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Invest in Enron!

I get stock picks through The Motley Fool - I gone in on a subscription with some other guys.

What's the time period? This is vitally important. The next month? Three months?

put it all in google

I'm feeling lucky

invest it in penny stocks, thats the only way to win short term games like that

if you know anything about finance, you would know that the first rule of finance is that you basically cannot beat the market without insider information, or taking more risk.

in this case you would have the best chance of being the best in the class by taking as much risk as possible.

invest 25,000 each in 4 companies, the smaller and risker the better.

Commodities

invest in commodities

>>2622403
has to be a min of $5, but i get what your saying

bet against the dollar

>>2622404


This.

Cause stock market crash o.p. Professor loses you can jack off happily tonight

invest in the Forex market

>>2622421
He's not actually investing, because he doesn't have $100k. He can't have an influence.

ADM; they're gong to make a killing off rising food prices.

Put 80,000 of it under your mattress and spend the other 20,000 on a car bomb. Day the contest is supposed to end, set of car bomb on wall street. Your professor's stocks plummet and you are left with $80,000 to claim victory!

>>2622426
Since when do rising food costs give a food processing company a larger profit margin? The food costs go up because the crops are expensive. Doesn't it tighten competition?

>>2622428
Sarcasm Implied well aware he has no influence on actually market

>>2622434
he could use the other 80K to short the market, and/or go long on military contractor stocks.

>>2622435
you can actually invest in commodities, like corn for instance.

Data storage. My uncle works for a big data storage company and he's always talking about how more and more companies are coming to them to store their files and keep up with compliance laws.

>>2622446
Put it on gold during collapse prices always over inflate especially in short term

>>2622456
>invest in gold

>>2622404
I thought that but I dont know that many small companies does anyone have any suggestions or where to look before i start stumbling about on google?

Geoeye Inc. Stock Symbol: GEOY
They have a p/e ratio of over 35. Solid growth over the last 5 years of at least 10%. Small Cap, and are in the service of supporting businesses.
If you are looking for a higher risk, this would be it.

Claymore CEF GS Connect ETN symbol: GCE
Again, They have a p/e ratio of over 35. Small Cap company in the coal industry. Prospects are looking up.

>>2622480
seems a little high right now, isn't going to go down

financial software engineer here.
Buy oil. Price is going up like insane because of libya/egypt.
Buy Steel. Obama wants a stronger infrastructure.
Buy the yuan. China is only getting stronger by the second.

>>2622452
Don't!
I invested in cisco when it was $26 and today its worth roughly $18
STAY AWAY FROM TECH STOCKS

>>2622435
The same way Exxon reaps big profits when oil prices go up. Adm is as much of the food chain as Exxon is petrochemicals.

>>2622518
>The same way Exxon reaps big profits when oil prices go up
Does that really happen? I wish it didn't, but I have an unsubstantiated impression that it does.

Anyway, the gas stations don't benefit. Their money is in the convenience store, and if gas prices are high it hurts their business.

>>2622456

Gold is a currency exchange, not an short-term investment.

For investments... I suggest silver stocks and oil.

Invest in stable boring stocks like general mills or general electric
Its a bears market :(

>>2622573
Not according to my 20% profits on $30k capital over the past year.

>>2622573
General Electric finally broke above the $20 mark over the past few weeks. Huge accomplishment considering the pain it experienced during the 2008 crash. I remember when it was hovering in the $6 range.

>>2622533
It's common sense; if oil prices go up, and you have the oil (and byproducts like gas, plastics, etc.), then you would make more money.

The gas stations are merely distribution for the parent's product; in short, they're just retail, which generally has small profit margins.

>>2622586
What did you invest in?

>>2622586
Not bad. Edged me. I only managed 15% over the past 12 months.

first question is
HOW ARE YOU GOING TO BE MARKED ON THIS PROJECT?

This will indicate how much risk you should take.

>>2622597
I'm
>>2622400

A large portion of the profits are from investing heavily in Exelixis when it was down. My heavy investments in a Chinese agricultural company (CGA) and an Indonesian telecom (TLK) haven't paid off - at least yet.

