11/26/10 Update It was Turkey Week but the market mostly managed to escape the bird’s fate. At Friday’s close, the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 11.70% YTD (vs. up 10.97% YTD a week ago) and the Nasdaq Biotech Index was up 9.61% YTD (vs. up 9.05% YTD a week ago), while the Contest median was up 6.94% YTD (vs. up 7.13% YTD a week ago). The lead of our leader, ROCKY’s portfolio (up 43.46% YTD), widened a bit, with FILO’s portfolio (up 38.47% YTD) and DEWDIL's portfolio (up 33.06% YTD) holding on to the No. 2 and No. 3 spots. At Friday's close, 22 of the 32 Contest portfolios were 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). Portfolio adjustments: None (All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.)
11/26/10 Rank Name Profit/Loss 1 ROCKY 43,463 2 FILO 38,466 3 DEWDIL 33,055 4 RKRW 31,434 5 WILDER 26,624 6 FRED 25,038 7 JACKH 24,748 8 MOPGCW 21,137 9 GHMM 20,361 10 ASHLEY 18,583
Week's Top 5 Gainers Symbol 11/19 11/26 % change AFFY 5.60 7.56 35.00% REGN 24.67 28.83 16.86% HLCS.PK 0.15 0.17 14.57% BNVI 1.25 1.43 14.40% CYCC 1.68 1.89 12.50% Week's Top 5 Losers Symbol 11/19 11/26 % change OXGN 0.25 0.21 -17.13% RVX.TO 2.34 2.08 -11.11% APPA 0.56 0.50 -10.71% OSIR 7.61 6.82 -10.38% MYG.TO 0.20 0.18 -10.00% |