11/14/08 update Yet another wild roller coaster week, the dives regrettably being more numerous than the climbs. At Friday's closing bell, the Nasdaq Composite Index was down -42.81% YTD (vs. -37.89% YTD a week ago), while the Nasdaq Biotech Index was down -15.62% YTD (vs. down -12.99% YTD a week ago). And the Contest portfolio median closed down -38.46% YTD (vs. down -32.38% YTD a week ago). At week's end, once again just 1 of the 33 portfolios was in the black YTD, with 5 of the 33 beating the NBI. Contest leader Gene's portfolio closed the week up 43.9% YTD, with No. 2 ROBERT's portfolio closing down -9.9% YTD. Have a fun weekend folks! Below is the Top Ten list on 11/14/08:
11/14/08 Rank Name Total 1 GENE 43,949 2 ROBERT -9,931 3 JACK -10,793 4 CASA -11,495 5 ROCKY9 -14,101 6 SJEMM -17,235 7 BULBA -22,887 8 LJM -27,806 9 ASHLEY -28,748 10 HAMMER -29,879
(All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.) |