Portfolio of the Week

[Rob]

Rob's Pick

I'll take EBAY long for starters please, Rob. Thank you.

[Lyehopper]

Lye,

In the late 60's I had stock in the Eckert Packing Company that marketed it's products under the "Dinner Bell" brand. If they were selling Horse meat and calling it pork or beef that explains why the stock was a turkey. Another gem recommended by my friendly broker.

------------billyjoe

I know a fella who worked there and he said that the Prime Horse Meat was exported to France and Japan. Then the scraps were made into dogfood. He said that sometimes they would have a truck load of Ex-Race Horses, Thouroughbreds that were being "retired" come in.... I understand that the French love horse meat. Maybe we should ask Webs.

[billyjoe]

Rob,
MSFT long. Thanks.

----------billyjoe

[Lyehopper]

I know a fella who worked there and he said that the Prime Horse Meat was exported to France and Japan. Then the scraps were made into dogfood. He said that sometimes they would have a truck load of Ex-Race Horses, Thouroughbreds that were being "retired" come in.... I understand that the French love horse meat. Maybe we should ask Webs.

I just Googled up this article. "One man's protein is another mans pet"....jejeje

http://www.foodreference.com/html/arthorsemeat.html...

HORSE MEAT

Quick, who eats horsemeat? If you don’t know the answer, read on. The information may be good for you!

French, Italians, Swiss, Japanese and Quebecois in Canada are horse meat aficionados and most of the 65,000 horses slaughtered in the country were shipped to Europe, Japan and to the province of Quebec.

The French appetite for horse meat dates from the Battle of Eylau in 1807, when the surgeon-in-chief of Napoleon’s Army, Baron Dominique-Jean Larry, advised the starving troops to eat the flesh of dead battlefield horses. The cavalry used breastplates as cooking pans. They also used whatever spices they could get their hands on. It continues today!

Horsemeat is lean, protein-rich, finely textured, bright red, firm, and more so horses are immune to BSE (Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy). Tough meat cuts must be cooked long enough to tenderise connective tissue (collagen), or marinated before cooking to ensure both flavour and tenderness.

English will not consume horsemeat. To them, horses are companions, not food, the way most of us think of dogs!

Yet Chinese and Korean eat dog meat and consider it a delicacy. One man’s protein is another man’s pet!

Today horsemeat at least in Quebec, particularly in Montreal is very popular. Butchers specializing in horsemeat are busier than ever due to the BSE fears spreading rapidly.

Horse butchers in Montreal sell minced meat, steaks, sausages, and brochettes. All claim horsemeat to be superior quality from a sanitary perspective.
In Europe, horse butchers are allowed to sell only horsemeat, as is the case in Quebec.

Americans will not touch horsemeat, and find it offensive to consume it.

[Lyehopper]

Looks like my POTW pick is "Horsemeat" this week....SsSsSssssss!

[Rob]

Wake Up Call

According to my record, the following players have until 3:59 p.m. Eastern today to take a position:

Alice4321us, An2n33, B.J, Bean Stocks, Bjdj, BoSox Jon, Dakat69, Gerihearne, Grebnet, Jim Smith, MickyMouse, NY4Ever, ParkTwain, Runner, Scifos, Sekto, Shadow, Sisterwin, SledDawg, Sowers, Stock Girl, TFred.

Those who fail to do so will incur a 5% penalty.

Reminder: Next week is the beginning of the 4th quarter! Are you dissatisfied with your performance in the 3rd quarter? This would be a perfect time to revisit your stock-picking techniques and make any needed modifications. Make it your goal to finish the quarter with a positive score! If you finish the 3rd quarter with a positive score, congratulations! Make it your goal to finish Q4 with a higher score!

[diogenes]

Long BDC

Now long BDC

[IIC]

Sell DIVX...short ACOR (yes...it is listed as shortable at IB)...IIC

[grebnet]

According to my record, the following players have until 3:59 p.m. Eastern today to take a position:

Alice4321us, An2n33, B.J, Bean Stocks, Bjdj, BoSox Jon, Dakat69, Gerihearne, Grebnet, Jim Smith, MickyMouse, NY4Ever, ParkTwain, Runner, Scifos, Sekto, Shadow, Sisterwin, SledDawg, Sowers, Stock Girl, TFred.

Those who fail to do so will incur a 5% penalty.

Alright....I havent played anything for quite a while...Just been lurking in the background....yes still alive.


Ill take PWEI...and just to avoid penalties...let it ride weekly until I say sell ( can I do that ??)

I know...that pick isnt my old style pick ...but the microcaps have been deadly lately

[IIC]

Sell DIVX...short ACOR (yes...it is listed as shortable at IB)...IIC

Looks like I'll just have to wait for people to come to their senses...there is no way that I think this thing is gonna be one of the biggest gainers of all time.

BTW...Does anyone know what the top 10 one day percentage gainers ever were? I imagine it was some penny stock...but as far as listed?

EDIT...I had mis-spelled people

[Lyehopper]

A few people here expressed interest in the stock (KLIC). I like to own them if I play them in the POTW but I figured I should grab this one quickly for myself before you or Lye did. Thanks and I'll most likely own it after 10 am on Monday morning if it does what I expect it to do.

Hey Ski, If you bought KLIC at 10:00AM you made a good play.

KLIC came across my radar a couple of weeks ago. I like NEXT too, it just needs to get off it's sorry butt and go. The gap filled Friday so maybe it'll reverse now?

[Rob]

Ill take PWEI...and just to avoid penalties...let it ride weekly until I say sell ( can I do that ??)

Welcome back to the land of the living, Greb. No, I'm sorry, you can't say "just let it ride," although you can play the same stock week after week, provided someone doesn't snatch it out from under you. I've got you long PWEI this week at 29.99.

If you'd like a refresher on the rules, just click the link in my signature.

Void where prohibited. Your mileage may vary. Some assembly required. Batteries not included. Member FDIC. Edited for content.

[IIC]

Are people CRAZY???...ACOR hit 9 after hours...As Cramer says "Bulls make money...Bears make Money...And Hogs get Slaughtered"...Doug(IIC)

[Rob]

Week 39 (13), Day 1

Last week of the third quarter!

Great Ceasar's ghost! Karel's mopping the floor with all of us so far!

And what happens when the Ice Man plays with fire? Something's gotta give!

The neon spaghetti chart is truncated this time, because when it's expanded to include the high and low scores, it's nearly impossible to pick all the rest of us out.

[IIC]

You are gonna see the biggest comeback in the history of the contest...And even though ACOR was up another 6%+ A/H...It is a shoo-in...Would you buy it?...IIC

BTW...I'd like to know why that one guy died and another one had a seizure? And how many of the test participants fell, got dizzy, experienced insomnia and developed urinary tract infections to achieve this 25% success rate vs. a success rate of 5% for people who took placebos?

Maybe it's a step in the right direction...But I'm not overly impressed