Not asking for much in 2012, help wanted

[Louetta]

12/26/12 Only 4 of our 30 picks finished in positive territory today and none qualified for listing with a 1.50% or greater gain.

The good news is I passed the 161 mile mark in swimming this morning with just 2 more swims to go this year.

---------------billy

Good job on the swimming. And the contest too.

[riverbabe]

12/26/12 Only 4 of our 30 picks finished in positive territory today and none qualified for listing with a 1.50% or greater gain.

The good news is I passed the 161 mile mark in swimming this morning with just 2 more swims to go this year.


---------------billy

Ditto of Louetta.

[billyjoe]

12/27/12 Only 2 trading days left this year as Peanuts MBT tries to pull off a miraculous finish.

Peanuts--MBT-+1.76% up 27.62% YTD


-------------billy

[em26jamie]

The wheels kinda came off my best pick here at the end of the year. Maybe this Fiscal Cliff crap is to blame, including the dividend tax hike coming up. Good thing mine is in a Roth IRA.

[mrmarket]

Billy..are you going to change the title of this thread?

[billyjoe]

Mr.Market, Too late now. The thread ends in 3 days.

----------------billy

[billyjoe]

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--------------billy

[billyjoe]

12/28/12 No stocks gained the required 1.5% but Peanuts MBT was the leader with a .98% gain. One day to go.

--------------billy

[billyjoe]

12/31/12 It's over ! We end on a high note as 29 of 30 of our dividend picks advanced today with 14 gaining more than 1.5%. Was it enough to beat the S&P 500's gain of 13.41% this year? More on that later. Here's what happened today.

1. Mr.Market-----------BPT--+3.50% down 32.88% YTD
2. em26jamie----------WPZ-+2.98% down 17.48% YTD
3. Jiesen----------------AI----+2.72% up 17.19% YTD

4. TraderPlayer---------TNK--+2.47% down 11.53% YTD
5. Riverbabe------------FSC--+2.26% up 18.91% YTD
6. Hags-----------------APL---+2.17% down 13.11% YTD
7. Deaddog------------AIXG--+2.05% down 10.17% YTD

8. Riverbabe-----------KMP---+1.99% up .19% YTD
9. Mimo----------------NCV---+1.88% up 7.48% YTD
10. Hags---------------ETR----+1.87% down 6.74% YTD

11. Jiesen--------------HHS---+1.72% down 30.52% YTD
12. Mr.Market---------MLU----+1.69% up 14.48% YTD
13. TraderPlayer------SCCO---+1.58% up 31.68% YTD
14. IIC------------------HE-----+1.53% down 1.53% YTD

My final swimming total for 2012, a record 163. 601 miles.

Check back for final standings. Who will win the coveted gold star?

------------------billy

[billyjoe]

Here are the final individual results

1.Phoenix-------TNH 170.45-214.09 +16.86 div+35.49%*
2.Phoenix-------SXL 38.46-49.73+1.32 div.-----+32.74 **
3.TraderPlayer-SCCO 31.57-37.86 +3.71 div.---+31.68 ***
4.Peanuts-------MBT 15.06-18.65 +.76 div.-----+28.88
5.em26jamie--AGNC 28.33-28.90 +5.00 div.---+19.66

6.Riverbabe-----FSC 9.73-10.42 +1.15 div.-----+18.91%
7.Wooish--------VZ 38.54-43.27 +2.02 div.-----+17.51
8.Jiesen---------AI 20.71-20.77 +3.50 div.------+17.19
9.Louetta--------T 30.46-33.71 +1.76 div.------+16.45
10.Skiracer-----MO 28.65-31.44 +1.70 div.-----+15.67

11.Billy---------IDE 15.73-16.39 +1.71 div.------+15.07%
12.Mr.Market--MLU 63.32-44.47+28.02 div.&dist+14.48
13.Mimo--------PM 77.65-83.64+3.28 div.-------+11.94
14.Louetta----UVV 46.68-49.91+1.96 div.-------+11.12
15.Mimo-------NCV 9.09-8.69 +1.08 div.---------+7.48

16.Wooish----NYCB 13.30-13.10+1.00 div.------+6.02%
17.Skiracer----DUK 66.33-63.80+3.03 div.-------+.75
18.Riverbabe---KMP 84.48-79.79 +4.85 div.------+.19
19.Deaddog---NLY 16.10-14.04 +2.05 div.------- -.06
20.IIC-----------HE 26.79-25.14 +1.24 div.------ -1.53

21.Billy---------SO 45.87-42.81+1.94 div.------- -2.44%
22.Peanuts----BWP 28.77-24.90+2.13 div.------ -6.05
23.IIC-----------ED 62.10-55.54 +2.42 div.----- -6.67
24.Hags-------ETR 71.92-63.75 +3.32 div.----- -6.74
25.Deaddog---AIXG 13.81-11.95 +.47 div.----- -10.07

26.TraderPlayer-TNK 3.73-2.90 +.40 div.------ -11.53%
27.Hags---------APL 38.91-31.57 +2.24 div.-- -13.11
28.em26jamie--WPZ 62.77-48.66 +3.14 div.- -17.48
29.Jiesen--------HHS 9.11-5.90 +.43 div.----- -30.52
30.Mr.Market---BPT 115.95-68.54 +9.29 div. -32.88

*Phoenix, here is your first prize http://www.lawgcap.org/media/Ribbon%...achment-v1.htm

** Phoenix, here is your 2nd prize http://www.123rf.com/photo_3924557_3d-silver-star.html

*** TraderPlayer, here is your 3rd prize http://www.google.com/imgres?um=1&hl...w=1280&bih=921

----------------billy

[billyjoe]

......and our combined picks final standings

1. Phoenix--------TNH+35.49% SXL+32.74%----+68.23% Outstanding!

2. Louetta----------T +16.45% UVV+11.12%----+27.57%

3. Wooish---------VZ+17.51% NYCB+6.02%-----+23.53%

4.Peanuts---------MBT+28.88% BWP-6.05%-----+22.83%

5. TraderPlayer---SCCO+31.68% TNK-11.53%---+20.15%

6. Mimo------------PM +11.94% NCV+7.48%----+19.42%

7. Riverbabe------FSC+18.91% KMP+.19%-------+19.10%

8. Skiracer---------MO+15.67% DUK+.75%------+16.42%

All the above beat the S&P500's gain of 13.41% this year

9. Billy------------IDE+15.07% SO -2.44%--------+12.63%

10. em26jamie--AGNC+19.66% WPZ-17.48%----+2.18%

11. IIC-------------HE-1.53% ED -6.67%--------- -8.20%

12.Deaddog------NLY -.06% AIXG-10.07%------ -10.13%

13.Jiesen----------AI+17.19% HHS-30.52%----- -13.33%

14. Mr.Market----MLU+14.48% BPT-32.88%---- -18.40%

15. Hags----------ETR-6.74% APL-13.11%------ -19.85%

-------------------billy

[Louetta]

Billyjoe,

Thanks again for doing all this work.

Keep up the swimming.

[IIC]

Congrats to the Winners !!!!

[riverbabe]

Congratulations Phoenix & TraderPlayer and everyone else for some great picks! And thankyou billy for a good contest and for all the work. Happy New Year to all!

[em26jamie]

Thanks for all the work, Billy! It was fun to come back every day and watch. If you do this again this year, just give me the same picks. I'd like to see how they do for another year. I'll be looking at them for curiosity anyway. I actually own one of my picks, AGNC and one of Phoenix's picks, TNH, it was a good year for my Roth IRA.

Good Luck everyone.