2017 stock picking challenge

[fishtank]

rules are simple
-pick any 2 stock from the TSX or NYSE
( list ticker , date and price entry and a few notes for your pick )
-winning pick determine on percentage gained (average of the 2) uptil dec 31/2017
-post your pick before jan 31/2017 end dec 31/2017
-prize a unspecific bottle of scotch/whiskey from me feel free to add toward THE PRIZE POOL

[mooseknuckle]

interesting way to get sound investment advice. lol.

[fishtank]

Originally Posted by mooseknuckle

interesting way to get sound investment advice. lol.

that depends on the advice

[Weedy1]

With Trump coming in Smith & Wesson

[fish_e_o]

Originally Posted by fishtank

-post your pick before jan 31/2017 end dec 31/2017

i can try

[Sigg]

With Trump in:

Put me down for US STEEL and FLUOR

For fun:

Put me down for a short position on AMAZON as a consolation prize.

[nube]

T.FCU
Fission.
In since day one with Free Shares.
Will be out when it is bought out.
It's one of the top 4 Uranium finds ever.
High Grade near surface Uranium.
All we need is Uranium to go up for once lol It's at it's low now.....

[play.soccer]

ACB Aurora Cannabis


And for fun, MMJ Matica Enterprises Inc. Lithium and Weed, an odd combination. Should appeal to all them green lovers.

[ForwardBias]

SES

CWB

Both on the TSX

[Short Round]

Wcp.t
cmg.t

[Gunslinger257]

NYSE BUD $105.22 Anheuser Busch
TSE CNR $91.72 Canadian National Railway Company

[gordfishing]

timmins gold tmm.to
birch cliff energy bir.to

[57charlie]

HSE.TO, Jan 4/17, $16.48
TA.TO, Jan 4.17, $7.32

I'm partial to Appleton Estate.

[Gray Wolf]

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Investment advice from an internet forum?!



You guys must be desperate.

Good luck with it !

[darren32]

What about the biggest loser??

[rugatika]

Originally Posted by Gray Wolf

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Investment advice from an internet forum?!



You guys must be desperate.

Good luck with it !

Better than a financial advisor I bet.

[Hooter]

Originally Posted by darren32

What about the biggest loser??

😳 You and I must use the same financial advisor!!! 😖

[Selkirk]

Better luck using a dart board

Mac

[HighlandHeart]

Stock market is great, as long as you are cool with losing money too.

[waterninja]

I know nothing about stocks and stuff, but I wish I had cornered the market on salt in the Vancouver area this month.

[Dean2]

Trying to get rich in the stock market quickly is not investing it is gambling, and you have about the same odds of winning. How you get rich in the market is NOT by picking the best one year stock performance, it is by picking the best 30 year stock performances.

Buy high quality, well managed, steady growth stocks that pay a consistent and growing dividend. Buy when they are down, hold for the long term and add to the positions when the stocks take a drop. Watch for large changes in the market that may cause the stock to enter a long down trend that isn't recoverable (think Kodak, great stock for 30 years but they didn't adapt to the changing world).

Here are a selection of mostly dividend paying stocks with long histories of good performance. Last one is a sell as Thompson Reuters has performed well the last 5 years but is not adapting quickly enough to changing markets.

QName 5 Day (%)3 Month (%) 6 Month (%)1 Year 5 Year Total Ret (%)

Consider Buying
CIX
CI Financial Corp -0.10 16.29 9.03 -3.82 36.55
CM
Canadian Imperial Bank of... 0.76 11.70 15.21 21.74 48.52
CP
Canadian Pacific Railway ... 0.78 -4.73 14.33 10.33 175.30
ENB
Enbridge Inc 0.09 0.11 4.30 24.32 52.92
NA
National Bank of Canada 0.65 19.59 25.36 38.81 51.72
QSR
Restaurant Brands Interna... -0.99 10.97 17.66 28.90 --
T
TELUS Corp 1.78 1.66 0.88 14.56 52.59
TRP
TransCanada Corp -0.59 -1.93 0.36 33.85 37.93


Consider Holding
BMO
Bank of Montreal 0.22 15.76 17.99 27.05 69.60
BNS
Bank of Nova Scotia 0.24 9.46 21.08 37.56 47.35
SJR.B
Shaw Communications Inc C... 1.44 2.70 11.34 13.94 35.13
TD
The Toronto-Dominion Bank 0.82 16.28 23.38 25.93 76.63

Consider Selling
TRI
Thomson Reuters Corp -0.47 8.64 12.38 13.99 115.6

[Sneeze]

Long Volkswagen AG (ADR) VLKAY @ $30.00

Short @ $74.62 Guggenheim CurrencyShares Canadian FXC (You didn't say I couldn't)

[nube]

Originally Posted by Gray Wolf

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Investment advice from an internet forum?!



You guys must be desperate.

Good luck with it !

Well i bet there are a lot of guys on here that have played long enough to know a thing or 2.
All I know is a little about Uranium. Basically took 30K and made it into 184k at it's highest in less than 10 years. Ya its a lot of luck but I'll take that anyday especially in a TFSA lol
A few buy outs and it goes up real fast.
T.HAT was a good buyout for me and Fission Uranium has been real good as well with some good swings. Nexgen Energy and Fission will be bought out at some point and will be worth it when the time comes........

[doublehaul]

TLA.V .67
Feb 1

[raab]

Forgot to get my picks in I'll go with Conifex Timber and Fortress Paper if still allowed. CFF @ 3.06 and FTP @ 8.50 on the TSE.

[fishtank]

NYSE:MJN @69.55 feb1
NYSE:TPX @ 45.00 feb1

[zims23]

ERA.V Feb 1 @ 0.34

[79ford]

Algoma Central- ALC on TSX

And trinidad drilling TDG-tsx

[raab]

Originally Posted by 79ford

Algoma Central- ALC on TSX

And trinidad drilling TDG-tsx

ALC was in my top 5. I really liked it at $11.30.

[79ford]

Originally Posted by raab

ALC was in my top 5. I really liked it at $11.30.

Alc only goes on sale every seven years or so and once it bottoms out it climbs steadily for about 5-6 years.

Atco is another good one, when it is on sale buy it up.

High arctic energy services is a really cheap oil services stock.... makes nothing but money and no debt while paying a 4% dividend