Portfolio of the Week

[IIC]

I'm going with INPC next week...Contest Over...IIC

[The Photon]

potw

I will select AAPL for next pick of the week, I hope to continue my advance, but this is a tough crowd lots of skilled humans and one with warp speed abilities, congrats Webs- the photon

[sisterwin2]

I'm going with INPC next week...Contest Over...IIC

This looks like a very interesting stock IIC. Still doing some research on it and a bit shy since that HOM play.... This looks like it could go somewhere. any other geniuses have a thought on INPC?

[Lyehopper]

Invitation To Play!!!!

Attention ALL $$$Mr. Market$$$ Members!!!!

You are welcome to play in BillyJoe's POTW contest on a weekly basis. It can be found (right here) on BillyJoe's Thread. (I'm just the scorekeeper)

Here are the Rules for all interested members. PLEASE READ ALL RULES!

(1) Pick one stock and post it (Long or Short) on the POTW thread anytime this weekend OR.... before the market closes on Monday.

(2) Any pick entered premarket will be entered at the "open" price. No limit orders are allowed.... If your pick is entered during market hours on Monday, the ticker price at the time of your actual post will be used to price your entry (I'll calculate the price, you just need to post the play)

(3) You can hold your pick all week.... or you are allowed exit your trade at any time to lock in a profit (or limit a loss).... After that, you can go into "cash" and make ANOTHER pick any time during the remainder of the week.... You may exit the SECOND pick to protect profit (or limit loss) but you must sit in cash after that.

(4) Try to pick a consistant gainer you have a valid reason to beleive will be profitable that week. PLEASE NO bb stocks allowed!... We're looking for volume and quality! Good Volume is critical in these picks because other's may be playing them in real life. I suggest an average of about 70k shares traded daily as a minimum vol. (volume requirement is not a hard rule just a suggestion) PLEASE NO "HAIL MARY" RISKY PICKS! This is a points race folks, BE CONSISTANT.... try to stay "Green".

(4) If you play a stock short, make sure shares ARE available to be shorted Example: I shorted a stock in the contest last week and when I attempted to "really" short it, there were NO SHARES AVAILABLE to short, thus that stock is NOT affected by short selling pressure AT ALL... and it kept rising. A very bad play on my part, and it cost me in my points standing. Learn from my mistake.... Make sure your "stinkers" can indeed be short sold in the real world!

Even if you are late to the game I invite you to still play You will be penalized for games missed.... but you'll be gaining valuable experience and the score card will reset to zero after the New Year begins.

Have fun! Do TA!.... Do FA!.... Do much aditional dd!.... PICK WINNERS! Enter your best picks in BillyJoe's POTW contest.... We'll all make money!!!!

~Lyehopper

[billyjoe]

Lye,
I was feeling bad about my standings until I saw your position and the company I'm surrounded by such as Spike. If the situation doesn't improve over the next several weeks I'll seek financial counseling.

billyjoe

[Websman]

I have had a difficult time trying to find it, but I am now ready to announce my next winner. The choice was between CFK, RWC, MLR and TIII.

Here is my next canidate for POTW...

TIII

I'll take TIII long, at the market on Monday morning.

P.S. This pick could change by Monday morning. I'll be doing more Vulcan analysis until then.

[skiracer]

Webs, Just curious but I was wondering what led you to this stock and what do you see there in it either TA or FA speaking that makes you believe in it. Other than the fact that it's a real cheapo and any small price move up will be a significant % increase and help in your positioning in the contest. I have no problem with the pick but am just curious as to what you saw in it. Will you be buying it for your own portfolio this week?
I was thinking it would be neat for everyone to give some small explanation of what they see in their picks, either technically or fundamentally, that led them to select if for their play. I mean there has to be some rationale for making a selection. It would be that much more logical for each selection to have some explanation for the pick. I for one would be interested in seeing that from each of us with our picks. I wouldn't make it mandatory but since we're all trying our best in finding great plays I would assume there must be some solid TA or FA reasoning behind the picks by each of us.

