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

[Louetta]

I have an unofficial Yahoo portfolio made up. Shows Jiesen's BBAI +60%, Jimmy W RXRX +28%, Massimo XBOTF +19%. I have no price info on VNET which was added late. 6 picks are in plus territory, 6 in minus.

[BlueWolf]

Can anyone else press ?Go Advanced? while posting a new message? I cannot.

[jiesen]

I can press it, but then it takes me to a bunch of error codes instead of an advanced editor page.

[BlueWolf]

Glad to know it is not just me and that it can be reproduced.

[mrmarket]

Sorry I don't know what the issue is...I know Richard wanted to switch over to a new server. Hang in there...at least we know what everyone's picks are!

[BlueWolf]

Is everybody?s neck OK. That was quite a whiplash in the market. Nasty, nasty stuff. Needless to say, there were a lot of reversal in our picks as a result. I did my best to convert a slightly abbreviated version of the standings chart (missing some columns) into text so I could post it. It?s probably going to be pretty difficult to read because the spacing will be lost, but with a little mental interpolation, you should be able to get the gist of it.

2025 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Feb 28
# Contestant Stock Current Penalty Gain/Loss


1 Jiesen BBAI $5.16 +21.70%
2 Minni17 ATAT $30.71 +12.04%
3 BillyJoe BP $33.12 +6.63%
4 Jimmy W RXRX $7.51 +3.73%
5 Antioch BJ $101.26 +2.23%
6 Massimo XBOTF $0.2634 +1.70%
7 S&P SPY $594.18 -1.27%
8 Antioch?s Dad SPY $594.18 -1.27%
9 Dow DIA $438.37 -1.58%
10 Louetta ORCL $166.06 -2.35%
11 NASDAQ QQQ $508.17 -2.70%
12 Molly ANET $93.05 -19.25%
13 Mr. Market4 VST $133.66 -20.45%
14 Blue Wolf PSTG $52.47 -22.60%
15 Peanuts RUM $9.32 -24.72
16 JohnHenry VNET $11.73 20.00%. -25.04%

[Louetta]

That's readable. Amazing what's happened to old favorites like ANET and VST.

[mrmarket]

Testing testing testing

[BlueWolf]

This is a test post. My posts seem to keep disappearing. Let’s see if this one sticks.

[BlueWolf]

OK, I’m gonna try one more time to post the standings. Unfortunately, it looks like the formatting info is now getting stripped, so the table will be less readable. I apologize for this, but I haven’t figured out a way to fix this yet.

	2025 PotY Contest Standings As of Market Close, Mar 7
#	Contestant	Stock	L or S	Start	Open	Current	Penalty	Gain/Loss
In Loving Memory of Riverbabe And Karel
1	Antioch	BJ	Long	2/3/2025	$99.05	$ 115.50		16.61%
2	Minni17	ATAT	Long	2/3/2025	$27.41	$ 30.11		9.85%
3	BillyJoe	BP	Long	2/3/2025	$31.06	$ 32.07		3.25%
4	Massimo	XBOTF	Long	2/3/2025	$0.259	$ 0.26		-1.51%
5	Dow	DIA	Long	2/3/2025	$445.39	$ 428.26		-3.85%
6	S&P	SPY	Long	2/3/2025	$601.82	$ 575.92		-4.30%
7	Antioch’s Dad	SPY	Long	2/3/2025	$601.82	$ 575.92		-4.30%
8	NASDAQ	QQQ	Long	2/3/2025	$522.29	$ 491.79		-5.84%
9	Louetta	ORCL	Long	2/3/2025	$170.06	$ 157.47		-7.40%
10	Jimmy W	RXRX	Long	2/3/2025	$7.24	$ 6.59		-8.98%
11	Jiesen	BBAI	Long	2/3/2025	$4.24	$ 3.34		-21.23%
12	JohnHenry	VNET	Long	2/19/2025	$13.04	$ 11.47	20.00%	-26.70%
13	Blue Wolf	PSTG	Long	2/3/2025	$67.79	$ 49.22		-27.39%
14	Molly	ANET	Long	2/3/2025	$115.23	$ 83.36		-27.66%
15	Mr. Market	VST	Long	2/3/2025	$168.03	$ 114.32		-31.96%
16	Peanuts	RUM	Long	2/3/2025	$12.38	$ 8.38		-32.31%

[BlueWolf]

This might work. I uploaded the table as a JPEG image. Is this readable?

[mrmarket]

This might work. I uploaded the table as a JPEG image. Is this readable?

Looks fine to me

[Louetta]

Looks fine to me

Great!....

[jiesen]

This might work. I uploaded the table as a JPEG image. Is this readable?

Woohoo, we're back in business!!

[BlueWolf]

OK, here we go with the new format. I hope everyone can read it. That was sure a nice bounce we got on Friday, but only time will tell if the upward recovery can be sustained. All the gyrations affected the standings a little, but not significantly. Basically Antioch’s BJ and Minni17’s ATAT swapped places with ATAT now in first and BJ in second. BillyJoe’s BP remains in third as our only other green pick. It’ll be real interesting to see what happens next week. Will the 2012 Mayan end-of-the-world prediction come true 13 years late? Well, to be honest, it’s a well known fact that the Mayans were lousy timekeepers. I mean, have you ever seen a still working Mayan watch? Or maybe Canada will levy a huge retaliatory tariff on Fentanyl, destroying the drug black market. Anything is possible in today’s bizzaro world. Stay tuned pickers.