Search results

  1. S

    stock contest 04

    first of all a quick recap, in 2003 our club finished with a return of $120,965.91 when counting dividends. We held and never traded out of the five stocks (only meet once a month) BMO, XIU, MBT, TD, TA. all trade on the TSX. each person got to select 2 stocks a year, I picked a blue chip and...
  2. S

    Recap

    in this thread will go over some of my stock picks on the forum, to see how well or poorly they did and a general update of their current status. will go over the picks I posted from the shareclub competition I post here, and how my suggestions have fared. first will go over some picks I...
  3. S

    Mr. GIC $60,000 and counting

    Mr Gic.. update Sept. 30, 2003 Portfolio Saxon small cap $5000 invested at $17.237 to buy 304.536 units. $13.77X 304.536 = $5298.92 Summit Reit (smu.un) 500 shares (purchase price $14.98/yield 10%) divs=$1083.75 $16.92X500= $8460 Manulife Financial 300 shares ($45.95) divs= $308...
  4. S

    1st halfs

    bengals/browns under 20 not a great line and most of the lines were hoping to be a few points higher. thanks selkirk
  5. S

    NFL 1st half

    not a very good NFL capper but will post some....fade away.... Pt/cincy under 23 first half indy under 21.5 first half titans -2.5 first half. thanks selkirk
  7. S

    lightning, fire and good people

    this past tuesday my (building/garage) 40X70 was hit by lightning. was not there to see it, (came home to firetrucks in the yard and smoke). but it was struck once and maybe twice and turned red from end to end, and was destroyed within minutes. anyways the volunteer firefighters came very...
  8. S

    Ramblings AC, KVL,

    Well the market has had another good week. little worried as the economy still seems weak. AC Air Canada. Well the company came out this week and announced the shares are worthless the stock still managed to trade for over a $1. now at .82, some of the strength is short covering, but most is...
  9. S

    earnings, pipelines, slf,mfc,cnr,cp,eca,ect

    most of these earnings came out in late April so are a few weeks late. numbers in Cdn. $ (which is going up) TRP TransCanada Pipelines (TRP-TSX/NYSE) TRP reported .42 EPS for Q1 2003. Cashflow came in at $457 million for Q1 the company is generating over $200million per quarter in free...
  10. S

    1963 Lincoln penny worth $39,100 and BRE-X stock $150..strange...

    some interesting items I came across in the past month. A 1963 coin graded PR70 Dcam (deep cameo/PR 70 is the highest coin grade you can get) went for $39,100 at a coin auction. the coin was graded by PCGS. this shows how important grade means to coins before 1976, and a perfect coin can...
  11. S

    MR.GIC Record update....not good

    Time to see the record and though it came in with a gain of 5.5%, and beat all of the indexes there was some very bad mistakes. next year will be better. the portfolio was started on April 16, 2002. so the main indexes averages at the end of March were: DJIA -23.18, Nasdaq 100 -29.88, SP 500...
  13. S

    hoops

    not good at the NBA so if you want fade away. playing philly under 96 first half thanks selkirk
  14. S

    Air Canada, SBC, car companies big 3

    from 2002 predictions 11. Air Canada goes bankrupt. well it happened on April 1, 2003 but it still happened, when I reviewed this was surprised they were still going but thought they would try to IPO some of their divisions, maintenance, regional services and hang on for a year or two more. AC...
  15. S

    CP update

    CP broke up into 5 companies here is how they are doing: Encana: Pan Canadian and Alberta Energy merged to form Encana. The stock is up from the low $40/$42 cdn. trading at $47.90. still believe this stock should trade at over $50 cdn./$55.cdn. good oil and natural gas exposure, though...
  16. S

    Mr Gic..

    Portfolio Saxon small cap $5000 invested at $17.237 to buy 290.073 units. XIU I 60s 300 shares PP $42.50 Avg P $40.33 divs $102.30 Summit Reit (smu.un) 500 shares (purchase price $14.98/yield 10%) divs= $701.25 Manulife Financial 300 shares ($45.95) divs= $192 MFC $40 April 300 calls .60/.80...
  17. S

    Encanca good numbers, SBC sold

    first off sold my position in SBC, as on Thursday it broke through my stop loss, FCC has made another ruling (split decission) which may see more regulation not less. SBC still has a strong balance sheet but for now will wait to see how the stock acts. taking the money and buying more Telus...
  19. S

    BCE/Manulife earnings

    BCE came in with good numbers, earnings per share came in at .44 revenue came in at 5.172 billion up 1.2% year over year. Bell mobility added 218,000 net subscribers and revenue was up 16% year over year. smaller units like Bell Globemedia had increased revenue of 7.1% in revenue. Express-vu...
  20. S

    Brookfield / Brookfield homes update

    posted about Brookfield in early April 2002. was trading at $30.50 cdn. target was $35cdn. $40 cdn. downside target was $25 the dividend has been increased to .40US stock broke over $31 cdn. and is now falling to $27.45 or $18.04 US. If the weak markets continue it may test $25 cdn...
  21. S

    Predictions 2002 review 2003

    2002 predictions some were dead on and some were terrible. so a quick review. 1. Natural gas falls from $2.47 perphaps even below $2. However by this time next year Natural gas recovers and trades in the $3-$4 range. correct: natural gas prices were weak but have recovered and are now even...
  22. S

    Contest

    Well in the last contest our club finished either in 2-3rd out of 8. If you count divs which the contest did not (dumb rule) then we would finish in 2nd. this year the contest has taken a huge step back and we may not enter it. they have reduced the number of stocks down from 10-5 because and...
  23. S

    Remembrance Day Nov 11

    This year went to a family reunion. There was dozens of pictures of family on the table and walls. There was a newspaper article of a 23 year old who went over to Korea and came back with no legs. The picture showed his smiling face and he seemed like a positive person. Everyone in my family...
Bet on MyBookie
Top