Monday, June 11, 2007

MFI Stock Picking

I have set up the contest online. This will be better for everyone as people can track how they are doing. It will require people though to input their portfolios. Please follow this link:

Use the information and directions below to join the game.

Game ID: MFI_Contest
Game Password: greenblatt

  1. Open this link and read the competition summary:
    http://vse.marketwatch.com/Game/StartViewGame.aspx?id=MFI_Contest
  2. Click on the 'Join Game' link.
  3. If you are an existing Virtual Stock Exchange member, enter your Email address and Password in the login panel and get set to trade. If you are a new user, follow the link to register - it's easy!
  4. Follow the instructions and start trading!

Join now, and see if you can win my MFI Stock Contest competition! The more participants the higher the level of competition. Can you master the market?


As a reminder, here are the rules:

  1. The contest runs from July 1st through June 30th.
  2. Each person picks 15 stocks that are on the MFI lists during June.
  3. Dividends will be included.
  4. If your stock is sold/bought out during the 12 months, you get no replacement.
  5. Winner will get a prize from me. I am thinking about a small trophy that will be engraved with winners name.
  6. Monthly updates here on this blog. Real names do not have to be given, though I will need a mailing address for winner.
  7. People will have to input their own portfolios.

5 comments:

Kevin said...

You're awesome! This should be a fun and informative contest. Thanks much for setting it up.
Kevin

Kevin said...

I just joined the contest. What does "in the spirit of TLBTBTM" mean?

Marsh_Gerda said...

The Little Book That Beats The Market

Anonymous said...

I'm in, but a couple questions:

1) Why would there be any interest rate on cash balances if stock-picking is the objective?

(2) Why not allow limit orders to allow one to come as close as possible to the $10K per stock requirement? (I'm not as concerned about this one as I am #1.)

Marsh_Gerda said...

Tony,

I wanted to give people credit for stocks that pay dividends in that the cash they get paid would get interest. I had not really thought about limit orders.

MG