Another Contest. This one has Prizes!!

[IIC]

With 4 trading days remaining it looks as if Doug (IIC) will be the highest priced under $10 stock and also show the greatest % gain. Unless somebody reports awesome earnings by Friday, no one will win the valuable prizes even though I'm tempted to send Doug the WON book collection anyway.

IIC-----FRM-----11.81
billyjoe-DAR------11.03
peanuts-TWLL---10.60
stenz---SIM-----10.40

jiesen--AOB-----10.65---eligible for booby prize only
ywamchris-ASIA-10.59---wooda, coulda, shoulda award

-------------billyjoe

Doesn't mean I'm gonna accept it...I get notices from the post office that I gotta come down and sign for an item all the time...But unless I'm expecting something I don't do it...Thx anyway...Send the stuff to a runnerup.

[billyjoe]

Sold my DAR in real life for 10% gain. Freed up $$ to buy BRKB, a bargain @4466.00. I still see a bright future for DAR.

-------------billyjoe

[billyjoe]

$10 - $15 Contest Update--One Day Remaining

I couldn't make this up if I tried. Although nobody is going to win the fabulous prizes for cracking $15 a new leader has emerged.

billyjoe--------DAR----11.54
IIC------------FRM----11.32
peanuts------TWLL----11.02
stenzrob-------SIM----10.69

.....and the pretenders

jiesen---------AOB*-----10.74
ywamchris----ASIA*-----10.52

------------billyjoe

[IIC]

I couldn't make this up if I tried. Although nobody is going to win the fabulous prizes for cracking $15 a new leader has emerged.

billyjoe--------DAR----11.54
IIC------------FRM----11.32
peanuts------TWLL----11.02
stenzrob-------SIM----10.69

.....and the pretenders

jiesen---------AOB*-----10.74
ywamchris----ASIA*-----10.52

------------billyjoe

It's Fixed...LOL

[billyjoe]

Final Report $10 - $15 Challenge

This contest challenged stock pickers to find a stock priced under $10 that would appreciate to close at $15 or greater in approximately 2 1/2 months. A couple, notably Rob and Karel, reached the $15 mark , but never closed above it.

IIC had the highest priced stock with about 3 minutes remaining then inexplicably faded. The final prices of all picks showing a gain:

billyjoe-----DAR-----11.85
IIC---------FRM-----11.80
peanuts---TWLL-----11.15
jiesen------AOB-----11.04* price was not under $10 when picked
ywamchris-ASIA-----11.01* entered after deadline
tintin------ENZN------9.59
Karel------CRDC------9.47
sirtuck------HL-------9.34
mimo------ADAM-----9.08
Rob---------QXM-----8.28
Pete--------TGB------4.75

Best Gainers by %

IIC---------FRM-----28.68% a moral victory
mimo------ADAM----20.58
peanuts---TWLL-----20.28
billyjoe-----DAR-----18.74
ywamchris-ASIA-----15.41* forever soiled by the asterisk
tintin------ENZN-----12.16
jiesen------AOB------11.04*same as above
stenzrob---SIM------- 8.76
Pete-------TGB------- 5.09
sirtuck----- HL-------- 3.32
Karel------CRDC-------1.83
Rob--------QXM-------1.35

Thanks to all participants. My books will be placed back onto the shelf awaiting another contest.

-----------billyjoe

[Rob]

Thanks to all participants. My books will be placed back onto the shelf awaiting another contest.

Fun contest, Billy. Thanks.

[IIC]

Thanks to all participants. My books will be placed back onto the shelf awaiting another contest.

-----------billyjoe

Why???...I only said I didn't want the 3rd place prize.

Congrats on the win Billy...Guess I shouldn't have sold that block of FRM at the close...But I needed to raise cash to buy my wife a nice Christmas present

[billyjoe]

Why???...I only said I didn't want the 3rd place prize.

Congrats on the win Billy...Guess I shouldn't have sold that block of FRM at the close...But I needed to raise cash to buy my wife a nice Christmas present

I sold my DAR and it goes up .80 the next day. It never moved that much while I owned it.

------------billyjoe

[billyjoe]

$10 - $15 revisited

I was saying that Ski's FEED was a rare bird going from under $10 to $18 so decided to see what became of the picks in this contest starting Sept.18th of last year. The greatest known minds in stock selection came together to find an under $10 stock that would finish over $15 in approximately 2 1/2 months. Nobody accomplished the task and the valuable prizes remain on the shelves of the extensive billyjoe collection of investing volumes.

But wait......... finally today after nearly 7 months one of those picks has finished at 15.39 and thus can be truly called a winner. Out of the goodness of my heart I've decided to award all the prizes to this individual. Sorry....... the winner is my own pick of DAR....... well done me darling. Special mention goes to Ray who also likes DAR and has picked it many times in various contests including this week's POTW.

-------------billy