The Greatest Game Ever Played

...just found this when I was browsing word documents.  This is the e-mail I sent to Mark Cuban last year and since we both share the same hometown, college, and love for business I thought I would get a response. I did not.  That's fine we don't need Cuban to start Go Green.  He must think he can afford to not Go Green...that's fine.  So the title of the e-mail (Feb 2010) was The Greatest Game Ever Played...because it REALLY is

The Greatest Game Ever Played

Welcome to the greatest game ever played.  The first rule is that anyone can play.  The second rule is that you cannot play if it’s your first time.

When you play the game you don’t have to do anything but continue with your life. 

Your money will return at least 20% in three months.

There will be a small commission for the game of 7% of gain on investment.  Whether you think that is a small or a large percentage please note that a portion of the commission is going to an environmental cause.

The third rule is that you can invest as much money as you want.

The first game ever played recorded a 40% return in 10 days.  (this was borders BGP)

The second game begins with Under Armour (UA) at a price of $25.07

The result…TBD

(UA currently trading @ $60, I would call that a double bagger but it is actually better than a double...closing in on triple range)

It’s hard to sell certainty in an uncertain world.  I need to give you some reason to believe me and why I am better than some other schmuck trying to get you to believe in what they say.  And then it hits me.  My picks always do the talking.  I used to read your blog this past summer and I believe you once said, “that if people were really good at investing in the stock market they would be writing you from the beach and not wasting their time on you”.  Well as a 20 year old junior at Indiana University and a student of the Kelley School of Business I am telling you that I am the person writing you from the beach.  However, right now it doesn’t look like it when it is 20 degrees and snowing outside in Bloomington, IN.

You obviously receive hundreds of these e-mails from people and I am telling you that I am the one out of 100 that you want to listen to.  As a smart, successful businessman maybe you can understand my struggle.  I am extremely good at the stock market and this is a gift I have.  Every stock I pick is a winner but no one will listen to what I have to say.  I just want someone to go hey all right big shot now prove it.  Just give me the chance and I will deliver.  Every pick I have given my dad has gone up and he has followed my picks five or six times in the past nine months.  My first pick was Citigroup and the first day he had it the stock went up 10%.  Two weeks ago, I personally invested at Borders (BGP) at $.95 and then it fell to $.85 and begged my dad to invest it and he refused.  The stock hit $1.40 ten days later and I sold it at 1.365.  I wouldn’t bullshit you and say I have a skill that I don’t.  I have been doing this for the past nine months and have won stock competitions in the past.  My dad says I need credibility and that I need to graduate from the Kelley school and then start building clients because no one is going to believe someone who has no track record.  I say I am going to be the same person next year why should everyone lose out on potential profits out there with my stock selections.  That is why I will offer the one thing that none of the other people can or will. 

I GUARANTEE your money on this investment.  I have $1,000 of Under Armour stock and if you invest $1,000 in Under Armour or any of the stocks I have listed below and it doesn’t return anything or loses value, I will pay you $1,000.  Sometimes fate sticks it hand out there and you just have to trust it.  I always like to leave on a quote because someone already said it better. “It doesn’t matter how many times you fail.  No one is going to know or care about your failures, and neither should you.  All you have to do is learn from them and those around you because…all that matters in business is that you get it right once.  Then everyone can tell you how lucky you are.”  -You (Mark Cuban quote)

The other four stocks that I love:

BIDU $487.50 (please note this stock is currently at $107...so we were way off...wait the stock had a 10:1 stock split at $700 so we are that GOOD)

GOOG $534.25 

AAPL  $200.55

C  $3.19

Your fellow Kelley School of Business Student and Pittsburgher,

Chris O’Rorke