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Sunday, August 27, 2006

Some Serious Stock Picks!








Well, I'e been thinking and I have found some more stocks that could make you rich. The first one is Netflix (Wall Street ticker: NFLX). These guys are about a dollar high of their 52 week low, so I think that this is the time that you load up on it. Now, who are these guys and what do they do. Netflix is a company much like Blockbuster, it lets people rent DVDs. This all happens through the internet or by mail. With gas prices so high these days, through internet, is very convenient. Netflix also does a lot of advertising, including on television,radio, and through the internet. Netflix is currently at $18.89 and has a 52wk range of : $18.12-$33.12 . This stock looks to be going higher. If you don't think that Netflix is a buy now, wait till its growth rate gets a bit worse.

Netflix's growth rates

Current Quarter: -35%
Next Quarter: -47.1% - You buy it at the end of this period
This Year: 23.8%
Next Year: 57.7%- You sell at the end of this period

So you see the future is good for Netflix. With all this hopla people aren't paying any attention to Starbucks. I think Starbucks is at a great price. In fact Starbucks is at such a good price that I am still recommending it. Since I have written about Starbucks so much, I think you should look back at some of my previous blogs. The only thing I will sa is that by 2008 they are going to have 20% of their profits come from China. Holy cow, they're expanding in the most populated place in the whole entire world. I think that this stock is a must buy. The following saying not only goes for Starbucks but Hansen Natural as well, "When under $30 you just have to buy, buy,buy!!!!!!" This is the key to profits of 25% and beyond. The next stock pick is one of the most boring stocks I have ever seen until now. In the last 5 years, Time Warner's stock has gone down about 60%. Now it is time for Time Warner to go up. Jim Cramer even has Time Warner at a target price of $26. But before you go buy Time Warner, remember that they still have AOL. The Time Warner-AOL merger was probably the worst merger of all time. In fact, this merger was so bad, that a book was written about it called "Fools Rush In ." That is just hilarious. Anyway, I think that you buy Time Warner when it becomes strictly cable or after it dumps AOL off its bandwagon. AOL is the only thing that is holding Time Warner back from a huge gain! Even if your $5 late you can still buy Whole Foods (Wall Street ticker: WFMI). Right now, Whole Foods is having a $25 off sale, so you can buy the most organic stock in the market for only $54.83! Whole Foods only has a 52 wk range of: $46.91-$79.90. As you can see, still not too late to buy Whole Foods. Since, I've mentioned Whole Foods so many times, I advise you to check my previous blogs. My next stock pick to you is Nutrissytem (Wall Street Ticker: NTRI). This is another stock that I have mentioned before and is currently priced at $51.22. It has a 52wk range of : $20.03-$76.33. Look back at a previous blog for more information. What is my next stock pick? You don't even need to guess because it is Palm (Wall Street Ticker:PALM). Palm usues some of the most advaced technology in its phones. How come its stock is so cheap. The competition in the cell phone market is high and newer phones are being made. But Palm recently stated that it would make a new Treo phone on September 18 2006. That could mean bigtime money for Palm and its shareholders. Will you be a shareholder? Palm is currently at $14.49 and has a 52wk range of: $12.25-$24.91. So as you can see, Palm is a very profitable and rewarding investment. My next stock pick is Blockbuster (Wall Street Ticker: BBI). Wow, I'm mentioning Netflix and Blockbuster as great investments, on the same page!!!!! But I'm just Blockbuster, and I see that it passes the test. All you need to do is look at its 52wk range and look at its growth rates. Blockbuster is currently priced at $3.87 and has a 52wk range of: $3.19-$6.92. Then let's look at Blockbuster's growth rates.

Blockbuster's growth rates

Current Quarter: 30.8%
Next Quarter: 35.3% -You buy at the end of this period
This Year : 92.7%
Next Year: 966.7% !!!!!!!!!!!!!

That is more than 10-fold its growth rate this year.

That is just amazing! This is one of the best oppurtunities that you will ever see! I think that this is the best stock I have mentioned so far. It is just a great stock that you have to buy. Blockbuster has 41,900 employees, which also means it has many stores throughout America.

