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

[BlueWolf]

The market continued its creep up this week, and all three indices had gains. There was more shuffling on the leaderboard, and although Louetta’s ORCL maintained its position in 1st, Jiesen’s BBAI rocketed back up to take over 2nd and close a lot ground on ORCL. Minni17’s solid performing ATAT held on to 3rd. Like I said last week, there are bound to be more surprises still. It’s a race to the finish. Good luck, pickers. See you next week.

[Louetta]

CNBC hasn't put up any actual numbers but is reporting today's 30% rise in ORCL is putting Larry Ellison in the frame to replace Musk as world's richest person.

Today its INTC up 30%.

[BlueWolf]

We had a nice up week in all three indices, which had a positive effect on our picks. Of course, the big story was Louetta’s ORCL, which after a stellar week, rocketed to the top of the leaderboard to take over 1st place. Minni17’s ATAT moved slightly higher to firmly hold on to 2nd place. After its own excellent week, Mr. Market’s VST slid into 3rd place. I don’t know if anybody is gonna be able to overtake that big lead that ORCL now has, but we still have almost 4 months that I’m sure will be filled with more surprises. Stay tuned, pickers.

[jiesen]

I have a feeling that $400B contracts will become a common thing among AI companies (such as XAI, MSFT and probably a few others that nobody's heard of yet)

[BlueWolf]

Unbelievable that a company with that market cap can move that much in such a short time...can you imagine the sales guy who closed on the $400 billion contract?

I don’t think he has to worry about making his/her quota.

[mrmarket]

Boom! ORCL rocket launch!! This close race has turned into a blow out. I should have seen this coming. ORCL has been pushing AI heavily, and I have a lot of AI investments, but I missed this one.

Unbelievable that a company with that market cap can move that much in such a short time...can you imagine the sales guy who closed on the $400 billion contract?

[BlueWolf]

Boom! ORCL rocket launch!! This close race has turned into a blow out. I should have seen this coming. ORCL has been pushing AI heavily, and I have a lot of AI investments, but I missed this one.

[jiesen]

L.E. was the first person to reach $100B net worth, back in 2000, during the internet boom. Now he is the first person on the Forbes list to gain $100B in a day. That is incredible!

[jiesen]

CNBC hasn't put up any actual numbers but is reporting today's 30% rise in ORCL is putting Larry Ellison in the frame to replace Musk as world's richest person.

Wowzers, and it's up almost 40% now! Add another trillion dollar company to the list!

[GollyMolly]

I went to college and was friends with the ORCL CEO.

CNBC hasn't put up any actual numbers but is reporting today's 30% rise in ORCL is putting Larry Ellison in the frame to replace Musk as world's richest person.

[BlueWolf]

It was a slightly up week for all three indices, and as a result most of our picks were up. Minni17’s newly crowned ATAT held on to 1st followed in 2nd by Louetta’s ORCL, which ATAT dethroned just last week. Molly’s ANET, which had been teasing the leaderboard for weeks now, finally cracked the threshold and took over 3rd. This is getting interesting, and something’s telling me that it’s still anybody’s game.

[BlueWolf]

We were headed for a decent up week and then Friday happened. Ugh. So the indices ended up at about the break even mark for the week. The market gyrations did end up shaking up the leaderboard, though. Drum roll please … our new leader is … Minni17’s ATAT! Last weeks leader, Louetta’s ORCL is now holding down 2nd. Massimo’s XBOTF jumped up three spots to take over 3rd. Something tells me we have more shakeups to come, so fasten your seatbelts.

[BlueWolf]

Despite Friday’s flourish, which was very good for the Dow, it was kind of a mixed week with the S&P up slightly and the NASDAQ down. There were similar results in our picks with most down and a few up. The top three remain the same, but there was a slight shuffling in the order. Louetta’s ORCL remains in 1st, but Minni17’s ATAT leapfrogged Jiesen’s BBAI to slide into 2nd. The margin between ATAT and 3rd place BBAI is slim, though. In fact the whole race has tightened up, and it’s really anybody’s game at this point. Stay tuned, pickers.

[GollyMolly]

Oh goody.

Just noticed Molly is now fourth after languishing all year with what should have been a good pick.

Yup.......

[Louetta]

It was a solid week for the indices as all three finished up. The really big news, however, is that we have a new leader! Congrats Louetta, your ORCL pick is now number one … with a bullet. Woo hoo!! Jiesen’s BBAI pulled back a little, but is still making a strong showing and is holding down 2nd place. Minni17’s ATAT continues to lock down 3rd. What will the future hold!

Oh goody.

Just noticed Molly is now fourth after languishing all year with what should have been a good pick.