The Academy Awards Top 5

[mrmarket]

The stocks are flying in and out of my portfolio...I need to buy new winners to catch up. I will do so as long as you keep telling me you want them...so here's the next batch of 5 favorites:

EPAM HBI LOW PLUS ROST


Which one do you like? ....and why?? I will buy one of these soon!!

[Louetta]

LOW. Nice chart and it and HD have been getting favorable commentary on TV, sectors strong and there is a certain amount of damage caused by the storms that should help sales.

(Still like HBI's undies.)

[billyjoe]

PLUS has a crazy chart, it's a tiny company, Has p/e and PEG that look like typos, thinly traded, and I like it. Posted great earnings Feb. 5th. Could break +15% real fast.

Louetta, shouldn't you study the fundies instead of the undies? Anyway they tend to ride up and shrink. My expanding a*# has nothing to do with it.

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

[tiedyed1]

I like LOW, PLUS and HBI in that order.

LOW: As Louetta mentions, the housing and materials sector is in favor and will continue to rise into the spring markets. While some housing reports are unimpressive (AZ, NV), I am seeing existing purchases in the North East very encouraging, with frigid weather no slowing anyone down on weekends to look at homes for sale.

PLUS: Never heard of this company before but dug deeper after seeing recent news of them expanding offices in Albany, NY. Albany, NY is in the process of becoming a major Nanotechnoogy hub in the United States. There is unbelievable construction going on with private sector investments of huge land and factory grabs to create a mass of companies creating a Nano valley. SUNY Albany just completed a School of Nanotechnology; all new buildings and super impressive too. Something about ePlus is telling me these are smart business guys and are not afraid to execute solid business plans to continue to grow their company. Small float and this one may be under most radar.

HBI: great chart and probably up 15% in longer times than LOW and PLUS.

-Adam
Old Hippy & Mortgage Pro

[mimo_100]

Everyone is pretty much in agreement on these 5.

I like PLUS, then LOW, finally HBI. Plus is really interesting - "Ernie's algo-bots" could move this higher in a hurry.

[riverbabe]

Zacks Ranks: PLUS (2 = Buy) LOW (2 = Buy) HBI (3 = Hold) EPAM (3 = Hold) ROST (2 = Buy)

Good choices!!! BTW, Reitmeister's portfolio has been buying and adding to HBI since 7/28/14 and, as of yesterday, the position is up 21.49% and it is currently up 2.78% more so far today.

[investorone]

I'll go HBI for #1 they really seem to know what they are doing vis-a-vis acquisitions etc.

[billyjoe]

These 5 are all so promising. A person could buy a full position in the #1 pick and a 25% position in each of the remaining 4 or 40% in each stock or any combo thereof. Mathematically I believe the final total would exceed +15% gain.

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

[Gary611]

Got to go with LOW!
Good cash flow,
with new home sales low,
spring improvements bring higher sales in tow,
That's where my $$ is gonna go.
Mr. Markets pick is Low, don't ya know!