NEW GAME: If you could only pick one stock for 2023

[Animal]

NiSource Inc. is one of the largest fully regulated utility companies in the United States, serving approximately 3.5 million natural gas customers and 500,000 electric customers across seven states through its local Columbia Gas and NIPSCO brands.

[Deathproof]

I'm in. Kinder Morgan.

CTC - Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) - $17.06. Dividend = 0

Kinder Morgan is one of the largest energy infrastructure companies in North America. They own an interest in or operate approximately 83,000 miles of pipelines and 143 terminals. KMI pipelines transport natural gas, gasoline, crude oil, carbon dioxide (CO2) and more. KMI terminals store and handle renewable fuels, petroleum products, chemicals, vegetable oils and other products.

Very informative. Now do Sony!

[Animal]

Very informative. Now do Sony!

Sony Group Corporation (ソニーグループ株式会社, Sonī Gurūpu kabushiki gaisha/ˈsoʊni/ SOH-nee), commonly known as Sony and stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Kōnan, Minato, Tokyo, Japan.] As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional electronic products, the largest video game console company and the largest video game publisher. Through Sony Entertainment Inc, it is one of the largest music companies (largest music publisher & second largest record label) and the third largest film studio, making it one of the most comprehensive media companies. It is the largest technology and media conglomerate in Japan. At the same period, it is also recognized as the most cash-rich Japanese company, with its net cash reserves of ¥2 trillion.

Sony, with its 55 percent market share in the image sensor market, is the largest manufacturer of image sensors, the second largest camera manufacturer, and is among the semiconductor sales leaders. It is the world's largest player in the premium TV market for a television of at least 55 inches (140 centimeters) with a price higher than $2,500 as well as second largest TV brand by market share and, as of 2020, the third largest television manufacturer in the world by annual sales figures.

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Interestingly enough, if you had bought shares of SONY this morning you could have made nearly 4% today. Of course that doesn't include commission fees. But the stock was up 3.7% today.

[B-Tender]

My stock is doing way too well too early.

[Animal]

Game Day 1: 1 Feb 2022

RD - Standard Lithium LTD (SLI) - $7.10. Dividend = 0. Initial Investment 1,408.4507 shares
B Tender - DataDog (DDOG) - $147.89. Dividend = 0. Initial Investment 67.6178 shares
Animal - Paramount Resources (PRMRF) - $19.40. Dividend = $0.58/share/3.00%. Initial Investment 515.4639 shares
Disco - Cinnamon Toast Crunch (GIS) - $68.72. Dividend = $2.04/share/2.94%. Initial Investment 145.5180 shares
Stonedmegman - Jervois Global LTD (JRVMF) - $0.48. Dividend = 0. Initial Investment 20,833.3333 shares
Cheezy17 - Apple (AAPL) - $174.01. Dividend = $0.88/share/0.50%. Initial Investment 57.4680 shares
Hyperv12 - Root, Inc. (ROOT) - $2.06. Dividend = 0. Initial Investment 4,854.3689 shares
Porky - Bitcoin (BTC) - $38,324.54. Dividend = 0. Initial Investment 0.2609 shares
Charliesheen - Costco (COST) - $505.00. Dividend = $3.16/share/0.64%. Initial Investment 19.8020 shares
Bluespruce - Funko (FNKO) - $17.26. Dividend = 0. Initial Investment 579.3743 shares
Rule34 - Nutrien Ltd (NTR) - $70.62. Dividend = $1.84/share/2.68%. Initial Investment 141.6029 shares
PeteRoseHC - McDonalds Corp (MCD) - $259.75. Dividend = $5.52/share/2.16%. Initial Investment 38.4986 shares
Biker - Boeing (BA) - $202.48. Dividend = $0. Initial Investment 49.3876 shares
Deathproof - Sony Group (SONY) - $111.10. Dividend = $0.55/share/0.49%. Initial Investment 90.0090 shares
CTC - Kinder Morgan, Inc. (KMI) - $17.27. Dividend = $1.08/share/6.22%. Initial Investment 579.0388 shares
HighnDry - Burlington Coat Factory (BURL) - $237.41. Dividend = 0. Initial Investment 42.1212 shares
Hawkfan - Amazon (AMZN) - $3,000.00. Dividend = 0. Initial Investment 3.3333 shares
Antknot - NiSource (NI) - $29.02. Dividend = $0.94/share/3.21%. Initial Investment 344.5899 shares

Benchmark S&P 500 - S&P 500 Index (GSPC) - $4519.57. Initial Investment 2.2126 shares

[Animal]

