<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981898</id><updated>2011-07-15T12:06:44.378-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Nick's Picks Stock Blog</title><subtitle type='html'>This site attempts to shed light on some of the more interesting stocks that not many people follow, focusing mostly on the small and micro cap world.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05044548234506418022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>9</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981898.post-115586117678433964</id><published>2006-08-17T18:51:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-08-18T11:52:45.616-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Update on CFK, GLBL, STKL</title><summary type='text'>Three stocks that I have previously talked about had earnings reports in the past couple weeks and all three had very positive news to report. Sending their shares up the next day at least 5%. CFK(CE Franklin Ltd.) came in with a 50% increase in income to 21 cents/share. Along with a sales increase of 25% over the same quarter a year ago. While their revenue was not as high as I was expecting, as</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/feeds/115586117678433964/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26981898&amp;postID=115586117678433964' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/115586117678433964'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/115586117678433964'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/2006/08/update-on-cfk-glbl-stkl.html' title='Update on CFK, GLBL, STKL'/><author><name>Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05044548234506418022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981898.post-115229147055438990</id><published>2006-07-07T10:31:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-07-07T11:57:50.590-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Back from my World Cup Hiatus with CE Franklin (CFK - $13.50)</title><summary type='text'>Now that the World Cup is winding down, watching games at night will no longer get in my way of researching stock picks. Since the US team poorly represented our country over in Germany, I am going to head to our friendly neighbors in the North to nab my next stock pick. CE Franklin has a very compelling growth story behind it and consequently has been on my radar for a couple months. CE Franklin</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/feeds/115229147055438990/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26981898&amp;postID=115229147055438990' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/115229147055438990'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/115229147055438990'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/2006/07/back-from-my-world-cup-hiatus-with-ce.html' title='Back from my World Cup Hiatus with CE Franklin (CFK - $13.50)'/><author><name>Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05044548234506418022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981898.post-114987513915732232</id><published>2006-06-09T11:42:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-06-09T12:45:39.383-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Global Industries (GLBL - $16.95) a Great Stock for the Summer</title><summary type='text'>This stock is not exactly unkown, it has a little more then doubled in the past year. The stock also has 6 analysts covering it, so there is a fair amount of coverage on it as well. But the reason I think you should take interest in this stock is because what it did last summer. From June through September it went from $8 to $15. Global Industries provides marine services to the oil and gas </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/feeds/114987513915732232/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26981898&amp;postID=114987513915732232' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/114987513915732232'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/114987513915732232'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/2006/06/global-industries-glbl-1695-great.html' title='Global Industries (GLBL - $16.95) a Great Stock for the Summer'/><author><name>Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05044548234506418022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981898.post-114857188361482859</id><published>2006-05-25T09:36:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-25T10:44:43.653-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Go Digging North of the Border with Taseko Mines (TGB - $2.50)</title><summary type='text'>In this crazy market all stocks should be looked at with a critical eye, especially any stock that is involved in commodities. Commodity prices and stocks had been on a tear up until a couple weeks ago when the rug was pulled out from underneath them. Certainly there was a lot of money put into these looking for a quick buck that all run for the exits at the same time. However, one thing has not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/feeds/114857188361482859/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26981898&amp;postID=114857188361482859' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/114857188361482859'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/114857188361482859'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/2006/05/go-digging-north-of-border-with-taseko.html' title='Go Digging North of the Border with Taseko Mines (TGB - $2.50)'/><author><name>Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05044548234506418022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981898.post-114801917406437139</id><published>2006-05-19T00:08:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-19T01:12:54.113-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Time to go bargain hunting with Relm Wireless (RWC - $7.18)</title><summary type='text'>After a horrible past week in the market it is tempting to think that almost all stocks are good buys here because they have just gone down so much. But with so much uncertainty out there I am going to be very picky with what I would consider. First I want a stock that had already been down before this recent market plunge showing that it should hit its bottom first. I also want a company that </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/feeds/114801917406437139/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26981898&amp;postID=114801917406437139' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/114801917406437139'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/114801917406437139'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/2006/05/time-to-go-bargain-hunting-with-relm.html' title='Time to go bargain hunting with Relm Wireless (RWC - $7.18)'/><author><name>Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05044548234506418022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981898.post-114732250372545880</id><published>2006-05-10T22:09:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-10T23:41:43.770-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Incredible Growth Story with Sunopta (STKL - $11.30)</title><summary type='text'>A word of warning, this stock has been up a lot since the beginning of the year and coule be due a sizable correction. I will give my reasons for why I feel cofident that its stock price should be much higher but there is always danger when a stock has moved this much. I first found out about this stock a couple months ago when I went looking for some companies that were involved in the ethanol </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/feeds/114732250372545880/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26981898&amp;postID=114732250372545880' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/114732250372545880'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/114732250372545880'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/2006/05/incredible-growth-story-with-sunopta.html' title='Incredible Growth Story with Sunopta (STKL - $11.30)'/><author><name>Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05044548234506418022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981898.post-114671466687100463</id><published>2006-05-03T22:12:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T22:51:06.896-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Navteq has been a favorite of mine (NVT - $44.37)</title><summary type='text'>This stock has been a favorite of mine since last summer and not because it has had incredible movement on its share price. It has actually traded in a bounded range of $40-$55. I think it will bust through the $55 sometime this year and never look back. I first learned about this stock after I bought my car in July '05. It came with a navigation system, the map in this system is created by </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/feeds/114671466687100463/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26981898&amp;postID=114671466687100463' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/114671466687100463'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/114671466687100463'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/2006/05/navteq-has-been-favorite-of-mine-nvt.html' title='Navteq has been a favorite of mine (NVT - $44.37)'/><author><name>Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05044548234506418022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981898.post-114663059519314341</id><published>2006-05-02T22:04:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-02T23:29:55.220-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Update on Texas Roadhouse (TXRH - $14.59)</title><summary type='text'>Shares of Texas Roudhouse have fallen the last couple of days after the company reported their first quarter earnings results. The company earned 11 cents per share which was what analysts were expecting while revenue came in above what analysts were expecting. The only bad thing I can see is that 11 cents is 9% less income then earned in the first quarter of last year. Now the ADD investor would</summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/feeds/114663059519314341/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26981898&amp;postID=114663059519314341' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/114663059519314341'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/114663059519314341'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/2006/05/update-on-texas-roadhouse-txrh-1459.html' title='Update on Texas Roadhouse (TXRH - $14.59)'/><author><name>Nick</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/05044548234506418022</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26981898.post-114602448466720043</id><published>2006-04-25T21:18:00.000-05:00</published><updated>2006-05-03T08:32:58.766-05:00</updated><title type='text'>Welcome, highlighting my first stock! (TXRH - $15.05)</title><summary type='text'>With the first post here on my blog I am highlighting a tasty stock. There are actually some stocks that I like better at this point but have gone up so much lately that I would not feel comfortable highlighting them to others. I will save those for the future if there is a pullback in their share price. I first came to know Texas Roadhouse (symbol TXRH) in College Station, it was one of if not </summary><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/feeds/114602448466720043/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=26981898&amp;postID=114602448466720043' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/114602448466720043'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/26981898/posts/default/114602448466720043'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://nicks-picks.blogspot.com/2006/04/welcome-highlighting-my-first-stock.html' title='Welcome, highlighting my first stock! 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