This should be it today...

roguedolphin: CHAR.ob, CXPI.ob, EGY, HPCO.ob, NXG, YIWA.ob

I've got to be winning this PSL1 contest now(LOL!...better late than never!) .....there's 4 picks of my 6 that are solid 100% to 400% gainers!!

One is down about 60% and the other about 25%.

Can we get a PSL1 update??

VMC PSL 1 Individual Stock Returns (Old Contest)

---Place---Stock Symbol---% Return
1 HOM 375.00%
2 RWC 303.33%
3 AVSO.OB 281.82%
4 BTYH.OB 263.64%
5 CXTI.OB 232.81%
6 AOB 178.82%
7 VPHM 171.51%
8 LMIA 165.93%
9 HRBN.OB 161.01%
10 FTK 154.74%
11 ELTK 147.22%
12 TGIS.OB 144.22%
13 STV 143.73%
14 CAMY.OB 136.87%
15 FPP 135.89%
16 ALY 135.04%
17 ETLT.OB 132.00%
18 URGI 126.88%
19 KSWW.OB 121.88%
20 ITEX.OB 106.90%
21 GIGM 105.61%
22 CHAR.OB 103.85%
23 NXG 100.00%
24 TSTA.OB 98.82%
25 SMID.OB 96.88%
26 GPOR.OB 94.20%
27 ROBE.OB 93.55%
28 CVV 89.90%
29 ENER 89.19%
30 ERS 88.02%
31 MVCO 87.30%
32 ESCL 86.69%
33 BSM 86.40%
34 LPSN 84.64%
35 PDGE.OB 84.07%
36 BGC 83.55%
37 OVTI 80.72%
38 WMCO.OB 79.49%
39 EZEN.OB 70.73%
40 EGY 70.52%
41 WPCS 66.67%
42 HPCO.OB 65.05%
43 HURC 63.53%
44 ALDA 57.72%
45 JADE 57.71%
46 CMNN.OB 56.79%
47 CTIB 56.76%
48 APES.OB 56.67%
49 ASYS 55.45%
50 CFK 55.09%
51 ANCX 55.00%
52 NTO 54.29%
53 LBIX 53.28%
54 DYSL.OB 52.54%
55 MAG 51.36%
56 PKZ 50.36%
57 AVEE.OB 50.00%
58 SYS 48.85%
59 RIO 47.71%
60 NTST 45.89%
61 LINN.OB 44.00%
62 TVOC.OB 42.37%
63 MCX 37.58%
64 GV 37.33%
65 SBUX 37.01%
66 CCOM.OB 36.99%
67 SNG 36.94%
68 GACF.OB 36.80%
69 SYNX 36.43%
70 MPAD.OB 36.36%
71 TCHC 32.27%
72 UAHC 32.27%
73 FRGB 29.63%
74 EPG 28.93%
75 CWBS 28.52%
76 CORG.OB 28.06%
77 IECE.OB 27.69%
78 NMSS 26.92%
79 USOO.OB 24.53%
80 FSTF 24.00%
81 ASPN.OB 23.53%
82 ACRG.OB 23.08%
83 PLUS 22.61%
84 CPE 22.40%
85 ZYNX.OB 22.22%
86 VSR 20.94%
87 DWSN 19.94%
88 SPOP.OB 18.64%
89 PLCC 18.20%
90 CBBT.OB 17.06%
91 JOB 16.92%
92 SYNA 16.06%
93 WSTF 15.14%
94 UCIA.OB 14.75%
95 EMRI.OB 13.45%
96 GMOS.OB 13.33%
97 SDCO.OB 11.14%
98 CVU 10.00%
99 SMTS 9.12%
100 ABMC 8.24%
101 BTN 7.59%
102 EXXA 6.37%
103 MFCO 6.00%
104 GFRP.OB 4.55%
105 ORBT 3.56%
106 XEC 2.80%
107 XWG 2.49%
108 S 2.14%
109 IPT 2.13%
110 DY 1.72%
111 CALM 0.99%
112 UBET 0.40%
113 HCAR.OB 0.00%
114 ACET 0.00%
115 MKRS.OB 0.00%
116 STS -0.27%
117 TVIN -0.76%
118 TMFZ.OB -1.72%
119 DAAT.OB -2.50%
120 MIVA -3.23%
121 JMIH.OB -3.33%
122 HAUP -4.36%
123 AFPC.OB -5.24%
124 LTON -5.80%
125 AMOT -5.90%
126 FC -6.17%
127 MMRK.OB -6.17%
128 NRCNA.OB -6.25%
129 PXG -6.61%
130 DOC -8.42%
131 RIMS.OB -9.09%
132 CCEL.OB -9.38%
133 GW -11.07%
134 PHST.OB -11.43%
135 ARIS.OB -11.54%
136 CPSX.OB -11.54%
137 IIG -12.26%
138 TASA.OB -12.27%
139 ADGO.OB -12.59%
140 AMLJ.OB -12.88%
141 PIHC.OB -13.04%
142 NKBS -14.67%
143 GLMA.OB -15.20%
144 PAM -15.48%
145 IPII -15.64%
146 FFH -15.67%
147 HSTM -15.98%
148 AID -16.36%
149 TGA -16.49%
150 TMR -17.15%
151 SPDV.OB -17.65%
152 CSTL -18.48%
153 UTSI -19.09%
154 MDF -19.14%
155 IDWK -19.38%
156 BHIP -21.50%
157 KMA -21.63%
158 ALVR -21.69%
159 DFNS.OB -22.92%
160 EYDY.OB -23.08%
161 JVA -23.92%
162 ECGI -24.04%
163 CXPI.OB -26.53%
164 ANII.OB -26.67%
165 CSPI -27.10%
166 SCLD -29.13%
167 THK -30.38%
168 ETEC.OB -30.77%
169 CESV -31.53%
170 NMKT.OB -33.33%
171 SYXI -33.78%
172 IDSA -33.96%
173 IDIB.OB -34.29%
174 IAGX.OB -35.90%
175 DRL -35.91%
176 DGIT -38.10%
177 FONR -42.52%
178 EKCS.OB -43.11%
179 CYD -43.57%
180 HSPR.OB -44.00%
181 VSYS.OB -44.30%
182 DHB -45.21%
183 BPTR.OB -45.68%
184 SGRP -47.02%
185 MFIC.OB -47.20%
186 SWTX.OB -50.00%
187 MCZ -51.35%
188 YIWA.OB -57.50%
189 AWRCF.OB -58.72%
190 CGNW.OB -63.27%
191 DNDT.OB -85.16%
192 AMLS.OB -88.00%
193 ABRX -97.70%
194 WHAI.OB -99.73%

