DAILY NEWS STOCK PICKING CONTEST.THE GAME: Four investment professionals and four experienced amateur investors are managing fictitious portfolios that stood at $100,000 on Aug. 3. Contestants can buy and sell daily, but each transaction costs Transaction Costs Costs incurred when buying or selling securities. These include brokers' commissions and spreads (the difference between the price the dealer paid for a security and the price they can sell it). $50. The portfolios are limited to stocks traded on the nation's major exchanges THE PAYOFF: Whoever has the largest portfolio on Feb. 1 stands tallest. FIRST PLACE NAME: Marvin Karelitz. PRO OR AMATEUR? Pro, Crowell Weedon. STOCK PORTFOLIO: Case Corp. 500 shares, Intel Corp. 201 shares, Northern Telecom 1,927 shares. TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: Sold 500 shares of American Power Conversion American Power Conversion, (formerly NASDAQ: APCC) based in West Kingston, Rhode Island, is a maker of AC and DC-based back-up power products and services. APC is best known for their manufacture of uninterruptible power supplies, mostly used as a backup power system for , bought 201 shares of Intel. VALUE THIS MORNING: $106,488.68. (includes $6.87 in cash) VALUE ON SEPT. 18: $108,007.80. (includes $4.68 in cash) SECOND PLACE NAME: Jose Arevalo PRO OR AMATEUR? Amateur. STOCK PORTFOLIO: Amazon.com 60 shares, 3Com 340 shares, Dell 300 shares, Home Depot The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. Headquartered in Vinings, just outside Atlanta in unincorporated Cobb County, Georgia, Home Depot employs more than 355,000 people and operates 2,164 big-box 100 shares, Intel 125 shares, Microsoft 175 shares, Rambus 158 shares, Schlumberger 150 shares, Tellabs 180 shares. TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: None. VALUE THIS MORNING: $99,057.82. (includes $485.94 in cash) VALUE ON SEPT. 18: $89,263.82. (includes $485.94 in cash) THIRD PLACE NAME: Rick Zulawski. PRO OR AMATEUR? Amateur. STOCK PORTFOLIO: All cash. TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: Bought 124,871 shares of Yarc Systems for 75 cents, sold 124,871 shares of Yarc Systems at 81 cents, bought 5,863 shares of Ribozyme Ribozyme A ribonucleic acid (RNA) molecule that, like a protein, can catalyze specific biochemical reactions. Examples include self-splicing rRNA and RNase P, both involved in catalyzing RNA processing reactions (that is, the biochemical reactions that convert for $5.75, bought 4,086 shares of Railworks for $8.25, bought 2,254 shares of Ciena Corp. for $14.875, sold 2,254 shares of Ciena Corp. at $13.875, sold 4,086 shares of Railworks at $7.8125, sold 5,863 shares of Ribozyme at $5.4374, bought 5,434 shares of Battle Mountain Gold for $5.8125, bought 1,351 shares of Newmont Mining Newmont Mining Corporation NYSE: NEM, based in Denver, Colorado, USA, is one of the world's largest producers of gold, with active mines in, Nevada, Indonesia, Australia/New Zealand, Ghana, and Peru. Some smaller operations include Bolivia, Mexico, and Canada. for $23.375, bought 1,566 shares of Barrick Gold Barrick Gold Corporation TSX: ABX NYSE: ABX is the largest pure gold mining company in the world, with its headquarters in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; and four regional business units (RBU's) located in Australia, Africa, North America and South America. for $20.1875, sold 1,566 shares of Barrick Gold at $20.50, sold 5,434 shares of Battle Mountain Gold at $5.8125, sold 1,351 shares of Newmont Mining at $22.875. VALUE THIS MORNING: $94,453.45. (all in cash) VALUE ON SEPT. 18: $93,721.13. (all in cash) FOURTH PLACE NAME: Bill Boatwright. PRO OR AMATEUR? Pro, Prudential. STOCK PORTFOLIO: Banc One 191 shares, Consolidated Graphics Consolidated Graphics (NYSE "CGX") is a national, commercial printing company based in Houston, Texas. Founded in 1985 by Joe R. Davis, the company has grown to over 70 locations across 26 states and is known as the leading sheetfed, web and digital printing company in North 306 shares, Cisco 154.50 shares, Interpublic Group