Ranking as of 2/1/2022 13:51

RD …......... $10,570.42 …......... 5.70%
Rule34 …......... $10,312.94 …......... 3.13%
Biker …......... $10,257.80 …......... 2.58%
Stonedmegman …......... $10,208.33 …......... 2.08%
Bluespruce …......... $10,162.23 …......... 1.62%
Animal …......... $10,154.64 …......... 1.55%
CTC …......... $10,092.65 …......... 0.93%
Deathproof …......... $10,082.66 …......... 0.83%
Porky …......... $10,024.36 …......... 0.24%
Charliesheen …......... $9,999.02 …......... -0.01%
Hawkfan …......... $9,993.37 …......... -0.07%
S&P 500 Index …......... $9,992.39 …......... -0.08%
HighnDry …......... $9,971.56 …......... -0.28%
Antknot …......... $9,953.48 …......... -0.47%
Cheezy …......... $9,949.45 …......... -0.51%
Disco …......... $9,930.15 …......... -0.70%
PeteRoseHC …......... $9,918.59 …......... -0.81%
Hyperv12 …......... $9,915.05 …......... -0.85%
B Tender …......... $9,885.05 …......... -1.15%

UJR Mutual Fund ..UP.. $1,375.34 …......... 0.72%

[CentralTexasCrude]

Ranking as of 2/1/2022 13:51

RD …......... $10,570.42 …......... 5.70%
Rule34 …......... $10,312.94 …......... 3.13%
Biker …......... $10,257.80 …......... 2.58%
Stonedmegman …......... $10,208.33 …......... 2.08%
Bluespruce …......... $10,162.23 …......... 1.62%
Animal …......... $10,154.64 …......... 1.55%
CTC …......... $10,092.65 …......... 0.93%
Deathproof …......... $10,082.66 …......... 0.83%
Porky …......... $10,024.36 …......... 0.24%
Charliesheen …......... $9,999.02 …......... -0.01%
Hawkfan …......... $9,993.37 …......... -0.07%
S&P 500 Index …......... $9,992.39 …......... -0.08%
HighnDry …......... $9,971.56 …......... -0.28%
Antknot …......... $9,953.48 …......... -0.47%
Cheezy …......... $9,949.45 …......... -0.51%
Disco …......... $9,930.15 …......... -0.70%
PeteRoseHC …......... $9,918.59 …......... -0.81%
Hyperv12 …......... $9,915.05 …......... -0.85%
B Tender …......... $9,885.05 …......... -1.15%

UJR Mutual Fund ..UP.. $1,375.34 …......... 0.72%

I'm guessing you'll give us weekly/monthly updates. I had a question because I'm ignorant about stocks. Your original thread page said value of the stock. Is that just based on price per share? Noticed you also listed dividends and number of shares and was wondering if that factored into value in any way.

[Animal]

I'm guessing you'll give us weekly/monthly updates. I had a question because I'm ignorant about stocks. Your original thread page said value of the stock. Is that just based on price per share? Noticed you also listed dividends and number of shares and was wondering if that factored into value in any way.

i have this entered into an Excel spreadsheet. And I found out that Excel has a "stock link" where you can link stock ticker symbols and it will update the most recent price (up to the minute). So all I have to do is hit refresh and it updates the entire table automatically. So, at any moment if someone wanted to know the exact status of anyone, they can get it.

As far as the "value of a stock", that means what its current value is at any moment in time. During a trading day a stock price will change moment to moment based on trades that are being made. So, the price of KMI might open at $17.06 per share and then it might go to $17.20 per share in the first 30 minutes, then drop back to $17.12 per share, etc. It will bounce around all day long. Every day. So the "Value" is the price of the share at any moment in time multiplied by the number of shares you own. On that table above us I just do the math already so that you can compare the current value to the original $10,000 that you bought at 8:30 am 2/1/2022.

As far as the dividends, that does enter into the picture, but those are only paid once a quarter or annually. I will just add them on at the end of the contest if a person has a stock that pays dividends.

