Which Stocks To Buy In December

With the fiscal cliff, Europe Austerity, and Turmoil in the Middle East, picking stocks to buy in December could prove to be very difficult.

Even though I had a watch list for November, I chose to play momentum and hype instead. Primarily I looked to the fear of an Obama win and purchased SWHC for a gain of nearly 18% ; and the over sold position of Monster Beverage (MNST) due to unfavorable reports of people dieing after drinking Monster drinks.

Sorry, to say – Obama won and no he will never overturn the 2^nd amendment and nobody ever died from drinking caffeine drinks – without having an undiagnosed problem or medical condition.

But hysteria, fear and hype never listened to reason. And when talking about that and Stock pattern investing all I can say is Thank God For That!

Both Smith and Wesson and Monster Beverage have given me nearly an 18% return – Each – for the month of November.

My watch lists?

• Starters = 1.39%

• Bench = .94%

Both positive returns, but nowhere near what hype and fear can, and did, generate.  However, I did have some stocks do quite well; such as . . .

• Southern Connecticut Bancorp (SSE) + 48%

• Krispy Kreme Doughnuts (KKD) + 20%

So, what – or where – to invest your hard earned money for the month of December?

Should we keep investing in Doughnuts and Banks?  Perhaps?

For me, I still have money invested in Monster because they recently received a FDA letter which states that Monster is not being specifically investigated. This helps remove top level resistance for more rebound from the fall.

The other area that I have put money into is online e-comerece sites such as Ebay and Amazon. Personally, I prefer Ebay solely because of their Paypal component which spans not only online payments but some key brick and mortar retailers as well.

The rest I have sitting on the sidelines waiting for more hype opportunity. If something strikes my interest, I will definitely write about it. But for now perhaps the next big thing is just waiting in the wings with my watchlists.

Starting Lineup:

SYMBOL	DESCRIPTION
AAPL	Apple Inc
CA	CA Inc
CSCO	Cisco Systems Inc
MO	Altria Group
ORCL	Oracle Corp
VIAB	Viacom Ord Shs Class B
ABT	Abbott Laboratori
CVX	Chevron Corporati
LLY	Eli Lilly and Com
MCD	McDonald’s Corpor
MFA	MFA Financial
PFE	Pfizer
AFAM	Almost Family Inc
AGX	Argan Inc
CJES	C&J Energy Services Inc
CVI	CVR Energy Inc. C
DPS	Dr Pepper Snapple
ESI	ITT Educational S
GTAT	GT Advanced Techn
GTIV	Gentiva Health Services Inc
INTC	Intel Corporation
LO	Lorillard
MAXY	Maxygen Inc
MRVL	Marvell Technology Group Ltd
NSU	Nevsun Resources Ltd
NUS	Nu Skin Enterpris
PDLI	PDL BioPharma
PWER	Power-One
QCOR	Questcor Pharmace
RAI	Reynolds American
RPXC	RPX Corp
SAVE	Spirit Airlines Inc
TER	Teradyne
TNAV	TeleNav Inc
TZOO	Travelzoo Inc.
UBNT	Ubiquiti Networks Inc
UTHR	United Therapeuti
VCI	Valassis Communications Inc.

Bench:

SYMBOL	DESCRIPTION
AACC	Asset Acceptance
ALG	Alamo Group
ANAT	American National
BITA	Bitauto Holdings
CALM	Cal-Maine Foods
CGA	China Green Agric
CO	China Cord Blood
CROX	Crocs
CT	Capital Trust
CVGI	Commercial Vehicl
DEER	Deer Consumer Pro
DIT	AMCON Distributin
DL	China Distance Ed
EBIX	Ebix Inc
ENZN	Enzon Pharmaceuti
ESTE	Earthstone Energy
FCFC	FirstCity Financi
FF	FutureFuel Corp.
FMD	First Marblehead
GPOR	Gulfport Energy C
GURE	Gulf Resources
GV	Goldfield Corpora
HITK	Hi-Tech Pharmacal
HPOL	Harris Interactiv
HUN	Huntsman Corporat
IRDM	Iridium Communica
JNJ	Johnson & Johnson
KKD	Krispy Kreme Doug
LPH	Longwei Petroleum
LQDT	Liquidity Service
MHH	Mastech Holdings
MRH	Montpelier Re Hol
MRK	Merck & Company
MSN	Emerson Radio Cor
NC	NACCO Industries
NNI	Nelnet
PCS	MetroPCS Communic
RES	RPC
REX	REX American Reso
SIF	SIFCO Industries
SPRD	Spreadtrum Commun
TNH	Terra Nitrogen Co
YONG	Yongye Internatio
ZAGG	ZAGG Inc

De Who Dats Will Set the Record…

For most Super Bowl Revenue Generated.

That is my prediction.

The Colts will ultimately prevail winning the actual game. After all, they have proven more than once that they only need 15 minutes to beat anybody.

I give the Saints 30 minutes of life. Tops.

The Colts, just like Gilbert Arenas, have too many weapons…
And the biggest and best is Peyton.

But, with all the hype I’ve seen and heard on the Internet about “Who Dat” and rights, and royalty, and Money, I believe that the Saints fans alone will solely responsible for setting a new revenue record.

The record for “Ad Revenue” (selling advertising slots) is approximately $206 million. Judging by the fact that the networks have had to lower their prices this year, I doubt that will happen.

However, I believe, the $125 million merchandise record is in jeopardy. You see, its not just the “Super Bowl” label, it is the aints New Orleans Saints going to the Super Bowl. Now we are not only talking, and buying, super bowl memorabilia, we are buying collector items.

A quick look on Ebay (EBAY)for “New Orleans Saints” produces over 20,000 items.
Amazon (AMZN) had nearly 14,000.

And this of course does not take count all the official NFL stores, and pop-up merchandise stands now populating the great state of Florida.

Who knows when this will happen again.

So enjoy it, buy the collector items now before the Super Bowl, because they will not be worth quite as much this coming Monday morning.

But hey, I’ve been wrong before, and if by some miraculous chance the Saints do pull this off, the prices and sales will go through the roof and all you true Saints fans better keep an extra collector item or two safely sealed inside the original wrapping.

But most importantly, turn on the game and enjoy the entertainment. If anybody can give the Colts and Peyton a run for their money, it is the defensive genius of Gregg Williams.

And don’t worry about the game being a dud, we all know that the super bowl brings out some of the more creative ads from various companies such as these two finalist clips from Doritos. So grab your drinks, food, and even some good friends, turn on the TV this Super Bowl Sunday and Enjoy!

I know I will be watching.