2/12/10 Update Investors got another roller-coaster ride, but the market eventually found a way to wind up on the uphill track for the week. At Friday's close, the Nasdaq Composite Index was down -3.77% YTD (vs. down -5.64% YTD a week ago), while the Nasdaq Biotech Index closed the week up 2.99% YTD (vs. up .28% YTD a week ago) and the Contest median closed up 4.04% YTD (vs. up 1.38% YTD a week ago). GEORGIA's portfolio (up 23.29% YTD) jumped up to first place, with WYD's portfolio (up 21.86% YTD) and DEWDIL's portfolio (up 21.25% YTD) in the No.2 & No. 3 slots. At Friday's close, 23 of the 32 Contest portfolios were in the black and 20 of the 32 were 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). Have a great President's Day weekend biotechies! (All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.)
2/12/10 Rank Name Profit/Loss 1 GEORGIA 23,289 2 WYD 21,858 3 DEWDIL 21,247 4 BIOFISH 14,408 5 MCBIO 12,860 6 PGO 12,549 7 BIOJIM 10,869 8 FRED 10,669 9 ROBO 9,780 10 FILO 8,753
Week's Top 5 Gainers Symbol 2/5/10 2/12/10 % change APPA 1.56 2.05 31.41% ONCY 2.39 3.08 28.87% NRGX.OB 0.65 0.80 23.08% ARIA 2.15 2.50 16.28% NBIX 2.18 2.53 16.06% Week's Top 5 Losers Symbol 2/5/10 2/12/10 % change SNMX 3.75 2.50 -33.24% ISIS 11.04 9.01 -18.39% NZYM.OB 0.68 0.57 -15.56% CADX 10.50 9.34 -11.05% ALEHT.PA3.43 3.16 -7.87% |