Basically, I took vetted stock picks, matched a balance portfolio, and then used extra money to double down on stocks that went down significantly without a change in their rating/assessment from the guys who did the original vetting. Now at least one of them is paying off richly. Doubled by $3,700 investment in Exelixis. (EXEL)

Other recent winners were BOOM (up 70% since my investment), UNH (up 43%), DNR (up 77%) and GOOG (up 34%).

Those are the best out of 22 stocks I've invested in - and I'm up about 20% overall, though the portfolio isn't especially balanced. If Exelixis goes way down, I'll lose most of my profit.

>>2622600
not sure, i just want to make money and win. As long as that happens i think it'll be ok

An oil or fuel company would be good if gas prices spike to $5 per gallon like they've been saying would happen all winter.

Chinese REIT's.

no one knows what they are talking about here. the only way to win this game is for you to go balls the walls leveraged. buy some cheap stocks so you can have more shares. to explain this to you could buy more shares when a stock is trading at $4 rather $100 like a lot more. so this position is going to be more sensitive to price changes. the problem is you could come in last using this strategy as well. a little note is that you should only use this strategy for this simulation not real life unless your a pro. now you need to move on to picking the actual stocks the important part. no one knows what the market is going to do and i dont consider myself an expert. best thing for you to do is to do some research. if i tell you what stocks to pick i could be wrong but if you actually research it you will have some benefits. one idea is to watch cnbc at 6pm eastern. this is jim crammer. jim is a crazy dude and his show is entertaining. he suggests stocks he likes. sometimes hes right sometimes hes wrong. i wouldnt take his advice in real life if you didnt know what your doing but for a simulator its not bad. also look at some stock picking strategies. some key search words to get you started: fundamental analysis, technical analysis, day trading, candle stick charting. some websites: google or yahoo finance, wsj.com, investopedia.com, marketwatch.com, day trading rock star. good luck.

>>2622678
I've heard unencouraging things about the sustainability of recent trends in the Chinese real estate market. Haven't looked into it myself.

>>2622712
Sounds good, though I'm fairly new at stock market investing. Personally, I outsourced all the legwork on picking stocks to a company that sells financial advice. I've gone in with some friends on a subscription.
>>2622400

>>2622712
This. Get some of those triple-leveraged ETFs then spend the rest of the competition fapping to furries. These paper trading games are always bullshit. 2 month swing trading has nothing whatsoever to do with fundamental analysis. They are the financial equivalent of March Madness brackets. Some dumb bitch who can barely read will win because she liked the ticker symbol for some penny stock.

if your going to invest in any commodity go with corn. cows need it, it makes energy, and demand will only grow as the world pop. goes up.

gold is a bubble

oil has a bad image and everybody wants to stop using it.

copper is another one thats not bad if you think the economy is recovering. think of the copper wires and pipes used.

>>2622791
Corn is a piss-poor source of energy. As soon as politicians understand that, that factor goes away.

>>2622712
thanks this is a real help

another note on the leveraged comment i made. if you can only buy 5 stocks go with 4 that are under $15 the lower the more leveraged. then pick a sure bet. go to investors.com they rate stocks and i think they aren't bad. of course the higher the better. there is some stocks rated 99. Chipotle Mexican Grill is one that is 98 but is pretty expensive for the strategy i mentioned.

>>2622377

You should know how to do basic portfolio analysis. If the parameters of the game are for you to take the riskiest stocks. go high beta, simple as that.

>>2622712

>he believes in technical analysis

investing in something cheap sounds like a good idea, but it has to be $5 or more and I'm having trouble finding cheap stocks

>>2622403
this. i played a similar game in high school. killed it. they have to cost at least $5 per share? that's gonna be a small problem. what i did was watch for ones that seem to fluctuate between 1cent and like 3cent. then buy at 1, sell at 2 or 3, and you double or triple up. similar strat for you should work ok. but you won't be able to double up or anything. maybe look for ones that hover around $4-$6. buy at 5 sell at 6, bam 20% profit.

but buy the cheapest you can for maximum profitz

some cheap stocks: quest, micron technology, entropic. these have been suggested by various sources. im no expert. hey dipshit theres plenty of millionaires and billionaires that have made their fortune using technical analysis. u jelly?

