10/17/08 update
Wall Street's roller coaster gave investors another wild ride for their money. When the week's closing bell rang and the screaming ended, the Nasdaq Composite Index was down -35.48% YTD (vs. -37.81% YTD a week ago), while the Nasdaq Biotech Index was down -16.08% YTD (vs. down -21.02% YTD a week ago). Tracking the NBI's loss reduction for the week, the Contest portfolio median closed down -34.45% YTD (vs. down -39.12% YTD a week ago).
At week's end, 2 of the 33 portfolios were in the black YTD, with 5 beating the NBI. The GENE & ROBERT portfolios remained No. 1 & No. 2, with Gene sporting an 81.5% YTD gain and ROBERT, back in the black again, a 7.6% YTD gain.
Have a terrific weekend folks!
Below is the Top Ten list on 10/17/08:
10/17/08
Rank Name Total
1 GENE 81,522
2 ROBERT 7,583
3 JACK -7,527
4 CASA -9,519
5 ROCKY9 -14,472
6 SJEMM -20,110
7 BULBA -20,938
8 HAMMER -21,710
9 RCMAC -24,696
10 NIGEL -25,634
(All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.) |
