Interesting read courtesy of Kirk's global economics class:
http://www.wired.com/print/techbiz/it/magazine/17-03/wp_quant
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Ever since I discovered my portfolio manager from a well known investment firm didn't execute a trade I had asked him to do, I realized that I was the only one who was responsible for my financial future. So I took control and I've never looked back.............
Until I go Galt.....
CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge
Week 1
$1.132M Total Portfolio Value*Top 1.5% Game Rank*6475thGame Rank Position*118,135 (11.7%)Gain/Loss, Intraday131,608 (13.2%)Gain/Loss, Weekly*131,608 (13.2%)
Gain/Loss, Overall**As of 11/21/08
( Best trades: DIG/GG/CHK/SDS/SKF ) ..........
Week 2
$1.253M Total Portfolio Value*Top 9.7%Game Rank*44301stGame Rank Position*-1,019 (-0.1%)Gain/Loss, Intraday189,993(17.9%)Gain/Loss,Weekly*253,013(25.3%)Gain/Loss, Overall**As of 11/28/08
(Best trades:PLD/XLF/CHK )
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Week 3
$1.198M Total Portfolio Value*Top 11.5%Game Rank*55449th Game Rank Position*8,580 (0.7%)Gain/Loss, Intraday-54,563 (-4.4%)Gain/Loss, Weekly*198,449 (19.8%)
Gain/Loss, Overall**As of 12/5/08
(Best trades: XLF) ....... ....
Week 4
$1.285M Total Portfolio Value*Top 7.5%Game Rank*37353rdGame Rank Position*237 (0.0%)Gain/Loss, Intraday86,399 (7.2%)Gain/Loss, Weekly*284,848 (28.5%)Gain/Loss,Overall**As of 12/12/08
(Best trades: SKF/GG/FCX) ................ ....
Week 5
$1.350M Total Portfolio Value*Top 7.8%GameRank*39305th Game Rank Position*49,940 (3.8%)Gain/Loss, Intraday 66,766 (5.2%)Gain/Loss, weekly*350,471 (35.0%)Gain/Loss, Overall**As of 12/19/08
(Best trades: CLR/FRO/GG) ......
Week 6
$1.329M Total Portfolio Value*Top 7.3%Game Rank*36978th Game Rank Position*43,483 (3.4%)Gain/Loss, Intraday -21,518 (-1.6%)Gain/Loss, Weekly*328,953 (32.9%)Gain/Loss, Overall**As of 12/26/08
(Best trades: GG/AUY/HGT/LINE/DIG )
Week 7
$1.487M Total Portfolio Value*Top 5.1%Game Rank*26477thGame Rank Position*34,496 (2.4%)Gain/Loss, Intraday157,842 (11.9%)Gain/Loss, Weekly*486,796 (48.7%)
Gain/Loss, Overall**As of 1/2/09
(Best trades: LINE/MOS/RGLD/CHK )
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- lackrik
- 40 year old SAHM to 4 kids. Lauren is 10, Jack is 8, Erik is 5 and Ian is 3.
1 comment:
Very interesting article - I wonder if we have learned our lesson. I can't imagine how the "really smart" people didn't see all of this coming...
blind leading the blind.
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