Bulls N Bears
Wednesday, September 28, 2005
Trial Run Results
Shanmugam [Normalized Gain = -87.48] {(-33.74 -7*6)*1000/865.85}
Symbol Description Qty Book Val Market Val Tot Val % Chg Gain/Loss
VLO VALERO ENERGY CORP 1 $111.35 $112.48 $112.48 1.01% $1.13
DVN DEVON ENERGY CORP 2 $65.15 $66.73 $133.46 2.43% $3.16
SNDK SANDISK CORP 6 $46.61 $43.79 $262.74 -6.05% -$16.92
CEDC CENTRAL EUROPEAN DIST 3 $43.59 $41.14 $123.42 -5.62% -$7.35
CCRT COMPUCREDIT CORPORATION 3 $42.27 $40.40 $121.20 -4.42% -$5.61
LIFC LIFECELL CORPORATION 5 $24.14 $22.51 $112.55 -6.75% -$8.15
$865.85 -3.23% -$33.74
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Symbol Description Qty Book Val Market Val Tot Val % Chg Gain/Loss
VLO VALERO ENERGY CORP 1 $111.35 $112.48 $112.48 1.01% $1.13
DVN DEVON ENERGY CORP 2 $65.15 $66.73 $133.46 2.43% $3.16
SNDK SANDISK CORP 6 $46.61 $43.79 $262.74 -6.05% -$16.92
CEDC CENTRAL EUROPEAN DIST 3 $43.59 $41.14 $123.42 -5.62% -$7.35
CCRT COMPUCREDIT CORPORATION 3 $42.27 $40.40 $121.20 -4.42% -$5.61
LIFC LIFECELL CORPORATION 5 $24.14 $22.51 $112.55 -6.75% -$8.15
$865.85 -3.23% -$33.74
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Monday, September 26, 2005
Kirubakaran: RE: Trials - The End
guys... do blog about:
why you chose the stocks that you did?
how did it go?
how did your expectations go wrong? any idea? no clue?
things like that... you know... lets make this interactive. otherwise there is no point!
why you chose the stocks that you did?
how did it go?
how did your expectations go wrong? any idea? no clue?
things like that... you know... lets make this interactive. otherwise there is no point!
I will consolidate the results today and update the blog about our 'trial run'.
¶ 4:26 PM 2 comments
Friday, September 23, 2005
Kirubakaran: Positions Sep 23
SENT: SBUX - 006
GOPI: FUEL - 050 ; NASI - 100 ; EBAY - 003 ;
GOPI: INTC - 005 ; FDX - 002
KIRU: AAPL - 006 ; HMC. - 010 ; TM.. - 003
MARK: QCOM - 002 ; GOOG - 001 ; NGAS - 015 ;
MARK: PQUE - 020 ; SWIR - 010
SUKU: PLAY - 016 ; AAPL - 010
SHAN: LIFC - 005 ; CCRT - 003 ; CEDC - 003 ;
SHAN: SNDK - 006 ; DVN. - 002 ; VLO. - 001 ¶ 7:25 AM 0 comments
GOPI: FUEL - 050 ; NASI - 100 ; EBAY - 003 ;
GOPI: INTC - 005 ; FDX - 002
KIRU: AAPL - 006 ; HMC. - 010 ; TM.. - 003
MARK: QCOM - 002 ; GOOG - 001 ; NGAS - 015 ;
MARK: PQUE - 020 ; SWIR - 010
SUKU: PLAY - 016 ; AAPL - 010
SHAN: LIFC - 005 ; CCRT - 003 ; CEDC - 003 ;
SHAN: SNDK - 006 ; DVN. - 002 ; VLO. - 001 ¶ 7:25 AM 0 comments
Headlines & Stuff...
Hey dudes, how come no participation? The initial enthusiasm was very high. Come on! It is not what you want to do that matters... It is what you stick to and really do against all odds... (something I am trying to develop in myself too) Come on!!
Anyways, heads up:
1. Oil price falls.
We need to track this guy. He influences the whole market. Rita is not as bad as she was feared. Mother-in-law kinda thing I guess...
2. Starbucks 241.
Starbucks is gonna do a split. Not exactly what the cheer leaders do. But just as exciting. Check it out.
ToDo - This weekend
Check out some open source investment tools developed in Sourceforge.
Start here :
sourceforge.net search1
sourceforge.net search2
Its free and you might find a gem that will make you a millionaire. You can't be told. You have to find what suits you the best; and of course please share your opinions.
Your level of participation will determine the success/failure of this experiment. I don't want to spend my time on this for nothing. Please participate actively. ¶ 6:57 AM 0 comments
Anyways, heads up:
1. Oil price falls.
We need to track this guy. He influences the whole market. Rita is not as bad as she was feared. Mother-in-law kinda thing I guess...
2. Starbucks 241.
Starbucks is gonna do a split. Not exactly what the cheer leaders do. But just as exciting. Check it out.
ToDo - This weekend
Check out some open source investment tools developed in Sourceforge.
Start here :
sourceforge.net search1
sourceforge.net search2
Its free and you might find a gem that will make you a millionaire. You can't be told. You have to find what suits you the best; and of course please share your opinions.
Your level of participation will determine the success/failure of this experiment. I don't want to spend my time on this for nothing. Please participate actively. ¶ 6:57 AM 0 comments
Thursday, September 22, 2005
Quote of the day
"It's a recession when your neighbor loses his job; it's a depression when you lose yours."
