Davey,
What an exhilarating day! Much of the conversation on this thread has returned to rational discussion on fixing a value for Actrade based on fundamental analysis. Much to my credit I might add. Meanwhile there was still a modicum of bantering by the davef crew continuing along the lines of irrational exuberance and unbound euphoria. Davey, I would be remiss if I did not again remind you that I am still waiting for you, as leader of the long (winded) Actrade faction, to provide summary data on Actrade's top five TAD customers, including the value of their total TADs for the quarter and also provide a total number of TAD users for the last quarter. Time is running out and if I don't receive your reply soon, I will have to ask the general population for assistance. Of course, if you need more time to compile the data, just post a note stating your intention to provide the requested information.
Also of note today, Teri properly deposited one of davef's posts on to davef's thread. Kudos for Teri.
Now on to the daily stock picking contest. What good fortune it is to have a triple witching day so early in the competition. A special treat for the three Actrade cheerleaders, who came adorned in their normal attire, broomsticks included. They didn't have to change into mini-skirts and rustle those annoying pom-poms. Like the cheerleaders, things got ugly early for ACRT. By early afternoon, many of the faithful had already departed for the parking lot. One observer proclaimed, "If all you wanted to know was who was going to win, I could have saved you the price of a ticket." To the good fortune of those remaining, Actrade put on the greatest comeback of in their competitive history, closing moderately close to AHG.
davef - who's only known stock pick, ACRT, closed at 12 5/8 cutting their owners losses for the day to just under 3% of the market cap.
Mr. Pink's pick for the competition, the dog of His portfolio, AHG, closed at 11 7/16, down a TAD or two. In a rare mid-game interview, Mr. Pink predicted that the stock prices of AHG and ACRT will continue to converge and switch positions in the near future. Some analysts said he should be ashamed for forecasting such an obvious event that it has yet to be contested by davef. In fact, davef is commanded to have his chartist record the event for posterity.
The winner for day 4 is Mr. Pink:
3/20/98 AHG 11 7/16 -3/16 down 1.61%
3/19/98 AHG 11 5/8 -1/8 down 1.06%
3/18/98 AHG 11 11/16 + 1/8 up 1.08%
3/17/98 AHG 11 9/16 unchanged
3/20/98 ACRT 12 5/8 -3/8 down 2.88%
3/19/98 ACRT 13 -3/8 down 2.80%
3/18/98 ACRT 13 3/8 + 1/16 up 0.47%
3/17/98 ACRT 13 5/16 -3/8 down 2.74%
Cumulative results:
Mr. Pink 4 davef 0
This concludes the first week of competition. Connoisseurs of stock picking excellence around the globe await Monday's competition, which will be posted here after the close.
Yours in public service, Don. |
