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Old 01-14-2008, 10:15 AM   #1
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Default SBR's pick your best stock contest. Win $500!

In this thread you must put a company name and a stock symbol.

The company must have a market cap of $1 billion+. If you are not sure go to this page and put in the symbol http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=MA. The first stat says Market cap. US stocks only.

This thread will be locked on Sat. It will run from Jan 21st to Dec 31st. If your stock made the largest percentage gain you will win $500 cashola!

Good luck and I go first.

Mastercard symbol; MA
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Old 01-14-2008, 10:38 AM   #2
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I'm going with the following stock pick:

Citigroup (ticker symbol: C)

Good luck to all.
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Old 01-14-2008, 10:51 AM   #3
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Apple Inc. (AAPL)

Can I get my money paid out in Euros by the way? By the end of the year $500 American will be absolute shit!
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Old 01-14-2008, 11:34 AM   #4
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In this thread you must put a company name and a stock symbol.

The company must have a market cap of $1 billion+. If you are not sure go to this page and put in the symbol http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ks?s=MA. The first stat says Market cap. US stocks only.

This thread will be locked on Sat. It will run from Jan 21st to Dec 31st. If your stock made the largest percentage gain you will win $500 cashola!

Good luck and I go first.

Mastercard symbol; MA
What happens if two people pick the same stock? Is there a tie breaker in place or if the stock has already been picked we justs cant use that one? Anyway here is my pick:

Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
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Old 01-14-2008, 11:38 AM   #5
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Old 01-14-2008, 11:47 AM   #6
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Coeur d'Alene Mines Corp. (CDE)

http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=CDE&d=t

GOLD GOLD GOLD
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Old 01-14-2008, 11:49 AM   #7
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Old 01-14-2008, 12:02 PM   #8
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Old 01-14-2008, 12:03 PM   #9
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Old 01-14-2008, 12:21 PM   #10
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Old 01-14-2008, 12:23 PM   #11
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What happens if two people pick the same stock? Is there a tie breaker in place or if the stock has already been picked we justs cant use that one? Anyway here is my pick:

Abbott Laboratories (ABT)
Surely first poster in has sole "dibs" on that stock. It would make no sense to have duplicates. It'll be interesting to compare numbers towards the end of the year...
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Old 01-14-2008, 12:26 PM   #12
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Old 01-14-2008, 12:26 PM   #13
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Old 01-14-2008, 12:43 PM   #14
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This thread might as well be called speculation central.

My pick is Microvision (MVIS) it is selling at around $ 3.38 as of aroung 1:45 .
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Old 01-14-2008, 12:47 PM   #15
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Arthrocare (ARTC)

Market Cap of 1.3B, fundamentals are killer, got a fukkin EPS of 1.3, and P/E of 36.5! Killer! Average 3 month volume over 1 million, son.

So what, they got downgraded by BMO because of that shady acquisition? So what! They aren't doing anything illegal, they won't get busted, put your money on people doing shady sh*t who won't get busted, they come out on top in the end.

These guys are running a profit margin over 12%! And an operating margin over 16%!! A 200-day moving average around 53, beta of 1.25, and insiders hold over 17%!!! I could go on and on.

Lock it in, son, I got this one nigga.
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Old 01-14-2008, 12:53 PM   #16
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This thread might as well be called speculation central.

My pick is Microvision (MVIS) it is selling at around $ 3.38 as of aroung 1:45 .
I guess I should have looked at the rules before jumping in. I billion market cap and the contest doesn't end until the end of the year, so I try Altria (MO). The instructions say the thread is lock on saturday, so is it reasonable to think that is when the value of the stock will be noted for contest purposes?
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Old 01-14-2008, 12:54 PM   #17
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Old 01-14-2008, 01:18 PM   #18
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Old 01-14-2008, 01:27 PM   #19
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INP, mentioned here by yours truly when it traded at 58, is now trading at 116. That's 200% in a matter of months. Retroactive check's in the mail?

For 2008 VISA (V) would be the obvious choice, but it's not trading yet, so I guess it's off the radar.

So I'm going with solar: STP (SunTech).
It's not necessarily my first choice, but one with considerable potential to pop.
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Old 01-14-2008, 01:33 PM   #20
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Old 01-14-2008, 01:39 PM   #21
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Old 01-14-2008, 01:42 PM   #22
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Old 01-14-2008, 02:28 PM   #23
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okay name barrick gold corp...symbol ABX
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Old 01-14-2008, 03:12 PM   #24
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Countrywide Financial (CFC). Getting bought out but they are still in play so P:
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Old 01-14-2008, 03:31 PM   #25
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NYSE:BRK.B (which is essentially 1/30th of BRK.A) so either stock is the same.
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Old 01-14-2008, 03:32 PM   #26
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Humana (HUM) , based in Louisville, health care provider.


I should also add , that i know jack squat about stocks.
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Old 01-14-2008, 03:49 PM   #27
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Old 01-14-2008, 03:52 PM   #28
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Old 01-14-2008, 03:59 PM   #29
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Old 01-14-2008, 04:00 PM   #30
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Old 01-14-2008, 04:25 PM   #31
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Old 01-14-2008, 05:17 PM   #32
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A couple of my picks are gone. Let's try a former solid stock that is certainly speculative now. Nortel Networks. NT.
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Old 01-14-2008, 05:36 PM   #33
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Ties will split the cash.

The closing price this Friday will be the start point.

Careful on the $1billion market cap.

Lot of good picks here. I own 4 of the 31 mentioned so far but I only got a profit in one. 2007 was bad and the first week of Jan was a horror show.

I agree on VISA that will be a great company but probably over priced at the IPO. Then again so was Google.
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Old 01-14-2008, 05:38 PM   #34
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Old 01-14-2008, 05:40 PM   #35
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Foregive me for not reading through the entire thread to see if this question has been asked...

Can we short.. pick a stock to go down..?

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