I'll chat with you soon.

P.S. Watch California Pizza Kitchen (CPKI)




Two Mad Stock Picks That Could Make You Rich!!!

I have two mad stock picks that could make you a rich fe/male. The first stock pick is TiVo. TiVo came put in the late 90s and made its product, TiVo. Yea, I know, it kind of sounds stupid, but it's not. For those of you who haven't heard of their product, this TiVo gadget pauses live TV, records TV which you could later watch on another television, and allows to skip commercials. Now you're saying," That made money for investors a long time ago, why is he telling us this stuff now?" Well look at TiVo's growth rate.

TiVo's Growth Rate

Next Quarter: 5.9%
This Year: -63.4%
Next Year: 61.2%

To take a better look at TiVo go to: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ae?s=tivo

I think you see how TiVo in its upcoming conference call on August 30, 2006, and if the call was bad you buy it a few days later. But if the call was good, you buy TiVo, and hold onto it for one year. I mean 61.2% in growth is bound to affect the stock. My second stock pick is Panera Bread (Wall Street Ticker: PNRA). This stock was recommended by Jim Cramer on his CNBC hit TV show, Jim Cramer's Mad Money. He said that this was a high growh stock. These guys have bread stores. They recently stated that they would expand in Arizona. They currently have 1000 stores in the U.S. In 10 years they will have 3000. So basically, for 10 years you will be consistently making money. To take a look at PNRA's growth rates and other analyst estimates on PNRA visit: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/ae?s=PNRA. I assure you that these two stock picks could make you some mad mula. However, there are no warrenties on my thought, this is just a blog, that I type just and strictly for fun.

Saturday, August 26, 2006

The weekend, after two days of Junior High!

Junior High started on Thursday, August 24, 2006 for me. Today it is Saturday, but there is still more work to be done. I homework, and on top of that, I have to organize my binders and everything I need for the three of my classes. I'm glad to say that I have survived two days of middle school (6th grade) as an honors student, along with the pressure that comes from the teachers. Boy, am I tired. Since I didn't mention it on "My First Day Of Junior High!" blog, I will mention it now. A couple of weeks ago, I sent letters to big corporations, like Toyota, and I got a letter back from one of them, Hansen Natural. These guys have a drink called Hansen's and until a couple of months ago it was a hit. But now their drink isn't the newest drink that everybdy wants to drink. In fact, at the moment there is no soft drink or brewer that everybody wants to have. But I asked Hansen if they had ever thought about more international growth, especially in places like China. On Wednsday, I received a letter from them. It said that my letter was being sent to the Suggestion Department, and that they are "currently distributing in Mexico but wish to expand it dramitically." I'm happy to know that at least 1/7 corporations that I sent a letter to, have an interest in what people say, and are nice enough to take their time to not only read my letter, but send me a letter back. This is something that the 6/7 other corporations should learn. I even received the address for Hansen Natural's Investor Relations Firm for any further questions:

Pondel/Wilkinson
1880 Century Park East Suite 700
Los Angeles,CA 90067

Yes, that is the address for the Investor Relations Department Firm for Hansen Natural. If you look in my other blogs, you'll obviously notice that Hansen Natural's stock,HANS, is a big buy. And I still believe that it is a great time to buy. I mean anytime HANS, is under $30, you need to buy, buy,buy. Until, next time, good buy. Please also look at my blogs, from previous months, because for some reason, all my blogs are not shown on the current page.

Thursday, August 24, 2006

First day of Junior High!

Today was my first day of junior high. Even though, I'm only 10 years old, I feel like I'm 20. It's a great feeling. It looks like I'm going to have a good year. I'm really liking middle school so far. I'm just speechless. I just feel so great. And to be able to share this experience with little children like my maternal cousins is just a great gift. Hopefully, I'll be able to manage my blog, stocks, family,friends, and school. I hope I learn a lot, my first year in junior high. Well for now, I don't have very many stocks to reccommend because I'm very busy with my school, friends, and homework.

