SubscribeR U the Next Peter Lynch? (Contest)
October 15, 2007
R U the Next Peter Lynch? (Contest)
Peter Lynch was a master at finding stocks. We are looking for great new ideas for investing. Maybe you see an opportunity in a great new widget because you have watched all your friends buying it. Or maybe you have heard about a new car that will revolutionize transportation.
During the next 4 weeks, call in and record your pitch… 1-877-623-8473. Start with your name and email address so we can contact you if you are one of the winners for the week. Then give us your best pitch with all the frills in one minute or less. At the end of the week, we will open it up to votes and the “pitch” with the most votes wins!
Sample “Pitch”
Weekly: $50 AMEX Gift-card and a copy of book, The Disciplined Investor.
Grand Prize: (Top Weekly(s) will be voted on for Grand Prize) a $250 AMEX Gift-card, a TDI AudioBook, a Free Day-Trading Intro Class from CyberTrading University ($295), a Nokia N95 UNLOCKED Phone ($595) and a Copy of Harry Dent’s Latest Book.
Rules: Voting is open to all but we will accept only one vote per person. Each week, the top 3 entries picked will be presented on this site and voting will be open for 7 days. Winners will be announced on The Disciplined Investor Podcast and via the web. One entry per idea please, but you are able to submit unlimited ideas. No suggestions/recommendations or ideas presented by contestants are to be construed as buy or sell recommendations of Andrew Horowitz and/or Horowitz & Company. Please, play fair.
Earnings Momentum and Analyst Upgrade Screen
October 9, 2007
I have been busy. Too busy. It has been a whirlwind of book, audiobook, podcast, clients, portfolios and much more. So, I apologize for not being close to the keyboard. That said, I realized that there were many emails and many comments about two recent posts that focused on “Quant screens” and thought that one more couldn’t hurt…
Contest with Weekly Prizes ($750 Grand Prize!) - Details on The Disciplined Investor Podcast - Listen/Subscribe }
(Excerpt from The Disciplined Investor)
The MSN Money stock-screening tool makes available some great ways to unearth sometimes buried opportunities. One that has been found to be very profitable in an upward momentum bull market is a screen that searches out the information reported by seasoned analysts. The very thought that analysts are raising their assumptions can cause the sentiment surrounding a stock to quickly change. As has been seen from the bull markets that occurred during the latter part of the 90s, earning surprises both to the up and downsides have a habit of creating either prosperity or poverty. This particular screen is meant to be used as a brainstorming tool for those stocks that may be possible short to mid-term momentum plays.
When an analyst that closely studies a certain company or sector changes his or her rating or earnings estimate for that company or sector, it is a pretty good sign that there is something more going on than meets the eye. Companies such as Zacks Investment Research are in the business of following these analysts and tracking the changes that they make to their ratings and earnings estimates.
This search focuses on the companies with the highest earnings-per-share growth projected for next year, for which the analysts have increased their estimates. It also adds additional parameters and overlays to find the stocks with the greatest recent price changes and upward-moving technical trends.
The Screen: Momentum Earnings Up
You will undoubtedly find many stocks that you have probably never heard of within these results. Caveat emptor! Try not to let yourself get sucked into the temptation of following the historic returns. Be sure to keep a cool head and think about the company and its longer-term prospects.
The screen was run on the MSN Money Site with the following criteria:
Stocks from Screen (10/9/2007) : (BGP) (EQIX) (NAVI) (LYV) (BLOG) (XTXI) (OMTR) (EYE) (MDCO) (CNO) (CNTF) (CRM) (OMRI) (OCNF) (MFA) (OHB) (SLH) (OPTM) (MMR) (WRES) (ANH) (OMN) (ONXX) (INTV) (MOGN)
Disclosure: Horowitz & Company clients may hold Lng or Short positions in the stocks mentioned
TDI Podcast 30: Day Trading University #2
October 6, 2007
Day Trading University #2. Fausto Pugliese, Founder of CyberTrading University provides us with another lesson on Day-Trading for a living. Special for TDI listeners; sign up for a FREE class ($595 Value..Nice Guy that Fausto!). The markets are going higher, higher, but where is the end? Andrew discusses how to find a stock through research (Lynch Style).
We have a contest brewing…“Are you the next Peter Lynch?”
Some of his famous quotes:
“Go for a business that any idiot can run - because sooner or later, any idiot probably is going to run it.”
“It’s absolute crap that people need to spend 60 hours a week analyzing companies, … All you need are a few stocks to make money. If you find one stock a year, that’s plenty. When I was running Magellan I had to find one a week but that was because I had billions of dollars. The average person needs only a few good stocks in a lifetime.”
“Everyone has the brainpower to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth-grade math, you can do it.”
Join in on the fun, as the contest; “Are you the next Peter Lynch?” begins. Call in your best and most creative stock idea/pitch and it will be voted on by listeners and readers. (Note: One minute max) Most votes, wins! Be creative and listen to Podcast #30 for examples of how it can be done. Great prizes for winners. Watch for more info…… Contest begins Monday 10/8.. Start calling in to 1-877-623-8473 with your stock picks/pans and pitches and be sure to watch for Rules and Eligibility info.
{PRIZES AND PAYDAY}
Weekly: $50 AMEX Gift-card and a copy of book, The Disciplined Investor.
Grand Prize: (Top Weekly(s) will be voted on for Grand Prize) a $250 AMEX Gift-card, a TDI AudioBook, a Free Day-Trading Intro Class from CyberTrading University ($295), a Nokia N95 UNLOCKED Phone ($595) and a Copy of Harry Dent’s Latest Book.
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Stocks Discussed/Mentioned in this Episode: (SFLY) (ZUMZ) (AAPL) (MRVL) (GTRC) (ZEUS) (TOL) (KBH)
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