VMC PSL 1 Standings (As of now)---Old Contest

---Place---Name---% Return
1 BIGPIKE 111.95%
2 CWS9 99.48%
3 HOGFAN 99.23%
4 EREHWONTIM 97.86%
5 NILES CRANE 92.25%
6 RRUFFF 86.03%
7 GUY 84.53%
8 MR. SHEEP 80.25%
9 CROCHNTR 76.63%
10 LENTINMAN 72.15%
11 TMCAL6 67.35%
12 GILEAD23 66.16%
13 SKEPTICALOPTIMIST 65.78%
14 ECHOS 64.88%
15 MIKEO56 63.12%
16 ELOHSSA 61.10%
17 PHIL (BULLRIDER) 58.02%
18 PC 57.89%
19 MIKES97707 56.19%
20 BUCFAN33617 55.47%
21 BBOTCS 52.81%
22 CLEVERROX 52.49%
23 LARRYBAZ 52.33%
24 DANLC 51.35%
25 KIPP440 50.20%
26 COFFEE 221 49.62%
27 10BAGGER 49.29%
28 LINUSPOP 47.35%
29 JOEINIOWA 44.66%
30 TBONE 58X 44.54%
31 BOBWINS 43.83%
32 ROGUEDOLPHIN 42.56%
33 RMIWA 42.41%
34 AVANDALAY05 42.26%
35 STANU78 41.12%
36 PLOP PLOP FIZZ FIZZ 39.75%
37 RAWNOC 39.66%
38 VALUEMIND 38.90%
39 MSGI 35.15%
40 OTCBARGAINS 34.38%
41 KSUAVE 34.23%
42 KNOWLEDGEISKING 28.36%
43 WORTHYLION 27.39%
44 FOOTWEDGE 27.30%
45 SLEESTACK76 27.27%
46 KYK2001 27.13%
47 PATENTLAWMEISTER 26.78%
48 NUTSABOUTGOLF2001 25.57%
49 RESEARCHER59 21.19%
50 MOBEONEADOBE 19.50%
51 MRDMRD 18.27%
52 STEVENRISK 18.12%
53 CLIFFVB 18.01%
54 2MORROWSGAINS 17.49%
55 SWB173 16.80%
56 FINANCIALADVISOR 16.44%
57 SSKILLZ1 16.04%
58 ABH3VT 15.91%
59 RJSADEY 12.32%
60 HWEB2 11.22%
61 ARNIE70 11.20%
62 THEALICEMAY 9.78%
63 ZEN LUNATIC420 9.50%
64 ESTIMATED PROPHET 8.51%
65 SWANLINBAR 7.45%
66 SWAMPBOOTS 4.14%
67 DEATHTOTAXES 3.43%
68 JIM WI 3.33%
69 BEIGLEDOG 1.96%
70 C1001 -1.18%
71 YIELDDUDE -2.04%
72 STOCKPEEKER -2.93%
73 JERRY IN CT. -4.93%
74 SHMOLTON -6.74%
75 SANDMAN777 -20.12%
76 RRAINMAN99 -33.65%
77 HOMERROMER -44.36%

VMC PSL 1 Contest Indexes as of today, on 2/4/06 and year end.

