Pre-Presidential Election Stock Picking Tournament

[MEA_1956]

MEA...about time to take off the "Go Big Red" signature???...I know you bleed red and I went to the University of Nebraska myself...but after last Saturday I'm thinking about switching Alma Maters

Going to the Volley Ball Game on the 6th of Nov. ...... NEBRASKA...... will never disappoint me. All yuo have to do is pick a different sport. ===> MEA

[Websman]

I can't wait until the next stock tournament. Maybe I won't be out of town next time.

I've already picked my stock...MSO...just wait...it's going to be big! People are going to love Martha after she gets out of the joint. She will be bigger than ever!

[New-born baby]

MSO & Martha Stewart: BIGGER than ever!

Websman,

You are so right! Martha Stewart IS bigger than ever. I saw her picture on the cover of some magazine while waiting at the checkout line yesterday. Like Mr. Market, she is HUGE.

You did read my post on Spike's thread about MSO being the worst stock on the Dow, right?

[billyjoe]

Today was worse than the dream I had last night. Numbers don't do it justice. We had 13 advance, 18 decline and 1 remained unchanged. Only one contestant has two winners, the incomparable, Mr.Market.
TOP 5 PRESIDENTS
1. LTON IIC + 13.1%
2. FMD mmaarrkk88 8.9
3.HURC grebnet 4.7
4. AVCA Mr.Market 4.3
5. UTSI dave .7

TOP 5 VP's
1. MTEX ridemhigher + 24.2%
2. HWG Mr.Market 16.9
3. BABY tsevni98 7.1
4. QCOM RL 3.4
5. CVT Newbornbaby -.2

5 WORST PICKS
1. OTD - 21.1%
2. CPYJ - 16.3
3. BMHC - 13.5
4. PETD - 12.0
5. ULTE - 11.6

TOP 5 TEAMS
1. Mr.Market $10638 yes,it's true we are not worthy
2. ridemhigher 10460 riding MTEX to 2nd
3. IIC 10435 not fair, he's got too much info
4. mmaarrkk88 10040 FMD rules
5. grebnet 10035 putting the "HURC" ON US

MIDDLE 6 TEAMS
6.New-born baby $10025
7. Michaelk005 9795
8. Tsevni98 9663
9. dave 9590
10. RL 9580
11. jiesen 9355

BOTTOM 5 TEAMS
12. thebign1 $9350
13. billyjoe 9300 keeping my lucky spot until I make the big move
14. PHOTON 9210
15. Mea1956 9045
16. scifos 8365 he's got something up his sleeve, just watch

Only 12 trading days left. Have you done your Christmas shopping yet?
Next report Monday evening.
billyjoe

[Websman]

Websman,

You are so right! Martha Stewart IS bigger than ever. I saw her picture on the cover of some magazine while waiting at the checkout line yesterday. Like Mr. Market, she is HUGE.

You did read my post on Spike's thread about MSO being the worst stock on the Dow, right?

Yea, it might be the worst stock now, but wait till Martha gets sprung loose.

Martha will TAKE OVER THE WORLD!!!

[jiesen]

ouch, from first to worst!

oh well, it was nice while it lasted.

[IIC]

If You Miss Her

Keep track of Martha

Just put in her name

http://inmateloc.bop.gov/locatordocs/home.jsp

or send her an email

http://MarthaTalks.com

[billyjoe]

I was curious about Mr.Market's outstanding pick of HWG for this contest. If you look it up on the IBD site you might be surprised to find it is the #1 stock in the #1 group. It doesn't get much better than that. Also there is no number 2,3,4,or 5. HWG apparently has little competition. HWG is at 97.00 with no other stock in it's group priced at even $10. Although thinly traded, approximately 8200 shares per day, Mr.Market has done his homework again while we observe amazed as always. Lead on, oh huge one!
billyjoe

[New-born baby]

Martha: Two Mysteries Solved!

Websman, IIC, et al,

The Truth has finally come out! The National Enquirer was granted an exclusive interview with Martha Stewart's ex-gardener's ex-wife's ex-daughter-in-law, and she said that she heard from her mother-in-law that her ex-father-in-law (sort of) said that he heard Martha talking on the phone about the sale of Imclone stock. It seems that the conversation wasn't with the President of Imclone; rather, she says that he says that Martha says that she was talking with Mr. Market, and it was the Huge One who gave her the advice to sell. (Good advice, eh?)

Anyway, now that the Imclone stock sale has been solved, it also shed much light on the greater mystery: how Martha got so huge. She not only took Mr. Market's financial counsel, but she has apparently heeded his health advice, too: she has been lifting weights and drinking protein shakes.

Martha says,'I am huge! Bring me your finest meats and cheeses!"

[Websman]

Keep track of Martha

Just put in her name

http://inmateloc.bop.gov/locatordocs/home.jsp

or send her an email

http://MarthaTalks.com

Thankyou IIC...You have cast a bright beam of sunlight upon my shadows of darkness and sorrow.
I do miss Martha dearly. Thankyou for the links. Now I can keep in touch with Martha until she is freed from the bonds of captivity. Maybe I will go visit her, while she is in prison, and bring her a cake with a hacksaw blade enclosed. Actually, being that I work in a prison, maybe I can have her transferred to my facility, where I can give her preferential treatment. I could have Martha decorate our cells in unique and elegant ways.

