ISX Investors // Place Your Reasoned Stock Analyses Here...

[Blake]

Ok, we've talked about this a little bit before in Tony's thread, but no one has ever really given any reasons behind their stock picks.

So, as we quickly approach the opening of the ISX to foreign investors(expected sometime this month), this is what this thread is for....organized stock picks backed by some explanation or reasoned logic/common-sense, not completely wild guessing/speculation.

In trying to decide how I will divy up my 2.2 Million Iraqi dinar account in the ISX, I am sincerely interested in hearing mostly from people who also have already set up Iraqi bank accounts waiting for the ISX to open, to offer what their initial stock purchasesd will be WITH some reason behind each stock selection.

I would also welcome any input from experienced investors/stock brokers in the NYSE and NASDAQ, on hypothetically, if they were to invest in the ISX, what types of stocks they would lean toward.

So, if interested, just list each stock pick, its current share price, with at least a relatively simple reason/explanation behind each selection. You don't have to be Warren Buffet with your reasoning for your stock selections, but anything above mere wild guessing is appreciated.

Example:

1. Baghdad Soda Company 22.5/share
Reason: Licensed Deal with Pepsi, potential buyout later on. Stock moved from 9/share to 46/share back in July.



And so on....


Thank you all.

[HJS]

EDIT: I started what I thought would be a quick look into a few companies but the sheer volume of information I've gone through and would like to share will not meet the purpose of this thread.

However, I will come back and post my choices for a selection of shares that I think will do well.

Until then, anyone wanting too see my Iraqi Economy & Market Analysis, please go to the new thread, here --> http://www.investorsiraq.com/showthread.php?p=13729

Thanks,
HJS.

[Aunt Gwennie]

HJS....your dedication to your research and information gathering is to be commended. Thank you for delving into the stock exchange and offering to share your findings with us. You are greatly appreciated.

And yes....you are right on the "Dates" and the ability to supply all of Iraq with a food source. The site below that Tony posted has a really good history link that talks about the water source and the fertile land. It is under "A History of Iraq".

Land between two rivers
The ancient land known in Greek as ‘Mesopotamia’ or the ‘land between two rivers’ is the site of what is today the beleaguered state of Iraq. This fertile plain between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers was one of the cradles of human civilization. It is here that some of the first large-scale irrigation systems gave birth to a settled form of agriculture and to a centralized state. This provided security from hunger and the basis for the growth of towns such as Babylon, built by the Akkadians around 2,225 BC. Those who settled between the rivers – the Sumerians, Akkadians and later the Assyrians – had to be constantly vigilant against the peoples of the surrounding desert who cast envious eyes on their fertile bounty. Military virtues (including the ability to capture slaves) were thus mixed with other accomplishments of ‘civilization’ such as the written word (including the famous Epic of Gilgamesh), a legal code, the wheel, and the plough. The legendary wealth of this fertile crescent is echoed in biblical literature; the Euphrates flows through the Garden of Eden and the Assyrian King Nebuchadnezzar (villainized in the Book of Daniel) is held to be responsible for building the Tower of Babel in downtown Babylon (illustration above). As always it is difficult to sort out political bias from historical fact.

http://www.newint.org/issue316/contents.htm?source=Overture&OVRAW=sanctions%20iraq&OVKEY=iraq%20sanction&OVMTC=content

Thanks again!! Aunt Gwennie :wave: