Need Help/Advice, Class Competition Options

[Tiki-Man]

Okay in my Economics class we are doing this stock market competition on StocksQuest. It's like a virtual stock market. Well yeah It ends in april or may for our class. So I need the names of some companys that will put me up in the top 5, money is not an option. Any ideas on what will crank up by april or may will help.

[Silver]

apple

[Maj. H8Red]

DO NOT, I repeat do not go with General Motors....(as much as I hate to say that)

[={DMG}=STUPAD]

chevron

[blk96gt]

Google.

This post has been edited by behemoth: 01/31/06 10:57pm

[Leadmagnet]

Fluor Corporation; very stable.....

[={DMG}=STUPAD]

Google.

oh yeah, they are taking over the world

[Leadmagnet]

or Exxon Mobile; i hear they are doing really well right now....Intel is good; Disney is gonna get better now that they got Pixar for their animation unit.

[Tiki-Man]

I got apple 3 weeks ago, lost 6 grand on it, I have lots of fluor bc my dad said thats a good one (he works for them)

[Hellfighter]

I hear Gold is the place to be, or if you held onto it for the last several years. Don't know which coys. specifically, but a chum of mine made a killing last month alone.... and he says in the near future ----booom!
Otherwise I'd go Google.... if MOB had stocks, of course I'd put everything I have in them [ If they'd accept monopoly money]


This post has been edited by Hellfighter: 02/01/06 10:23am

[Nothing]

This is actually kinda funny that you asked. I have some inside info to a stock that I have purchased at the begining of the year and have been making a killing and dont think there will be an end to its increasing anytime soon. Its the Burlington Norhern Railroad. I believe the code is BNI.

To give you the details as quick and easy of explaination of why, here it is. Basically railroads were giving you 5 days to pick up a container at the railroad. After that 5 days they would charge you $50.00 per day in storage fees. Storage fees are just an excellent source of income for the railroads since there is no overhead costs other than the land that they already own that they are taking space on. Well, at the begining of last year they cut to free time down to 1 to 3 days. Different areas offer different free time. Example, Chicago has 2 days free and Minneapolis has 1 day free. That is a big difference in free time. Not only that, but they increased the storage fees to between $100.00 to $150.00 per day in storage fees. They have been making a killing on this. As you can see over the last year, the stock has doubled. Right now is a big shipping season. 2nd to Christmas season that starts in August thru Nov. This is the season for Spring. Patio Furniture, BBQ Grills and anything else that brings season changing items to the midwest. These items also take up large space so there is allot of cargo moving. I see the stock continuing to increase.

[Maj. H8Red]

Hmmmmm........................

[pezking]

Google is always a good one as stated up above.

Are you attempting to make alot of money before April from this or just gradually not lose any? If you're looking to bust out and make bank in 3 months, then alot of the big name companies aren't the way to go.

[Hellfighter]

Google is always a good one as stated up above. ......

Hold the phone!!!
Forget what me and others are saying along the lines of >"yayyy google". Today's news is Google just took a good wholloping... lost 10%. They didn't do nearly as good as they hoped in profits.


This post has been edited by Hellfighter: 02/01/06 1:23pm

[Nothing]

Keep an eye on the BNI like I said.