Energized By The Mountains

Probably my favorite place to visit is the mountains of Colorado. This time we deviated from our normal haunt and headed to the San Juan Mountains and Wolf Creek Pass. This was "old school" skiing. Fantastic although many bad skiers due to the abundance of Texans on the mountain. No fancy lodges and attractions at the base of the mountain. In fact, I would compare Wolf Creek to Alta in Utah. This may change and that would be a damn shame. Texas billionaire Red McCombs wants to develop the "Village of Wolf Creek. To read about this one should visit the following website, www.friendsofwolfcreek.org. Go home Red!

The skiing was great with no one was injured beyond a few bumps and one dramatic bruise. More important there were many laughs, some friendly competition and shared meals where wide ranging subjects from whether global warming exists to who was going to win the NCAA tournament. Now I am back at my desk to opin on the current environment which is what we would call a "prozac market".

The funniest thing about this break is that I entered the www.cnbc.com stock picking contest two weeks ago. The first week I traded every day juggling my positions and ended the week in the top 37%. This past week, there were no changes and I moved up to the top 7% up 3.85% in two weeks. Say it ain't so? The Warren Buffet style seems to be working. Current positions include ATML, CHB and NE. Both ATML and NE are potential buyouts with CHB a turnaround value play. That is all for now as I u-turn my attention to the NCAA tournament and root on my hometown Badgers and their amazing coach Bo Ryan.