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Biotech / Medical
2018 Biotech Charity Contest
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Emcee:  BulbaMan Type:  Moderated
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CONTEST PORTFOLIO SUBMISSION DEADLINE: MONDAY, 1/1/2018, MIDNIGHT, PST!

Welcome to the 2018 Biotech Stock Picking Charity Contest.

Here are the 2018 Contest Guidelines:

1) Each contestant starts with a virtual $100,000 cash to be allocated to a portfolio of biotech stocks. Initial portfolio stock prices for the 2018 Contest will be set at their closing price on Friday, December 29, 2017. The Contest submission deadline is Monday, 1/1/2018, Midnight, PST. The Contest’s end date is Monday, December 31, 2018, 4PM EST. Contestants are pledged to donate to the charity selected by the contestant with the year’s best-performing portfolio.

2) Only biotech stocks are eligible to be included in Contest portfolios.
Traditionally, we've defined "biotech" very broadly. However, if one or more contestants strongly object to a particular stock being categorized as a biotech, I’ll use my judgment to determine whether that stock is eligible for the Contest.

3) Foreign and low-priced biotech stocks are considered eligible. For foreign stocks, I will generally use prices from the exchange where that stock is most actively traded, with prices converted to dollars based on the appropriate prevailing exchange rate.
Traditionally, Contest portfolios overloaded with penny or illiquid stocks are frowned upon. In such cases, I may ask the contestant to change her/his portfolio composition. In addition, if one or more contestants strongly object to a penny or foreign stock pick due to it being illiquid, I’ll use my judgment to determine whether that stock is eligible for the Contest.

4) Each portfolio should include a minimum of 8 stocks and a maximum of 10 stocks.

5) Each portfolio stock’s allocation is limited to a maximum of 20% and a minimum of 5%.

6) I use the Yahoo Finance symbols to download quotes. So if Yahoo uses a suffix in a stock symbol, please include it 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:
ABLX.BR 15%
FGEN 10%
As indicated above, all I need is the symbol (in UPPERCASE) and %age of $100,000 you wish to invest. Please leave a few spaces between the symbol and %age. It also helps if you alphabetize your stock picks.

7) Contest portfolios may be posted on this thread or in a Silicon Investor PM to me.
Portfolios posted to me by PM will not be made public until the Contest submission deadline has passed.

8) Stock picks may be rejected if it appears a contestant violated the Biotechie Code of Honor by taking unfair advantage of market-moving news (e.g., news following the 12/29/17 market close but prior to the 1/1/18 submission deadline). Contestants may appeal any such rejection.

9) No trading is allowed during the Contest year, with the initial portfolio being held until the Contest end date: Monday, December 31, 2018, 4PM EST.

10) 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.

11) A contestant's pledge amount and designated charity may be posted along with the initial portfolio, or at a later date. Pledge amounts should be donated to the charity selected by the Contest winner.
In past Contests, some contestants have also donated to a charity of my choice. But such donation is entirely optional.

12) Contestants objecting to decisions I make (e.g., rejection of a stock pick) may appeal my decision to the other contestants. I will change my decision if the majority of contestants who indicate their opinion on the appeal support it.

I generally post weekly Contest updates. For prospective new contestants who’d like to check out the 2017 Contest board, here’s the link:
Subject 59795

The Biotech Charity Contest boards prior to 2017 are also available at Silicon Investor by searching for:
[year] Biotech Charity

Best wishes for a Healthy & Prosperous 2018 Biotechies!
Peace & good health,
Bulba
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220Congrats THID! Thank you very much Bulba. $100 each to mfoundation and eastbaycJulius Wong-1/2/2019
219Below is a table showing the 2018 performance of each of the 230 Contest portfolBulbaMan11/1/2019
218Below is a table showing the 2018 performance of each of the 62 Contest portfoliBulbaMan11/1/2019
217Below is the 2018 full year performance for the 230 Contest stock picks sorted aBulbaMan11/1/2019
216Below is the 2018 full year performance for the 230 Contest stock picks sorted fBulbaMan21/1/2019
215Just submitted $100 to the Methuselah Foundation and $100 to the East Bay CollegStoxchix-1/1/2019
21412/31/2018 Final Contest update (More detailed 2018 data to come.) Attention BiBulbaMan-1/1/2019
213Donated $100 to the M foundation. Congrats!Jack Hartmann-1/1/2019
212Just donated to Methuselah Foundation & East Bay College Fund. Meanwhile, thBulbaMan-1/1/2019
211Congrats to the winner. $100 donated.ohmsonite-1/1/2019
210 Congratulations THID $200 donation completed. Happy New Year, ALLMiljenko Zuanic-12/31/2018
209Congrats THID! $100 each donations sent to METHUSELAH FOUNDATION and EBCF.dna_joe-12/31/2018
208Thanks all for your kind words and donations! Let’s hope biotechs turn in a 2019BulbaMan-12/31/2018
207My congratulations too! However badly we do as a group, there are always two winA.J. Mullen-12/31/2018
206Congrats THID! Thank you very much senior Bulba. Donations made to both orgskeokalani'nui-12/31/2018
205Congratulations THID! THID’s portfolio has taken the 2018 Biotech Stockpicking CBulbaMan112/31/2018
204Donations of $200 to: East Bay College and Methuselah Foundation Done HappyIRWIN JAMES FRANKEL112/31/2018
20312/28/2018 Contest update Attention Biotechies: Only a few more days to submit yBulbaMan-12/28/2018
202Marry Christmas from me as well!Miljenko Zuanic312/22/2018
20112/21/2018 Contest update Attention Biotechies: The 2019 Charity Contest Board iBulbaMan-12/21/2018
20012/14/2018 Contest update Attention Biotechies: Although 2018 has been a brutal BulbaMan-12/14/2018
19912/7/2018 Contest update For much of the four-trading day week investors watcBulbaMan-12/7/2018
19811/30/2018 Contest update I can’t say the same for the president, but biotechBulbaMan-12/1/2018
197Rick: I phoned the East Bay College Fund and the woman I spoke to said she’ll trBulbaMan-11/29/2018
19611/23/2018 Contest update Stocks continued to be battered this week but at leBulbaMan-11/23/2018
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