Sunday, August 13, 2006

Watch DELL+Netflix+MOVI

I have recently noticed Netflix. These guys are one of the best advertisers in the market. They advertise on the internet, the radio, and TV. These guys are currently at $19.88 and have a 52 week range of $18.59-$33.12. Netflix currently has a quarterly revenue growth 45.50%, second best against its competitors, right after Movie Gallery Inc (MOVI) which is another reccomendation of mine. I don't even know if Netflix's competitors even advertise their company. Netflix currently has revenues of $892.22 million, which gets it best against its competitors. It also gets a net income of $66.36 million, enough for best against its competitors. Netflix's stock also has the best EPS too. In the end Netflix is a very good and profitable stock, at least for the moment. I think that you need to take advantage of it. I also think that you need to take advantage of Dell. Dell is currently at $21.07 and has a 52 week range of $18.95-$37.13. Dell is the largest computer manufacturer in the world. There is not much more to say, but "GREAT OPPURTUNITY" and "GREAT PRICE." Dell will continue to grow, and as long as Dell uses Intel as its proccessor, it will continue to do well. I think you could really make some mula off of this one. Have you noticed how all the businesses in America use Dell as their computers. Dell also makes the best monitors in terms of mobility and is pretty good when it comes resolution. Botom Line: Dell is a MUST buy and a very profitable oppurtunity. Another MUST buy is Movie Gallery Inc. (MOVI). These guys are in the same business as Netflix. This is simply a growth stock. This stock only has a market capitol of $79.47 million. These guys let people rent movies and video games. Currently Movie Gallery is priced at $2.48 and has an amazing 52 week range of $1.68-$22.32 . MOVI also has a whopping quarterly revenue growth of 197%. That's just crazy! I think that this stock is getting hated by all the brokerages and their bad thoughts on the stock. They just like the stock so much that they don't want anyone else to buy it so they say all of this bull****! I'm serious, the stock is too good for them. And for now we'll leave it at that.

Saturday, August 12, 2006

Pay attention to the growth stocks!

Growth Portfolio

CROCs (CROX) Note: these guys are making a special type of shoe and its awesome.
Website: http://www.crocs.com/home.jsp

Whole Foods (WFMI)
Website: http://www.wholefoods.com/

California Pizza Kitchen (CPKI)
Website:http://www.cpk.com/

Peet's Coffee
Website: http://www.peets.com/Default.asp?rdir=1& (Copy and paste this website using your right click)

Target
http://sites.target.com/site/en/corporate/page.jsp?contentId=PRD03-000482

Nutrisystem
http://www.nutrisystem.com/

Hansen Natural
http://www.hansens.com/

Palm
http://www.palm.com/

Google
http://www.google.com/webhp?sourceid=navclient&ie=UTF-8

Quick Picks

The quick picks are:

Starbucks
Openwave Systems
Peet's Coffee
Qualcomm
Whole Foods Target
Dell
Palm
Google
Best Buy
Bed Bath & Beyond
North Pointe Holdings Corp. (NPTE)
CROCS Inc. (CROX)

