Actors Lead The Way In "Star Trading"
Senior Editor, CNBC
The first four celebs remain the same in Trading With The Stars--and all actors. Actor Jonathan Tucker maintains his vice grip on first place with gains in Starwood Hotels and Washington Grp. Actor James Cromwell holds onto second place, as fellow actors Stephen Collins remains in 3rd and Ernie Hudson in 4th. Meanwhile--another actor--Willie Garson muscles his way from 9th to 5th on an all-in trade on ACME Packet up 4.05% on Wednesday. Wow--either actors are great stock pickers are they're ALL getting great advice. That leaves a financial guru, comedienne, champion poker player, political guru and Hall of Famer--in that order.
#1 Jonathan Tucker: $1,190,775.00 up $9,355.00 +0.79%.
No transactions Wednesday.
Added $3,000 in Bonus Bucks.
Jonathan holds $711,685 in cash and $479,090 in stock spread across:
Flamel Tech, Starwood Hotels and Washington Group.
#2 James Cromwell: $1,108,937.85 up $7,406.62 +0.67%.
Bought 50,000 shares of Evergreen Solar .
Sold 14,000 shares of Interface Inc for a total gain of $50,623.
Added $3,000 in Bonus Bucks.
James holds $157,291.19 in cash and $951,646.66 in stock.
#3 Stephen Collins: $1,097,067.37 down $3,481.45 -0.32%.
Sold 1,325 shares of Tesero.
Sold 10,000 shares of Sinclair Broadcast GRP.
Sold 18,200 shares of Hecla MNG.
Sold 3,350 shares of Gulfmark Offshore.
Sold 4,950 shares of Celanese.
Sold 14,500 shares of Bruker Biosciences.
Bought 46,000 shares of Charter Communications.
Bought 2,600 shares of Corrections Corp.
Bought 4,600 shares of Emergency Medical.
Bought 2,400 shares of Huron Consulting.
Bought 5,800 shares of Gartner Inc.
Bought 6,600 shares of Reliant Rnergy.
Added $3,000 in Bonus Bucks.
Stephen holds $42,245.22 in cash and $1,054,822.15 in stock.
#3 Stephen Collins: $1,097,067.37 down $3,481.45 -0.32%.
Sold 1,325 shares of Tesero.
Sold 10,000 shares of Sinclair Broadcast GRP.
Sold 18,200 shares of Hecla MNG.
Sold 3,350 shares of Gulfmark Offshore.
Sold 4,950 shares of Celanese.
Sold 14,500 shares of Bruker Biosciences.
#4 Ernie Hudson: $1,072,404.76 up $4,814.04 +0.45%.
Sold 68,772 shares of Chiquita Brands.
Bought 6,666 shares of Zymogenetics.
Bought 8,500 shares of Dolby Laboratories.
Bought 43,916 shares of CMGI Inc.
Bought 24,000 shares of Coeur D Alene Mines.
Bought 135,000 shares of Aurizon Mines.
Added $3,000 In Bonus Bucks.
#5 Willie Garson: $1,040,774.69 up $40,608.54 +4.06%.
No transactions Wednesday.
Added $3,000 in Bonus Bucks.
Willie's buy of ACME Packet on 5/1 paid off netting him $40,608.54 on its 4.05% gain.