Pre-Presidential Election Stock Picking Tournament

[scifos]

Maybe I should throw in the towel, ULTE has picked up a lot but OTD hasn't really and I thought they would make their break about a week earlier.

[billyjoe]

Morning movers: only 2 up > 3% CPYJ FMD
billyjoe

[billyjoe]

Results 10/29/04 Today 14 advanced, 18 declined and 4 contestants have pulled away in a race to the closing bell on Monday. 5 have both winners : Mr.Market , RL , New-born baby , mmaarrkk88 , and ridemhigher. 5 contestants have 2 losers . To see the dominance of the top 4 , check out the top 5 in the pres. and vp categories.

5 BEST PRESIDENTS
1. FMD mmaarrkk88 +11.41%
2. SBUX New-born baby +11.37
3. ELOS ridemhigher + 7.3
4. AVCA Mr.Market + 5.1
5. UHAL The Photon + 4.3

5 BEST VP's
1. HWG Mr.Market +26%
2. MTEX ridemhigher +17.5
3. BABY Tsevni98 + 5.1
4. RMBS mmaarrkk88 + 4.2
5. CVT New-born baby + 4.1

5 WORST PICKS
1. CPYJ -81.9%
2. LJPC -63.4
3. ATRM -38.8
4. OTD -26.1
5. EFJI -20.0

TEAMS IN ORDER 1-16
1. Mr.Market $10905
2. ridemhigher 10803
3. mmaarrkk88 10676
4. New-born baby 10672
5. RL 10085
6. michaelk005 10015
7. billyjoe 9910
8. dave 9450
9. IIC 9445
10. thebign1 9350
11. Photon 9225
12. grebnet 8705
13. Tsevni98 8188
14. scifos 7765
15. jiesen 6750
16. Mea1956 5485

Only $233 separates the top 4 . I hope there's a lot of action in the market Monday. Please no betting on the winner. We wouldn't want to get the huge one in trouble.
Final results Monday around 6pm est. Mr. Market really doesn't need any more cheese, does he?

[IIC]

Hey Billy...I think there's a mistake...I didn't pick WITS...I picked WIT

[billyjoe]

You mean you didn't give a "s" ?
billyjoe

[Websman]

How's my KKD and MSO pick doing???

[billyjoe]

Webs, KKD is fried and done. Not saying it's a bad stock, but I've skied down slopes not that steep. Just don't hit the lodge at the bottom. Martha will be rehabilitated and will have thousands of new employees that won't go home at night.
billyjoe

[billyjoe]

Morning movers: as of 11:11dst. gainers of>3%
Presidents ATRM ELOS
VP's CPYJ MTEX

Final results tonight about 6:00 dst
billyjoe

[grebnet]

I Vote For An Extension Of This Tournament

[IIC]

I Vote For An Extension Of This Tournament

I'll second that...lol

BTW...I've been doing some serious DD this afternoon for the '08 tournament

[scifos]

I knew I should have picked GOOG

[billyjoe]

I'm sitting here figuring percentages while watching old Mash reruns. RL's QCOM started this contest at 4077. Scary stuff. That Hawkeye Pierce was a real wise ass, but Colonel Potter kept him in line. Frank Burns, did you ever work with a guy like that? Never could see what Hot Lips Hoolihan saw in him . Now back to the contest.
Overall only 13 of our picks advanced while 19 declined by the end of today's trading. 4 contestants ended with both winners: Mr.Market , New-born baby , mmaarrkk88 , and ridemhigher. 7 contestants picked both losers.
Mr.Market led for 9 total days. Mea1956 and Jiesen each led for 4 days. Ridemhigher led for 3 days and RL led for 2 days.
Final results are as follows :

TOP 5 VP's
1. HWG Mr. Market +21.16%
2. MTEX ridemhigher +15.92
3. RMBS mmaarrkk88 + 4.12
4. CVT New-born baby +3.70
5. BABY Tsevni98 +2.43

TOP 5 PRESIDENTS
1. FMD mmaarrkk88 +13.59%
2. SBUX New-born baby +12.26
3. ELOS ridemhigher +10.43
4. UHAL Photon + 6.82
5. UNT billyjoe + 3.99

WORST 5 PICKS
1. CPYJ -79.07%
2. LJPC -63.75
3. ATRM -33.63
4. OTD -28.89
5. PETD -19.89

Remember Presidential picks got all their gains , but vp picks only got half of their gains, but both got 100% of their losses.

FINAL STANDINGS IN ORDER

1. ridemhigher $10920 his picks never seemed to drop
2. mmaarrkk88 10783 FMD was a great pick
3. New-born baby 10706 SBUX hung in there
4. Mr.Market 10593 HWG took a dip on the wrong day
5. RL 10105 dart is a little dull
6. michaelk005 9999 someone send him a dollar
7. billyjoe 9951 I just wanted to beat RL
8. dave 9486 needed a few more days
9. IIC 9388 a little bad news screwed him over
10. Photon 9347 still can't figure out PETD
11. thebign1 9134 good picks but too soon
12. Tsevni98 8379 ATRM was not presidential
13. grebnet 8362 HURC started strong
14. scifos 7581 we still don't know where he found these guys
15. jiesen 6753 started great then LJPC got sick
16. Mea1956 5511 led until CPYJ split

I hope everyone enjoyed this even if you didn't win. Picking two stocks and having to stick with them for 28 days or so can be like a bad blind date that never ends. Good luck in the next contest. We will all be aiming for ridemhigher so watch out dude!
billyjoe

[scifos]

Wow, what I'm most surprised at is only 4 people made money. It was fun, next time I'll take my picks a little more seriously, as thats two tourneys I haven't fared well in. Oh well, at least I have my youth!

Billyjoe, you still want to come to the badlands?

[jiesen]

I'll second that...lol

I third that. I refuse to admit defeat so soon!

[The Photon]

Billy Joe thanks for the keeping the books, oil and gas (PETD), risky business, another duster...see ya in 08 -The Photon