8/8/14 Contest update When the best-performing Contest portfolio stock is an Ebola play, you’ve got to have mixed feelings. And that’s true for me, even though I do hold some Tekmira in my reality portfolio. Meanwhile, in the less fraught biotech universe, Friday’s rally managed to turn the week from minus to plus territory. At Friday’s close, the Contest median was up .21% YTD (vs. down -.93% YTD a week ago), the Nasdaq Biotech Index was up 11.11% YTD (vs. up 10.54% YTD a week ago), while the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 4.65% YTD (vs. up 4.22% YTD a week ago). DEWDIL’s portfolio, up 36.22% YTD, remains the Contest leader, with DOUGH’s portfolio, up 29.47% YTD taking back second place and DIEGO’s portfolio, up 25.80% YTD, dropping to third place. At Friday's close, 23 of the 46 Contest portfolios were in the black, while 18 of the 46 beat the NBI. The median Contest portfolio stock (GHDX) is down -10.66% YTD. Below is the Top Ten list. Also below are the Top 5 & Bottom 5 Stocks ranked by % Gained and % Lost for the week. (Prices not converted to US$ in these Tables.) Portfolio adjustments: None (All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.) Have a safe & fun weekend biotechies! Peace & good health, Bulba
8/8/14 Rank Name Profit/Loss 1 DEWDIL 36,216 2 DOUGH 29,466 3 DIEGO 25,797 4 WATCHIT 23,270 5 STEVEL 22,983 6 JB118 22,689 7 NIGEL 21,275 8 GUERL 20,267 9 MCBIO 19,292 10 IMAN 17,558
Week's Top 5 Gainers Symbol 8/1 8/8 Wk.%chg. TKMR 14.26 20.70 45.16% PRTA 17.36 20.51 18.15% RTRX 10.53 12.31 16.90% INFI 9.33 10.84 16.18% NLNK 20.88 24.10 15.42% Week's Worst 5 Losers Symbol 8/1 8/8 Wk.%chg. NSPH 1.43 0.890 -37.76% CYTX 2.07 1.680 -18.84% SSH 4.95 4.190 -15.35% CYTN.SW 0.27 0.230 -14.81% VNDA 14.06 12.060 -14.22% |