3/4/11 Contest Update
Despite the mayhem in the Middle East and a big rally day, stocks finished the week pretty much where they started.
At Friday’s close, the Nasdaq Biotech Index was up 2.96% YTD (vs. up 1.27% YTD a week ago) and the Contest median was down -.10% YTD (vs. up .73% YTD a week ago). The Nasdaq Composite Index was up 4.97% YTD (vs. up 4.83% YTD a week ago).
GENE’s portfolio (up 17.56% YTD) slipped into first place with MCBIO’s portfolio (up 17.07% YTD) dropping back to second place. RKRW’s portfolio (up 14.31% YTD) held on to the No. 3 spot.
At Friday's close, 18 of the 38 Contest portfolios were in the black with a mere 8 of the 38 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.
Have a wonderful weekend folks!
(All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.)
3/4/11
Rank Name Profit/Loss
1 GENE 17,557
2 MCBIO 17,068
3 RKRW 14,314
4 RRGE 13,043
5 ROCKY 9,596
6 IMAN 5,750
7 IJF 5,584
8 PGO 4,338
9 MIKEM 2,904
10 CRAZYP 2,774
Week's Top 5 Gainers
Symbol 2/25 3/4 % change
MNOV 3.60 5.33 48.06%
ITMN 37.38 44.31 18.54%
YMI 2.42 2.77 14.46%
VRTX 44.84 51.07 13.89%
CADX 7.61 8.62 13.27%
Week's Top 5 Losers
Symbol 2/25 3/4 % change
AMLN 15.51 11.07 -28.60%
KOOL 2.82 2.25 -20.21%
VVUS 7.64 6.39 -16.36%
PLX 7.63 6.57 -13.89%
IDIX 3.46 3.03 -12.43% |
