Monthly Stock Pickers Challenge February 2006

[ChronicDDL]

February 2006

1 - Pick 3 stocks you think will have the best % gain from the first trading day of the month to the last trading day of the month.

2 - One stock must be over $100; one stock must trade between $50 -$99.99; and one stock must trade between $5 & $49.99.

3 - The open price on the first trading day of the month & the closing price on the last trading day of the month will be the 2 numbers used to find the % gain.

4 - The 3 stocks % gain/loss will be added together and then divided by 3 to find the average % gain.

5 - You may only have 1 of the same stocks as other members; members can not have 2 of the same stock picks, first come first served.

6 - All picks must be in before the opening bell on the first trading day of the month.

[InvestingMoron]

Lil guy: CHIC
Mid range: LSS
Big dog: FDX

[Luc1Grunt]

$5-$49.99 SOFO
$50-$99.99 KMB
Over $100 PD

[ChronicDDL]

SIRI
SNDK
GOOG

[ChronicDDL]

I am changing my middle pick to XOM

SIRI
XOM
GOOG

[TripleBuy]

SEED
WYNN
RTP

[xboilermaker]

PAL

GILD

PD

[BuyOnDips]

UBS

INTU

TIBX

[stockviper]

I'll take:

BTU

WFMI

FIZ :oops:

[beatthestreet]

BBD

CNQ

RTP

[wqcustom]

$100- GS

49.99-99.99 - ATI

$0- 49.99 - CDIS

[xboilermaker]

Hey, good going Chronic. From where SIRI is and the way GOOG is tanking tonight, chances are good for gains.

[TheChartGuru]

PGR

PTRY

PRLS

The Guru has spoken

[englishman26]

I'm betting on an oil crisis and going with an all canadian oil sands portfolio for the month (after my fortuitous 2nd place last month (mixing in the failed JNJ recovery killed me!))

5-50: BMD
50-100: SU
100+: IMO

Good luck everyone!

[Will]

do ETF's count?

if they do
I'll take:
PBW
WFMI
PTR

if not:
PKD
WFMI
PGR

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

I still can't find anything that is within 20% of a great long term buy in any of these 3 price ranges so I'll take:

CME
UHAL
PAAS

All 3 chort! :D

[2 Worldz]

INTC
MO
GOOG

This month should be interesting!

[ChronicDDL]

February's starting prices-

Please double check your starting price and make sure that it is the open price from today.

InvestingMoron
CHIC - 16.28
LSS - 56
FDX - 101.2

ChronicDDL
SIRI - 5.65
XOM - 62.77
GOOG - 389.86

TripleBuy
SEED - 16.57
WYNN - 64.64
RTP - 208.43

xboilermaker
PAL - 10.87
GILD - 60.84
PD - 160.86

BuyOnDips
TIBX - 7.94
INTU - 52
UBS - 108

stockviper
FIZ - 8.75
WFMI - 73.25
BTU - 100.25

beatthestreet
BBD - 39.18
CNQ - 61.98
RTP - 208.43

wqcustom
CDIS - 41.75
ATI - 51.57
GS - 141.4

TheChartGuru
PGR - 141.4
PTRY - 54.74
PRLS - 6.53

englishman26
BMD - 7.16
SU - 80.1
IMO - 104.99

Will
PBW - 20.62
WFMI - 73.25
PTR - 100.6

BOOOYAHOOO!
PAAS - 24.15
UHAL - 81.19
CME - 419.75

2 Worldz
INTC - 21.24
MO - 72.55
GOOG - 389.86

Luc1grant your picks did not meet the required price range. You can submit 3 new picks by midnight tonight and I will use tomorrows open price as your stocks starting price.

One stock must be over $100; one stock must trade between $50 -$99.99; and one stock must trade between $5 – $49.99

Luc1Grunt Pick 3 stocks within the price range
*SOFO - 0.98*
KMB - 57.12
PD - 160.86

[Luc1Grunt]

Let's go with GW. Thanks.

[BOOOYAHOOO!]

February's starting prices-

Please double check your starting price and make sure that it is the open price from today.

InvestingMoron
CHIC - 16.28
LSS - 56
FDX - 101.2

ChronicDDL
SIRI - 5.65
XOM - 62.77
GOOG - 389.86

TripleBuy
SEED - 16.57
WYNN - 64.64
RTP - 208.43

xboilermaker
PAL - 10.87
GILD - 60.84
PD - 160.86

BuyOnDips
TIBX - 7.94
INTU - 52
UBS - 108

stockviper
FIZ - 8.75
WFMI - 73.25
BTU - 100.25

beatthestreet
BBD - 39.18
CNQ - 61.98
RTP - 208.43

wqcustom
CDIS - 41.75
ATI - 51.57
GS - 141.4

TheChartGuru
PGR - 141.4
PTRY - 54.74
PRLS - 6.53

englishman26
BMD - 7.16
SU - 80.1
IMO - 104.99

Will
PBW - 20.62
WFMI - 73.25
PTR - 100.6

BOOOYAHOOO!
PAAS - 24.15
UHAL - 81.19
CME - 419.75

2 Worldz
INTC - 21.24
MO - 72.55
GOOG - 389.86

Luc1grant your picks did not meet the required price range. You can submit 3 new picks by midnight tonight and I will use tomorrows open price as your stocks starting price.

One stock must be over $100; one stock must trade between $50 -$99.99; and one stock must trade between $5 – $49.99

Luc1Grunt Pick 3 stocks within the price range
*SOFO - 0.98*
KMB - 57.12
PD - 160.86


I'm short my 3 picks again. :D

[ChronicDDL]

Starting price

Luc1Grunt
GW - 8.54
KMB - 57.12
PD - 160.86

[xboilermaker]

Sorry.

[TripleBuy]

Lots of Red on the ol' spreadsheet thus far. Only real stocks that have made significant gains (>5%) on the first 3 days of this challenge are :

PAL
+13.16% (xboilermaker)

SEED
+8.27% (TripleBuy)

PRLS
+7.04% (TheChartGuru)

I'll post the weekly stats after the closing bell.

Good Luck to all!

[TripleBuy]

Weekly Standings as of 2/3:

xboilermaker
+3.79%

TheChartGuru
+2.83%

Booyahoo
+.96%

BuyOnDips
+.16%

TripleBuy
+.01%

Luc1Grunt
-1.13%

englishman26
-1.31%

Stockviper
-1.54%

Investing Moron
-1.66%

wqcustom
-1.67%

2 Worldz
-1.88%

beatthestreet
-2.08%

ChronicDDL
-3.33%

Will
-3.48%


Early Gainers include:

PAL
+13.06% (xboilermaker)

PRLS
+9.19% (TheChartGuru)

SEED
+5.97% (TripleBuy)


Early Losers include:

SIRI
-5.66% (ChronicDDL)

LSS
-4.34% (Investing Moron)

PTR
-4.23% (Will)

[xboilermaker]

Leading in the monthly challenge seems like a distant memory now, and I have been wondering what happened to TripleBuy. I miss his weekly updates. Maybe vacationing in Bimini or some other exotic tropical paradise with his winnings?

[InvestingMoron]

Can we have an update on the monthly please? I would appreciate it, thanks!

[pmb1010]

Thanks TCG - I took a look at PRLS early this week, bought in and picked up 10% gain Monday to Friday (planned and pre-programmed exit point) and it's appearing to still be going higher.
Good job.

[xboilermaker]

I'm in PRLS for the second time. Copped a profit and got back in a little early this time, day before valentines day @ 6.75, so back in the green finally.

[englishman26]

I just adapted the spreadsheet I was using for the weekly thing and I'll post the monthly results tomorrow night!

[englishman26]

Investingmoron is currently winning with a gain of 3.4% for the month. CHIC really pulled through for him.

Buyondips is second with 1.5%

Everyone else is negative, with an investment average of -3.1% Oh dear!

Well maybe tomorrow everything will change!!

[BuyOnDips]

My problem with the contest is that I rarely look at stocks above $25.00. I spent about 1 minute picking UBS and INTU using MSN's stock screener. The way things are going today, my overall % might be 0.00. Hopefully March will be better.

[englishman26]

Investingmoron is the monthly stockpicking winner! Congrats! The best of a bad bunch though really. I think we were all investing morons in the month of february! I hope march brings better things!

http://mccammon.ucsd.edu/~rlaw/monthly_feb06.png

[BuyOnDips]

Yes, we didn't do well last month. But at least I'm glad I actually purchased a few shares of TIBX. Congrats to InvestingMoron!

[TheChartGuru]

The entry for my pick, PGR was wrong. PGR has never been at $141.40. The entry price for PGR should be $104.60. That's a 2.7% gain

The Guru has spoken

[stockviper]

Thanks Englishman!

I didn't mind losing a little for the challenge. The bad part is I decided to put my money where my mouth was and actually own some BTU & FIZ. I feel confident that these companies will do OK in the long run, but we did have a bad month. I sold my WFMI a few weeks ago but may get back in.

[englishman26]

Sorry TCG - I just took Triplebuy's entry prices that he posted a month ago. You're right - it never got anywhere near $141! It does indeed look like it was $104.60.

This would mean you had an overall gain of 8.4% for the month making you the winner by a mile!


CORRECTION: 1st place: Thechartguru 8.4%



I'l run the monthly challenge this month I'll make sure I get the entry prices right!

[TheChartGuru]

Thank you. I would like to receive this award in honor of all my friends, family members and all my fans. I couldn't have done it without you. :)

The Guru has spoken

[InvestingMoron]

*concedes title to TCG*

[Thierry Martin]

I'm closing this thread - the March thread is here:
http://www.cramersmadmoney.com/showthread.php?t=2283

Congratulations TheChartGuru - send me your address and I will send you a copy of Conquer the Crash by Robert Prechter Jr. - next month's winner gets one also.