That means seven of Ultimate Stock Pickers funds now hold the stock, he added.
For stock pickers in particular, this may not be a dud market after all.
Some biotech stock pickers seem to forget that companies are supposed to eventually show a profit.
This is still very much a stock pickers market in the big BRIC space.
One of my best stock pickers, previously profiled on Forbes.com, is Chris Rees.
Stock pickers have had slim pickings, especially retail investors restricted to ADRs trading on the NYSE.
For 2006, the top seven buy-and-hold stock pickers had annual returns ranging from 45% to 122%.
But this show of confidence is not unique to stock pickers or other providers of investment advice.
The stock pickers at ValuEngine.com think these companies here warrant attention among the value investing crowd.
At Marketocracy our strategy has been to find good stock pickers regardless of credentials or prior experience.
For the stock pickers there is still lots of value in the market.
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Other firms with double roles as gatekeepers and as advisers to stock pickers include Watson Wyatt Worldwide and Wilshire Associates.
"It's just a tough market for stock pickers, " says Marc Harris, director of U.S. equity research at RBC Capital Markets.
To this day the best record of all my stock pickers is held by a 35-year-old California native named Jack Weyland.
Mr. Day says European stocks in particular "are being thrown away" at the moment, and calls that an opportunity for stock pickers.
Capital, and David Einhorn, of Greenlight Capital, are stock pickers, like Jones.
They include claimed results from stock pickers who aren't taking new clients.
Gold is at decade highs, and stock pickers could have held positions.
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One answer would be to look at its market value per user, a method often used by venture capitalists and stock pickers.
So which country offers the more attractive investment opportunity for stock pickers?
And his core stock pickers at the Gabelli mother ship Gamco Investors are similarly equipped with the ability to spot smart investment opportunities.
Fisher believes the market absorbs all public information, apparently by some mystical means without any successful stock pickers out there uncovering the facts.
Unlike most successful virtual stock pickers, however, Rees has a unique money making opportunity thanks to a new program from Marketocracy.com and Foliofn.
From the time of its stock market debut last August until November, the company was the precocious darling of geeks and stock pickers alike.
At Neuberger Berman, Mr. Pedowitz says a little uncertainty is good for stock pickers, but there can be too much of a good thing.
Marketocracy and Foliofn take care of account administration and trading, and stock pickers like Rees research and trade stocks for their online Marketocracy portfolios.
Now for stock pickers, there are certainly many top operators to choose from, such as Barrick Gold (NYSE:ABX), Kinross Gold (NYSE:KGC) and AngloGold Ashanti (NYSE:AU).
Most stock pickers have portfolios with dozens or hundreds of investments, so getting a few calls wrong generally doesn't make a big dent in returns.
Marketocracy will be soliciting capital from individuals and investment advisers who want to invest directly in the portfolios of the site's top online stock pickers.
If you have the time and inclination to be more involved in your own destiny, dispense with professional stock pickers altogether (see p. 170).
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