Pick of the Month (2014)

[riverbabe]

Alibaba IPO: Investors assess portfolios ahead of float

Unattractive stocks could be sold to make room for Alibaba
by Farquar McIntosh,
Aug 26 2014, 15:45 BST

http://invezz.com/news/equities/12904-alibaba-ipo-investors-assess-portfolios-ahead-of-float

[JohnHenry]

Wait for it...wait for it...and I choose...yes... A L I B A B A!!!!! I am willing to take the first public retail trade price on the IPO as the basis. Or I am willing to take the closing price on the first trading day as the basis. Johnny boy, it's up to you. You make the rules here. Am I allowed???

Hello Doc

This is a good one. I also wanted to pick BABA but at the same time I wanted to avoid complexity so I picked FB.
I overlooked this issue at the start.
I am OK with you picking BABA and taking the closing price on the first trading day as the basis.
I also have to be fair with our friends. Our friends may voice suggestions or concerns. If no suggestions or concerns by the end of Sunday we will move forward with the POTM.

[jiesen]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7cry-4pyy8&list=RDe7cry-4pyy8#t=182

I'm opposed to it. Whatever it is, I'm against it.

[riverbabe]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7cr...ry-4pyy8#t=182

I'm opposed to it. Whatever it is, I'm against it.

Heh heh.

[jiesen]

I'm happy to see that my pot-stirring got no bites. Proceed with the BABA picking, of course!

[JohnHenry]

I'm happy to see that my pot-stirring got no bites. Proceed with the BABA picking, of course!

Hi Jiesen

Happy Birthday!

[jiesen]

Hey, thanks, JH!! I'm officially an old man now.

[riverbabe]

Hey, thanks, JH!! I'm officially an old man now.

Happy Birthday jiesen, How old is an officially old man? 80 seems to be too old to still be running marathons! I'm intrigued!

[jiesen]

I'm 40, so halfway there!

[Louetta]

Louetta nailed it on the head. I'm waiting to see if FB will break out of a three week base and I was lazy to pick a stock. That's all.

Interesting thing about FB. I got a notification via FB of a Labor Day Sale by the photo developing company I use. I did not get a non-FB related e-mail. If it becomes common that you can get deals via FB that you can't get elsewhere methinks that would help their advertising, therefore the revenue and therefore the stock.

[JohnHenry]

Hi Paco

Are you picking BCRX for the month of September?
Picks for the month on September starts in nine days.

Hi Paco

If I do not hear from you by Sunday night I will put you down for BCRX long.

[JohnHenry]

Result - August



August was a good month. Almost everyone was in the black. The top three winners all had double digit numbers. Congratulation to JohnHenry for taking first place for the month of August with 37.70 percent. Louetta taking second with a nice gain of 22.54 percent. Mimo_100 takes third with 17.33 percent.

[JohnHenry]

Interesting thing about FB. I got a notification via FB of a Labor Sale by the photo developing company I use. I did not get a non-FB related e-mail. If it becomes common that you can get deals via FB that you can't get elsewhere methinks that would help their advertising, therefore the revenue and therefore the stock.

Do you do your activities with the photo developing company via FB? I do not have a FB account.

[Louetta]

August was a good month. Almost everyone was in the black. The top three winners all had double digit numbers. Congratulation to JohnHenry for taking first place for the month of August with 37.70 percent. Louetta taking second with a nice gain of 22.54 percent. Mimo_100 takes third with 17.33 percent.

Congratulations JohnHenry.

Typical Mr. Market contest, one's pick gains 20% plus or minus in a month and you lose.

[Louetta]

Do you do your activities with the photo developing company via FB? I do not have a FB account.

No, I upload directly to their site from my PC but they recently asked me to like them on Facebook. One can upload from Facebook but far as I know Facebook limits the size of photos you can put there (960 x 720 pixels is a common size). That's good enuf for a print of 11x14 in. but I want to go as high as 20x30 in.