[Lyehopper]

Lye,
I was feeling bad about my standings until I saw your position and the company I'm surrounded by such as Spike. If the situation doesn't improve over the next several weeks I'll seek financial counseling.

billyjoe

LOL.... If you do, make an appointment for me too BillyJoe.

Maybe we're just slow starters.... Hopefully we'll be strong finishers.

[IIC]

This looks like a very interesting stock IIC. Still doing some research on it and a bit shy since that HOM play.... This looks like it could go somewhere. any other geniuses have a thought on INPC?

Geez...I might of shot myself in the foot...I picked this one in 3 different contests this morning...Now their sites are so busy you can't even get on 'em:

They have some great deals http://wirefly.com

Corporate site is http://www.inphonic.com/b2b/AboutUs_Overview.asp

[Lyehopper]

Good idea!

Webs, Just curious but I was wondering what led you to this stock and what do you see there in it either TA or FA speaking that makes you believe in it. Other than the fact that it's a real cheapo and any small price move up will be a significant % increase and help in your positioning in the contest. I have no problem with the pick but am just curious as to what you saw in it. Will you be buying it for your own portfolio this week?
I was thinking it would be neat for everyone to give some small explanation of what they see in their picks, either technically or fundamentally, that led them to select if for their play. I mean there has to be some rationale for making a selection. It would be that much more logical for each selection to have some explanation for the pick. I for one would be interested in seeing that from each of us with our picks. I wouldn't make it mandatory but since we're all trying our best in finding great plays I would assume there must be some solid TA or FA reasoning behind the picks by each of us.

Not a rule.... but a great idea Ski.... I'll try to post reasoning for my pick this week and I'll also post a stock I either have a position in or am SERIOUSLY considering taking a position in. I learned a hard lesson last week. Again, I appreciate your questioning my play.

[billyjoe]

Spike,
TIII is a very interesting stock for being so low priced. I've noticed mention of it quite a bit on several internet sites just in the last week. It almost made my Cheap Stocks Port this week. Mutual funds seem to like it , it has excellent earnings , and has increased in price over 50% in the last 25 days. Webs probably has secret Vulcan stats that we have no access to. If it takes off this week the legend of Webs will continue to grow.

billyjoe

[billyjoe]

Lye,
Saw your post over at Spikes and wondered if you're an AMTD shareholder? It's got some impressive numbers and the chart ain't bad either.

billyjoe

[skiracer]

Spike,
TIII is a very interesting stock for being so low priced. I've noticed mention of it quite a bit on several internet sites just in the last week. It almost made my Cheap Stocks Port this week. Mutual funds seem to like it , it has excellent earnings , and has increased in price over 50% in the last 25 days. Webs probably has secret Vulcan stats that we have no access to. If it takes off this week the legend of Webs will continue to grow.

billyjoe

Billlyjoe,
I checked it out at MSN Money and the institutional holdings have decreased significantly and EPS qtr. over Qtr. and yr/yr are actually down from last year.
Weekly chart looks better that daily. I was just curious as to what Webs saw.

[Lyehopper]

Lye,
Saw your post over at Spikes and wondered if you're an AMTD shareholder? It's got some impressive numbers and the chart ain't bad either.

billyjoe

I have owned AMTD the past and I've shorted it in the past too.... but don't hold any position at the present time.

I do like to own stock in the companies I do business with though. For example, I own a WAD of shares in the local bank I use for my corporate banking (it's a thinly traded bb stock, got shares when they IPO'd and later I directly bought shares from a couple of Board members). This bank is growing like crazy too! One of the best performing stocks I have.... Holding this one for the long haul too....

[billyjoe]

Ski,
IBD says institutional buying over the last 13 weeks has been heavy and last quarter earnings are up 140%. Don't know if that is in comparison to previous quarter or corresponding quarter last year. I don't own this stock and am not picking it in any contest. I often find conflicting information on different sites. Which one do you go by ?

billyjoe

Ski,
I did find earnings figures that agree with yours on Lycos , but different numbers on Bloomberg.