11/5/10 Update
The economy may still be sailing in rough waters but the flood of government and private liquid cash, both domestic and foreign, has clearly been sufficient to float the financial markets higher.
At Friday’s close, the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 13.65% YTD (vs. up 10.50% YTD a week ago), while the Nasdaq Biotech Index was up 9.23% YTD (vs. up 9.96% YTD a week ago). The Contest median closed up 11.41% YTD (vs. up 8.46% YTD a week ago).
ROCKY’s portfolio (up 48.20% YTD) remained in first place, with FILO’s portfolio (up 39.36% YTD) holding on to the No. 2 position. DEWDIL's portfolio (up 36.52% YTD) took over third place.
At Friday's close, 25 of the 32 Contest portfolios were in the black with 17 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).
Portfolio Changes:
TKM.TO did a 1-5 reverse split; shares will trade on Nasdaq beginning week of 11/15.
Have a terrific weekend biotechies!
(And enjoy that extra hour of sleep Sunday morning.)
11/5/10
Rank Name Profit/Loss
1 ROCKY 48,202
2 FILO 39,356
3 DEWDIL 36,524
4 WILDER 32,836
5 MOPGCW 27,141
6 RKRW 26,057
7 GHMM 26,012
8 FRED 25,793
9 JACKH 20,704
10 ASHLEY 20,355
Week's Top 5 Gainers
Symbol 10/29 11/5 % change
ORXE.PK 0.27 0.40 48.15%
JAZZ 10.63 14.28 34.34%
NEOP.OB 1.60 2.14 33.75%
RPRXD 1.31 1.61 22.90%
CRIS 1.40 1.67 19.29%
Week's Top 5 Losers
Symbol 10/29 11/5 % change
BIOD 3.63 1.88 -48.21%
APPY 0.68 0.48 -29.41%
ARYX 0.54 0.43 -20.37%
TIG.BR 1.93 1.55 -19.69%
NGNM.OB 1.20 1.03 -14.17% |
