New Stock Ideas- Not for Tim's eyes!

I should put my pick out there too since I am asking for yours: CLF Long

walynut Said:
Got some extra cash laying around in the Scottrade account and looking for something to invest in. Currently sitting with the following:

BAC
C
GOOG
CLF
X
GE
NYMT
RDN
MTG
ICPAX (FBO Recommendation that I am still scratching my head on)

Have any of you found any nice movers out there for the year ahead to look into that dont revolve around life insurance (LOL)?

Try a look at Rays. Its a fairly new video compression company that could really take off.  They have nearly perfected compressing HD video without loosing any quality.  something to look at now while its cheap. Im in at 1.18

Ask Obama's new finance czar.

How about a Bakken Stock...CLR,KOG, etc. They both hit 52 week highs yesterday so you might want to wait for a pull back or slight drop in oil prices. Unless you see oil prices bottoming out or a moratorium on fracing, the sky is the limit for these guy's. Plus there is always a very good chance of a buy-out like my old favorite bexp.

I would keep an eye on Nautilus Minerals.

1fisherman Said:
How about a Bakken Stock...CLR,KOG, etc. They both hit 52 week highs yesterday so you might want to wait for a pull back or slight drop in oil prices. Unless you see oil prices bottoming out or a moratorium on fracing, the sky is the limit for these guy's. Plus there is always a very good chance of a buy-out like my old favorite bexp.

That is what ICPAX is, a mutual fund based out of Minot that incorporates all the companies in the Bakken. Thanks for the input though!!!

hunter77 Said:

walynut Said:
Got some extra cash laying around in the Scottrade account and looking for something to invest in. Currently sitting with the following:

BAC
C
GOOG
CLF
X
GE
NYMT
RDN
MTG
ICPAX (FBO Recommendation that I am still scratching my head on)

Have any of you found any nice movers out there for the year ahead to look into that dont revolve around life insurance (LOL)?

Try a look at Rays. Its a fairly new video compression company that could really take off.  They have nearly perfected compressing HD video without loosing any quality.  something to look at now while its cheap. Im in at 1.18

Nice open on your RAYS $1.24 up 4.20%!

Yeah, I bought it like 3 weeks ago, and it has been up and down, but I think once they really get going lots of companies are going to want this product. Maybe like an apple of the 90's or an ebay or something like that.... I bought 700 shares, we will see.  

walynut Said:

1fisherman Said:
How about a Bakken Stock...CLR,KOG, etc. They both hit 52 week highs yesterday so you might want to wait for a pull back or slight drop in oil prices. Unless you see oil prices bottoming out or a moratorium on fracing, the sky is the limit for these guy's. Plus there is always a very good chance of a buy-out like my old favorite bexp.

That is what ICPAX is, a mutual fund based out of Minot that incorporates all the companies in the Bakken. Thanks for the input though!!!

I guess im just not a huge fan of most mutual funds. I feel like with this one especially you could do alot better picking a few of the best companies. I see kog, clr, bexp, oas, are some of this funds biggest holdings yet this fund is only up about 100% since its 2009 low. Meanwhile, some of these individual stocks are up several thousand percent. Basically i think you could throw a dart at a list of bakken stocks and do better.

If any thing bad happens with oil/fracking, this fund will drop just as quickly as the individual stocks, but it will never come close to matching the upside. I guess everybody has different investment strategies/goals, and im just a young punk so what do i know.

1fisherman Said:

walynut Said:

1fisherman Said:
How about a Bakken Stock...CLR,KOG, etc. They both hit 52 week highs yesterday so you might want to wait for a pull back or slight drop in oil prices. Unless you see oil prices bottoming out or a moratorium on fracing, the sky is the limit for these guy's. Plus there is always a very good chance of a buy-out like my old favorite bexp.

That is what ICPAX is, a mutual fund based out of Minot that incorporates all the companies in the Bakken. Thanks for the input though!!!

I guess im just not a huge fan of most mutual funds. I feel like with this one especially you could do alot better picking a few of the best companies. I see kog, clr, bexp, oas, are some of this funds biggest holdings yet this fund is only up about 100% since its 2009 low. Meanwhile, some of these individual stocks are up several thousand percent. Basically i think you could throw a dart at a list of bakken stocks and do better.

If any thing bad happens with oil/fracking, this fund will drop just as quickly as the individual stocks, but it will never come close to matching the upside. I guess everybody has different investment strategies/goals, and im just a young punk so what do i know.

I completly agree with you hence why I said I am still scratching my head on the original post. Here is another nut about this fund, have had it for a while >1yr and chose the "reinvest as stock" for the dividends from all the companys it holds. My share number has not increased at all, not even a .0001. Am I to assume all these companies stopped paying any sort of dividend over the last 12 months?  I have a call into the minot office, couple actually, but no calls have yet to be returned. I am going to let her ride for a little longer then jump out. We also have this in our Stock Club and the jump recommendation has also been made there for the same/similar reasons.

walynut Said:

1fisherman Said:

walynut Said:

1fisherman Said:
How about a Bakken Stock...CLR,KOG, etc. They both hit 52 week highs yesterday so you might want to wait for a pull back or slight drop in oil prices. Unless you see oil prices bottoming out or a moratorium on fracing, the sky is the limit for these guy's. Plus there is always a very good chance of a buy-out like my old favorite bexp.

