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Armin Stuk www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/astuk/

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Community Rank: Sr. Associate (2218 pts) | Member since 01/28/2008

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All-time Return -32.41% (in 8 months)	Risk (SD) Conservative 1.36%	Sharpe Ratio -25.37
Followers 23	Winning Picks 24 of 176	Total Views 72054

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Performance: -42.28%

STOCK	AVG	GAIN	%	DATE
CNQ (Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.)	$82.91	-49.62%	0.6%	08/21/08
SYUT (Synutra International Inc.)	$43.95	-66.01%	0.4%	08/13/08
ELN (Elan Corp plc)	$11.02	-27.68%	0.9%	08/05/08
BNI (Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp)	$101.15	-20.75%	0.9%	07/30/08
XTO (XTO Energy Inc.) entered into SocialPicks:	$53.55 $53.51	-47.62% -47.58%	0.6%	07/22/08
FAST (Fastenal Company)	$43.97	-15.35%	1.0%	07/14/08
DIA (DIAMONDS) entered into SocialPicks:	$119.13 $119.13	-29.70% -29.70%	4.1%	07/11/08
OXY (Occidental Petroleum Corp)	$85.75	-48.80%	1.2%	07/11/08
CALM (CalMaine Foods Inc)	$31.57	-22.96%	0.9%	06/30/08
BRK.B (Berkshire Hathaway Inc.) entered into SocialPicks:	$4225.50 $4225.00	-10.54% -10.53%	1.8%	06/27/08
ESLR (Evergreen Solar Inc)	$10.83	-68.24%	0.4%	06/27/08
EMN (Eastman Chemical Company)	$71.66	-42.32%	0.7%	06/26/08
MON (Monsanto Company)	$126.59	-37.86%	2.2%	06/25/08
VIV (Vivo Participacoes S.A.)	$6.36	-57.39%	0.5%	06/24/08
NUE (Nucor Corp)	$75.56	-59.30%	0.5%	06/23/08
GFA (Gafisa S.A.)	$37.37	-69.55%	0.4%	06/20/08
EAC (Encore Acquisition Company)	$51.34	-60.54%	0.8%	06/19/08
RIG (Transocean Inc) entered into SocialPicks:	$137.67 $137.76	-49.84% -49.88%	1.2%	06/19/08
AEO (AMERICAN EAGLE OUTFITTERS INC)	$16.90	-38.05%	0.7%	06/18/08
CMP (Compass Minerals International Inc.)	$83.85	-45.41%	0.6%	06/17/08
KWK (Quicksilver Resources Inc.)	$39.68	-77.19%	0.3%	06/16/08
NITE (Knight Capital Group Inc)	$17.82	-27.10%	0.9%	06/13/08
SCRX (Sciele Pharma Inc.)	$19.17	+61.76%	1.9%	06/12/08
ANF (Abercrombie & Fitch Co)	$68.74	-60.33%	0.5%	06/11/08
TVL (LIN TV Corp.)	$8.32	-59.74%	0.5%	06/05/08
GHM (Graham Corp)	$74.93	-73.71%	0.3%	06/04/08
DAR (Darling International Inc)	$16.44	-54.08%	0.5%	06/03/08
HXM (Desarrolladora Homex S.A. de C.V.)	$68.36	-68.20%	0.4%	05/30/08
MOS (Mosaic Company The)	$115.42	-68.46%	0.4%	05/28/08
GTI (GrafTech International Ltd.)	$25.09	-70.83%	0.3%	05/27/08
GNA (Gerdau Ameristeel Corp.)	$17.34	-67.70%	0.4%	05/25/08
UNT (Unit Corp)	$75.45	-59.05%	0.5%	05/23/08
UBB (Unibanco Unio de Bancos Brasileiros S.A. Global Depositary) entered into SocialPicks:	$144.82 $144.77	-59.26% -59.25%	0.5%	05/21/08
GE (General Electric Company) entered into SocialPicks:	$32.05 $32.04	-32.91% -32.89%	1.6%	05/20/08
CTRP (Ctripcom International Ltd)	$57.20	-42.27%	0.7%	05/20/08
E (ENI S.p.A.)	$83.23	-54.52%	0.5%	05/19/08
SINA (sinacom)	$54.93	-44.13%	0.7%	05/19/08
AW (Allied Waste Industries Inc)	$12.75	-33.02%	0.8%	05/16/08
