jiesen]

No. SATS has too much debt and it's core business is decreasing and you don't know what will happen to the downstream IPO price. SATS is at $133. We'll see what happens. Invest in a good mutual fund.

With everything else dropping like a rock today, SATS is still going to the moon! I expect liftoff to be next month, when it sees 200+ on IPO day.

[BlueWolf]

Sorry I missed last week. I got busy and the weekend got away from me. And by “got busy” I mean that I collapsed like a pile of melted butter into my La-Z-Boy and spent countless hours alternating between doing stock research and binge watching long dormant television shows. Anyway, I’m back with the latest and greatest from the 2026 PotY contest. After a banner week that saw the market rocket to new highs, nothing has really changed. Continuing to hold on to 1st place with a strong performance is Massimo’s ACMIF. Mr. Market’s BE maintained its hold on 2nd place, and closed the gap considerably. JohnHenry’s RIOT stayed in 3rd. Let’s just see where this ride it goes from here.

[jiesen]

Also, a fun fact about the Boston Marathon: The winner of the 2nd Boston Marathon was Ronald MacDonald.

See the list of Boston Marathon winners here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_winners_of_the_Boston_Marathon

[jiesen]

Yes, cool and fast... faster than ever before with a 2:01:52 finish by last year's winner John Korir!

https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/48542028/john-korir-wins-2nd-straight-boston-marathon-course-record

Read all about Korir's new Boston Marathon course record set today!

[jiesen]

Marathon Day, Oh Goodie!

It's a cool, dry 50F day for the race... perfect running weather! It's going to be a fast one!

[antioch6]

I was just reviewing market trading strategies and I notice the Russell 2000 is at all time highs. I got knocked out of my Russell Long back in 2024 when I started pyramiding my buys Up and we got to a non important C.P.I. number that dropped the indices 2-3%. I would of been sold out anyways during the Trump Tarriff ideas that also didn't seem too important to me. It feels like I am at the mercy of the average uninformed trader who has lots of disposable income. This is just more evidence that the market is irrational, and that uninformed investors account for most of the unexplained short term moves.

I feel a little calmed when I hear Louetta say "invest in a good mutual fund". I wish I could find just a good mutual fund and convince my mom to buy it. I've been planning on using FFTY and buy it when the average p/e drops to a normal level. I believe in the market for the long term, and I see the growth coming with government paper and digital printing, funding new companies and fueling growth. I believe in a man that said to me, If we need money, we'll find it.

[Louetta]

Marathon Day, Oh Goodie!

[Louetta]

OK, here goes. If you want a stock most likely to give you a 50% return this year, it's SATS. I'll tell you why. Musk has ~$800B right now in stock, and that's mostly in XAI/SpaceX (along with some TSLA, too). It's tied up in private equity, but will soon IPO as a new stock, and this is most likely to double over the next 2-3 years, and the IPO, for those in on it is likely to give you a 50% return just in the first 4-6 months. By the time Musk hits $1.2T in personal weath and becomes the world's first trillionaire (in USD), you'll have your 50% gain in SATS. Why? Well, getting a piece of the SpaceX IPO is as easy as buying SATS, since Echostar owns something like 2-3% of SpaceX, and is its major asset. As the SpaceX IPO goes, so will SATS.

There, a 50% return, easy! Just as long as Trump doesn't successfully take out Musk's Space/AI company just to spite him.

No. SATS has too much debt and it's core business is decreasing and you don't know what will happen to the downstream IPO price. SATS is at $133. We'll see what happens. Invest in a good mutual fund.