Happy New Year!!!!!!!!

To all my blog readers, have a Happy and Prosperous New Year!

The Pursuit of Happyness Movie: A Quick Review

In a couple of my previous blogs, I recommended the stockbroker movie, The Pursuit of Happyness, site unseen, based only on the plot and trailers. I finally got a chance to see the movie.
I will provide my extensive review when I get the chance. My quick review: two thumbs up.

Miss May 1998 Wins Playboy Playmate Stock Picking Contest

Deanna Brooks, who was Playboy's Miss May 1998, won the Playboy Playmate Stock Picking Contest with a return on her portfolio of 43.43% for the year. She had a 10% higher return than the second highest contestant. Interesting to note that Deanna Brooks was the oldest of the contestants. Her investments, along with the stock symbols and the returns for the year, were:

YAMANA GOLD (AUY) 99.39%

HAUPPAUGE DIGITAL, INC. (HAUP) 43.98%

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES (IBM) 18.19%

PETROLEO BRASILEIRO SA (PBR) 44.51%

PFIZER INC. (PFE) 11.06%

http://tradingmarkets.com/stock_picking
_contest/index.cfm?sec=dailystanding

Stock Market Stock Symbol Trivia = TONS

Stock Market Stock Symbol Trivia

Question:

What stock has the stock symbol TONS ?

Answer:

Novamerican Steel, Inc. a Canadian based processer and distributor of carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum products.

These stock symbols are known as Personalized Stock Symbols (TM), similar to personalized license plates. The symbol spells out a word, which is not a word in the company name and is not the initials of the company name. However, the word does describe the company's business. (Special thanks to InvestmentTrivia.com )