That is what ICPAX is, a mutual fund based out of Minot that incorporates all the companies in the Bakken. Thanks for the input though!!!

I guess im just not a huge fan of most mutual funds. I feel like with this one especially you could do alot better picking a few of the best companies. I see kog, clr, bexp, oas, are some of this funds biggest holdings yet this fund is only up about 100% since its 2009 low. Meanwhile, some of these individual stocks are up several thousand percent. Basically i think you could throw a dart at a list of bakken stocks and do better.

If any thing bad happens with oil/fracking, this fund will drop just as quickly as the individual stocks, but it will never come close to matching the upside. I guess everybody has different investment strategies/goals, and im just a young punk so what do i know.

I completly agree with you hence why I said I am still scratching my head on the original post. Here is another nut about this fund, have had it for a while >1yr and chose the "reinvest as stock" for the dividends from all the companys it holds. My share number has not increased at all, not even a .0001. Am I to assume all these companies stopped paying any sort of dividend over the last 12 months?  I have a call into the minot office, couple actually, but no calls have yet to be returned. I am going to let her ride for a little longer then jump out. We also have this in our Stock Club and the jump recommendation has also been made there for the same/similar reasons.

As the old saying goes, "nobody will ever care about your money as much as you". I'd be running like the wind form that fund as soon as i had the chance, and with oil at $103 now might be that time.

Thanks, but I'll stick any excess money into a well managed mutual fund and forget about stocks going up or down.   At my old age I'd obviously be in a pretty conservative fund but at  your young and tender ages you can be more aggressive. 
I always have found it hard to believe that many individuals can even match the professionals that do this day in and day out, by buying and selling stocks themselves.    The exception is people who earmark a bit of money to do this as a hobby, knowing long term they probably won't beat the pros.
I've met one, maybe two guys during my lifetime  that might have done better than the best mutual funds, but its pretty unusual..

bobkat Said:
  The exception is people who earmark a bit of money to do this as a hobby, knowing long term they probably won't beat the pros.

This is probably where I would classify myself. Me and the wife both have "retirement funds" then I have the scottrade "fun" without the "d"! Sometimes I hit home runs, sometimes I dont. What I do though is when I start getting a little to much money in this "fun" account, I do a rollover into the retirement accounts where I am sure it is ALOT safer then have the crap I pull!!!! LOL

I invest all of my stocks for long term. I bought brigham at $1.89 and sold way to early at $11.89. Had I bought the amount of shares what i should have at the base price and sold at the merger I would be somewhere in the Bahamas right now rocking a 42' bertram and drinking Pina Coladas. Unfortunately I had someone talk me out of placing my bet with them ~ Sigh...

(ARR) - Not a great performance stock but is rock solid and has an unbelievable dividend rate. A great place to park your money and earn better interest than the banks measly 1/4%

(KOG) has been performing unbelievably. Was a good buy at .35 but now up over $9.00. Kind of expensive to buy into as this company does not have the same amount of holdings in the Bakken play as what Brigham (BEXP) had. No dividend here paid here.

A few of the more moderate priced stocks that both pay decent dividends are (LINE) and (LGCY). Also moderate performers.

(MRO) also has treated me fair with the split of a subsidiary company and automatic issuance of shares for being invested with Marathon.

I keep waiting for (GE) to take off and so far it has gained but not as I expected. Pays a fair dividend but not as good as when I initially bought it.

One to watch to make possible quick money on would be (PCX). This company is up and down a lot and seems to have a black cloud when it comes to the market but the sun does invariably shine on it again and again and could make you a couple bucks per share.

bobkat Said:
Thanks, but I'll stick any excess money into a well managed mutual fund and forget about stocks going up or down.   At my old age I'd obviously be in a pretty conservative fund but at  your young and tender ages you can be more aggressive. 
I always have found it hard to believe that many individuals can even match the professionals that do this day in and day out, by buying and selling stocks themselves.    The exception is people who earmark a bit of money to do this as a hobby, knowing long term they probably won't beat the pros.
I've met one, maybe two guys during my lifetime  that might have done better than the best mutual funds, but its pretty unusual..

The reality is that less than half of the actively managed funds (professionals) are able to beat the market over the long run, some studies show its even much worse than that. A large portion of funds match or slightly beat the market before fees, but once the fees are included they underperform.  For this reason I personally prefer low cost Index funds over actively managed mutual funds.

Much like walynut, my single stock purchases are just as much as a hobby as an actual vehicle for retirement. I have my 401k for the boring stuff, and trade single stocks in a Roth so i don't get hammered with taxes. It only  takes one or two homeruns to change your life, and that won't happen with all mutual funds. $10,000 invested into KOG in early 2009 would be worth over $500,000 today, less than 3 years later!!