Get some rest for next week

What a week. Some of the best bargains you could find. It just tires me out to constantly have to find every bit of information for every stock. But then again, the money I make, makes it all seem worth while. But now for my last reccommendations of the week. Give a good drumroll for Whole Foods. If you're sitting in front of your computer in shock you need to really wise up. Whole Foods is currently at $48. It has a 52 week range of $46.91-$79.90. Isn't Whole Foods like any other supermarket in America? Absolutely not. Whole Foods has done well by offering more organic foods than its competitors. If you ask a female shopper at Ralphs whether she prefers to buy organic food or non-organic food, she will most likely reply by saying "Well obviously organic." Who wouldn't tak eorganic over non-organic. Plus, Whole Foods is growing every day.The company has so much more growth in store, and I think that investors have to buy Whole Foods. Whole Foods only has a market cap. of $6.69 billion, so it still has lots of room to grow. Whole Foods makes more profit than its competitors, and the industry for that matter. Whole Foods is at a very discounted price, and I think you really need to buy some now. Plus Whole Foods quarterly revenue growth is about 6.7 times more than the industry itself. Whole Foods also has a lot more employees than its competitors, which mean it has a lot more stores. Against its best competitor, Trader Joe's (a privately held company), Whole Foods makes $1.4 billion more in revenues. That number is about the same for the industry. Against the industry, Whole Foods gets $111.5 million more in net income. There is no doubt that Whole Foods is a well-priced stock that you should buy. My next play is a retailer, so give it up for Target. Many people shop from Target each day because of its discounts and cleanliness. Target also has price scanners in various areas in its stores so if you have anything you want to check you don't have to bring i up all the way to the clerk, and then decide that you actually don't want it. I think that if Target keeps expanding it will do well in the near future. Target is currently priced at $48.80 and has a 52 week range of $44.70-$59.29. I think Target might be at this price only becuase it wasn't growing fast enough for its competitors or just because everything that goes up must come down. I think Target is probably the second best in it competition, after Wal-Mart. The thing about Wal-Mart is its advertising. It advertises so much on television that it not only gets shoppers, but a swarm of investors. However, Target is at a cheaper price than Wal-Mart, but that may change in the near future. Target just has to keep growing, and along the way, maybe more television advertising. Now I'm just going to talk a little bit about Wal-Mart since it is not an absolute must buy. Investors could make $5-$7 per share off of Wal-Mart but that doesn't mean that you have to buy it. I think Walart is doing the right the with television advertising but needs to grow faster than the industry because of the standards it has set for itself. I think that you should buy Wal-Mart if you don't think that many other stocks are attractive, but remeber that it is not the best oppurtunity for making profit. Now I'm bringing a technology retailer, so pleae pay attention as I inform you on Best Buy. Best Buy is currently at $46.78 and has a 52 week rane of $40.40-$59.50. Bset Buy does well, by advertising and making a better inventory Best Buy has been doing well. If Best Buy just keeps bringing big screen televisions and nice computers they will continue to do well. Best Buy has about 5.5 times more market capitol than Circuit City. Circuit City's stock is a lot like Wal-Mart's at the moment. It's good for a bit spare money, maybe $7 per share, again, not a very good profit. So as long as Best Buy keeps advertising, not only on television, but in the newspapers, it will be fine. Because it does a lot better advertising than its competitors when it comes to advertising. Next reccomendation: Nutrisystem. Nutrisystem probably has the best stock history than any stock you know. If you had bought Nutrisystem 5 years ago at $1 and sold it at its high this year you would have made 15,000%. That is almost 3 times the Dow Jones' all-time gain. Nutrisystem is in the weight-loss business, and more and more Americans want to lose weight every day. Nutrisystem is currently at $53.30 and has a 52-week range of $17.40-$76.33. Nutrisystem is a company that is not only growing, but making truckloads of profits. So in the end, I think that Nutrisystem is your best buy. Hansen Natural is another great buy. In fact, Nutrisystem and HANS are tied for best buy. HANS is a company that was taken over by two young men a couple of years ago. They created a drink. Now that same drink is a hit. Now when they bought the company, the stock was at $100. It ent from $100 to $200, then the company issued a 2:1 split, so the stock was sent back to $100 once again. This year HANS went reached $200 once again. This time the company issued a 4:1 split which sent the stock to a low $50. Last week, the company had its quarterly conference call, and it wasn't a pretty picture. the stock went down 10.40% and even more in after hours trading. So now it's less than $30. Now you could make at least $20 per share or more. Its 52 week range adjusted to the split is $9.89-$52.72. I think that is a great oppurtunity to make some cash.

Thursday, August 10, 2006

I think I see some bargains!

