7/20/07 Update The plunge in GPCB & SPPI following the satraplatin debacle capped off a lousy week for small-cap biotechs. At Friday's close, the Nasdaq Biotech Index was up 2.17% YTD (vs. up 3.59% YTD a week ago), while the median for the Charity Contest portfolios was now down -2.92% YTD (vs. down -.89%% YTD a week ago). At week's end, 12 of the 31 Contest portfolios were in the black YTD with 11 of 31 beating the NBI. RCMAC remains in first place with a 32.5% YTD gain, but his lead was substantially narrowed by ICEBERG who now sports a 30.0% YTD gain. Below is the Top Ten list on 7/20/07:
7/20/07 Rank Name Total 1 RCMAC 32,491 2 ICEBERG 30,028 3 FRED 21,261 4 FILOF 14,098 5 BIOFISH 13,263 6 ROBERT 12,369 7 MOPGCW 11,168 8 TECHNET 10,531 9 MANNY 10,360 10 WILDER 9,458
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