2/19/10 Update Investors skied the slopes of Wall Street with only a few minor spills, even surviving Friday's treacherous Bernanke rate jump mogul. At the week's closing bell, the Nasdaq Composite Index was down -1.11% YTD (vs. down -3.77% YTD a week ago), while the Nasdaq Biotech Index closed the week up 4.51% YTD (vs. up 2.99% YTD a week ago) and the Contest median closed up 5.72% YTD (vs. up 4.04% YTD a week ago). WYD's portfolio (up 29.42%) now owns the Gold, with DEWDIL's portfolio (up 22.70% YTD) taking the Silver and GEORGIA's portfolio (up 20.60% YTD) taking the Bronze. At Friday's close, 20 of the 32 Contest portfolios were in the black and 19 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). Enjoy the weekend biotechies! (All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.)
2/19/10 Rank Name Profit/Loss 1 WYD 29,419 2 DEWDIL 22,696 3 GEORGIA 20,603 4 BIOFISH 18,117 5 PGO 16,673 6 PD53 11,885 7 THEOX 11,207 8 ROCKY 10,530 9 FILO 10,357 10 JACKH 10,264
Week's Top 5 Gainers Symbol 2/12/10 2/19/10 % change NZYM.OB 0.57 0.70 22.52% GNVC 2.05 2.45 19.51% SQNM 4.52 5.33 17.92% CORX.OB 0.15 0.17 16.00% CALP 3.15 3.60 14.29% Week's Top 5 Losers Symbol 2/12/10 2/19/10 % change ARYX 2.88 1.47 -48.96% NRGX.OB 0.80 0.60 -25.00% DSCO 0.69 0.54 -21.74% ATRC 5.69 4.62 -18.80% RIGL 9.43 7.91 -16.12% |