Bill Miller vs. Adam Monk: The Monkey Wins Again

Teresa, December 31, 2007 @ 8:40PM ET | Link | RSS | Read via Email | Start a Discussion  

31-monk.jpgAdam Monk is the Chicago Sun-Times’ stock-picking monkey.

As of the close today, Mr. Monk’s four-year market-beating streak has been snapped. His 2007 stock picks returned 3.72% this year compared to the S&P 500’s total return of around 5.8%.

But wait, Mr. Monk can still hold his head up high because for the second year in a row, he has beaten the legendary (and I suspect, notorious index hugging) Legg Mason Value Trust run by Bill Miller. LMVTX is down 6.1% on the year.

Mr. Monk has made his stock picks for 2008: MVL, WCG, TWC, ATHR and TDC.

It will be interesting to see what happens at this same time next year. With heavy-weight marketing and Mauboussin in his corner, one can only hope Miller can beat the monkey (and the S&P) in 2008.

Stocks to Watch for Wednesday

Teresa, December 31, 2007 @ 8:15PM ET | Link | RSS | Read via Email | Start a Discussion  

The stock scan conducted after the close on Monday found 5 winners and 19 losers. Click on the column headers to sort the table below.

Ticker Description Volume Trades AvgTrade Close
AKAM Akamai Technologies 2,230,506 12,774 175 34.6
DSTI DayStar Technologies Inc 8,394,566 17,525 479 6.25
SCHW Charles Schwab Corp (The) 6,349,306 23,670 268 25.55
$NDX.X Nasdaq 100 Index       2084.93
STX Seagate Technology 2,801,011 10,435 268 25.5
$SPX.X S&P 500 Index       1468.29
QLD ProShares Ultra QQQ Trust 2,330,094 9,238 252 99.22
GRMN Garmin Ltd 1,932,013 10,221 189 97
JCI Johnson Controls 1,473,408 6,562 225 36.04
NYT New York Times A 2,039,786 7,533 271 17.53
HAS Hasbro Inc 1,243,478 4,468 278 25.58
BPOP Popular Inc 1,936,876 7,543 257 10.6
FNF Fidelity National Financial 1,175,745 4,744 248 14.61
CX Cemex S.A.B. ADS 2,129,797 7,797 273 25.85
BIIB Biogen Idec 2,327,037 10,511 221 56.92
CBAK China BAK Battery Inc 2,659,598 3,425 777 6.25
GES Guess? Inc 2,042,018 8,076 253 37.89
LVS Las Vegas Sands Corp 1,296,146 6,723 193 103.05
JNY Jones Apparel Group 1,292,214 5,528 234 15.99
TLAB Tellabs, Inc 4,266,864 9,153 466 6.54
SLXP Salix Pharmaceuticals 15,892,573 40,353 394 7.88
JBLU JetBlue Airways 3,889,256 10,641 365 5.9
YRCW YRC Worldwide Inc 2,043,382 9,545 214 17.09
MPEL Melco PBL Entertainment Ltd 1,442,475 4,880 296 11.56
CROX Crocs Inc 4,690,149 19,807 237 36.81
TIN Temple-Inland 5,371,518 18,469 291 20.85

Our scan criteria incorporates price movement, range and liquidity (500,000 shares on the day, 20-day average of 1.5 million). The list is ranked and sorted by performance against the S&P 500 and the NASDAQ 100 indexes, from best to worst.

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