| To: BulbaMan who wrote (182) | 2/24/2012 5:32:29 PM |
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2/24/12 Contest Update
An FDA panel’s 20-2 thumbs up for Vivus’s weight-loss drug provided a weight gain for four Contest portfolios. And the VVUS vote, along with good news for a few other biotechs, helped maintain the Contest median’s outperformance.
At Friday’s close, the Contest median was up 22.75% YTD (vs. up 21.77% YTD a week ago). In comparison, the NBI was up 14.39% YTD (vs. up 13.91% YTD a week ago), while the Nasdaq Composite Index was up 13.77% YTD (vs. up 13.31% YTD a week ago).
GENE’s portfolio, up 44.10% YTD, got the Gold with a superb DSCO toss. With 15% allocated to VVUS, BIOJIM’s portfolio, up 40.28% YTD, took the Silver and DON’s portfolio, up 39.09% YTD, took the Bronze.
At Friday's close, all 38 Contest portfolios remained in the black, with even the poorest performing portfolio up 4.58% YTD. And 28 of the 38 portfolios were doing better than the NBI.
Below is the Top Ten list. Also below are the Top 5 & Bottom 5 Stocks ranked by % Gained and % Lost for the week.
And I’m again posting the YTD (using 12/30/11 closing prices) Top 5 & Bottom 5 Stocks ranked by % Gained and % Lost.
(Foreign stock prices are not converted to US$ in the weekly and YTD Top 5 & Bottom 5 tables.)
Portfolio adjustments: None
Have a terrific weekend biotechies!
(All corrections, especially adjustments for splits, greatly appreciated.)
2/24/12
Rank Name Profit/Loss
1 GENE 44,097
2 BIOJIM 40,277
3 DONS 39,091
4 ROBERT 38,869
5 PGO 38,716
6 RKRW 35,511
7 BIOFISH 34,682
8 SCARAM 33,608
9 BIOMAV 32,532
10 ARTHUR 31,839
Week's Top 5 Gainers
Symbol 2/17/12 2/24/12 Wk. % chg.
VVUS 11.99 22.13 84.57%
THLD 3.53 6.08 72.24%
CORT 3.03 4.35 43.50%
DSCO 2.63 3.40 29.28%
CHTP 3.35 3.88 15.82%
Week's Top 5 Losers
Symbol 2/17/12 2/24/12 Wk. % chg.
DARA 2.60 1.82 -30.00%
CLDX 4.87 3.85 -20.94%
PBTH 6.20 5.44 -12.26%
YMI 2.26 2.00 -11.50%
BLRX 3.64 3.25 -10.71%
YTD Top 5 Gainers
Symbol 12/30/11 2/24/12 YTD %chg.
THLD 1.22 6.08 398.36%
BDSI 0.81 2.25 179.47%
VVUS 9.75 22.13 126.97%
DSCO 1.68 3.40 102.38%
DNDN 7.60 14.86 95.53%
YTD Top 5 Losers
Symbol 12/30/11 2/24/12 YTD %chg.
AMRS 11.54 6.00 -48.01%
DRRX 1.18 0.75 -36.44%
NGSX 0.82 0.60 -26.71%
TSRX 7.15 5.33 -25.45%
CHTP 5.13 3.88 -24.37% |
