7/20/12 Contest Update
The rain in Spain may lie mainly on the plain but it produced more than a bit of a drizzle on Wall Street today. And Friday’s drizzle washed out a big part of the gains stocks made earlier in the week.
At Friday’s close the Contest median was up 36.01% YTD (vs. up 33.55% YTD a week ago). In comparison, the Nasdaq Biotech Index was up 27.34% YTD (vs. up 26.32% YTD a week ago), while the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 12.29% YTD (vs. up 11.64% YTD a week ago).
DONS’ portfolio, up 69.20% YTD, held on to first place. NP1986's portfolio, up 60.98% YTD, was boosted by its 15% ARRY allocation into second place and DOUGH’s portfolio, up 60.71% YTD, took over third place.
At Friday's close, just 2 of the 38 Contest portfolios were still in the red and 21 of the 38 portfolios were beating the NBI. Plus, remarkably, there are 7 Contest portfolios with a YTD gain greater than 50% (including the portfolio of this humble scorekeeper).
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: None.
Have a glorious summer weekend biotechies!
(All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.)
7/20/12
Rank Name Profit/Loss
1 DONS 69,198
2 NP1986 60,978
3 DOUGH 60,713
4 ANON 57,516
5 RKRW 57,071
6 BIOJIM 56,028
7 BULBA 50,353
8 BIOMAV 47,334
9 BIOFISH 46,178
10 TNSAF 45,610
Week's Top 5 Gainers
Symbol 7/13/12 7/20/12 Wk. %chg.
PSTI 2.53 3.38 33.60%
PPHM 0.97 1.29 32.47%
CPRX 0.86 1.10 27.91%
ARRY 3.49 4.31 23.35%
PYMX 0.29 0.34 17.24% |
