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Biotech / Medical
2022 Biotech Charity Contest
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Emcee:  technetium Type:  Moderated
Contest Portfolio Submission Deadline: SUNDAY, 1/2/2022, MIDNIGHT, PST!
(Initial portfolio stock prices will be set at the Friday, 12/31/2021 closing prices)

Welcome to the 2022 Biotech Stock Picking for Charity Contest!

Bulbaman started this contest years ago. His efforts benefited many charities, and gave people insights into what biotech they might consider evaluating. I carry it on to honor his original intent.

The rules are the same. Please post your picks publicly for 2022, or send them to me via a private message before the deadline and then post them publicly after the deadline.

Here are the 2022 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 2022 Contest will be set at Friday, December 31, 2021 closing prices. The Contest submission deadline is Sunday, January 2, 2022, Midnight, PST. The Contest’s end date is Friday, December 30, 2022, 4PM EST.

2) Contestants are pledged to donate to the charity selected by the contestant with the year’s best-performing portfolio.

3) 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.

4) 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.
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.

5) Each portfolio should include a minimum of 8 stocks and a maximum of 10 stocks. And 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:
BLU.TO 5%
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 (Private Message) 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 12/31/21 market close but prior to the 1/2/22 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: Friday, December 30, 2022, 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 prior 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 plan to post weekly Contest updates. For prospective new contestants who’d like to check out the 2021 Contest board, here’s the link:

Subject: 60185

The Biotech Charity Contest boards prior to 2021 are also available at Silicon Investor by searching for:

[year] Biotech Charity
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267Well done! donation sent!mopgcw-1/3/2023
266The final report for the year! 27 out of the 33 contestants were in the top ten technetium21/2/2023
265A great choice for our donations since my daughter and son-in-law have two rescuArthur Radley-1/1/2023
264Congratulations! $100 donatedraju_bijlee-1/1/2023
263Feel free to repost your picks on the 2023 board. Subject 60334technetium-12/31/2022
262$100 is on its way. Thanks for participating. ;-)technetium-12/31/2022
261Don’t Stop Thinking About Tomorrow youtube.comtechnetium-12/31/2022
260Twice in ten years is way ahead of most of us. Congratulations. $100 is on itsA.J. Mullen-12/31/2022
259If anyone wants to, my pick is westendhouse.orgtechnetium-12/31/2022
258Mazel Tov Steve! I just donated $500 to the Montgomery County Humane Society. AlBulbaMan-12/31/2022
257Good job. I gave. Thanks for donating $100.00 USD to Montgomery County Humane Jack Hartmann-12/31/2022
256My charity is Montgomery County Humane Society mchumane.org I hadn't carefgeneguru212/31/2022
255The new board is up and running: Subject 60334technetium112/31/2022
254Thanks to technetium for running the contest! Hoping for a much better 2023. HErikOtto-12/31/2022
253LOL I watched that video earlier this year with the same thought about the stocktechnetium-12/31/2022
252youtube.comAloner-12/31/2022
251Here are my 10 @ 10 ALLO 10 ALT 10 ATRA 10 BCDA 10 BLCM 10 FATE 10 IMTX 10 IOVraju_bijlee-12/30/2022
250Congrats to the two who finish in the green.Arthur Radley212/30/2022
249Here are my 2023 Contest picks: ATXS 10% BFLY 10% FDMT 20% IMTX BulbaMan112/30/2022
248Or I’ll have a new board up soon and you can post there. Any suggestions for a technetium-12/30/2022
247Either post your picks publicly here for next year or send me me a private messatechnetium-12/30/2022
246And at the wire …. it’s GENEGURU running away from the pack. A detailed report technetium-12/30/2022
245My 2023 Picks. I believe I came in close to dead last this year, so, I'll beAloner112/30/2022
244Look at the east coast of Florida the tidal erosion is eating away the beaches aArthur Radley-12/30/2022
243<<<<<<But we all know that global warming is a hoax.>>&gSteve Lokness-12/30/2022
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