Now that I've fed y'all full of B.S., I must say that I will be keeping a very close eye on Martha's "MSO" stock for the next year. I'm betting that we'll see a substantial increase in stock price right before she gets out and a larger increase after she gets out. Women and fashionally inclined men around the world will hail Martha as a strong and admirable woman. They will buy her products like there is no tomorrow. They will pay Huge amounts of $$$ to hear her speak about her trials and tribulations. I predict that she will write a book and sell many millions of copies. Basically, my fellow Mr Market forum friends...Martha will make many investors very happy. The question is, who has the nerve to take that kind of chance? Who will be willing to risk a little capital on Martha Stewart? I'm not sure I am , but I will keep MSO on my watch list. Just watching it should prove to be quite interesting.

I may just buy 100 shares just for the hell of it.

[billyjoe]

New-born baby, Websman, IIC, et al,
The plot thickens tomorrow on "As the Market Turns". A sharp eyed investor on the mrmarketishuge website notices a connection between the Huge one and Huge Martha. Mr. Market is cleared of any wrongdoing after explaining to authorities he didn't tell Martha to sell ImClone, but gave her his opinion that it didn't fit the Mr.Market model.
It is also discovered that Martha mysteriously sold BEL at 21.00. Prosecutors say she's really in trouble now and would be sent to Alcatraz if it was still open. Martha first accused Mr.Market of telling her to sell, but when shown proof that Mr.Market would never sell BEL she changed her story claiming she sold after finding out BEL worked with dirt. Her exact quote was "I hate dirt". Stay tuned for further developments.
billyjoe

[IIC]

We all have our own favorite Martha story...However, mine has to do with my intense dislike of her.

Two Thanksgiving days ago we were having the family over for dinner. One of the dishes my wife was preparing was from an issue of Martha Stewart Living Magazine that my wife had borrowed from a neighbor. About 11am I was upstairs doing my holiday dd when I heard my wife scream in the kitchen. I flew down stairs to see blood all over the place.

My wife had accidently sliced off the tip of her thumb while she reading Martha's recipe and using the Ginsu at the same time to cut potatos. I took her upstairs and bandaged her up including a plastic bag. She declined to go to the Emergency Hospital...Geez...she could've walked there in about 15 mins.

Needless to say, she was in pain the rest of the day. But my dad got some great candid thumbnail shots which he emailed to us the next day. But after everyone left I ended up taking my wife to the Emergency Room after all. We got home around 11:45pm.

Now, I blame Martha for this whole incident...I emailed her and demanded that she reimburse me for the carpet cleaning cost and the hospital bill. Her reponse was "Are you and your wife NIT WITS"? I got to thinking about what she said...and I figured out that she was using some secret code like they do in prisons so the screws won't know what they are saying. She actually felt so bad about what happened that she felt obliged to give me a hot stock tip...She was telling me to buy WITS. It took over a year for me to decipher her secret code...too bad I didn't figure it out earlier.

So you see...it all worked out in the end.

But you may be asking yourself..."You said you didn't like her IIC...why is that"?

Well, it has nothing to do with the thumb trimming or the stock market...but "Martha's Special Thanksgiving Scalloped Potato Surprise" was awful.

[billyjoe]

IIC, At least you didn't give her the finger, I mean thumb.
billyjoe

[IIC]

Going to the Volley Ball Game on the 6th of Nov. ...... NEBRASKA...... will never disappoint me. All yuo have to do is pick a different sport. ===> MEA

Well Mea...you might be right...I went to Nebraska on a Track Scholarship...why else would anybody go from LA to Lincoln???...It was a Free ride!!!

Actually, it was pretty good...a lot of parties...What else is there to do in Nebraska??

P.S. I majored in Sports, Food, Beer and Girls...But not necessarily in that order...IIC

[billyjoe]

RESULTS! RESULTS! RESULTS! Now that I have your attention I'll tell you that we now have 3 contestants with all winners; Mr.Market,ridemhigher, and IIC. They ranked 1,2,3 in last Thursday's tally. Lets see what has changed.

TOP 5 PRESIDENTS
1.AVCA Mr.Market +11.4%
2.LTON IIC + 7.0
3.FMD mmaarrkk88 + 6.7
4.ELOS ridemhigher + 6.0
5.SBUX New-born baby + 5.9

TOP 5 VP's
1.HWG Mr. Market +11.2%
2.BABY Tsevni + 7.6
3.MTEX ridemhigher + 7.2
4.QCOM RL +6.9
5.WITS IIC + .8

5 WORST PICKS
1. LJPC -62.1% ouch!
2. CPYJ -54.4
3. OTD -23.3
4. ULTE -16.4
5. PETD -13.8

TOP 5 TEAMS
1. Mr.Market $10848 has both top picks
2. ridemhigher 10480 consistently at the top
3. IIC 10370 quality picks
4. New-born baby 10265 wasn't born yesterday
5. mmaarrkk88 10200 refuses to fade

MIDDLE 6 TEAMS
6 RL $9863 up 4 spots
7.grebnet 9835 could break out
8.michaelk005 9740
9.dave 9675
10.Tsevni98 9660
11.thebign1 9525

BOTTOM 5 TEAMS
12. billyjoe $9485 gives luckyspot to Photon
13, PHOTON 9255
14. scifos 8015 out of the basement
15. Mea1956 7045 a bad couple of days
16. jiesen 6893 don't leave him alone

Can you believe Mr.Market has both top picks? If I wasn't running this tournament I'd think it was fixed, but ,alas, it's true,he's that good! Next results Wednesday eve.
billyjoe