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[BlueWolf]

Sorry it’s been so long since I posted a standings update. I’ve been having some health issues and things just started getting away from me. Anyway, I’m back, and boy have things changed. All those big gains we had posted on our picks have evaporated. Our latest leaderboard has MrMarket’s BE in 1st, JohnHenry’s RIOT in 2nd, and long time leader Massimo’s ACMIF now in 3rd. What’s discouraging is that we only have two picks beating all three of the major indices and the leader is only showing a gain of ~ 15%. Oh well, we still have a little under two months to go, so let’s see what happens from here on out.

[BlueWolf]

We had a modest up week in the market will all three indices in the green. Can you guess what effect this had on our leaderboard? If you said “none,” you just got the golden buzzer all the way through to the Hollywood round. So our current standings remain Massimo’s ACMIF in 1st, Mr. Market’s BE in 2nd, and JohnHenry’s RIOT in 3rd. Three months left. Can we shake things up in that time. We’ll just have to see.

[BlueWolf]

There was a little divergence in the market this week as the Dow showed a lot of weakness. I’m not quite sure what to make of it, but I would certainly prefer it if all three indexes were showing signs of strength. None of it had any effect on our picks as the order remained as follows: Massimo’s ACMIF in 1st, Mr. Market’s BE in 2nd, and JohnHenry’s RIOT in 3rd. I think I see the final turn just up ahead so stay the course.

[BlueWolf]

It was another week of the market drifting down, but it had no effect on our leaderboard. Massimo’s ACMIF remains solidly in 1st, followed by Mr. Market’s BE in 2nd, and JohnHenry’s RIOT IN 3rd. Before you know it, we’ll be in October, and the stretch run will begin. Give that pick a little giddyup.

[BlueWolf]

Sorry, but I’ve been negligent in posting updated standings. Been dealing with a few things. Anyway, here are the latest standings.

[jiesen]

I think the fact that we're 'meh' at around a 7800 S&P when the all-time high is 7816 is saying something.... what it says, I'm not sure. But definitely it's a thing. My guess is in a few months we'll know what that thing is.

[BlueWolf]

Kind of another “meh” week for the market as the NASDAQ and S&P were slightly up and the Dow slightly down. As a result, there were no changes on our leaderboard. Masimmo’s ACMIF remains in 1st, followed by Mr. Market’s BE in 2nd, and JohnHenry’s RIOT in 3rd. I have to say that this is one of the least volatile PotY contests we’ve had. Kudos to the leaders for their steady, successful picks.

[BlueWolf]

It was a very strong week for the market, but unfortunately it didn’t really reflect that much in our picks. There was also little change in our leaderboard, except for the swapping of positions for our 2nd and 3rd place picks. The new order of things is Massimo’s ACMIF in 1st, Mr. Market’s BE in 2nd, and JohnHenry’s RIOT in 3rd. Here’s hoping future gains in the market translate into bigger gains for our picks.

[BlueWolf]

The markets slowly bled down this week as war concerns, oil prices, valuations, and a few key bad earnings weighed things down. There was a minor shakeup on the leaderboard as JohnHenry’s RIOT (now in 2nd place) leapfrogged Mr. Market’s BE (now in 3rd place). Massimo’s ACMIF remained firmly in 1st. We’re down to four picks in the green now, which ain’t great. Here’s hoping we get a little bullish momentum soon.

[BlueWolf]

Fueled by renewed war worries and valuation concerns, the market took a hit this week and the Dow treaded water as the NASDAQ and The S&P took nosedives. Our leaderboard remained the same with Massimo’s ACMIF in 1st, Mr. Market’s BE in 2nd, and JohnHenry’s RIOT in 3rd. It’s going to be an interesting week, so stay tuned.

[BlueWolf]

Ooops. Double post, so I erased duplicated.

[BlueWolf]

It was a meh week in the market as all three indices seemed to be range bound. This translated into no change on our leaderboard. Massimo’s ACMIF remained firmly in 1st, followed by Mr. Market’s BE in 2nd, with JohnHenry’s RIOT holding on to 3rd. There’s still a ways to go, so anything can happen. Stay tuned.

[BlueWolf]

Decent week for the Market as all three indices finished up. That benefitted a number of our picks, particularly Louetta’s HOOD and Minni17’s DLO, which made nice moves up. On the leaderboard, we had the usual three with Massimo’s ACMIF holding on to 1st place, Mr. Market’s BE leapfrogging back into 2nd, and JohnHenry’s RIOT in 3rd. Man, there’s been some whipsaw action in the market this year. It’s gonna be very interesting watching it through the second half of the year.

[BlueWolf]

Kind of a mixed week in the indices with two moving down and one creeping up. This produced mostly downward pressure with our picks and we had a little shuffling on the leaderboard as a result. Massimo’s ACMIF remained in 1st, followed by JohnHenry’s RIOT in 2nd, and Mr. Market’s BE in third.

[antioch6]

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