5/3/2019 Contest update With the White House refusing to honor congressional subpoenas, a constitutional crisis is inevitable. But, as far as Wall Street is concerned, all is well in the world and stocks continued to make new record highs. At Friday’s close, the Contest median was up 18.25% YTD (vs. up 15.90% YTD a week ago), the Nasdaq Biotech Index (NBI) was up 11.52% YTD (vs. up 10.86% YTD a week ago) and the smaller-cap S&P Biotechnology Select Industry Index (SPSIBI) was up 19.85% YTD (vs. up 21.15% YTD a week ago), while the Nasdaq Composite Index (NCI) was up 23.04% YTD (vs. up 22.77% YTD a week ago). BULBA’s portfolio, up 76.17% YTD, remained in first place, with OHM’s portfolio, up 63.33% YTD, holding on to second place, while HOOD’s portfolio, up 60.23% YTD, took over third place. At Friday's close, 34 of the 39 Contest portfolios were still in the green, while 26 continued to beat the NBI and 17 were now beating the SPSIBI. The 167 Contest stock picks have an average YTD gain of 26.82% and a median YTD gain of 15.97%. Below is the Top Ten list. Also below are the Top 5 & Bottom 5 Stocks for the week ranked by % Gained and % Lost YTD. (Prices not converted to US$ in these Tables.) Portfolio adjustments: None (All corrections, especially adjustments for splits & mergers, greatly appreciated.) Enjoy May’s first weekend biotechies! Peace & good health, Bulba
5/3/19 Rank Name Profit/Loss 1 BULBA 76,168 2 OHMS 63,329 3 HOOD 60,234 4 RKRW 57,153 5 ANDRE 54,981 6 SANCTU 48,379 7 KMASTR 42,948 8 BLADE 33,945 9 TRONKA 33,517 10 ARTHUR 32,026
Week's Top 5 Gainers Symbol 4/26/19 5/3/19 Wk.%chg. CFRX 0.493 0.602 22.19% CWBR 2.500 2.960 18.40% SESN 1.100 1.300 18.18% ORTX 17.620 20.250 14.93% IMGN 2.520 2.880 14.29% Week's Worst 5 Losers Symbol 4/26/19 5/3/19 Wk.%chg. HRTX 24.170 17.000 -29.66% SBBP 4.910 3.470 -29.33% ATRX 0.350 0.280 -20.00% RTTR 0.888 0.750 -15.55% TRIL 0.685 0.580 -15.33% |