11/26/10 Update  It was Turkey Week but the market mostly managed to escape the bird’s fate. At Friday’s close, the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 11.70% YTD (vs. up 10.97% YTD a week ago) and the Nasdaq Biotech Index was up 9.61% YTD (vs. up 9.05% YTD a week ago), while the Contest median was up 6.94% YTD (vs. up 7.13% YTD a week ago).    The lead of our leader, ROCKY’s portfolio (up 43.46% YTD), widened a bit, with FILO’s portfolio (up 38.47% YTD) and DEWDIL's portfolio (up 33.06% YTD) holding on to the No. 2 and No. 3 spots.    At Friday's close, 22 of the 32 Contest portfolios were in the black with 16 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: None   (All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.)
 			11/26/10	 	Rank	Name	Profit/Loss	 	1	ROCKY	43,463	 	2	FILO	38,466	 	3	DEWDIL	33,055	 	4	RKRW	31,434	 	5	WILDER	26,624	 	6	FRED	25,038	 	7	JACKH	24,748	 	8	MOPGCW	21,137	 	9	GHMM	20,361	 	10	ASHLEY	18,583	
  		Week's Top 5 Gainers		 	Symbol	11/19	11/26	% change	 	AFFY	5.60	7.56	35.00%	 	REGN	24.67	28.83	16.86%	 	HLCS.PK	0.15	0.17	14.57%	 	BNVI	1.25	1.43	14.40%	 	CYCC	1.68	1.89	12.50%	 					 		Week's Top 5 Losers		 	Symbol	11/19	11/26	% change	 	OXGN	0.25	0.21	-17.13%	 	RVX.TO	2.34	2.08	-11.11%	 	APPA	0.56	0.50	-10.71%	 	OSIR	7.61	6.82	-10.38%	 	MYG.TO	0.20	0.18	-10.00%	  |