I'm preparing a seminar on retirement investing for neophytes and want to make it as interesting / entertaining / fun as I can.

One thought that occurred to me is that the audience might enjoy learning some of the more interesting or humorous ticker symbols.

I've come up with these:

Anhauser-Busch: BUD
Harley-Davidson: HOG
ML Macadamia Orchards LP: NUT
Meta Financial Group, Inc.: CASH
Lacrosse Footwear, Inc.: BOOT
Harris & Harris Group, Inc. (Venture capital in nanotechnology, microsystems, and microelectromechanical systems): TINY
Boston Beer Company, Inc.: SAM

Do you know any others?

 

DNA

 

CAKE

 

Here are a few more:


ABLE - Able Energy
AGE - AG Edwards
BABY - Natus Medical
BOOM - Dynamic Materials
CAT - Caterpillar Tractor
COKE - Coca-Cola Bottling Co Consolidated [Traded separately from KO]
DEAR - Dearborn Bancorp Inc.
DISH - Echostar Communications
DUCK - Duckwall-Alco Stores
EAR - HearUSA Inc
HIT - Hitachi LTD
HOT - Starwood Hotels and Resorts
JOB - General Employment Enterprises
LEG - Leggett & Platt Inc

 

Southwest Airlines: LUV

 

Cedar Fair: FUN

 

So, we can make the following portfolios:

Natus Medical, Inc. and Dynamic Materials Corp. (BABY BOOM)

Hitachi Ltd. and Manpower Inc. (HIT MAN)

Starwood Hotels and Resorts and General Employment Enterprises (HOT JOB)

Short Dow30 ProShares and Leggett & Platt Inc. (DOG LEG) [Much better than Short Dow30 ProShares and WisdomTree International Dividend Top 100; look it up]

Fastenal Company and Meta Financial Group, Inc. (FAST CASH)

Southwest Airlines Company and Nestor Inc. (LUV NEST)

Harris & Harris Group, Inc. and Total SA (TINY TOT)

Big Lots, Inc. and Manpower, Inc. (BIG MAN)

Ross Stores, Inc. and Duckwall-ALCO Stores, Inc. (RŌST DUCK)

Steris Corporation, Veolia Environnement SA and NYSE Group, Inc. (STE VE NYX)

and so on.

 

It's a slow morning ......

How bout this for a portfolio:

HOG WASH

Harley-Davidson: HOG
Washington Trust Bancorp Inc: WASH

 

Thanks!

I was trying to think of something with Harley-Davidson.

 

BJ
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