11/25/16 Contest update As expected, President Obama issued his final pardon to a National Thanksgiving Turkey. But who will pardon the turkeys who predicted the stock market would crash if Trump won? I know, I know, we still have four years to go. Meanwhile, at Friday’s close, the Contest median was down -20.45% YTD (vs. down -21.00% YTD a week ago). The Nasdaq Biotech Index (NBI) was down -15.86% YTD (vs. down -15.87% YTD a week ago), while the smaller-cap S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index (SPSIBI) was down -5.45% YTD (vs. down -6.15% YTD a week ago). The Nasdaq Composite Index (NCI) was up 7.82% YTD (vs. up 6.27% YTD a week ago). JBOG’s portfolio, up 30.23% YTD, held on to the Contest lead, with DNAJOE’s portfolio, up 27.28% YTD, in second place and STEVEL’s portfolio, up 20.88% YTD, in third place. At Friday’s close, 9 of the 58 Contest portfolios were now in the green, with 22 portfolios beating the NBI and 11 still beating the SPSIBI. The 223 Contest stock picks had an average YTD loss of -13.38% and a median YTD loss of -25.71%, with 63 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: None (All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.) Have a safe & relaxing weekend biotechies. Peace & good health, Bulba
11/25/16 Rank Name Profit/Loss 1 JBOG 30,234 2 DNAJOE 27,278 3 STEVEL 20,884 4 BIOPLAY 16,603 5 USUBAN 14,829 6 BMAZ 9,052 7 CEMBP 7,375 8 THEOX 6,617 9 GHMM 2,344 10 BAGEL -2,553
Week's Top 5 Gainers Symbol 11/18/16 11/25/16 Wk.%chg. SSH 0.18 0.25 39.20% MSTX 0.07 0.09 27.07% NVTA 6.06 7.35 21.29% ALBO 26.00 31.35 20.58% ROKA 4.14 4.91 18.60% Week's Worst 5 Losers Symbol 11/18/16 11/25/16 Wk.%chg. JUNO 29.93 23.01 -23.12% CARA 11.97 9.83 -17.88% ADVM 3.55 2.95 -16.90% IMNP 0.190 0.161 -15.26% TPIV 5.60 4.75 -15.18% |