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Ryan Gerard dreadpirateryan.blogspot.com

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Community Rank: Sr. Analyst (264 pts) | Member since 08/21/2006

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All-time Return +66.13% (in over 3 years)	Risk (SD) Aggressive 0.00%	Sharpe Ratio 5.42
Followers 5	Winning Picks 9 of 13	Total Views 4703

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Last Activity: Added FBALX to neutral/hold list on 08/23/07

Current Stock List:

Symbol	SP Sentiment	Return	Since
FBALX	N/A	-17.01%	08/23/07
COST		+18.51%	10/19/06
SBUX		-33.79%	10/19/06
NFLX		+209.66%	09/30/06
F		-76.93%	08/24/06
INTC		+23.23%	08/23/06
VRSN		+42.93%	08/23/06
DELL		+32.70%	08/22/06
SYMC		-4.12%	08/21/06
JAVA		+100.00%	08/21/06

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Opinion & Analysis

Bullish on COST ... about COST 10/19/06
Costco is a great place. It's also profitable, as it has just beat analysts 4th quarter expectations. With the customer-first ethos of this company, I only expect Costco to continue doing well.

Bullish on SBUX ... about SBUX 10/19/06
Starbucks is a revenue power house, and with plans to open 40,000 new stores in the next decade, I have no doubt that they'll only do better.

Bullish on NFLX ... about NFLX 09/30/06
With new information, I've recently changed my mind. I believe NetFlix long term plan is to launch on-demand video services over the net, which is where I believe video is headed. They are well-poise

Bearish on F ... about F 08/24/06
Ford can't get off of the SUV's, and are not well poised to enter the expanding Hybrid market. I wouldn't hold this.

Bearish on NFLX ... about NFLX 08/24/06
I think video is getting well poised to launch online, and TV integration with online video is literally one step behind. It's already available with the "on-demand" services many cable companies have

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Re: Do you practice portfolio optimization in your SocialPick... 03/21/07
I don't. I actually haven't been very active in this recently. I'd like to start playing with it more though.

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Occupation: QA Engineer
Location: Bay Area

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