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

[mrmarket]

We really need all of this global trade talk to iron out before we see real momentum return to the market...now it's all fits and starts and companies are stalling on growth projects

[BlueWolf]

The market drifted upwards a bit this week, but that’s not the real good news. Welcome to the green team Mr. Market and Louetta! That’s right pickers, we added two green positions this week. Louetta’s ORCL broke through and Mr. Market’s VST not only broke through but also took over 3rd place. Congrats! As for the rest of the standings, Minni17’s ATAT took over 1st place with Antioch’s BJ holding down a close 2nd. Keep up the good work, pickers.

[BlueWolf]

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[BlueWolf]

I could have sworn I posted the latest standings on Friday, but when I checked today, the post was not there. So forgive me if a duplicate post suddenly shows up. Anyway, the indices jinked down at the start of the week then jinked back up and peddled sideways. Despite this net zero movement by the market, we had a lot of incremental upward movement in our picks with a number of them now hovering near the break even point. As it stands, however, we still only have three green picks as follows: Massimo’s XBOTF in 1st, Antioch’s BJ in 2nd, and Minni17’s ATAT in 3rd. Let’s see if the coming week(s) can push some of these other picks into the green.

[Massimo]

Hey, Massimo. I was doing a little reading and happened to come across some videos about the products of Realbotix (XBOTF). I had never really investigated the company before. There is still a ways to go before we have truly human-like robots, but their technology is amazing.

Hey BlueWolf,
This is a small spec company that is the only real Canadian company doing humanoid robotics.
Run up in share price is probably due to some eyeballs on it as they are presenting at the Bitcoin conference in Vegas this week.
Take Care!

[BlueWolf]

The market drifted lower this week and relinquished some of its fantastic gains of late as a credit rating downgrade and the latest round of tariff warning shots shook the market. The effects on our leaderboard, however, were somewhat surprising. After a stellar week against the trend, Massimo’s XBOTF rocketed into 1st place (again) with a comfortable lead. Minni17’s ATAT also had a strong, counter trend week and nudged itself into 2nd place. Antioch’s stalwart BJ took up 3rd and remained in striking position hoping to reclaim the lead it maintained for so long. These three beauties stubbornly continue to be our only three green picks. Ever the optimist, except when I’m not, I persist in hoping that we will soon add to this prestigious list of green picks.

[BlueWolf]

Thanks largely to a big gap up at Monday’s open, all three indices had excellent gains this week. It didn’t reflect so much in our picks, however, although there were a few gains here and there. Antioch’s BJ rebounded enough to retake 1st place from Massimo’s XBOTF, now in 2nd, with Minni17’s ATAT remaining in 3rd. These three stocks remain our only green picks.

[jiesen]

Well, if BBAI and others (like MSFT and META) putting those AI minds to the task have anything to say about it, the human-like robots will be ready sooner than you think.

[BlueWolf]

Hey, Massimo. I was doing a little reading and happened to come across some videos about the products of Realbotix (XBOTF). I had never really investigated the company before. There is still a ways to go before we have truly human-like robots, but their technology is amazing.

[BlueWolf]

The market just sort of went sideways this week, but it is basing at the recent high, which is good. The really good news this week, however, is that we now have three picks in the green! Woohoo, way to go pickers! This has led to some new pickers on the leaderboard: Antioch’s BJ remains in 1st, with Massimo’s XBOTF in 2nd, and Minni17’s ATAT in 3rd. Congrats to our three green leaders. Who knows, if we keep this up we’ll have four then five then six picks in the green! Go pickers!

[BlueWolf]

It was a decent week for the market for sure. All three of the major indices made nice moves up, which floated all of our picks a little higher. Unfortunately we still only have one pick in the green and that is our reigning 1st place pick, Antioch’s BJ. Antioch’s Dad’s SPY flip flopped with BillyJoe’s BP with the SPY now in 2nd and BP in 3rd. So where do we go from here? Will the market continue to creep back up? Will a brick layer accidentally discover Atlantis hidden under a Home Depot in Paramus, NJ? Will Kim Jong Un give up being a tyrannical dictator, marry a Kardashian, and start a podcast? Only time will tell.

[BlueWolf]

This second, completely unnecessary post is because it didn’t look like my first post went through (I got an error message). I then posted the weekly results again, and, walla, I had two identical posts. I couldn’t figure out how to delete one of the posts, so I edited this one just so it would look like I knew what I was doing. Here’s a limerick to brighten your day.

There once was a picker named Sam.
Whose picks just weren’t worth a damn.
So he asked his friend Rick,
To give him a pick,
Which turned out to just be a sham.

[BlueWolf]

Hurray! We actually had an up week, and it lifted pretty much all of our picks although some are so underwater they would get the bends if they tried to get to the break even point. As for the standings, things are the same as last week. Antioch’s BJ, our only green pick, remains in 1st. Billy Joe’s BP is holding down 2nd with Antioch’s Dad’s SPY in 3rd. Of the remaining picks, we’ll ** sigh ** we’re going to need a lot of positive earnings or market movement to make them whole. One upbeat note is that Jiesen’s BBAI made a nice +21% move on Friday. It’s in a decent looking bottoming pattern, which could portend more upside. Fingers crossed, Jiesen.

[BlueWolf]

Another down week, but nothing radical, and there were only minor changes on the leaderboard. Antioch’s BJ remains in 1st, but BillyJoe’s BP and Antioch’s Dad’s SPY swapped places with BP in 2nd and the SPY in 3rd. At least the craziness has slowed down. What will the next few weeks hold? Only the Shadow knows.

[mrmarket]

People aren't fleeing the market yet...seeing mostly market rotation...at least for now