TWTC (Time Warner Telecom Inc.)	$18.78	-65.34%	0.4%	05/15/08
SPSX (Superior Essex Inc)	$39.82	-100.00%	0.0%	05/14/08
HCP (Health Care Property Investors Inc.)	$35.23	-8.20%	1.1%	05/13/08
AMKR (Amkor Technology Inc.)	$11.62	-63.25%	0.4%	05/09/08
B (Barnes Group Inc)	$29.19	-51.18%	0.6%	05/08/08
SID (Companhia Siderurgica Nacional) entered into SocialPicks:	$42.55 $42.57	-72.64% -72.66%	0.6%	05/07/08
WLL (Whiting Petroleum Corp.)	$79.59	-54.14%	0.5%	05/07/08
MEA (Metalico Inc)	$13.22	-77.31%	0.3%	05/06/08
CRUS (Cirrus Logic Inc.)	$5.85	-27.52%	0.9%	05/05/08
RJF (Raymond James Financial Inc.)	$30.24	-29.76%	0.8%	05/04/08
PCLN (priceline.com Inc.)	$128.23	-53.75%	0.5%	05/02/08
SNA (SnapOn Inc.)	$54.14	-25.57%	1.8%	05/02/08
CAT (Caterpillar Inc)	$81.88	-47.33%	0.6%	05/01/08
CBI (Chicago Bridge & Iron Company N.V.) entered into SocialPicks:	$42.50 $42.53	-71.17% -71.20%	0.7%	04/30/08
IYR (iShares Dow Jones US Real Estate Index Fund)	$70.11	-31.88%	0.8%	04/30/08
KOF (CocaCola FEMSA S.A.B. de C.V.)	$51.47	-32.48%	0.8%	04/30/08
WMT (WalMart Stores Inc)	$57.35	-11.16%	1.0%	04/29/08
HITT (Hittite Microwave Corp.)	$41.54	-33.17%	0.8%	04/29/08
LMT (Lockheed Martin Corp)	$103.93	-15.83%	2.0%	04/28/08
DECK (Deckers Outdoor Corp.)	$142.76	-33.77%	0.8%	04/28/08
KEX (Kirby Corp.)	$53.04	-36.57%	1.5%	04/25/08
AAPL (Apple Computer Inc) entered into SocialPicks:	$146.66 $146.64	-34.00% -33.99%	2.3%	04/24/08
TNH (Terra Nitrogen Company L.P. Depositary Receipts Evidencing Common Units Represe) entered into SocialPicks:	$142.69 $142.60	-46.48% -46.44%	1.2%	04/24/08
BA (The Boeing Company)	$82.09	-49.08%	0.6%	04/24/08
T (AT&T Inc)	$37.81	-40.70%	0.7%	04/23/08
CHL (China Mobile Ltd)	$84.58	-48.05%	0.6%	04/23/08
AYI (Acuity Brands Inc.)	$48.31	-28.88%	2.5%	04/22/08
BAC (Bank of America Corp)	$38.56	-45.88%	0.6%	04/21/08
XOM (Exxon Mobil Corp)	$87.69	-28.88%	1.7%	04/21/08
TSO (Tesoro Corp.)	$28.16	-70.31%	0.4%	04/18/08
GNK (Genco Shipping & Trading Ltd.) entered into SocialPicks:	$64.51 $64.50	-74.50% -74.50%	0.3%	04/17/08
NFLX (Netflix Inc)	$36.48	-33.42%	0.8%	04/16/08
QCOM (QUALCOMM Inc)	$41.19	-5.37%	1.1%	04/16/08
BG (Bunge Ltd.)	$103.37	-62.08%	0.4%	04/14/08
DYN (DYNEGY INC.)	$8.43	-70.94%	0.3%	04/11/08
RIMM (Research in Motion Ltd)	$118.16	-53.22%	0.5%	04/10/08
LLL (L3 Communications Holdings Inc)	$111.43	-28.21%	0.8%	04/09/08
MSFT (Microsoft Corp) entered into SocialPicks:	$29.00 $29.05	-25.86% -25.99%	0.9%	04/04/08
SBS (Companhia de Saneamento Bsico do Estado de So PauloSABESP)	$46.09	-60.90%	0.5%	04/04/08
PETD (Petroleum Development Corp.)	$71.34	-66.32%	0.4%	04/03/08
HNT (Health Net Inc.)	$31.90	-46.93%	0.6%	04/02/08
PRE (PartnerRe Ltd.)	$75.53	-35.79%	0.8%	03/31/08
UNG (United States Natural Gas Fund LP)	$47.12	-37.44%	0.7%	03/28/08
CE (Celanese Corp. Series A)	$39.77	-56.45%	0.5%	03/28/08
VIP (Vimpel Communications)	$28.85	-55.08%	0.5%	03/27/08
ACH (Aluminum Corp. of China Ltd.)	$39.21	-71.84%	0.3%	03/26/08
GES (Guess ? Inc)	$39.92	-32.94%	0.8%	03/25/08
XLF (Select Sector SPDRFinancial)	$26.12	-42.18%	1.4%	03/20/08
GME (GameStop Corp.)	$46.98	-38.06%	0.7%	03/20/08