of Cos. 167 shares, Lucent 190 shares, Newell Cos. 193 shares, Oracle 374 shares, Procter & Gamble 131 shares, Schlumberger 168 shares. TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: None. VALUE THIS MORNING: $93,848.71. (includes $33.43 in cash) VALUE ON SEPT. 18: $91,517.46. (includes $33.43 in cash) FIFTH PLACE NAME: Sandy Lechtick. PRO OR AMATEUR? Amateur. STOCK PORTFOLIO: Compaq 455 shares, Dell 358 shares, Earthlink 481 shares, Tellabs 733 shares. TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: Sold 250 shares of Pepsico at $30.3125, sold 420 shares of Kmart at $13.50, sold 669 shares of Tekelec at $16.125, bought 300 shares of Tellabs for $44.0625, sold 117 shares of Intel for $83.5625, bought 433 shares of Tellabs for $46.875. VALUE THIS MORNING: $92,841.44. (includes $28.57 in cash) VALUE ON SEPT. 18: $87,023.56. (includes $31.63 in cash) SSIXTH PLACE NAME: Glen Chester. PRO OR AMATEUR? Pro, Glen Chester & Associates. STOCK PORTFOLIO: Airtouch 200 shares, Cheesecake Factory 500 shares, CBS (Cell Broadcast Service) See cell broadcast. 325 shares, Funco 650 shares, Mirage 500 shares, Nike 200 shares, T. Rowe Price T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ: TROW) is an independent global investment management firm and mutual fund manager based in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1937 by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr.. T. 325 shares. TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: None. VALUE THIS MORNING: $90,798.43. (includes $30,040.62 in cash) VALUE ON SEPT. 18: $93,425.77. (includes $30,040.62 in cash) SEVENTH PLACE NAME: Julie Stav Julie Stav is a financial planner, broker, bestselling author, and host of an acclaimed daily call-in radio show. Julie has dedicated her career to the education and empowerment of millions of Americans. . PRO OR AMATEUR? Pro, Retirement Benefit Systems. STOCK PORTFOLIO: Gilat Satellite Networks Gilat Satellite Networks is a publicly-traded Israeli company (NASDAQ: GILT. TASE) Gilat designs, develops and markets satellite and hybrid networking products, services and solutions to operators in 85 countries. 195 shares, Jack Henry 400 shares, Legato (Legato Systems, Inc., Mountain View, CA, www.legato.com) A leading provider of storage management and high-availability software founded in 1988 and acquired by EMC Corporation in 2003. Legato software, including Celestra data management (data mining, data migration, etc. 500 shares, Minimed 500 shares. TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: Sold 500 shares of Arterial Vascular at $41.75, bought 400 shares of Jack Henry for $48.25. VALUE THIS MORNING: $88,178.62. (includes $1,506.12 in cash) VALUE ON SEPT. 18: $87,094.87. (includes $31.12 in cash) EIGHTH PLACE NAME: Nancy Sy. PRO OR AMATEUR? Amateur. STOCK PORTFOLIO: Cisco 750 shares, Gap 685 shares. TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: None. VALUE THIS MORNING: $86,527.18. (includes $51.56 in cash) VALUE ON SEPT. 18: $87,376.56. (includes $51.56 in cash) STACKING UP Stock index performance since the contest started on Aug. 3, when each contestant received a fictitious $100,000 for investment: Indexes Return (price appreciation only) Dow Jones industrial average Dow Jones Industrial Average The best known U.S. index of stocks. A price-weighted average of 30 actively traded blue-chip stocks, primarily industrials including stocks that trade on the New York Stock Exchange. -8.63 percent S&P 500 -6.08 percent Nasdaq Composite The Nasdaq Composite is a stock market index of all of the common stocks and similar securities (e.g. ADRs, tracking stocks, limited partnership interests) listed on the NASDAQ stock market, meaning that it has over 3,000 components. It is highly followed in the U.S. -5.81 percent Daily News/Bloomberg -10.18 percent CAPTION(S): 8 Photos, Box Photo: (1) Marvin Karelitz (2) Jose Arevalo (3) Rick Zulawski (4) Bill Boatwright (5) Sandy Lechtick (6) Glen Chester (7) Julie Stav (8) Nancy Sy Box: STACKING UP (See Text) |
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