- Harry S Truman
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- Harry S Truman
Kirubakaran: Loss $12.67
TM.. = -$3.21 (-1.22%)
HMC. = -$3.40 (-1.23%)
AAPL = -$6.06 (-1.90%)
HMC. = -$3.40 (-1.23%)
AAPL = -$6.06 (-1.90%)
These losses don't include the commisson of $7 each paid out! :-)
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Kirubakaran: Positions Sep 22
GOPI: FUEL - 050 ; NASI - 100 ; EBAY - 003 ;
GOPI: INTC - 005
KIRU: AAPL - 006 ; HMC. - 010 ; TM.. - 003
MARK: QCOM - 002 ; GOOG - 001 ; NGAS - 015 ;
MARK: PQUE - 020 ; SWIR - 010
SUKU: PLAY - 016 ; AAPL - 010
SHAN: LIFC - 005 ; CCRT - 003 ; CEDC - 003 ;
SHAN: SNDK - 006 ; DVN. - 002 ; VLO. - 001 ¶ 6:50 AM 0 comments
GOPI: INTC - 005
KIRU: AAPL - 006 ; HMC. - 010 ; TM.. - 003
MARK: QCOM - 002 ; GOOG - 001 ; NGAS - 015 ;
MARK: PQUE - 020 ; SWIR - 010
SUKU: PLAY - 016 ; AAPL - 010
SHAN: LIFC - 005 ; CCRT - 003 ; CEDC - 003 ;
SHAN: SNDK - 006 ; DVN. - 002 ; VLO. - 001 ¶ 6:50 AM 0 comments
Tuesday, September 20, 2005
Kirubakaran: Positions
Kirubakaran:
AAPL - 6
HMC - 10
TM - 3
Sukumar:
PLAY - 16
AAPL - 10
Shan:
LIFC - 5
CCRT - 3
CEDC - 3
SNDK - 6
DVN - 2
VLO - 1 ¶ 2:18 PM 0 comments
AAPL - 6
HMC - 10
TM - 3
Sukumar:
PLAY - 16
AAPL - 10
Shan:
LIFC - 5
CCRT - 3
CEDC - 3
SNDK - 6
DVN - 2
VLO - 1 ¶ 2:18 PM 0 comments
Kirubakaran: Scoring
Investopedia takes into account the unused money too.
But when I calculate at the end of the competition to find out who the winner is, the following procedure will be followed:
If the maximum amount invested by a person out of the $1000 is $400 and the $400 invested becomes $350, his normalized value will be:
350/400*1000 = $875
Another example:
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If the maximum amount invested by a person out of the $1000 is $990 and the $990 invested becomes $1700, his normalized value will be:
1700/990*1000 = $1717
It is the normalized value that we will use to determine the winner.
Sukumar: 10AAPL 16PLAY
Bullish on Apple and Portal Player* raises and falls with Apple… well now I see that it is a bad idea (to put all eggs in one basket)… but I already made the purchase.
Portal Player (PLAY) supplies (designs/produces) the brain-chip for all iPods.
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Kirubakaran: My Buys
¶ 9:58 AM 4 comments
I read in 'Yahoo Finance' that the Feds are definitely going to hike the interest rate.
If the Feds hike the interest rate, there will be an increased foriegn investment. If there is an increased foriegn investment into the US, due to higher demand for the dollar (for conversion) the value of the dollar will go up. If the value of the US dollar goes up, export from US will decrease and import into US will increase.
Feds are doing this interest rate hike to rein in the inflation which is being caused by economic development. so, given the fact that economy is doing good, we can be sure that people will be buying more cars. also it is going to be a bigger profit for honda and toyota (imports into US) due to the higher value of the dollar.
Hence I bought HMC (10 shares) and TM (3 shares). Lets see how it goes...
My reasoning above is thanks to macrowave investing techniques taught in 'If it is raining in Brazil, buy Starbucks' book which is available for less than $10 in the Half Price book store. I can buy it for you if you want.
Monday, September 19, 2005
Kirubakaran: Status Update
Game : BullsNBears
Rank User Today Week Month Overall Equity
1. kirubakaran 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% $1,000.00
2. sriv 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% $1,000.00
3. shanarun -0.02% -4.22% -4.22% -4.22% $957.78
Only Shan has started trading. Good Shan! Sukumar, is that you - 'sriv'?
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Rank User Today Week Month Overall Equity
1. kirubakaran 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% $1,000.00
2. sriv 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% 0.00% $1,000.00
3. shanarun -0.02% -4.22% -4.22% -4.22% $957.78
Only Shan has started trading. Good Shan! Sukumar, is that you - 'sriv'?
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Sukumar : Where is my $1K
I registered and created an account for me but could not find the $1000 in my portfolio to start with… am I missing somthin?
¶ 11:24 AM 1 comments
Sunday, September 18, 2005
Kirubakaran: Email Publishing
Participants of this game can publish on this blog by sending email to kulalosai.<password>@blogger.com. I have sent the <password> to the participants seperately. Please don't publish that by mistake.
Please remember to begin the subject with your name.
If I am publishing a post with the title "whatever", I will send an email to kulalosai.password@blogger.com with the subject "Kirubakaran: Whatever" and the body of the email containing the content of the post.
I request each one of you to try this now and also I request you to discuss actively about the topic.
Bulls And Bears
Here is the link to register for the trials to the competition.
When you complete the registration, you will be given $1000 of virtual money. But you will be playing with real data. ¶ 3:44 PM 0 comments
When you complete the registration, you will be given $1000 of virtual money. But you will be playing with real data. ¶ 3:44 PM 0 comments
