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Biotech / Medical
2010 Biotech Charity Contest
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Emcee:  BulbaMan Type:  Moderated
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Welcome to the 2010 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. (If other contestants strongly object to a particular company being categorized as a biotech, the company will not be considered eligible.)
3) A minimum of Eight stocks should be in each portfolio. (To make my scorekeeping easier, I'd also appreciate setting a maximum of 12 stocks per portfolio.)
4) A maximum allocation of 20% is allowed to any stock. (To make my scorekeeping easier, I'd also appreciate setting a minimum allocation of 5% to any stock in the portfolio.)
5) All contestant portfolios should be posted by midnight (PST), Sunday, January 3, 2010. 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 2010 contest, I suggest we use the closing prices on Thursday, December 31, 2009 for the initial portfolio allocations. And I suggest we use Friday, December 24, 2010 as the contest end date.
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 of substantial illiquidity or a super-low price, that stock will not be considered eligible.)
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.
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. And to make it easier for me to set up my spreadsheet here are two examples of the best way to post your picks:
ALNY 10%
TKM.TO 15%
As indicated, 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 12/31/09 closing price as I'll pick it up myself.
Best wishes for a Healthy & Prosperous 2010 Biotechies!
Bulba
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356Donation made to Groundspring.org for United Teen Equality Center Date: 01/05/The Ox-1/5/2011
355Message 27065223 Here's another guy who: probably didn't recognize RiIan@SI11/4/2011
354Why give him the benefit of the doubt when he didn't bother. The guy is a tFiloF-1/4/2011
353I suspect ignorance. He's reacted to Rick posting the same or a similar mesIan@SI-1/4/2011
352>>guy with a ton of tolerance<< Liked the quote in his personal pronigel bates-1/4/2011
351what a poor sport. drag.mopgcw-1/4/2011
350chuckle... now here's a classy guy with a ton of tolerance..... Message 2scaram(o)uche-1/4/2011
3492011 Contest Update We’re up to 28 Contestants! Although the Contest deadline isBulbaMan-1/4/2011
348Congradulations Jim Totally awesome performance. And two years in a row. Wow! georgiabiotech-1/3/2011
347I just wanted to thank everyone for their contributions to UTEC. The generosity rkrw11/3/2011
346Believe this is the third time that Jim has won? Thought that last year was hisscaram(o)uche-1/3/2011
345Tough crowd to beat. Holding two of the top three single pcks (ONCY CALP)- IOW&#Steve Lokness-1/3/2011
344The Table below is ranked by the number of portfolios holding each stock.The thiBulbaMan-1/2/2011
343The Table below shows Contest Stock Picks ranked by performance. The third columBulbaMan-1/2/2011
342Biotechies: Let’s get those 2011 Contest portfolios posted folks. Not to guilt tBulbaMan-1/2/2011
341Congrats again, Jim! Best wishes for a Happy, Healthy & Prosperous 2011! PeaBulbaMan-1/2/2011
340Congratulations and Happy New Year! --------- Donation made to Groundspring.orgMike McFarland-1/1/2011
339Congrats RKRW I'm just as impressed with your charity choice as I am with yjbogd-1/1/2011
338Thought it would be of interest to check on a “wisdom of crowd” effect in the coBulbaMan-1/1/2011
337Donation made to Groundspring.org for United Teen Equality Center Date: 01/01/20Jack Hartmann-1/1/2011
336Donations made to your and Marty's charities. Congratulations on a stunningThe Dodgy Ticker-12/31/2010
335>I got very LUCKY. ITMN+CHTP with December surprises...< "Well, you Rocky9-12/31/2010
33412/31/10 Final Update Another Biotech Charity Contest and another championshiBulbaMan512/31/2010
333Congratulations, Jim! <i>>I got very LUCKY. ITMN+CHTP with December sDewDiligence_on_SI212/31/2010
332Seeing no objections, I’ll extend the deadline for the 2011 Contest entries untiBulbaMan-12/31/2010
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