10/1/10 Update
The market had its best September since 1939 but in the month’s last week traders seemed somewhat wary of what October would bring.
At Friday’s close, the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 4.48% YTD (vs. up 4.94% YTD a week ago), while the Nasdaq Biotech Index was up 6.22% YTD (vs. up 7.29% YTD a week ago). The Contest median was up 7.59% YTD (vs. up 7.18% YTD a week ago).
(See my earlier post on the performance of the top five contestant picks through Sep. 30.)
ROCKY’s portfolio (up 35.77% YTD) remained the Contest leader, while FILO's portfolio (up 27.47% YTD) held on to second place. WILDER’s portfolio (up 25.39% YTD) took the third slot.
At Friday's close, an impressive 25 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).
Have a wonderful weekend biotechies!
(All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.)
10/1/10
Rank Name Profit/Loss
1 ROCKY 35,774
2 FILO 27,469
3 WILDER 25,389
4 GHMM 23,550
5 FRED 22,859
6 RKRW 21,234
7 MOPGCW 19,984
8 PD53 15,315
9 DEWDIL 13,348
10 GEORGIA 11,757
Week's Top 5 Gainers
Symbol 9/24 10/1 % change
SLN.L 9.50 12.87 35.47%
SGEN 12.16 15.97 31.33%
BPAX 1.42 1.70 19.72%
TTNP.PK 0.87 1.00 14.94%
MBLX 10.76 12.17 13.10%
Week's Top 5 Losers
Symbol 9/24 10/1 % change
BNVI 1.79 1.04 -41.90%
RPRX 0.53 0.39 -25.54%
HLCS 0.58 0.49 -15.86%
MON 55.38 48.26 -12.86%
DSCO 0.22 0.20 -10.95% |
