9/16/16 Contest update It was week when pneumonia stricken Hillary and ailing biotech stocks both recovered nicely. Coincidence? Meanwhile, at Friday’s close, the Contest median was down -19.79% YTD (vs. down -24.53% YTD a week ago), the Nasdaq Biotech Index (NBI) was down -13.81% YTD (vs. down -17.62% YTD a week ago), while the smaller-cap S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index (SPSIBI) was down -7.91% YTD (vs. down -12.90% YTD a week ago). The Nasdaq Composite Index (NCI) was up 4.74% YTD (vs. up 2.37% YTD a week ago). JBOG’s portfolio, up 22.45% YTD, had a fine week, widening its Contest lead. DNAJOE’s portfolio, up 13.16% YTD, moved back to second place and MASTER’s portfolio, up 10.74% YTD, slipped to third place. At Friday’s close, 7 of the 58 Contest portfolios were in the green, with 17 portfolios beating the NBI and 12 beating the SPSIBI. The 223 Contest stock picks had an average YTD loss of -13.33% and a median YTD loss of -21.45%, with 60 of the 223 Contest portfolio stocks up for the year. Below is the Top Ten list. Also below are the Top 5 & Bottom 5 Stocks for the week, ranked by % Gained and % Lost. (Prices not converted to US$ in these Tables.) Portfolio adjustments: TPIV did a 1-12 reverse split; temporary symbol change to TPIVD. (All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.) Have a safe & relaxing weekend biotechies. Peace & good health, Bulba
9/16/16 Rank Name Profit/Loss 1 JBOG 22,445 2 DNAJOE 13,160 3 MASTER 10,742 4 ALIAS 5,049 5 BIOPLAY 4,651 6 THEOX 871 7 DANIEL 833 8 JFM -2,786 9 GHMM -3,565 10 GREER -5,996
Week's Top 5 Gainers Symbol 9/9/16 9/16/16 Wk.%chg. VTAE 8.05 20.95 160.25% NWBO 0.34 0.47 39.12% BLUE 53.43 71.47 33.76% CLCD 21.86 28.13 28.68% EPZM 7.23 9.28 28.35% Week's Worst 5 Losers Symbol 9/9/16 9/16/16 Wk.%chg. NVAX 7.79 1.29 -83.44% GERN 2.860 1.880 -34.27% AGTC 12.37 8.92 -27.89% ROKA 1.05 0.80 -23.81% AVXL 3.01 2.51 -16.61% |