Portfolio of the Week

[skiracer]

And you're absolutely certain that VTP doesn't stand for "very thick puckey," right? JK

No, "Very Tight Puckey".

[Rob]

Speech

Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please?

[Rob waits a few moments for the clammoring to cease, but it doesn't. Rob then speaks in a louder voice ... ]

Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please?

[Only a small lessening of the din takes place. Rob picks up an empty wine bottle and repeatedly raps on it with the handle of a butter knife, carefully calculating how hard he can strike the vessel without breaking it. Again he speaks ...]

Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen! Please may I have your attention?

[The crowd finally quiets down, all except for Doug, who for some reason is muttering profanities under his breath.]

Please do not be alarmed, but I have discovered an anomoly in the way the scoring system works. As some of you know, we've been using the magnificent Web site at http://www.businessweek.com to retrieve our daily stock prices for some time now. Those folks over at businessweek.com do a great job, don't they? How 'bout we show 'em some love? Let's give a big round of applause for businessweek.com!

[applause ... applause ... ]

Now, businessweek.com, which I'll refer to as "the source," says that their latest quotes are delayed by twenty minutes. That is why, as you may have observed, the time stamp on the last update indicates a time that is never earlier than 4:20 pm plus a few minutes. Well, this morning, by chnace, I discovered that the prices the source reports as yesterday's closing prices were, in the cases of a few stocks, a few pennies off from those which were reported yesterday at 4:25:24, the time of the latest update. For example, yesterday at 4:25, WIRE's last price was reported to be 46.50, and this morning the source indicates that yesterday's last price was 46.56. The net effect is that the Flaming Brain's percentage gain is in actuality higher than that which was posted yesterday, by thirteen one-hundredths of a percent (0.13%).

I do not know at what time the last scores were finalized on the Web site, but be assured that I am on top of the situation and will monitor it closely to make sure that the scores posted here will be reliable. During this process you may see that the scores are not posted as quickly after the close as that to which you have become accustomed. Please bear with me, and all will be well, I assure you.

Thank you for your kind attention. Now someone please pass me the hot sauce.

[Lyehopper]

clap,clap,clap,clap,clap!!!!

Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please?

[Rob waits a few moments for the clammoring to cease, but it doesn't. Rob then speaks in a louder voice ... ]

Ladies and gentlemen, may I have your attention please?

[Only a small lessening of the din takes place. Rob picks up an empty wine bottle and repeatedly raps on it with the handle of a butter knife, carefully calculating how hard he can strike the vessel without breaking it. Again he speaks ...]

Ladies and gentlemen! Ladies and gentlemen! Please may I have your attention?

[The crowd finally quiets down, all except for Doug, who for some reason is muttering profanities under his breath.]

Please do not be alarmed, but I have discovered an anomoly in the way the scoring system works. As some of you know, we've been using the magnificent Web site at http://www.businessweek.com to retrieve our daily stock prices for some time now. Those folks over at businessweek.com do a great job, don't they? How 'bout we show 'em some love? Let's give a big round of applause for businessweek.com!

[applause ... applause ... ]

Now, businessweek.com, which I'll refer to as "the source," says that their latest quotes are delayed by twenty minutes. That is why, as you may have observed, the time stamp on the last update indicates a time that is never earlier than 4:20 pm plus a few minutes. Well, this morning, by chnace, I discovered that the prices the source reports as yesterday's closing prices were, in the cases of a few stocks, a few pennies off from those which were reported yesterday at 4:25:24, the time of the latest update. For example, yesterday at 4:25, WIRE's last price was reported to be 46.50, and this morning the source indicates that yesterday's last price was 46.56. The net effect is that the Flaming Brain's percentage gain is in actuality higher than that which was posted yesterday, by thirteen one-hundredths of a percent (0.13%).

I do not know at what time the last scores were finalized on the Web site, but be assured that I am on top of the situation and will monitor it closely to make sure that the scores posted here will be reliable. During this process you may see that the scores are not posted as quickly after the close as that to which you have become accustomed. Please bear with me, and all will be well, I assure you.

Thank you for your kind attention. Now someone please pass me the hot sauce.

You are HUUUUGE!!!! Rockin'Rob! .... Hey could ya sliiiiiiide me that jar of "The GoJi"!?

Look at my ESLR crash DUDE! jejejejejeje....hic!

[Rob]

Things Be Gettin' Ugly

Week 5 was the worst week for the POTW so far this year in terms of overall average, with all active players averaging a -5.94% for the week. My most recent update (2:05) shows that the average among the active so far this week is -5.87%. This is not the record we are shooting for!

[RL]

Rob there Is no reason that we need to see this weeks standings

[Rob]

Week 19 (6), day 4

We are now at -6.3% for the week among the active players. 'Nuff said ... well, that, plus the fact that Diogenes' ATI is beatin' the pants off us! (Nice short on Evergreen there too, O one who hops in lye!)

As you can see the latest update is time stamped 4:52. Allowing for the 20-minute delay, that means these closing prices are those the source had as of 4:32, more than a half hour after the market closed. If anyone notices any different numbers any time between now and the time the market opens tomorrow, be a good li'l injun and let us know.

Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday

[jiesen]

way to go, Dio! good job finding the diamond in this rough time.

[Rob]

Fair Is Fair

Rob there Is no reason that we need to see this weeks standings

Hey, Ray. Now if I have to look at 'em, why shouldn't you too?

[Lyehopper]

Hey, Ray. Now if I have to look at 'em, why shouldn't you too?

I can make money in this kinda market....jejeje

[spikefader]

Good job Dio!

[Websman]

At least I'm not in last.

It's strange, but one of my accounts actually made money today...the other one got clipped by about 1%.

[scifos]

Hey Rob or Websman (whoever's got the info), is is possible to send me everyone's picks since the start of the year? I'd like Player's name, ticker, long or short, start price, end price. Thanks. I can PM you my email address if you need.

[Rob]

List

Scifos, I haven't been keeping a running list, but it's easy enough to find most of them by following the links back. I think lye has all that stuff, but he writes 'em down in a paper notebook.

[Rob]

What Would Have Happened?

Gee, I wonder how I would do if I were to buy HSR, KOPN, AIRM, CELL, MFLX, and GEMS, the bottom 6, tomorrow ....

I guess I got my answer. If I'd have bought exactly $2,000 worth of each of those at the opening price this morning, a total of $12,000, it would be worth $11,334.62 as of the closing prices today, not counting commissions, a loss of 5.5%.

[scifos]

Scifos, I haven't been keeping a running list, but it's easy enough to find most of them by following the links back. I think lye has all that stuff, but he writes 'em down in a paper notebook.

Okay, I figured I'd ask you guys in the hopes that I wouldn't need to go back through all the posts.

If you have everyone's weekly % performance since Jan '06 I could use that. Please!!