Zacks Top Simulator Player Interview features Pfizer Inc., Medicis Pharmaceutical, Citigroup and Precision Castparts Corp.CHICAGO -- Zacks.com introduces a new series featuring interviews with the leaders of the Zacks Simulator game. The Simulator allows investors to prove their stock picking abilities by competing directly against other players for prizes worth thousands of the dollars. This week Zacks had the pleasure of talking to Noun 1. talking to - a lengthy rebuke; "a good lecture was my father's idea of discipline"; "the teacher gave him a talking to" lecture, speech rebuke, reprehension, reprimand, reproof, reproval - an act or expression of criticism and censure; "he had to another one of the leading contenders in the Zacks Challenge Simulator competition, Patrick Phelan Patrick Phelan may refer to:
See: New York Stock Exchange :PFE 1. (text, editor) PFE - Programmer's File Editor. 2. (language) PFE - Portable Forth Environment. ), Medicis Pharmaceutical Medicis Pharmaceutical is a pharmaceutical company headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. One of their divisions is Ucyclyd Pharma. External links
MRX Mental Retardation, X-Linked MRX Magneto-Resistive Extended MRX Magnetic Resonance, Soft Spectrum Coupled X-Ray Laser ), Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Precision Castparts Corp. (NYSE:PCP PCP abbr. 1. phencyclidine 2. primary care physician Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) ). Click here for the full story exclusively on Zacks.com: http://at.zacks.com/?id=2518 Highlights from the February 8 interview include: Patrick consider himself to be a value investor but takes a more aggressive approach to playing the Simulator game. The successful investor's holdings are comprised of options and stocks. Some of his favorites include option plays on Pfizer Inc. (NYSE:PFE), Medicis Pharmaceutical Corporation (NYSE:MRX), Citigroup (NYSE:C) and Precision Castparts Corp. (NYSE:PCP). Patrick sees these positions as undervalued Undervalued A stock or other security that is trading below its true value. Notes: The difficulty is knowing what the "true" value actually is. Analysts will usually recommend an undervalued stock with a strong buy rating. . Click here http://at.zacks.com/?id=2515 to check out some of this player's recent trades. What does Patrick look for in a stock? The market player screens for good management, moderate to low leverage, better than average margins and defensible businesses. Once his list is narrowed down to stocks that posses such characteristics, Patrick waits for a dip and executes a buy. The market savvy investor stays informed by utilizing a myriad of research tools, including equity research from a number of brokers, Yahoo Finance, Zacks and other investment web sites. On Zacks.com, Patrick finds the "research" and "screening" links to be helpful. How does the stock picker know when to get out of a position? One thing this stock picker does not do is try to time the market, but he does wait for a gain before starting to unload. "I've tended to be a buy and hold investor, thus I'm not very good at timing sales," said Patrick. He added that he starts decreasing his positions after a move of 10% to 15%. Check out the complete interview and learn more about the Simulator at: http://at.zacks.com/?id=2518 The Challenge is On! Do You Have What it Takes? Sign up now for the Zacks Challenge. It's free. It's fun. It's the place to show your investing prowess. The best stock pickers will be rewarded with thousands of dollars in prizes. Learn more at http://at.zacks.com/?id=2520 About Zacks Zacks.com is a property of Zacks Investment Research Zacks Investment Research A firm that compiles earnings estimates and brokerage firm investment recommendations for thousands of publicly traded firms. , Inc., which was formed in 1978 to compile, analyze, and distribute investment research to both institutional and individual investors. The guiding principle behind Zacks is the belief that investment experts, such as brokerage analysts and investment newsletter writers, have superior knowledge about how to invest successfully. The goal is to unlock these pros' profitable insights for individual investors hard-pressed to find this valuable information in one source. A free subscription to "Profit from the Pros" weekly e-mail newsletter provides the best way to use these experts' insights for more profitable investing. Register for a free subscription to the Profit From the Pros newsletter at http://at.zacks.com/?id=2521 Zacks Investment Research is under common control with affiliated entities (including a broker-dealer and an investment adviser), which may engage in transactions involving the foregoing securities for the clients of such affiliates. (a) The S&P 500 Index ("S&P 500") is a well-known, unmanaged index of the prices of 500 large-company common stocks selected by Standard & Poor's. The S&P 500 includes the reinvestment Reinvestment Using dividends, interest and capital gains earned in an investment or mutual fund to purchase additional shares or units, rather than receiving the distributions in cash. 1. In terms of stocks, it is the reinvestment of dividends to purchase additional shares. of all dividends, no transaction costs Transaction Costs Costs incurred when buying or selling securities. These include brokers' commissions and spreads (the difference between the price the dealer paid for a security and the price they can sell it). , and represents the gross returns before management fees. Disclaimer: Past performance does not guarantee future results. Investors should always research companies and securities before making any investments. Nothing herein should be construed as an offer or solicitation to buy or sell any security. |
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