Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Strategies & Market Trends : Gorilla and King Portfolio Candidates -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Apollo who wrote (11397)	11/29/1999 3:08:00 PM
From: Jill	Respond to of 54805

Stan, I've printed that out. It helps me to focus on other companies I haven't had time to look at. Such as the mysteriously under-owned Siebel. A mega effort. Thanx again Jill

To: Apollo who wrote (11397)	11/29/1999 6:10:00 PM
From: lasersobe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

As a newcomer to this board I would like to thank you for a great job. It is very helpful.

To: Apollo who wrote (11397)	12/1/1999 10:19:00 AM
From: tekboy	Respond to of 54805

To: Apollo who wrote (11397)	12/1/1999 10:25:00 AM
From: tekboy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Apollo did great work recently in compiling a survey of threadsters' portfolio holdings (see post 11398, link above). For comparison, here is what an earlier survey revealed many moons ago: From: Uncle Frank Friday, May 28 1999 11:13PM ET Reply #2323 of 11637 G&K Portfolio diversification analysis: So far, LindyBill has the fewest holdings, but DaveMG would seem to be the least deworsified. Otoh, since Dave bought Q in October, he is probably the biggest % gainer for 1999. 4 of the 6 reporting have Gorillas as their largest position, while 2 have Kings or Princes, a matter of debate <g>. That may not be intentional - they probably just grew too fast <g>). I'll keep adding to this as threadmates open up. Number of Largest Holdings Position Allocation DownSouth 15 csco 26% Tom Ardnij 10 aol 28% DiB 5 athm 31% Uncle Frank 4 qcom 44% DaveMG 3 qcom 90% LindyBill 2 qcom 80% I'm not sure what this proves, but it will keep me occuppied until Tuesday. FranQ Interestingly, here's what was said a few posts later on, in regard to the results: Many of us are completely happy to accumulate Silverbacks and aging Kings and participate in the slow, safe ride they provide in their latter years. But the Holy Grail of this thread is a young Gorilla, where we can take advantage of the agility and momentum of its infancy. Many of us think we've found that in Qualcomm; time will tell. well indeedy it did, didn't it? <GGG> tekboy/Ares@actuallygottaworknow.com

To: Apollo who wrote (11397)	12/26/1999 12:28:00 PM
From: Uncle Frank	Read Replies (10) \| Respond to of 54805

* THE Y2K GORILLA & KING INDEX PROJECT * I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas holiday and are ready to go back to work! We agreed to rework the GKI between now and the end of the year, so here is the opening salvo. BACKGROUND: I introduced the GKI a few weeks after the thread began. It was intended as a shopping list of Gorillas, Kings, and Princes with Attitude that our small gang of hunters had agreed on. Since the orientation of the thread is Emerged Gorillas and Royalty, we set a minimum market cap of $10B for inclusion in the Index. Each component was added with equal weighting based on an investment of a $10,000 at the close of the first day of trading in 1999 (an awkward decision on my part, since it put us out of synch with the universal method of computing returns based on the 1998 closing price). I believe our Y2K GKI should reflects the actual investing decisions of the Gorilla Hunters after a year of hard work in refining our selection skills, and propose the following format: 1. Only consensus Gorillas and Kings should be included. 2. The market cap criterion of $10B should be retained. Those will smaller caps should be held in Justin's Watch & Wait Portfolio. 3. Only companies that are widely held (>10%) by the Gorilla Hunters should be considered for the GKI. Others should be held in Justin's Watch & Wait Portfolio. 4. The GKI should be a weighted index, reflecting the weighting in our "for real" portfolios, and we will use the closing price on 12/31/99 to determine our cost bases. Fortunately, we will be able to build in the excellent efforts of Sir Apollo if the elect this approach (whew!). I've taken the liberty of "borrowing" his listing of widely held companies, and added a bit of data. The following were among the widely held that met proposed rule #3: % Holding Mkt. Cap Classification Assignment QCOM 96% $77B Gorilla GKI GMST 58% $15B Gorilla GKI JDSU 52% $52B King GKI CSCO 49% $357B Gorilla GKI EMC 34% $103B King GKI INTC 21% $278B Gorilla GKI MSFT 21% $608B Gorilla GKI NTAP 20% $13B King GKI CREE 18% $2B TBD W&W AOL 17% $182B Godzilla N/A LU 15% $245B King GKI GBLX 13% $41B TBD TBD CMGI 13% $33B Godzilla N/A SEBL 13% $16B Gorilla GKI SUNW 13% $118B King GKI DELL 11% $135B Prince N/A TLAB 10% $27B TBD TBD That would give us 11 GKI selections and two possibilities that need discussion (tlab and gblx). I'll look forward to your feedback. uf