9/10/10 Update It was a quiet week on Wall Street, with both Labor Day and Rosh Hashana keeping trading subdued. At Friday’s close, the Nasdaq Composite Index was down -1.18% YTD (vs. down -1.56% YTD a week ago), while the Nasdaq Biotech Index was up 3.63% YTD (vs. up 1.25% YTD a week ago). The Contest median was virtually unchanged for the week, up 2.36% YTD (vs. up 2.40% YTD a week ago). With DEWDIL’s portfolio being IDIXed, ROCKY’s portfolio (up 46.11% YTD) took over first place and now holds a commanding lead. FILO's portfolio (up 20.95% YTD) moved into second place, with SCARAM’s portfolio (up 20.17%) close behind in the No. 3 spot. At Friday's close, 19 of the 32 Contest portfolios remained in the black with 16 of the 32 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 safe & fun weekend biotechies! (All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.)
9/10/10 Rank Name Profit/Loss 1 ROCKY 46,106 2 FILO 20,953 3 SCARAM 20,173 4 FRED 16,567 5 DEWDIL 15,433 6 MOPGCW 14,975 7 WILDER 14,419 8 GHMM 12,612 9 GEORGIA 11,081 10 RKRW 10,493
Week's Top 5 Gainers Symbol 9/3 9/10 % change ZGEN 5.51 9.76 77.13% SLN.L 7.10 11.88 67.25% PYMX.OB 0.77 0.95 23.38% VICL 3.25 3.84 18.15% XOMAD 2.92 3.30 13.01% Week's Top 5 Losers Symbol 9/3 9/10 % change IDIX 5.99 3.09 -48.41% OXGN 0.33 0.27 -17.83% ROSG 1.25 1.05 -16.00% MYG.TO 0.18 0.16 -13.89% TKM.TO 1.64 1.47 -10.37% |