[B-Tender]

Ranking as of 2/1/2022 13:51

RD …......... $10,570.42 …......... 5.70%
Rule34 …......... $10,312.94 …......... 3.13%
Biker …......... $10,257.80 …......... 2.58%
Stonedmegman …......... $10,208.33 …......... 2.08%
Bluespruce …......... $10,162.23 …......... 1.62%
Animal …......... $10,154.64 …......... 1.55%
CTC …......... $10,092.65 …......... 0.93%
Deathproof …......... $10,082.66 …......... 0.83%
Porky …......... $10,024.36 …......... 0.24%
Charliesheen …......... $9,999.02 …......... -0.01%
Hawkfan …......... $9,993.37 …......... -0.07%
S&P 500 Index …......... $9,992.39 …......... -0.08%
HighnDry …......... $9,971.56 …......... -0.28%
Antknot …......... $9,953.48 …......... -0.47%
Cheezy …......... $9,949.45 …......... -0.51%
Disco …......... $9,930.15 …......... -0.70%
PeteRoseHC …......... $9,918.59 …......... -0.81%
Hyperv12 …......... $9,915.05 …......... -0.85%
B Tender …......... $9,885.05 …......... -1.15%

UJR Mutual Fund ..UP.. $1,375.34 …......... 0.72%

You're showing my stock being down 1.15%, but Google search says it was up 1.14%.

[stonedmegman]

Ranking as of 2/1/2022 13:51

RD …......... $10,570.42 …......... 5.70%
Rule34 …......... $10,312.94 …......... 3.13%
Biker …......... $10,257.80 …......... 2.58%
Stonedmegman …......... $10,208.33 …......... 2.08%
Bluespruce …......... $10,162.23 …......... 1.62%
Animal …......... $10,154.64 …......... 1.55%
CTC …......... $10,092.65 …......... 0.93%
Deathproof …......... $10,082.66 …......... 0.83%
Porky …......... $10,024.36 …......... 0.24%
Charliesheen …......... $9,999.02 …......... -0.01%
Hawkfan …......... $9,993.37 …......... -0.07%
S&P 500 Index …......... $9,992.39 …......... -0.08%
HighnDry …......... $9,971.56 …......... -0.28%
Antknot …......... $9,953.48 …......... -0.47%
Cheezy …......... $9,949.45 …......... -0.51%
Disco …......... $9,930.15 …......... -0.70%
PeteRoseHC …......... $9,918.59 …......... -0.81%
Hyperv12 …......... $9,915.05 …......... -0.85%
B Tender …......... $9,885.05 …......... -1.15%

UJR Mutual Fund ..UP.. $1,375.34 …......... 0.72%

You're showing my stock being down 1.15%, but Google search says it was up 1.14%.

Welcome to UJR!
And FTR, I'm doing much better than expected.

[Animal]

Ranking as of 2/1/2022 13:51

RD …......... $10,570.42 …......... 5.70%
Rule34 …......... $10,312.94 …......... 3.13%
Biker …......... $10,257.80 …......... 2.58%
Stonedmegman …......... $10,208.33 …......... 2.08%
Bluespruce …......... $10,162.23 …......... 1.62%
Animal …......... $10,154.64 …......... 1.55%
CTC …......... $10,092.65 …......... 0.93%
Deathproof …......... $10,082.66 …......... 0.83%
Porky …......... $10,024.36 …......... 0.24%
Charliesheen …......... $9,999.02 …......... -0.01%
Hawkfan …......... $9,993.37 …......... -0.07%
S&P 500 Index …......... $9,992.39 …......... -0.08%
HighnDry …......... $9,971.56 …......... -0.28%
Antknot …......... $9,953.48 …......... -0.47%
Cheezy …......... $9,949.45 …......... -0.51%
Disco …......... $9,930.15 …......... -0.70%
PeteRoseHC …......... $9,918.59 …......... -0.81%
Hyperv12 …......... $9,915.05 …......... -0.85%
B Tender …......... $9,885.05 …......... -1.15%

UJR Mutual Fund ..UP.. $1,375.34 …......... 0.72%

You're showing my stock being down 1.15%, but Google search says it was up 1.14%.

DataDog closed at $147.78. You bought on the opening price of 147.89, meaning you bought it higher than it closed. Google is looking at what it closed at yesterday, which was 146.11.

[CentralTexasCrude]

I'm guessing you'll give us weekly/monthly updates. I had a question because I'm ignorant about stocks. Your original thread page said value of the stock. Is that just based on price per share? Noticed you also listed dividends and number of shares and was wondering if that factored into value in any way.

i have this entered into an Excel spreadsheet. And I found out that Excel has a "stock link" where you can link stock ticker symbols and it will update the most recent price (up to the minute). So all I have to do is hit refresh and it updates the entire table automatically. So, at any moment if someone wanted to know the exact status of anyone, they can get it.

