Portfolio of the Week 2010

[Peter Hansen]

NNBR Long

ODY NNBR long for the week!

[Odysseus]

All I can say is, wow.

Wooish has once again taken 1st place this week with an incredible show of stock picking genius. Though in hindsight, I cannot fathom a good reason why I didn't think to go out and short a Greek Bank, Wooish did and snagged an impressive double digit return with his impressive stockpile of cash that he has accumulated thus far this year. Well done sir !
National Bank of Greece S.A. (the Bank) is a Greece-based financial institution. It offers a range of integrated financial services, including corporate and investment banking, retail banking (including mortgage lending), leasing, stock brokerage, asset management and venture capital, insurance, real estate and consulting services.

I don't believe this is the first time Steelman has made some cash off of his favorite coffee company, and I'm sure it won't be the last He snagged the silver with a nice return of +7%. Congrats !
Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, Inc., together with its subsidiaries (GMCR, Inc.) is engaged in the specialty coffee and coffee maker businesses. It sells over 200 whole bean and ground coffee selections, cocoa, teas and coffees in K-Cup portion packs, Keurig single-cup brewers, and other accessories.

And of course, Rob pushes through and takes the Bronze medal at the last minute going long on C. Well done ! He is also currently in the lead of the Pick of the Year contest with ZIXI
Citigroup Inc. (Citigroup) is a global diversified financial services holding company. The Company provides consumers, corporations, governments and institutions with a range of financial products and services. As of December 31, 2009, Citigroup had approximately 200 million customer accounts and did business in more than 140 countries.

[Rob]

One O' These Days

Thanks for keeping the score, Ody! I'm going to go with C long again this week.

[steelman]

Crazy contest....3 golds in a row, then 2 weeks at the bottom. It's nice to grab a sliver after that whoopin' the last 2 weeks. I will take LULU long this week. Hope everyone has a good week.

[wooish]

Ody

Thanks for keeping the score. I don't know what to pick yet for next week, will see what happens tomorrow first then decide.

[peanuts]

It seems as though I always get burned on these high flyers, but I've been keeping this stock on my radar for a while and they just announce some interesting news.

AONE long please and thank you

[wooish]

Ody

Please long FAZ 12.94, I think it's way oversold. Thank you.

[peanuts]

It seems as though I always get burned on these high flyers, but I've been keeping this stock on my radar for a while and they just announce some interesting news.

AONE long please and thank you

please sell AONE, long AAPL Thanks!

[Peter Hansen]

wwww LONG

Ody WWWW long Thanx

[Odysseus]

POTW Winners: Peanuts, Ody, and Wooish !

Well done Peanuts ! He snags the Gold medal this week mostly on AONE, with a little help from AAPL. He also is gained his 14th medal this week, and is only shy 1 more to tie Wooish.
A123 Systems, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures and sells rechargeable lithium-ion batteries and battery systems, and provides research and development services to government agencies and commercial customers. In the transportation industry market, the Company works with global automotive manufacturers and tier 1 suppliers to develop batteries and battery systems for hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs), plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) and electric vehicles, (EVs).
Apple Inc. (Apple) designs, manufactures, and markets personal computers, mobile communication devices, and portable digital music and video players, and sells a variety of related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions. The Company sells its products worldwide through its online stores, its retail stores, its direct sales force, and third-party wholesalers, resellers, and value-added resellers.

I took the silver on ORCL hoping for a bullish earnings report. I was going to short the stock based on the option trading going on, but went with the fundamentals. Phew !
Oracle Corporation is an enterprise software company. The Company develops, manufactures, markets, distributes and services database and middleware software, applications software and hardware systems, consisting primarily of computer server and storage products

Wooish couldn't let Peanuts tie him this week on the medals front, and grabbed the bronze off of FAZ just for good measure. It's sad that Wooish almost made as much as I did on his +1% vs. my +9%. Well done sir !
Direxion Daily Financial Bear 3x Shares (the Fund), formerly Direxion Financial Bear 3X Shares, seeks daily investment results of 300% of the inverse (or opposite) of the price performance of the Russell 1000 Financial Services Index (the Financial Index). The Financial Index is a capitalization-weighted index of companies that provide financial services.

[wooish]

Ody

Thanks for keeping the score, please long FAZ 12.84 again this week. Thanks.

[steelman]

Ody,

I will take GFRE long this week. Thank you for running the contest.

[peanuts]

Not sure how I should feel about edging out the MC for first place last week. Great pick, Ody. I just got lucky.

I'll take DNDN long please, and thank you for the contest

Dendreon just signed a distribution deal with Glaxo for their new cancer drug... things are looking really good for DNDN in the long term

[JohnHenry]

Ezpw

Please sell, Thanks

[steelman]

John Henry, EZPW had a nice move today!! I am holding some $22.50 Dec calls. I hope it keeps going!!