DAILY NEWS STOCK PICKING CONTEST.THE GAME: Five investment clubs from aound the region are managing fictitious Based upon a fabrication or pretense. A fictitious name is an assumed name that differs from an individual's actual name. A fictitious action is a lawsuit brought not for the adjudication of an actual controversy between the parties but merely for the purpose of portfolios that stood at $100,000 on Feb. 1. 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 Aug. 1 stands tallest. FIRST PLACE NAME: Wall Street Women STOCK PORTFOLIO: Covad 412, Digital Island 1,100 shares, Mail.com Wikipedia is not the place for advertisement or self-advertising. mail.com is a popular web based Email service that offers free and premium Email products, shopping mall and a customized toolbar that makes online navigation easier and fun. History Mail. 956 shares, Portal Software Portal Software was founded in 1985 as Portal Information Network, one of the first ISPs in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded by John Little. The company offered its own interface through modem access that featured Internet email. 557 shares, Wit Capital 588 shares TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: Sold 514 shares of Cisco at $65.625, bought 1,100 shares of Digital Island for $30.5625 VALUE THIS MORNING: $133,869.76 (includes $334.83 in cash) VALUE ON JULY July: see month. 9: $131,769.71 (includes $322.33 in cash) SECOND PLACE NAME: Goddesses STOCK PORTFOLIO: Goto.com See Overture. 766 shares, Juno Juno, in astronomy Juno (j  `nō), in astronomy, 3d asteroid to be discovered. It was found in 1804 by C. Harding. It has a diameter of c.120 mi (190 km). 1,435 shares, Wit Capital 1,203 shares TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: Sold 194 shares of America Online See AOL. at $122.3125, sold 928 shares of Knight/Trimark at $55.75, sold 903 shares of Netbank at $33.3125, sold 197 shares of Priceline.com at $104.84375, bought 766 shares of Goto.com for $54.75, bought 1,507 shares of Keravision for $27.9375, bought 1,203 shares of Wit Capital for $34.875, sold 1,507 shares of Keravision at $25, bought 1,435 shares of Juno VALUE THIS MORNING: $123,861.39 (includes $100.58 in cash) VALUE ON JULY 9: $132,114.93 (includes $61.18 in cash) THIRD PLACE NAME: Divided Assets STOCK PORTFOLIO: America Online 230 shares, ExciteHome 508.3804 shares, Cisco 200 shares, DoubleClick 36 shares, Lucent 375 shares TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: VALUE THIS MORNING: $96,986.10 (includes $1.44 in cash) VALUE ON JULY 9: $100,950.97 (includes $1.44 in cash) FOURTH PLACE NAME: Money Hungry Investment Club STOCK PORTFOLIO: Compaq 500 shares, Dell 500 shares, Philip Morris 138 shares, Oracle 750 shares, Pfizer 300 shares TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: None VALUE THIS MORNING: $81,843 (includes $127 in cash) VALUE ON JULY 9: $80,840.12 (includes $127 in cash) FIFTH PLACE NAME: Fiscal Therapy STOCK PORTFOLIO: Arco 109 shares, Citigroup 199.50 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 73 shares, Nextlink 208 shares, Bank One 232 shares, Priceline.com 22 shares, Time Warner 82 shares, Yahoo! 43 shares TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: None VALUE THIS MORNING: $73,817.73 (includes $35.11 in cash) VALUE ON JULY 9: $72,903.57 (includes $35.11 in cash) CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1) Wall Street Women (2) Fiscal Therapy (3) Divided Assets (4) Goddesses (5) Money Hungry Investment Club |
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