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2003 Pick-a-Stock Challenge
An SI Board Since December 2002
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Emcee:  KZAP Type:  Moderated
Welcome to the 2003 Pick-a-Stock Challenge!

Here's the rules: Pick two stocks.

1) Open to all SI members free of charge. Others will be charged 1000 US dollars. (make checks payable to KZAP)
2) Stocks on any US exchange, except for Pink Sheet stocks, are eligible.
3) Stocks must be trading above one cent and must be trading as of Dec. 26, 2002.
4) Stocks that merge will be dropped from the contest. However, any gain up to the exact time of the merger announcement will count for the remainder of the contest.
5) Stocks that are delisted will not be allowed to remain in the contest.
6) The contest ends the last trading day, full or partial, of 2003.
7) Stock(s) with the largest percentage gain win the Contest.
8) Tie breakers will be determined by the stock with the largest dollar volume the last week of the contest.
9) Picks must be entered by market opening on the first day of trading 2003.
10) Challenges to the rules must be made to KZAP directly. Judges decisons are final.

List of challengers as of 1/02/03........

200mph...........................ADOT,CGO
A. Borealis............LU, TELM
Achoo..............................DLIA, SLR
afterdark..................UAL, DYN
bbgold..........................AIPN
Bearcatbob...............WMB, PYR
Bouf.................................DISK, BNK
broke2..........................LGOV
Bwe...............................MRK, EK
Carl Berdahl..........RMBS, PBR
CRUSADER4TRUTH....GSS, DROOY
cvan..................................AIRN, TTPA
DanWebzster........WMB, ELN
DELT1970.....................TGLEF, TDKM
Denis K. Guenette...TVIN, AUDC
dreamer........................ALRC, HAL
dsit...............................MIR, EDSN
Due Diligence......VION, CYGX
emmerofshmoe..........ALRG, ECMD
G3..................................RHAT, AUTN
GC..................................MYNG, ATTL
Godot................................CLGY, SURE
gypsees.........................ANN, PENN
Jack Hartmann......AMAT, BEV
jmhollen....................TXMCe??, URMP
jmj..................................OMG*
J. Nelson......................DNAP, ADOT
Joe Lyddon...............WDC, INTC
joepcf...........................DTMG, VERI
Joe Stocks...............RRI, ILA
John McCarthy.....NTII, EPMD
Junkyarddawg........RDOX, PDLI
KaiserSosze...........OMG*
Kirk..............................A, LRCX
ktcougar...................HRS, JMAR
KZAP.............................RTNH, PANA
lazarre.....................RFMD, AXTI
Lodi..............................IGCO, GPXM
MechanicalMethod.....MSFT, INTC
MKTBUZZ.............................HDWR, SEBL
mph.......................................RRI, DROOY
n540jb...............................CHS, CREE
Nikita Yakubovich...KGC, WHT
nolimitz..........................MU, HDWR
~protege..........................ODETA, IVAN
pull_da_trigger.........ONCY
Rascal..............................SPAR
r. edwards.......................RRI, OMG
richardred.....................AETC, POL
RikRichter.....................SCKT, TVIN
Rock_nj............................RBAK, CRDS
RRICH..................................CSTLC, STCO
SAM-DAN.........................BRWRF??, UDET
scotty............................PAAS, SSRI
snookcity........................INSP, RMBS
Stock Watcher..............ALOY, SGR
Surfratiam.....................RRI, FNSR
Susie924...........................JBLU, JAKK
Taki.......................................TLCV, QTEK
tbancroft........................RGLD, BGO
Tech Master..................CLN
Theo.................................DNAP
WR61499.......................LTFD, CSPLF
youlookmarvey.....CKE??, MTMD
zetazeta............................CASH, GOLD

Good Luck Challengers!

Winners are expected to be announced by the first Monday of 2004.
The winners will be given prizes that will be determined at a later date. As of now, the winner gets to pick any shirt
from this site: traderwear.com
(if you want to contribute to the prizes let me know!)

Good Luck Challengers and Happy Investing!

KZAP
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168Hi KZAP AIPN from .01 to .05? I remember I picked it because it was right at bbgold-1/6/2004
167Question: Are you using the Bid price of all of the stocks, at the end, to refleJoe Lyddon-1/2/2004
166At first glance it looks like IVAN won the contest. Up 731.11%. IVAN is up agKZAP-1/2/2004
165Who won the 2004 Pick-a-Stock Challenge? Is there a 2004 challange?Rock_nj-1/2/2004
164Too bad I didn't put CACS in for the contest... it finished tops for the NasKirk ©-1/1/2004
163sometimes ya just get lucky ;-)~digs-11/15/2003
162~protege, IVAN up an amazing 1,188.89% so far for the year. You're pick is iKZAP-11/15/2003
161ODETA ticker is now ITRSA.ob stockcharts.com[w,a]daclyiay[pc40!c200!f][vc60][iut~digs-11/4/2003
160Nice, easy way to get our score cbs.marketwatch.com I did mine, LRCX (+137%) aKirk ©-10/7/2003
159My CRDS is doing pretty well. Up 2005 or so. RBAK is lagging though.Rock_nj-9/20/2003
158How about a update on those challenges the first of the year. Well????????????? Due Diligence-9/18/2003
157if ODETA would get a move on, i might just win this thing...~digs-8/18/2003
156How about that CYGX and VION? Tradin' along the way.Due Diligence-7/14/2003
155Moving right along with VION, it seems. How about that CYGX???? G'tradin'Due Diligence-6/29/2003
154<b>Stock Challenge Portfolio:</b> Below is a link to an MSN portfolgypsees-6/16/2003
153<b>Top 10 Stocks & Challengers to date: 1) Due Diligence VION +612.9KZAP-6/14/2003
152<b>Challenge Standings.......... </b> Check the two in <b>BoldKZAP-6/12/2003
151Thanks! and yes, it has been a great 8 months!Kirk ©-6/9/2003
150Kirk, no they are not. It looks like you are doing very well, congratulations! IKZAP-6/8/2003
149Are the standings posted anywhere? My 2, A & LRCX: cbs.marketwatch.com ThaKirk ©-6/7/2003
148with 2 pound test.10K a day-6/7/2003
147Halliburton's Iraq, Afghanistan Contracts at $600 Million and Growing Fridadreamer-5/30/2003
146You catch those giant blue fin tuna on fly rods, I'm impressed.snookcity-4/5/2003
145sorry wrong threadRon McKinnon-4/5/2003
144Halliburton wins contract on Iraq oil firefighting forbes.comdreamer-3/7/2003
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