6/15/12 Contest Update
The market climbed another wall of worry this week, but with two down days it didn’t make much progress.
At Friday’s close, the Contest median was up 18.52% YTD (vs. up 17.31% YTD a week ago). In comparison, the Nasdaq Biotech Index was up 19.78% YTD (vs. up 18.33% YTD a week ago), while the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 10.27% YTD (vs. up 9.72% YTD a week ago).
DONS’ portfolio, up 49.27% YTD, held on to the Contest lead, with second place BIOJIM’s portfolio, up 45.57% YTD, closing the gap a bit. CHRIS08’s portfolio, up 44.55% YTD, had a stellar week and took over third place.
At Friday's close, 5 of the 38 Contest portfolios were in the red and 18 of the 38 portfolios were 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: BIOD did a 1-4 reverse split.
Have a wonderful Father's Day weekend biotechies!
6/15/12
Rank Name Profit/Loss
1 DONS 49,269
2 BIOJIM 45,567
3 CHRIS08 44,554
4 BIOMAV 42,562
5 TNSAF 40,739
6 RKRW 39,393
7 NP1986 36,845
8 DOUGH 35,135
9 LJM 34,969
10 ROBO 31,950
Week's Top 5 Gainers
Symbol 6/8/12 6/15/12 Wk. %chg.
ARNA 6.62 8.40 26.89%
DNDN 6.31 7.76 22.98%
PPHM 0.45 0.51 13.94%
SGMO 4.49 5.07 12.92%
ITMN 10.32 11.50 11.43%
Week's Worst 5 Losers
Symbol 6/8/12 6/15/12 Wk. %chg.
BIOD 3.32 2.61 -21.39%
RGDX 1.40 1.19 -15.00%
ALHYG.PA 1.02 0.87 -14.71%
REGN 129.62 113.85 -12.17%
ISR 1.11 0.99 -10.80%
(All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.) |