ESL (Esterline Technologies Corp.)	$51.35	-41.73%	0.7%	03/18/08
SKX (Skechers U.S.A. Inc.)	$20.38	-35.48%	0.8%	03/17/08
PSA (Public Storage Inc.)	$79.20	+7.07%	1.3%	03/11/08
MCD (McDonald's Corp.)	$52.27	+2.07%	1.2%	03/10/08
NCR (NCR Corp.)	$23.06	-31.44%	0.8%	03/07/08
PDE (Pride International Inc.)	$35.67	-58.59%	0.5%	03/06/08
AMAT (Applied Materials Inc)	$20.30	-37.44%	0.7%	03/05/08
GRMN (Garmin Ltd)	$58.00	-56.00%	0.5%	03/05/08
ROK (Rockwell Automation Inc. Common)	$54.56	-52.88%	0.6%	03/04/08
BYI (Bally Technologies Inc)	$39.25	-53.68%	0.5%	02/29/08
XLK (Select Sector SPDRTechnology) entered into SocialPicks:	$22.94 $22.93	-30.69% -30.66%	0.8%	02/28/08
NOV (National Oilwell Varco Inc)	$65.11	-64.03%	0.8%	02/26/08
ABX (Barrick Gold Corp.)	$50.16	-40.13%	0.7%	02/25/08
FRX (Forest Laboratories Inc)	$41.08	-46.93%	0.6%	02/25/08
MT (Mittal Steel Company NV N Y Registry) entered into SocialPicks:	$77.10 $77.05	-62.17% -62.14%	0.4%	02/22/08
MTH (Meritage Homes Corp.)	$15.53	-9.85%	1.1%	02/21/08
XOMA (XOMA Ltd.)	$2.70	-55.56%	0.5%	02/20/08
CL (ColgatePalmolive Company)	$76.21	-20.29%	0.9%	02/15/08
FSLR (First Solar Inc.) entered into SocialPicks:	$225.50 $225.46	-47.92% -47.91%	0.6%	02/14/08
CF (CF Industries Holdings Inc.)	$116.02	-50.29%	0.6%	02/14/08
TISI (Team Inc.)	$32.72	-11.19%	1.0%	02/13/08
MLNM (Millennium Pharmaceuticals Inc.)	$14.09	+77.22%	2.1%	02/12/08
QQQQ (NASDAQ 100 Trust Series I) entered into SocialPicks:	$43.90 $43.89	-28.66% -28.64%	0.8%	02/11/08
OVTI (OmniVision Technologies Inc)	$12.52	-36.26%	0.8%	02/11/08
FPL (FPL Group Inc.)	$63.71	-41.80%	0.7%	02/08/08
ACI (Arch Coal Inc.)	$46.73	-52.84%	0.6%	02/07/08
UUP (UUP)	$23.67	+5.58%	1.2%	02/05/08
BRP (Brasil Telecom Participaes S.A.)	$72.64	-56.29%	0.5%	02/05/08
GROW (US Global Investors Inc)	$17.47	-76.76%	0.3%	02/04/08
IMO (Imperial Oil Ltd)	$50.22	-48.73%	0.6%	02/01/08
GOOG (Google Inc)	$564.30	-41.17%	0.6%	02/01/08
IDSA (Industrial Services of America Inc.)	$7.33	-4.09%	1.1%	01/31/08
AUO (AU Optronics Corp)	$17.22	-46.46%	0.6%	01/31/08
DRYS (DryShips Inc.)	$68.35	-73.90%	0.3%	01/31/08
PX (Praxair Inc.) entered into SocialPicks:	$80.59 $80.58	-24.06% -24.05%	0.9%	01/30/08
PCP (Precision Castparts Corp.) entered into SocialPicks:	$106.05 $106.02	-48.94% -48.92%	0.6%	01/30/08

Short Portfolio

Performance: +45.39%

STOCK	AVG	GAIN	%	DATE
BMRN (BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.)	$36.46	+45.39%	0.6%	05/01/08

Closed Long Portfolio

Performance: +30.65%

STOCK	AVG	GAIN	%	DATE
SID (Companhia Siderurgica Nacional)	$30.27	-61.48%	2.4%	02/14/08
WNR (Western Refining Inc.)	$22.94	-19.09%	5.0%	03/06/08
EAC (Encore Acquisition Company)	$51.34	+44.46%	92.6%	06/19/08

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More about Armin Stuk

Investment Style:
Moderate [?]

Avg exp holding time:
296.39 days

Age: 50's
Location: Rijeka, Croatia

Website:
www.investorplaceblogs.com/users/astuk/

About Me:

Working experience at sea.
Now: "me.inc", self-study CFA Program
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