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Biotech / Medical
2012 Biotech Charity Contest

An SI Board Since December 2011

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Emcee: BulbaMan	Type: Moderated

Introduction Compact

CONTEST SUBMISSION DEADLINE SUNDAY, 1/8/2012, MIDNIGHT!

Please check Post #100 for changes in how initial portfolio stock prices will be set.

Welcome to the 2012 Biotech Charity Contest.

Here are the guidelines as I understand them:

1) Each contestant starts with a virtual $100,000 cash to be allocated to a portfolio of Biotech Stocks.
2) Only Biotech Stocks are eligible to be included in the portfolios. (Traditionally, we've defined "biotech" very broadly. However, if contestants strongly object to a particular company being categorized as a biotech, the company will be ineligible.)
3) Each portfolio should include a minimum of Eight stocks. (To make my scorekeeping easier, I'll set a maximum of 10 stocks per portfolio.)
4) A maximum allocation of 20% is allowed to any portfolio stock. (To make my scorekeeping easier, I'll set a minimum allocation of 5% per portfolio stock.)
5) Contestant portfolios may be posted on this thread or in a PM to me. The deadline for posting portfolios is midnight (PST), Sunday, January 8, 2012. But the earlier, the better.
6) No trading is allowed during the contest period, with the initial portfolio to be held until the contest end date. For the 2012 contest, I'll use the Friday, December 30, 2011 closing prices for the initial portfolio allocations. And I suggest we use Friday, December 28, 2012 as the contest end date. (Late portfolio posters will have the advantage of knowing the first week's price changes. Please don't abuse this advantage when choosing your portfolio stocks.)
7) In the case of buyouts for cash the proceeds will be reallocated to the remaining portfolio stocks. The initial portfolio percentage allocations to those stocks will be used to determine the reallocation percentages.
8) Foreign and penny biotech stocks have traditionally been considered eligible. (I suggest we continue this policy. However, if other contestants strongly object to a particular stock being eligible because it's substantially illiquid or trades at a super-low price, the stock will be ineligible.)
9) A contestant's pledge amount and designated charity may be posted along with the initial portfolio, or at a later date. Pledge amounts shall be donated to the charity selected by the contest winner.
Please post any questions, additions, comments, suggestions, objections, etc. to the above guidelines.
For prospective new contestants who’d like to browse the 2011 Contest board, here’s the link:
Subject 58124

Finally, I use the Yahoo Finance symbols to download quotes. So if Yahoo uses a suffix in your stock symbol, include it as well when posting your picks.
To make it easier for me to set up my spreadsheet here are two examples of the best way to post your picks:
ARIA 10%
PYMX.OB 15%
As indicated above, all I need is the symbol (in Uppercase) and % of $100,000 you wish to invest. Please leave about five spaces between the symbol and %age. There's no need to post the 12/30/11 closing price as I'll pick it up myself.

Best wishes for a Healthy & Prosperous 2012 Biotechies!
Bulba

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513	OT I like the presentation Week's Top 5 Losers better than Week'	Sr K	-	3/22/2015
512	2012 Charity Contest Donation Update: The East Bay College Fund has emailed me t	BulbaMan	4	2/4/2013
511	but I care much that we all have the same one. Otherwise gives the impression of	mopgcw	4	1/7/2013
510	One option for a "hard" start date would be to run the contest for a	Ian@SI	9	1/5/2013
509	On this one, we are balancing the objective to have more participants (raising m	The Dodgy Ticker	1	1/5/2013
508	>> I can live with whatever you decide, but my druthers are like biofisher	IRWIN JAMES FRANKEL	1	1/5/2013
507	Let's see if we can get S.I. staff to design a time-release system for conte	scaram(o)uche	-	1/4/2013
506	Thank you Rick. Let’s let bygones be bygones. Hope to see you next week. Peace &	BulbaMan	-	1/4/2013
505	For the record, I agree with myself. (Post 484). Thanks to you and Bulba for y	biofisher	-	1/4/2013
504	Thanks. We'll review all of these suggestions later. Rick	scaram(o)uche	-	1/4/2013
503	We have grandfathered a great practice, allowing those with certain investment o	scaram(o)uche	-	1/4/2013
502	Rick, Bob -- the idea is to get as many entries as possible, so I like a grace p	fred hayes	-	1/4/2013
501	<zlcs.... > Not for the light of heart, or for those with malignant hype	Biotech Jim	-	1/4/2013
500	Anyone taking obvious advantage of a grace period will be disgraced and ridicule	The Dodgy Ticker	-	1/4/2013
499	zlcs.... >> and also own shares << Cool. Thanks for a ticker tha	scaram(o)uche	-	1/4/2013
498	I wasn't picturing you as anything other than in a bind, dealing with a diff	scaram(o)uche	4	1/4/2013
497	And the tough stuff that I just couldn't do, without study..... venue s	scaram(o)uche	-	1/4/2013
496	Terrific Rick! And if by “everything else” you just mean tracking the data and r	BulbaMan	-	1/4/2013
495	All I have to do is write the rules? And give a yes/no to portfolio components,	scaram(o)uche	2	1/4/2013
494	Maybe it could be done democratically come early December, with a few choices an	rkrw	-	1/4/2013
493	You can count this Ph.D. out for next year’s Contest. After two years in a row b	BulbaMan	2	1/4/2013
492	Your timing is obviously excellent.	tom pope	-	1/4/2013
491	Another interesting question would be if all the 2011 portfolios carried over th	rkrw	-	1/4/2013
490	>>How many PhD's, scientists, investors and geniuses does it take to s	IRWIN JAMES FRANKEL	2	1/4/2013
489	How many PhD's, scientists, investors and geniuses does it take to screw in	rkrw	3	1/4/2013

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