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To: Casaubon who wrote (2854)	3/20/2007 5:02:47 PM
From: Sr K	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20435

We should have a prize for the portfolio that goes down the most. Keep the players in two brackets. Call Bull or Bear bracket when the contest starts, either aiming for highest or lowest result. No stocks may be bought under $5.00 if you are aiming for lowest total. This is similar to shorting. Contest winner is the player with the biggest absolute percentage gain from either bracket.

To: Casaubon who wrote (2854)	3/22/2007 10:26:02 AM
From: Mike McFarland	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20435

I like paper trading, sometimes it works out, but even more often you are reminded of the futility of it. Trading on paper, causes me to trade less often for real, and I think trading less often works better for me. Anyway... finance.yahoo.com (both those stocks in lockstep since that trade, both up 5%-- useless trade.) Meanwhile (in five days) the only stock I own in the real world is down 5%, ha! You can go crazy with charts and maybe this next chart is unfair in a way--but the lone stock I own right now has underperformed the Nasdaq by 25% in the past six months. finance.yahoo.com