ISSUE 12
4 April 2007
APRIL'S FOOLS
FIRST QUARTER RESULTS IN FOR STOCK CONTEST
After three months, StockCentral's 25 Top Stock Picks for 2007 and Beyond competitors have rounded the quarter-mile post. Several of the investing gurus have resorted to trash-talking, which this reporter vigorously encourages. The results so far (current holdings):
Mark Robertson - LLTC, WAG, HD, AIG, VUG
Total Portfolio Value: 4,908.77
Ralph Seger - LLL, AMGN, QSII, FAST, LOW
Total Portfolio Value: 4,923.29
Ellis Traub - LOW, UNH, LLL, KNX, LEN
Total Portfolio Value: 4,915.71
Doug Gerlach - EXBD, AMMD, CRAI, PETS, MINI
Total Portfolio Value: 5,199.19
Danny Matthews - LIFC, XOM, COST, BAC, PAYX
Total Portfolio Value: 4,951.34
Click on the ticker symbols to view their comments and download their stock studies. Visit the contest thread for rules, updates, and guru bios.
POST PROFITABLE PARAMETERS
SUBMIT YOUR FAVOURITE SCREENS
It is this reporter's great privelege to announce that the StockCentral Screener is currently the #2 most-visited destination at StockCentral (behind only Take Stock, naturally). Quite a toolbox StockCentral is building, no?
Now, as they are want to do, the developers at ICLUB are asking for your feedback. The call has gone out for StockCentral citizens to post their favourite screening parameters for potential inclusion in the Screener program.
Do you have a set of criteria that has helped you find winning stocks? Have you a screen that all but guarantees financial windfall? Post away, and share your knowledge with your friends in the StockCentral Community. (Seriously, because this reporter is behind on the rent, and his lower limbs wont stand up to another visit from the "collection agency.")
STOCKCENTRAL EVENTS CALENDAR
INDEPENDENCE DAY FOR INVESTING EVENT INFO
It has come to the attention of this reporter that many local investing organizations have fallen on hard times when it comes to publicly distributing information about their upcoming events. Apparently, under the current system, the common man on the street is unable to access any event information whatsoever without egregious monetary commitments.
"Balderdash!" says this reporter. How are prospective investors and potential club members supposed to get involved if they cannot access any information?
The StockCentral Team has the answer -- The StockCentral Events calendar. If you or your local investing cadre are hosting an investing event, fair, fete, carnival, or bazaar, send an email to stockcentral@stockcentral.com. Be sure to include a description of the event, along with the location, time, and registration contacts. The good folks at StockCentral will post your information on the Events calendar, allowing everyone to see what your event is all about -- even if they're not StockCentral Members! Simply direct your constituents to StockCentral.com, and they'll be able to easily access the information for your event, without having to sign-up, transfer funds, or any number of other mindlessly invasive actions.
Sources confirm that the StockCentral Event Calendar will launch in the very imminent future. Stay vigilant for updates, and submit your event today...
HORRIFYINGLY REAL QUOTATION DU JUOR
"There are two kinds of investors, be they large or small: those who don't know where the market is headed, and those who don't know that they don't know. Then again, there is a third type of investor -- the investing professional, who indeed knows that he or she doesn't know, but whose livelihood depends upon appearing to know."
- WILLIAM BERNSTEIN
The Investor's Liberation Front;
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