As far as the "value of a stock", that means what its current value is at any moment in time. During a trading day a stock price will change moment to moment based on trades that are being made. So, the price of KMI might open at $17.06 per share and then it might go to $17.20 per share in the first 30 minutes, then drop back to $17.12 per share, etc. It will bounce around all day long. Every day. So the "Value" is the price of the share at any moment in time multiplied by the number of shares you own. On that table above us I just do the math already so that you can compare the current value to the original $10,000 that you bought at 8:30 am 2/1/2022.

As far as the dividends, that does enter into the picture, but those are only paid once a quarter or annually. I will just add them on at the end of the contest if a person has a stock that pays dividends.

OK. Thanks

[Animal]

you should also notice that the time stamp on those prices I posted was at 1:50 central time. the market was still open. I wasn't at the office when it closed. there is nothing nefarious going on.

[CentralTexasCrude]

Ranking as of 2/1/2022 13:51

RD …......... $10,570.42 …......... 5.70%
Rule34 …......... $10,312.94 …......... 3.13%
Biker …......... $10,257.80 …......... 2.58%
Stonedmegman …......... $10,208.33 …......... 2.08%
Bluespruce …......... $10,162.23 …......... 1.62%
Animal …......... $10,154.64 …......... 1.55%
CTC …......... $10,092.65 …......... 0.93%
Deathproof …......... $10,082.66 …......... 0.83%
Porky …......... $10,024.36 …......... 0.24%
Charliesheen …......... $9,999.02 …......... -0.01%
Hawkfan …......... $9,993.37 …......... -0.07%
S&P 500 Index …......... $9,992.39 …......... -0.08%
HighnDry …......... $9,971.56 …......... -0.28%
Antknot …......... $9,953.48 …......... -0.47%
Cheezy …......... $9,949.45 …......... -0.51%
Disco …......... $9,930.15 …......... -0.70%
PeteRoseHC …......... $9,918.59 …......... -0.81%
Hyperv12 …......... $9,915.05 …......... -0.85%
B Tender …......... $9,885.05 …......... -1.15%

UJR Mutual Fund ..UP.. $1,375.34 …......... 0.72%

You're showing my stock being down 1.15%, but Google search says it was up 1.14%.

DataDog closed at $147.78. You bought on the opening price of 147.89, meaning you bought it higher than it closed. Google is looking at what it closed at yesterday, which was 146.11.

Plus it doesn't matter day to day or week to week, just long term, right?

[Animal]

Ranking as of 2/1/2022 13:51

RD …......... $10,570.42 …......... 5.70%
Rule34 …......... $10,312.94 …......... 3.13%
Biker …......... $10,257.80 …......... 2.58%
Stonedmegman …......... $10,208.33 …......... 2.08%
Bluespruce …......... $10,162.23 …......... 1.62%
Animal …......... $10,154.64 …......... 1.55%
CTC …......... $10,092.65 …......... 0.93%
Deathproof …......... $10,082.66 …......... 0.83%
Porky …......... $10,024.36 …......... 0.24%
Charliesheen …......... $9,999.02 …......... -0.01%
Hawkfan …......... $9,993.37 …......... -0.07%
S&P 500 Index …......... $9,992.39 …......... -0.08%
HighnDry …......... $9,971.56 …......... -0.28%
Antknot …......... $9,953.48 …......... -0.47%
Cheezy …......... $9,949.45 …......... -0.51%
Disco …......... $9,930.15 …......... -0.70%
PeteRoseHC …......... $9,918.59 …......... -0.81%
Hyperv12 …......... $9,915.05 …......... -0.85%
B Tender …......... $9,885.05 …......... -1.15%

UJR Mutual Fund ..UP.. $1,375.34 …......... 0.72%

You're showing my stock being down 1.15%, but Google search says it was up 1.14%.

DataDog closed at $147.78. You bought on the opening price of 147.89, meaning you bought it higher than it closed. Google is looking at what it closed at yesterday, which was 146.11.

Plus it doesn't matter day to day or week to week, just long term, right?

yes, but some people just want to make sure that they know how to track it (I would imagine). The question makes sense. I would have never guessed that Google would show the gain of a stock for the day based on its close from the previous day, but it makes sense. Short term its a very minor point. But stocks don't open one day at the price they closed on the previous day. That's why Friday's are always so dangerous. If some big event is looming (threat of a war or storm or such) then people know they have to wait the whole week-end to find out the damage so they sell on Friday.

[CentralTexasCrude]

Well, this a great long term thread.

[stonedmegman]

Am I doing well? Can I retire and have sex with internet hikers yet?

Your a bottom, I'm a top.

[stonedmegman]

Great. Now my BF is trying to show me math.

And he's an Arts major right?

[stonedmegman]

[Reservoir Dog]

Well, I had a good first day.

