3/23/12 Contest Update
Thanks to the Mitt Romney campaign team, for my stock market metaphor this week I can use the “Etch A Sketch.” So it was one of those Etch A Sketch market weeks, with bad news wiping out good news and vice versa, leaving most stocks pretty much unchanged.
At Friday’s close, the Contest median was up 22.99% YTD (vs. up 21.59% YTD a week ago). In comparison, the Nasdaq Biotech Index was up 16.66% YTD (vs. up 15.72% YTD a week ago), while the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 17.76% YTD (vs. up 17.28% YTD a week ago).
It was AFFY to the max for BIOJIM’s portfolio, which vaulted into the Contest lead with a 50.85% YTD gain. DON’s’s portfolio, with a not-too-shabby 48.86% YTD gain, slipped back to second place and NP1986's portfolio, up 35.37% edged past SCARAM’s portfolio, up 35.32% YTD, to take third place.
At Friday's close, all 38 Contest portfolios were still in the black, with 29 of the 38 portfolios 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 the weekly and YTD Top 5 & Bottom 5 tables, when posted.)
Portfolio adjustments:
Have a safe & fun weekend biotechies!
(All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.)
3/23/12
Rank Name Profit/Loss
1 BIOJIM 50,853
2 DONS 48,860
3 NP1986 35,370
4 SCARAM 35,317
5 ARTHUR 34,954
6 BIOMAV 33,243
7 BIOFISH 33,183
8 PGO 30,966
9 GENE 30,685
10 ROBERT 30,477
Week's Top 5 Gainers
Symbol 3/16/12 3/23/12 Wk. %chg.
ARNA 1.76 2.41 36.93%
AFFY 11.18 13.42 20.04%
ACAD 1.87 2.18 16.58%
POZN 4.77 5.33 11.74%
AVII 1.38 1.54 11.59%
Week's Top 5 Losers
Symbol 3/16/12 3/23/12 Wk. %chg.
CRME 1.93 0.80 -58.81%
TZYM 3.25 2.79 -14.15%
KOOL 0.93 0.83 -10.75%
ONTY 4.97 4.47 -10.06%
DARA 1.58 1.44 -8.86% |
