Announcing the bigger and better than ever, 2025 Pick of the Year (PotY) contest!

[BlueWolf]

ATAT long for me !

You got it.

[BlueWolf]

My dad would like to play this year too. He wants SPY as his pick. He actually has given up trading the market and only wants to pick SPY for his investing. My mom likes PDD but I think amazon will win out in the long run. My brother is still obsessed with crypto and he is basing his whole life on its future. My nephew only watches tik tok and youtube shorts. I guess there is no winning in speculating like I did in PDD and trading Canslim. But I think we learn from things that don't work and not learning from it keeps us from ever succeeding.

I will mark SPY for your dad. Do you want to enter a pick of PDD for your mom? Amd how about your pick. You picked well last year.

[BlueWolf]

My son, Jimmy W., would like to pick RXRX long. THanks

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

RXRX for Jimmy W. Don’t forget your own pick.

[BlueWolf]

I will mark SPY for your dad. Do you want to enter a pick of PDD for your mom? Amd how about your pick. You picked well last year.

Oh, BTW, just for clarification. You want the SPY not the SPX, right? The SPY is an Exchange Traded Fund based on the S&P, the SPX is the actual index. They behave pretty much the same, but they’re not completely identical. The SPX also trades at about 10x the value of the SPY, e.g. if the SPX is trading around 6,000, the SPY will be trading around 600.

[BlueWolf]

Here’s what I have so far. If you see any errors, please let me know. I’m still waiting on picks from Gary611, Billy Joe, John Henry, Peanuts, Massimo, and that dead beat Blue Wolf who always seems to be running on borrowed time. Get those picks in, pickers!

Picker	Pick	Type
NASDAQ	QQQ	Long
S&P	SPY	Long
Dow	DIA	Long
Molly	ANET	Long
Minni17	ATAT	Long
Jiesen	BBAI	Long
Antioch	BJ	Long
Louetta	ORCL	Long
Jimmy W	RXRX	Long
Antioch’s Dad	SPY	Long
Mr. Market	VST	Long
Gary611
Blue Wolf
BillyJoe
JohnHenry
Peanuts
Massimo

[BlueWolf]

OK, my pick for the 2025 PotY Contest is ……. **** Drum Roll **** …. PSTG …. Unless I change my mind


And just a friendly reminder to get your picks in, pickers. Don’t miss out. The prize package is bigger and better than ever and includes:

- Two Kidney Beans (Twice as many as last year!)
- Two Entry tickets to the 2019 World’s Fair in Beijing! (OK, I never used them, so my loss is your gain. NOTE: Time Machine NOT included)
- A one week subscription to a monthly magazine of your choice (NOTE: Offer NOT GOOD between the hours of midnight and 11:59 PM)
- One pair of invisible slippers, complete with invisible fur lining and our patented invisible grip tread pattern. (NOTE: Shipped straight to your door in an invisible box!)
- A nano model of a Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren Roadster (NOTE: Electron microscope necessary to assemble the model NOT included)

[peanuts]

Yar me hearties! I be taken me $RUM ta bed all year long... be taken it long this contest, too, aye. T'anks t' the Wolfman fer hostin! May yer waters be always blue!

[billyjoe]

BP long for me. Thanks

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

[BlueWolf]

Yar me hearties! I be taken me $RUM ta bed all year long... be taken it long this contest, too, aye. T'anks t' the Wolfman fer hostin! May yer waters be always blue!

Avast ye landlubbers! Mr. Peanuts ‘il be taking all yer RUM. ’il soon be three sheets to the wind … har har har.

[BlueWolf]

BP long for me. Thanks

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

BP. You got it.

[BlueWolf]

Just a friendly reminder. If you haven’t already, get your picks in soon. The deadline is midnight this coming Sunday.

[Massimo]

XBOTF — please and thank you!

[BlueWolf]

XBOTF — please and thank you!

XBOTF it is.

[BlueWolf]

You still have a couple of hours until the deadline, so get your pick in. We didn’t specify a timezone in the rules, but let’s just say the deadline is 12 midnight, Pacific Time. That gives you east coasters a few more hours. Don’t miss out! This could be the most exciting contest since the Black Stocks scandal-laced contest of 2019 (You see what I did there?)!

[BlueWolf]

2025 PotY Contest opening positions

And we’re off! Here are the final picks and the starting values for each pick. If you see any errors please let me know ASAP.

	2025 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Jan 31
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
💔 In Loving Memory of Riverbabe And Karel 💔
1	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/3/2025	$522.29	$ 522.29		0.00%
2	S&P	SPY	Long	2/3/2025	$601.82	$ 601.82		0.00%
3	Dow	DIA	Long	2/3/2025	$445.39	$ 445.39		0.00%
4	Molly	ANET	Long	2/3/2025	$115.23	$ 115.23		0.00%
5	Minni17	ATAT	Long	2/3/2025	$27.41	$ 27.41		0.00%
6	Jiesen	BBAI	Long	2/3/2025	$4.24	$ 4.24		0.00%
7	Antioch	BJ	Long	2/3/2025	$99.05	$ 99.05		0.00%
8	BillyJoe	BP	Long	2/3/2025	$31.06	$ 31.06		0.00%
9	Louetta	ORCL	Long	2/3/2025	$170.06	$ 170.06		0.00%
10	Blue Wolf	PSTG	Long	2/3/2025	$67.79	$ 67.79		0.00%
11	Peanuts	RUM	Long	2/3/2025	$12.38	$ 12.38		0.00%
12	Jimmy W	RXRX	Long	2/3/2025	$7.24	$ 7.24		0.00%
13	Antioch’s Dad	SPY	Long	2/3/2025	$601.82	$ 601.82		0.00%
14	Mr. Market	VST	Long	2/3/2025	$168.03	$ 168.03		0.00%
15	Massimo	XBOTF	Long	2/3/2025	$0.259	$ 0.259		0.00%
								0.00%