DAILY NEWS STOCK PICKING CONTEST.THE GAME: Five people are managing fictitious portfolios that stood at $100,000 on Oct. 1. Contestants can buy and sell daily, but each transaction costs Transaction CostsCosts 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 Portfolies are limited to stocks traded on the nation's major exchanges. THE PAYOFF: Whomever whom·ev·er pron. The objective case of whoever. See Usage Note at who. whomever pron the objective form of whoever: has the largest portfolio on March 1 stands tallest. FIRST PLACE NAME: Tom Avilla STOCK PORTFOLIO: Anchor Gaming 200 shares General Electric 200 shares Krispy Kreme Krispy Kreme is a chain of doughnut stores. Its parent company is Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. (NYSE: KKD), based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States. 200 shares Starbucks 300 shares Tyco 200 shares Washington Mutual “WaMu” redirects here. For the Washington, DC radio station, see WAMU. Washington Mutual (or WaMu; NYSE: WM) is the United States' largest savings and loan association. 200 shares TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: None VALUE THIS MORNING: $45,164 ($54,836 in cash) SECOND PLACE NAME: Norman Brown Norman Brown may refer to:
STOCK PORTFOLIO: Citigroup Inc. 123 shares Costco Wholesale Corp. 281 shares General Electric 268 shares Gemstar-TV Guide International, Inc. 507 shares Genuine Parts Co. 157 shares International Business Machines 109 shares Loews Corp. 108 shares Philip Morris Companies Inc. 103 shares Qual Comm Inc. 210 shares Sara Lee Corp. 235 shares TRW TRW The Real World (TV reality show) TRW The Right Way TRW Tactical Reconnaissance Wing TRW The Retriever Weekly (University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD) TRW Thompson Ramo Wooldridge Inc Inc. 167 shares TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: None VALUE THIS MORNING: $79,876.88 ($20,123.12 in cash) THIRD PLACE NAME: Jason Friedman STOCK PORTFOLIO: AdvancePCS 340 shares Amgen 610 shares Fannie Mae Fannie Mae: see Federal National Mortgage Association. 110 shares General Electric Co. 590 shares Pharmaceutical Resources 245 shares TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: None VALUE THIS MORNING: $99,768.25 ($231.75 in cash) FOURTH PLACE NAME: June S. Sattler STOCK PORTFOLIO: AOL (A division of Time Warner, Inc., New York, NY, www.aol.com) The world's largest online information service with access to the Internet, e-mail, chat rooms and a variety of databases and services. Time Warner Inc. 211 shares Costco Wholesale Corp. 98 shares General Electric Co. 107 shares The Home Depot Inc. 104 shares International Business Machines 109 shares Intel Corp. 244 shares 99 Cents Only Stores 185 shares Norfolk Southern Corp. 124 shares Pfizer Inc. 100 shares Tyco International Ltd. 101 shares TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: None VALUE THIS MORNING: $50,013.83 ($49,986.17 in cash) FIFTH PLACE NAME: Allen R. Sussman STOCK PORTFOLIO: Aflac 100 shares Amgen 200 shares AOL Time Warner Inc. 200 shares Cisco 200 shares Conseco 200 shares Corning 200 shares EMC (1) (EMC Corporation, Hopkinton, MA, www.emc.com) The leading supplier of storage products for midrange computers and mainframes. Founded in 1979 by Richard J. Egan and Roger Marino, EMC has developed advanced storage and retrieval technologies for the world's largest companies. 200 shares Fortune Brands 150 shares General Electric Co. 200 shares The Home Depot Inc. 100 shares Immunex 150 shares Lucent 250 shares Southwest Airlines 200 shares TRANSACTIONS LAST WEEK: None VALUE THIS MORNING: $52,580.50 ($47,419.50 in cash) CAPTION(S): 5 photos Photo: (1 -- color) Tom Avilla (2 -- color) Norman Brown (3 -- color) Jason Friedman (4 -- color) June S. Sattler (5 -- color) Allen R. Sussman |
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