2014 Top Twitter Hot Stock Picks

So the names are in….  The votes are cast….. The positions are taken…..

A selection of twits (is that the name for a twitter user?) have suggested their chosen hot stock picks for 2014. I think twit describes very well the amount of time I spend on twitter so no offence intended to any of you by the way. Anyway having asked what stocks would be good in 2014 I thought I might get a handful of suggestions but have ended up with over 40! That blew my first plan to do some research on each of them before the New Year. Even at a rate of 1 per week I would still be researching them as 2014 draws to a close which kind of defeats the purpose (although I could be an excellent hindsight trader!) So instead I've grouped them by market cap, and split the middle group into resource stocks and non resource stocks, and will put them out here now for you to digest and consider at this early stage in 2014. We should all be doing our own research anyway.

What I will do though is provide a small overview of each of the groups over the coming weeks and probably cut them down to the ones I like the look of as 41 is a little overly ambitious to keep track of. And the best twitter stock picker could win a prize for their successful stock picking - a “Top Twit Stock Pick Award” so to speak. A bit like a BAFTA but spelled differently and obviously much harder to achieve. And more valuable hopefully if the price rises well. Or maybe the winner will buy me a prize? OK I’m being stupid, the point was to see which stocks other investors are backing in 2014 and generate ideas for further research (that’s the idea behind the whole blog really) - sharing information and thoughts on the world of generally high risk stocks.

As you will see from the selection below there seems to be an overly large reliance on oil and gas stocks for 2014. Considering we've had a pretty poor run for the past 3 years I’m not sure whether this is because we’re all confident that the bottom has been reached and the only way is up, or whether it’s blind optimism and we’re in for another painful year for our personal finances. Certainly it’s true that there are many resource companies sitting on significant assets, or generating good cash returns, yet fundamentally undervalued. Let’s hope there are some success stories in 2014. It would be great to see just one really decent takeover, ideally aggressive with more than one bidder, whilst at the same time a really huge oil discovery. That would do wonders for sentiment and private investor funds.

So without further ado, here are the 41 stocks which have been chosen by you, my favorite twitter users (well you replied so you’re automatically in the top twit category :) I’ll complete a summary of the first group - the large caps – shortly. But for now, happy reading and get researching….!

Larger Cap (over £100m
Name	Ticker	Chosen By	Starting Market Cap	Starting Share Price
Gulf Keystone	GKP	@kevincopley4 @Prov5	£1.5bn	172p
Quadrise Fuel Cells	QFI	@paul18280	£350m	44p
Xcite Energy	XEL	@tomm86 @colinthecops1	£284m	95p
Sirius Minerals	SXX	@kevincopley4	£186m	12p
Parkmead	PMG	@tomm86	£157m	230p
Trinity	TRIN	me!@timpronkster	£130m	137p
Bowleven	BLVN	@jpdowding	£120m	37p

Mid Tier (£30m - £100m)
Name	Ticker	Chosen By	Starting Market Cap	Starting Share Price
Kromek	KMK	@JohnRosier	£85m	76p
Thalassa	THAL	@Greenroom78	£69m	292p
Plethora	PLE	@alexgerrard	£55m	12.75p
Solomon Gold	SOLG	@colinthecops1	£52m	8.5p
Range Resources	RRL	@paul18280 @X1ACX	£43m	1.3p
Fastnet	FAST	@blue2_u	£41m	12.5p
Baobab Resources	BAO	@blacklabAlf	£40m	13p
Westminster Group	WSG	@X1ACX @alexgerrard @richylawson1981	£34m	74p
Coms	COMS	@X1ACX @richylawson1981	£33m	4.2p
Sirius Petroleum	SRSP	@qprallan	£31m	3.25p

Small Cap (£12m - 30m) Resource stocks
Name	Ticker	Chosen By	Starting Market Cap	Starting Share Price
Tomco	TOM	@Verdun69	£27m	1.4p
Empryean	EME	@blue2_u	£22.9m	10p
Magnolia Pet	MAGP	@blue2_u	£21.6m	2.38p
Obtala	OBT	@blacklabAlf	£21m	8p
Tangiers	TPET	@nikovdv	£21m	12p
Tristar Resources	TSTR	@qprallan	£18.8m	0.27p
W Resources	WRES	@colinthecops1	£18m	0.9p
Mariana	MARL	@kevincopley4	£17.4m	4.1p
Baron Oil	BOIL	@mrikey	£17m	1.48p
Caza	CAZA	@qprallan	£16.5m	8p
Beacon Hill Resources	BHR	@3dap2012	£16.4m	1p
Tertiary Minerals	TYM	@alexgerrard	£15.5m	9p
Edge resources	EDG	@superJames183 @colinthecops1	£12m	7.5p

Small Cap non resource stocks (£10m - £30m)
Name	Ticker	Chosen By	Starting Market Cap	Starting Share Price
Parity	PTY	@MonteithNick	£28m	28p
Fox Marble	FOX	@JohnRosier	£24.5m	20p
Camco	CCE	@Verdun69 @mrikey	£12.2m	6p
Ashley House	ASH	@Greenroom78	£12m	21.3p

Micro Cap (Under £12m)
Name	Ticker	Chosen By	Starting Market Cap	Starting Share Price
Herencia	HER	@nickyboy1886	£11m	0.53p
Infastrata	INFA	@Verdun69	£11m	12p
Crawshaw	CRAW	@JohnRosier	£9.8m	17p
Nostra Terra	NTOG	@paul18280, @X1ACX	£7.5m	0.27p
Xtract	XTR	@qprallan	£6.5m	0.28p
Reach Entertainment	R4E	@Greenroom78	£5m	6.5p
Motive TV	MTV	@3dap2012	£5m	0.0178p