>>2622990
newspaper man. business section.

qwest not quest

>>2623055

>implying they wouldn't have made their fortune all the same using astrological signs

you're retarded if you think you can predict the price of a stock just by looking at a chart. stock prices follow a random walk. deal with it.

Get up early when websites are publishing their new business sections. if you see an article about "somenoes buying this" or "this company makes an innovation in this field"
rest assured, that stock is going up in price that day

>>2623078
I wouldn't go that far. Technical analysis can work to the extent that the techniques are exploiting supply and demand dynamics. That's what James Simon basically does, except with math, which has probably put most of the technical analysis fags our of business.

>>2623078
So your the type of person who thinks stock trading is no different than gambling?

>>2622888
>Chipotle Mexican Grill is one that is 98 but is pretty expensive for the strategy i mentioned.
That stock made a killing over the past year. But it's probably reached the price it's going to now.
http://www.google.com/finance?q=NYSE%3ACMG

> something like intel because it looks down and cheap and I think it will go up soon

You can't be serious. Intel has been stuck at $20 for like five years.

For a two month timeframe, you should just hold onto the cash. That short of a timeframe is purely a gamble, and there's like a 40% chance your teacher will lose money even if he plays perfectly. In reality, he probably doesn't know WTF he's doing and has a much higher chance of losing money.

protip:
if your teacher was good
he wouldn't be a teacher

β=better

>>2623126
>>2623121
well sad to say that he's won almost every time he's done it over like 10 years so he's better than most of his students that's for sure

>>2623121
fuck your right, well that's why I'm here lol

>>2623169
Probably because most of his students go on the internet asking for stock tips

>>2623176
Well good thing I'm not... wait a minute!

Your teacher is a fucking idiot.

ARW, PQ ,HWAY

>>2623695
Seconded. NVS, MRK and BMY are also good bets.

>econ project
>ignore market indicators
>ignore stock valuations
>invest in something because i think it will go up soon
>blindly gambling

how is this teaching you anything about econ again?

Watch graphs (ie trends)
Read news
Day trade
Learn to spot upticks
Go short on bad news

bscly

>>2623726
Teaching them that what they think is investing is actually blind gambling sounds like a REALLY good lesson

>>2623726
what market indicators would you look out for?

I propose he buy puts then we ddos market systems, Friday mornings are best. If trading is difficult or impossable panic could set in. Then friday nite when politians "disclose" all there weeks shit WIN.

protip: This friday is goberment shutdown day

look for a cyclical penny stock. something that goes up and down like once a week regular as clockwork.

we have stocks like that because investors make them do this by investing in the way I'm about to describe...

wait till it's at the bottom of its cycle, buy.

just before it's set to peak, sell and short sell.

wait till it drops, buy more.

be aware that predictable cycles like this only last a few weeks at most before we move on and start pumping some other stock.

the value of the stock doesn't matter, predictability is the first factor and the size of the fluctuation is the second.

a stock that goes up $5 bucks a month is worthless compared to a stock that regularly goes up and then down $7 a week.

I used this knowledge to beat my high-school accounting teacher at a mock day-trade, and got my picture in local and state newspapers for making several fake millions over a couple months.

Apple just before the iPad 2 is announced

>>2624062

>>2624077
Lol why?

Their shares increase each time they give a keynote presentation

One of your stocks should be HGSI. It's about to get FDA approval for a blockbuster drug, in a week, in fact.

>>2622377
>>2622377
>>2622377
QSGIQ
coming out of bankrupty
at .26cents a share , soon to be $1+

http://money.msn.com/top-stocks/cramers-top-10-dow-stocks-for-2011-cramer.aspx


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>>2622377


Hey hows Sheridan

Intel are probably a good choice: Sandy Bridge is coming back our soon
invest some in NVIDEA also, as they're doing well
google are always a safe bet
apple are NOT good stock to be buying at the moment.
I'd suggest some defense company like qinetiq but it looks like someone just dumped a load of their stock and lowered their price.

Invest everything in Real Doll then in real life drive around town in an old stolen car and try to run over and kill as many guy's girlfriends as possible it might be hard but it will be worth it when you make like 5000 dollars fuck year