[stonedmegman]

[B-Tender]

you should also notice that the time stamp on those prices I posted was at 1:50 central time. the market was still open. I wasn't at the office when it closed. there is nothing nefarious going on.

Got it.

[Animal]

Ranking as of 2/2/2022 7:58
RD …......... $10,647.89 …......... 6.48%
Rule34 …......... $10,355.42 …......... 3.55%
Biker …......... $10,289.41 …......... 2.89%
Stonedmegman …......... $10,208.33 …......... 2.08%
Animal …......... $10,335.05 …......... 3.35%
Bluespruce …......... $10,231.75 …......... 2.32%
Deathproof …......... $10,131.41 …......... 1.31%
Hyperv12 …......... $10,194.17 …......... 1.94%
Porky …......... $10,012.72 …......... 0.13%
CTC …......... $10,078.17 …......... 0.78%
Charliesheen …......... $10,067.53 …......... 0.68%
S&P 500 Index …......... $10,059.67 …......... 0.60%
Hawkfan …......... $10,079.47 …......... 0.79%
Cheezy …......... $10,034.49 …......... 0.34%
PeteRoseHC …......... $9,969.60 …......... -0.30%
HighnDry …......... $10,036.22 …......... 0.36%
Disco …......... $9,925.78 …......... -0.74%
Antknot …......... $9,934.53 …......... -0.65%
B Tender …......... $9,992.56 …......... -0.07%
UJR Mutual Fund ..UP.. $2,585.39 …......... 1.36%

That would have been at yesterday's close. DDOG was at $147.78/share.

[Reservoir Dog]

Ranking as of 2/2/2022 7:58
RD …......... $10,647.89 …......... 6.48%
Rule34 …......... $10,355.42 …......... 3.55%
Biker …......... $10,289.41 …......... 2.89%
Stonedmegman …......... $10,208.33 …......... 2.08%
Animal …......... $10,335.05 …......... 3.35%
Bluespruce …......... $10,231.75 …......... 2.32%
Deathproof …......... $10,131.41 …......... 1.31%
Hyperv12 …......... $10,194.17 …......... 1.94%
Porky …......... $10,012.72 …......... 0.13%
CTC …......... $10,078.17 …......... 0.78%
Charliesheen …......... $10,067.53 …......... 0.68%
S&P 500 Index …......... $10,059.67 …......... 0.60%
Hawkfan …......... $10,079.47 …......... 0.79%
Cheezy …......... $10,034.49 …......... 0.34%
PeteRoseHC …......... $9,969.60 …......... -0.30%
HighnDry …......... $10,036.22 …......... 0.36%
Disco …......... $9,925.78 …......... -0.74%
Antknot …......... $9,934.53 …......... -0.65%
B Tender …......... $9,992.56 …......... -0.07%
UJR Mutual Fund ..UP.. $2,585.39 …......... 1.36%

That would have been at yesterday's close. DDOG was at $147.78/share.

I assume those numbers are at close at 4 p.m EST. SLI went up another 2.9% in after-hours trading.

[Animal]

Ranking as of 2/2/2022 7:58
RD …......... $10,647.89 …......... 6.48%
Rule34 …......... $10,355.42 …......... 3.55%
Biker …......... $10,289.41 …......... 2.89%
Stonedmegman …......... $10,208.33 …......... 2.08%
Animal …......... $10,335.05 …......... 3.35%
Bluespruce …......... $10,231.75 …......... 2.32%
Deathproof …......... $10,131.41 …......... 1.31%
Hyperv12 …......... $10,194.17 …......... 1.94%
Porky …......... $10,012.72 …......... 0.13%
CTC …......... $10,078.17 …......... 0.78%
Charliesheen …......... $10,067.53 …......... 0.68%
S&P 500 Index …......... $10,059.67 …......... 0.60%
Hawkfan …......... $10,079.47 …......... 0.79%
Cheezy …......... $10,034.49 …......... 0.34%
PeteRoseHC …......... $9,969.60 …......... -0.30%
HighnDry …......... $10,036.22 …......... 0.36%
Disco …......... $9,925.78 …......... -0.74%
Antknot …......... $9,934.53 …......... -0.65%
B Tender …......... $9,992.56 …......... -0.07%
UJR Mutual Fund ..UP.. $2,585.39 …......... 1.36%

That would have been at yesterday's close. DDOG was at $147.78/share.

I assume those numbers are at close at 4 p.m EST. SLI went up another 2.9% in after-hours trading.

Yes. It won't ever take into account after hour trading. You will see that in the opening prices, if it holds.