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lowes and home depot stocks are both too slow moving to win any contest that is short term. lowes has announced record earnings 7 consecutive quarters and no one seems to care and home depot is in the slow and painful process of destroying themselves through corporate mismanagement.
for stocks there is no money to be made through the retail side of things. look to technology companies, fuel resource companies, and one fo the big ones that is starting to turn the corner are the diesel engine manufacturers of the world. companies that pay high dividend rates and disperse quarterly are good marks for a school contest because you get to extend your buying power everytime they pay out.
open up the newspaper to the business section and watch what motley fool and cramer are talking about, those guys pick and choose hot button stocks that will make you some money real quick. the key is to get in and out though, don't hang around and wait for the long term look because they only attract transitional buyers that are going to bail and deflate values within the 72 hours of jacking them up.
hey, those 5 years of college are useful after all. lol
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