9/3/10 Update    With the Bears apparently leaving town early for the long Labor Day weekend, the Bulls managed to move the market into positive territory for the week.    At Friday’s close, the Nasdaq Composite Index was down -1.56% YTD (vs. down -5.09% YTD a week ago) and the Nasdaq Biotech Index returned to the black, being up 1.25% YTD (vs. down -2.05% YTD a week ago). The Contest median is now also ahead for the year, up 2.40% YTD (vs. down -.57% YTD a week ago).    DEWDIL’s portfolio (up 48.42% YTD) held on to the Contest lead, with ROCKY’s portfolio (up 44.49% YTD) not far behind in second place. FILO's portfolio (up 31.26% YTD) remained in third place. At Friday's close, 19 of the 32 Contest portfolios were in the black with 17 of the 32 beating the NBI.    Below is the Top Ten list. Also below are the Top 5 & Bottom 5 Stocks ranked by % Gained and % Lost for the week (foreign stock prices are not converted to US$ in these two tables).    Portfolio adjustments: BNVI did 1-5 reverse split    Have a terrific Labor Day weekend folks! (All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.)
 			9/3/10	 	Rank	Name	Profit/Loss	 	1	DEWDIL	48,421	 	2	ROCKY	44,485	 	3	FILO	31,264	 	4	JACKH	23,555	 	5	SCARAM	16,543	 	6	ENZYME	14,970	 	7	FRED	13,195	 	8	WILDER	12,447	 	9	MOPGCW	12,072	 	10	GHMM	10,656	
  		Week's Top 5 Gainers		 	Symbol	8/27	9/3	% change	 	EXEL	3.26	3.80	16.56%	 	AEZS	0.99	1.14	15.38%	 	OREX	4.73	5.42	14.59%	 	CPHD	15.32	17.40	13.58%	 	JAZZ	8.57	9.71	13.30%	 					 		Week's Top 5 Losers		 	Symbol	8/27	9/3	% change	 	BNVID	1.95	1.51	-22.56%	 	CLDX	4.46	3.53	-20.85%	 	POZN	7.34	6.56	-10.63%	 	MYG.TO	0.20	0.18	-10.00%	 	TIG.BR	1.63	1.47	-9.82%	  |