Evaluate my prospect portfolio

[soccerman034]

I am going to be out of the game for a while in 2 weeks or so due to University plus an internship...So before I go, I was wondering what you all think of the prospect portfolio I have put together. I still have about $200 worth of purchases coming in, but my buying is done, as is my selling (for the most part). Keep in mind that I have moved quite a few high end cards the last few weeks (lots of Feliz and Friedrich among others)....

Here is a link to my bucket: http://s18.photobucket.com/albums/b146/ ... e%20Items/

 

[Nikobaseball]

Somewhat of a lack of chrome. Not sure why you went so heavy into Contenders/Elite.

 

[FortyFour]

OUCH

JK bro

 

[soccerman034]

OUCH

JK bro

Pulled from my cases of 2007 Chrome (broke 6 or 7 that year)....I consider them cream after pulling all of the Price and Moustakas I did.

 

[justinmandawg]

Do people really call it university? I think you'll need more chrome but i'm usually wrong.

 

[KandKCards]

Do people really call it university? I think you'll need more chrome but i'm usually wrong.

Maybe he's British :lol:
I agree with the others, more chrome is needed. Also, I like to spread my guys across years too, instead of having a ton of guys from one year (you have a bunch of 08 guys in there).
I also think you may have overextended in terms of number of players. I'm all for diversifying, but quite obviously, the more guys you have, the greater the chance that one of them flops (with many of them will, just the way the game works). I like to put money into maybe 5 guys I am VERY sure about instead of 20 guys who I'm pretty sure about, but maybe that's just me.

 

[Weimer]

Do people really call it university? I think you'll need more chrome but i'm usually wrong.

He's Canadian. All the Canadian's I know that are college aged or that have gone to college refer to it as University. Which is at least 3-4 people. In case you were going to ask. :mrgreen:

 

[cgilmo]

brand dosen't really matter


player does

 

[jcmint]

We are calling them portfolios now?

 

[BunchOBull]

I'm a Georgia boy and I went to a University, so I call my time in upper education my time at University.

I know nothing about your prospects though.

 

[justinmandawg]

Do people really call it university? I think you'll need more chrome but i'm usually wrong.

He's Canadian. All the Canadian's I know that are college aged or that have gone to college refer to it as University. Which is at least 3-4 people. In case you were going to ask. :mrgreen:

He recently moved to Canada from the states.

 

[justinmandawg]

I'm a Georgia boy and I went to a University, so I call my time in upper education my time at University.

I know nothing about your prospects though.

I'm going to start calling "college" the time I matriculated at university studying for degrees I regret (minus my most recent).

 

[cgilmo]

We are calling them portfolios now?

The phrase "check out my cards" is currently in use.

 

[uniquebaseballcards]

Yeah, they'd be 'collections' only if the intent were to keep 'em for a reasonable length of time.

We are calling them portfolios now?

 

[lisu]

I think you have too many high risk guys there. Just IMHO though.

 

[Topnotchsy]

I have not kept up with prospects much recently so I honestly don't know most of the guys you have. That said, if loads of people all feel that your portfolio is "great" and yo bought recently, it likely means that you've paid the already inflated prices. The more people that say you've "done it wrong" the better chance you have of having "done it right." (I'm sure you know this, but just pointing it out.)

 

[brianga26]

OUCH

JK bro

I actually still buy some of Danny. He is a friend of mine. I have a red one thanks to Bungle77.

 

[soccerman034]

Thanks for the comments thus far as well as the votes.

 

[Topnotchsy]

I don't really understand how people can vote without knowing what price you bought in at. For all we know, at current market prices are already making/losing a ton of money. Fact is, pretty much every card goes up or down significantly many times over the years, and depending on the prices you paid, there's no such thing as a card or player that is a "bad investment."

 

[soccerman034]

I don't really understand how people can vote without knowing what price you bought in at. For all we know, at current market prices are already making/losing a ton of money. Fact is, pretty much every card goes up or down significantly many times over the years, and depending on the prices you paid, there's no such thing as a card or player that is a "bad investment."

The only one could evaluate something like this is to assume that I paid market prices. Look at growth potential.