2/17/12 Contest Update
Contest portfolios got the Big Mo from Sangamo this week. I needed 9 zinc fingers to count the number of portfolios holding SGMO. But ROBERT’s portfolio, with its 20% allocation, got goosed the most bringing it to within a whisker of the Contest lead.
At Friday’s close, the Contest median was up 21.77% YTD (vs. up 20.65% YTD a week ago). In comparison, the NBI was up 13.91% YTD (vs. up 13.86% YTD a week ago), while the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 13.31% YTD (vs. up 11.47% YTD a week ago).
PGO’s portfolio, up 40.71% YTD, held on to first place by a hair’s breadth. ROBERT’s SGMO-loaded portfolio, up 40.68% YTD, took over second place and SCARAM’s portfolio, up 37.52% YTD, moved into third place.
At Friday's close, all 38 Contest portfolios were still in the black with 27 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).
This week, as suggested by THEOX, I’m also posting the YTD (using 12/30/11 closing prices) Top 5 & Bottom 5 Stocks ranked by % Gained and % Lost. Since the YTD numbers are unlikely to change much on a weekly basis, I'll only post them periodically and when requested.
Portfolio adjustments: None
Have a safe & fun President’s Day weekend biotechies! And now that Glenn Beck has endorsed Rick Santorum as “the next George Washington” you might want to think twice about spending your dollar bills.
(All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.)
2/17/12
Rank Name Profit/Loss
1 PGO 40,712
2 ROBERT 40,680
3 SCARAM 37,518
4 GENE 35,667
5 RKRW 32,804
6 JIBACOA 31,474
7 MOPGCW 28,447
8 BRAD 27,838
9 RRGE 27,300
10 BULBA 27,034
Week's Top 5 Gainers
Symbol 2/10/12 2/17/12 Wk. % chg.
DARA 1.87 2.60 39.04%
RGDX 1.65 2.10 27.27%
SGMO 4.24 5.33 25.71%
IDRA 1.20 1.45 20.83%
MVIR-B.ST56.75 65.75 15.86%
Week's Top 5 Losers
Symbol 2/10/12 2/17/12 Wk. % chg.
CHTP 4.99 3.35 -32.87%
ISR 0.65 0.53 -18.46%
TTHI 1.95 1.70 -12.82%
GILD 53.75 47.00 -12.56%
PLX 6.40 5.61 -12.34%
YTD Top 5 Gainers
Symbol 12/30/11 2/17/12 YTD % chg.
BDSI 0.81 2.34 190.65%
THLD 1.22 3.53 189.34%
DARA 1.24 2.60 109.68%
DNDN 7.60 14.30 88.16%
SGMO 2.84 5.33 87.68%
YTD Top 5 Losers
Symbol 12/30/11 2/17/12 YTD % chg.
AMRS 11.54 6.14 -46.79%
CHTP 5.13 3.35 -34.70%
DRRX 1.18 0.78 -33.90%
NGSX 0.82 0.60 -26.83%
TSRX 7.15 5.26 -26.43% |
