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To: michael liu who wrote (3806)	9/26/1998 12:57:00 PM
From: Forest Gump	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12623

!WELCOME TO THE 2nd SI INTERNATIONAL STOCK PICKING CONTEST Subject 22342 This contest is for 3 months so even the best crystal ball is invalid. Contest is open to anyone on SI. Since this is NOT an SI sponsored contest we can not guarantee prizes but we always seem to find something for the winners and the losers. Standings can be checked daily at: conda.com 1. Pick 5 stocks, (not 1,2,3 or 4) currently trading on the NYSE, ASE, NASDAQ, or OTC BB. No Canadian Markets (Let's just stick with things traded in US dollars). Include at least one optional stock in case there is a problem with one of your picks. 2. Stocks only, no options, warrants, etc. Everyone starts with $100,000 U.S., all calculations are U.S. dollars. The money is split up equally, 20 grand per stock. No stocks that are trading under $1.00 cents. 3. Take your position; Short or Long. NOTE: OTC stocks can not be shorted. 4. Contest runs from 10/1/98 until 12/31/98. Entries MUST be PUBLICLY posted on this thread prior to the market open of 9/29/98 in order to give poor Forest time to catalog. 5. All pricing is based on closing Bid/Ask. Initial shares are automatically calculated for you. 6. If your stock is halted at the close of contest, you get a zero for that stock. 7. Most money made off the original $100,000 is the winner. Fractional shares (to 2 decimal points) for the 20 8. No penalty for spelling and grammar goofs. Flaming is optional for this contest Good luck PRIZES PRIZES PRIZES One of the prizes will a six (6) month subscription to Carter's Choice Oil & Gas Newsletter. Valued at $250.00. The inaugural issue will be published at the end of the month. Who is Ted Carter: Ted Carter is an engineer by education, an entrepreneur by vocation, and a stock market speculator by avocation. He has owned or been a partner in a chemical trading company, a land development company, a computer database company, as well as consulting to several start-up companies. Throughout a varied working career one element has remained constant over the past 25 years - his activity as a stock market speculator. Through his book &quotSuccessful Stock Market Speculation - A Speculator's Manual", his daily Carter's Choice Newsletter, and through the SLG Carter's Choice software, he shares his insights on how to become a successful speculator and avoid the pitfalls that can lead to financial disaster. You've read about Ted Carter in the Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun, Calgary Herald and many other regional papers... you've seen him on national television (CTV, CBC, etc.) providing expert commentary... you've heard him speak at international investment conferences... Website: stocklogic.com Other prizes will be SI T-shirts and any others will be published. Don't forget my favorite ----> BRAGGING rights!!!