I've been looking at the stock market and I found good bargains on good stocks. Here is my list:

  • Hansen Natural Corp. (HANS)
  • Palm, Inc. (PALM)
  • Openwave Systems Inc. (OPWV)
  • Peet's Coffee & Tea Inc. (PEET)
  • QUALCOMM Inc. (QCOM)

  • Starbucks Corp. (SBUX)
  • Google Inc. (GOOG)

I think that HANS is a potential takeover target and that it is a great bargain as well. HANS is a stock that came into the market as a $1.19 IPO. The stock reached $200 last year and had a 2 for 1 split. This year it easily went past $200 and had a 4 for 1 split. So after the 4 for 1 split it became $50. Now it is at $28.05. This couldn't have happenned overnight, could it? Unfortunately, it did happen overnight. A few days ago, HANS had earnings. It dropped 10.4% and even more in after hours. This same kind of disease has recently struck Starbuck and Whole Foods. That is why I think HANS is a great bargain. HANS was taken over by two young men two years ago. They created a drink and so far it has been a hit. I'm sure that these two young men will think of another innovative idea soon, because frantically I wouldn't be able stand watching my company's stock drop so badly. Let's get into Starbucks now. Starbucks was hit hard by shareholders. After every stock hits a 52-week high you know that it will come down. But know one thought that they would see Starbucks at less than $30 so fast. I think it's because all those shareholders who had bought Starbucks at $28 and $29 decided to throw a sell-off party. They were having a blast, while Howard Shlutz was sitting in front of his computer, wondering what he missed. For those of you who don't know, Howard Shlutz is the CEO of Starbucks. Recently, he stated that 20% of Starbucks' profit will come from China by 2010. I think that if you hold Starbucks long enough you will make a great gain. I mean as the years draw closer to 2010, Starbucks will continue to grow more and more and more. And I think that in 2 years Starbucks will have at least reached $45-$50. By 2010, Starbucks should at leat have reached $80. Let's look at Palm. Palm is one of the very innovative companies in an industry that is growing fast. At the moment, a bit too fast for Palm to handle. I think that with the release of cell phones like the Motorola RAZR, SLVR, Sidekick 3, and Moto Q that the Palm Treo 700 is just not enough to keep up. I think Palm is just having a temporary growth-slowdown. That's the bottom-line. I think that by November Palm should be back on top ready to rock. Let's talk about the stock that most investors don't know about, Openwave Systems. Openwave makes games for cell phones. This is an international company that should do well especially with the new cell phones being made. More and more kids are buying cell phones each day. That means more and more of them are playing games. Openwave is a stock that has a 52 week high of $23.19 and is currently at $7.10. I think that Openwave is a must buy. Think about it, you could make 3 times more money on this investment. This is one of the most creative companies in the market at one of the most conveniant prices. Openwave is looking better by the day. That means more investors are going to buy it. I think that you need to stay ahead of all the funds and don't let them be ahead of you. Aah, Peet's Coffee. They make such a good cappucino. Peet's is doing very good compared to it's competitors and when the Associated Press sees Starbucks this low they make a big deal out of it. they make such a big deal that the investors of PEET hear it. Then the stock goes up. Peet's also shows growth. This is a company that is growing by the day. This is easy money. Qualcomm. What a good, old, wise company. This company has a very well-experienced management annd I think that when you could buy Qualcomm less than a dollar off its 52 week low you need to buy it. Qualcomm is a very good compay that should go up even higher. It has beaten earnings 7 consecutive times. And I think that trend will continue. Google is probably one of the most successful stories of all time. With an IPO of $90 a few years ago., nobody really cared. Everybody thought that Yahoo! and AOL were the search engine dominators. They never payed attention to Google. Well, Google reached $475 not too long ago. Google payed $900 million to News Corp. (symbol: NWS) to become the search engine provider for Myspace.com. Google has also lauched things like Google Earth, G-mail, G-talk, and the Google video store. Google Earth gives you a satellite image of anywhere in the world, even your own house. This has been very popular among TV stations and very conveniant for reporting news. G-mail is Google's own e-mail service. G-talk is Google's own instant messeging service. The Google video store is a place where people can upload their videos on to the website and can be viewed by the public. The NBA has started uploading games to video store. Not all the videos are free, but it is still a very nice service.

Overall I think that these stocks could make you some mad money!