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

[BlueWolf]

Oh goody, I'm winning. Reading "The Technological Republic" by Alexander Karp. He presents evidence collected by someone that firms run by their founders (not families, e.g. Ford) perform better in the markets that other firms. Does Ellison run Oracle? Don't imagine so but I'll bet he's still a presence.

He’s currently Chief Technology Officer and Executive Chairman, and he still owns over 40% of the shares of Oracle. I too believe that founder driven companies tend to do better in the market, and that’s something I look for in investments.

[Louetta]

Oh goody, I'm winning. Reading "The Technological Republic" by Alexander Karp. He presents evidence collected by someone that firms run by their founders (not families, e.g. Ford) perform better in the markets that other firms. Does Ellison run Oracle? Don't imagine so but I'll bet he's still a presence.

[BlueWolf]

It was a slightly down week thanks largely to a sell off on Friday. Still, it had a weird effect on our picks. The picks that were doing well went up and the picks that weren’t went down further. In any event we ended the week with six picks in the green and one rocket ship. The rocket ship was Louetta’s ORCL which vaulted into 1st place after blowout earnings. Minni17’s ATAT slipped down into 2nd and Massimo’s XBOTF climbed up into 3rd. Congrats to our new leaders.

[jiesen]

Meantime there are interesting developments going on in the tech sector, with AI growth exploding all over the place... I am fully expecting BBAI to come roaring back with a triple-digit return by EOY. Any day now!

[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.