Yikes, usually its the coffee drinkers who are jittery, but today it was Green Mountain Coffee Roasters, ticker GMCR on Nasdaq, stock holders who were feeling jittery.  GMCR shares closed the day down a whopping $5.95, at $31.06.  The stock actually opened in the low $31 range after closing the previous day at $37.01.  Ouch.

So why did GMCR get roasted?  The usual….an SEC investigation into Green Mountain Coffee Roasters accounting processes, and in specifically, into revenue recognition practices by GMCR.  While these investigations always tend to stir some panic in the average shareholder, it’s very rare that company’s are severely penalized.  And I don’t think we’re talking about an Enron here.  It’s very clear that the Keurig coffee cups are being sold anywhere and everywhere, and at a very premium price.  So there’s no doubt in my mind that anything serious is at hand.

On the one hand, I would pull a Jim Cramer and push the BUY, BUY, BUY button, based on the nice discounted share price on GMCR today, caused by the over reaction to the news.  However, given that GMCR is trading at a rather hefty PE mulitple of 60, I would say it may be prudent to hold off until there is further evidence that this “accounting issue” isn’t going to knock down revenues, either in the past, or on future sales estimates. Be sure to add Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR) to you your watchlist!

*****update:  well, as expected this beat down didn’t last long on GMCR…..it is now trading at $38.66 on February 4th, 2011….not too shabby.

Cel-Sci Corporation stock (Amex: CVM) and their Mulitkine phase iii trial is getting a lot of attention this week.  Trading volume on CVM has been much higher than normal the last three trading days, up to 15 times higher in fact.  And the price has gone from the $0.55 area to a intraday high of $0.84 today (Thursday, September 22, 2010).  What is the explanation for this meteoric rise?   Who knows?  The company has not come forth with any news explaining this sudden, hot activity. Read the rest of this entry

Last night, Wednesday September 8th, Jim Cramer outlined his top 8 Mad money Fantasy Draft Picks, on the CNBC show Mad Money.  This is my favorite show regarding stocks and securities, as you learn alot, yet it’s funny as well.  In the spirit of the impending NFL season upon us, Jim Cramer outlined his fantasy stock picks lineup.  I think there are some great stocks in his list that everyone should own, if they don’t already.

So here’s the stocks Jim Cramer picked, and on a regular basis over the next year, I’ll report on how his fantasy stock picks have done on a percentage basis.

As you can see, there are actually 9 stocks he recommended, but I guess he just wanted you to pick two of the the Wide Receivers.  But for the sake of tracking his success (or failure) I included all of the Jim Cramer stock picks.  Obviously, some of these stocks have nice dividends as well, but for the sake of ease (i’m lazy) I’ll only account for the rise(or fall) in the stock prices.

Check back regularly for the updates on the Jim Cramer Fantasy Stock Draft Picks.

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