Re: [QUAD-L] cnbc.com million dollar game challenge

2007-04-14 Thread Tim Syfert
It appears with this game the stock gets sold at the closing price. I did discover why it won't let you buy certain stocks. It only lets you purchase stocks with a market cap of at least $500,000,000 on any exchange (NYSE, AMEX, NASDAQ). That's good cause it eliminates the penny stocks from the

Re: [QUAD-L] cnbc.com million dollar game challenge

2007-04-14 Thread Danny Hearn
Way to go Tim.I agree , like Peter said 1 or 2 picks are probably the best way to go and just hope they do well. I'm confused on the selling part thowhen you deside to sell -- does it sell at the price stock is at close of that day? I noticed some go up and down thruout the day. Le

Re: [QUAD-L] cnbc.com million dollar game challenge

2007-04-14 Thread Quadius
I definitely agree with this and I am planning on doing this with another e-mail address. Now all I have to do is remember the e-mail address I gave my ex-wife. :-) Quadius On 4/14/07, Tim Syfert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: It seems the best way to go is what Peter was saying about picking jus

Re: [QUAD-L] cnbc.com million dollar game challenge

2007-04-14 Thread Tim Syfert
It seems the best way to go is what Peter was saying about picking just one stock and hope for the best. I checked today and am now at an 18% ranking, 146573. Tim Quadius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Sounds like you picked one of the best stocks. I don't know how I've done it, but I h

Re: [QUAD-L] cnbc.com million dollar game challenge

2007-04-12 Thread Tim Syfert
Yesterday I was at 32% but today 37%. My portfolio, which is just one stock now (DCEL), went up nearly 3% today so I should get a boost up in the rankings tomorrow. It appears the ranking reflects the previous days close. Tim Quadius <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Today my portfolio conta

Re: [QUAD-L] cnbc.com million dollar game challenge

2007-04-12 Thread Quadius
Today my portfolio contained $1,017,667 and now I am ranked in the top 35%. Who knows, tomorrow might be in the bottom 85 percentile. It is interesting though. Quadius On 4/12/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My portfolio is worth 1,037,000 and their numbers have me at Rank =

Re: [QUAD-L] cnbc.com million dollar game challenge

2007-04-11 Thread Oconnelldb
My portfolio is worth 1,037,000 and their numbers have me at Rank = 164666 , (Top 25%) I think I'm doing pretty badly as all 5 of my picks were down today. Looks like I need to dump and reload. Dave In a message dated 4/11/2007 7:48:23 P.M. US Mountain Standard Time, [EMAIL

Re: [QUAD-L] cnbc.com million dollar game challenge

2007-04-11 Thread Danny Hearn
Funny you chose krispy kreme--kkd -- it was doing well earlier in this contest... A very good buddy of mine bought a lot of that stock for real a few years back when it was 1st coming into our midwest area.Man he mad some big money as it was very cheap to buy back then. Quadi

Re: [QUAD-L] cnbc.com million dollar game challenge

2007-04-11 Thread Quadius
I'm going to try to spend a little more time on Friday looking over everything and see what I can do. Unfortunately, I decided to purchase one stuck without reading up on it. Believe it or not I purchased Krispy Kreme. I had to laugh later on when I looked, but who knows maybe it will go up sig

RE: [QUAD-L] cnbc.com million dollar game challenge

2007-04-11 Thread Danny Hearn
Thanks, wow 31% keep on rollinon lol way to go..it is a fun game, would'nt it be fun to have an extra hundred thousand or so just to play a bit for real ? I have a few friends that i used to work with that buy new cars and boats each year just from their stock profits and dividends.

RE: [QUAD-L] cnbc.com million dollar game challenge

2007-04-11 Thread RollinOn
Yea there was some stocks I wanted to buy but couldn’t so I think it has to be on the NYSE if that make sense. Made the 31% today. Mark Jackson RollinOn _ From: Danny Hearn [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2007 3:33 PM To: quad-list@eskimo.com Subject: