Mike,
I appreciate your candor about my list of stocks. However, I might remind you that there is a reason for them making chocolate ice cream and vanilla ice cream.
I do find it amusing that you single out XOMA and LGND with the label of being "hopeless". The following is the YTD appreciation in my portfolio:ALLP 11 19/32 + 3/32 1,269 11 3/4 - 10 11/16 323 10,000 14,712 4,713 +47.1% News Chart Discussion
BONZ 13 7/16 +1 15/16 1,692 13 1/2 - 11 1/2 322 10,000 22,736 12,737 +127.4% News Chart Discussion
GNLB 7 1/8 + 1/16 1,739 7 3/16 - 6 13/16 490 9,999 12,390 2,391 +23.9% News Chart Discussion
IMGN 14 3/4 +4 13/16 1,949 15 3/4 - 10 3/4 3,183 9,998 28,748 18,749 +187.5% News Chart Discussion
LGND 16 7/16 +2 3/16 898 16 5/8 - 14 7/8 1,418 9,995 14,761 4,766 +47.7% News Chart Discussion
NABI 7 1/16 0 2,519 7 3/16 - 6 7/8 109 10,000 17,790 7,790 +77.9% News Chart Discussion
SDIX 6 7/16 - 5/16 1,631 6 3/4 - 6 7/16 446 9,998 10,500 502 +5.0% News Chart Discussion
TTP 27 5/16 + 13/16 567 27 5/8 - 26 7/8 164 9,996 15,486 5,490 +54.9% News Chart Discussion
USON 5 13/16 0 2,132 5 15/16 - 5 11/16 762 9,999 12,392 2,393 +23.9% News Chart Discussion
XOMA 6 3/8 +1 1/8 3,195 6 1/2 - 5 7/16 3,138 10,000 20,368 10,368 +103.7% News Chart Discussion
Totals: Biotech2000 99,986 169,884 69,898 +69.9%
The overall portfolio is up 69.9% and XOMA is up 103.7% but must admit that LGND is a laggard at only 47.7%. Mike! Can I be totally honest with you? I can only wish that I owned a few more of these "hopeless" stocks. BONZ is another good example of a "hopeless" stock. Hardly anyone was paying attention as I built a personal holding of 10,000 shares...and being "hopeless" as it was, it has only appreciated by 127%, so I guess I don't know where the "best stuff" is. (:>)
As for SDIX....okay! You win on this one, but it listed only because I have a keen interest in GMO's and as this issue grows in this country, stocks like SDIX will have their day in the sun. |