As of Year End

VMC Contest Indexes (Week 27)

Note: All Indexes are equally weighted.

Top 25 Index: +25.72%
Top 74 Index: +23.99% (Stock Picked Twice Or More Index)
Top 194 Index: +22.40% (All Stocks Picked In Contest Index)

Average Portfolio Return:+28.26%

As of 2/4/06.

Note: All Indexes are equally weighted.

Top 25 Index: +49.59%
Top 74 Index: +42.76% (Stock Picked Twice Or More Index)
Top 194 Index: +35.04% (All Stocks Picked In Contest Index)

Average Portfolio Return:+46.71%

As Of 3/11/2006

Note: All Indexes are equally weighted.

Top 25 Index: +34.43%
Top 74 Index: +32.89% (Stock Picked Twice Or More Index)
Top 194 Index: +28.07% (All Stocks Picked In Contest Index)

Average Portfolio Return:+36.10%

Yes, SSK, thanks for keeping track. I didn't compete in PSL 1, but monthly results to date in PSL 1 suggested it was time today to lock in some weekly gains in PSL 2. 75% in 6 weeks doesn't smell sustainable.

Individual Stock Returns (First Contest, results as of now)

Commentary: Here are the individual Stock returns to PSL 1 if the contest was still going on as of today.

---Place---Stock Symbol---% Return
1 RWC 423.80%
2 BTYH.OB 325.00%
3 AVSO.OB 300.00%
4 HOM 277.21%
5 CAMY.OB 233.98%
6 CXTI.OB 220.31%
7 FPP 210.89%
8 AOB 200.00%
9 VPHM 189.93%
10 ALY 179.65%
11 FTK 176.42%
12 HRBN.OB 170.75%
13 LMIA 164.74%
14 ELTK 158.33%
15 ITEX.OB 155.17%
16 TSTA.OB 153.94%
17 TGIS.OB 147.48%
18 STRL 145.63%
19 ROBE.OB 138.71%
20 ETLT.OB 136.00%
21 ESCL 132.72%
22 HURC 128.32%
23 URGI 126.10%
24 KSWW.OB 123.75%
25 GIGM 114.95%
26 ERS 101.96%
27 ENER 101.16%
28 PDGE.OB 99.12%
29 BSM 98.40%
30 SMID.OB 96.88%
31 CHAR.OB 96.15%
32 MVCO 93.50%
33 NXG 92.79%
34 EGY 90.75%
35 BGC 88.74%
36 CVV 87.98%
37 OVTI 86.39%
38 GPOR.OB 84.06%
39 LPSN 83.99%
40 CFK 83.12%
41 ASYS 80.93%
42 EZEN.OB 79.02%
43 WMCO.OB 76.07%
44 WPCS 68.60%
45 JADE 67.40%
46 EPG 66.96%
47 ANCX 63.14%
48 RIO 61.34%
49 CMNN.OB 56.79%
50 CTIB 56.22%
51 HPCO.OB 55.34%
52 APES.OB 53.33%
53 NTO 53.06%
54 ASPN.OB 52.35%
55 MAG 51.36%
56 ALDA 51.28%
57 PKZ 50.36%
58 ORBT 48.57%
59 SNG 48.41%
60 NTST 45.44%
61 TVOC.OB 42.37%
62 MPAD.OB 40.15%
63 LINN.OB 40.00%
64 AVEE.OB 37.50%
65 GV 37.33%
66 SYNX 37.21%
67 SBUX 37.01%
68 MCX 36.92%
69 SYS 36.92%
70 DYSL.OB 35.59%
71 CBBT.OB 35.29%
72 CCOM.OB 33.56%
73 CWBS 32.95%
74 DWSN 32.17%
75 GACF.OB 32.00%
76 TCHC 26.76%
77 WSTF 26.00%
78 NMSS 25.87%
79 PLUS 25.65%
80 UAHC 24.55%
81 CPE 23.21%
82 FSTF 23.20%
83 IECE.OB 23.08%
84 DY 22.46%
85 CORG.OB 21.89%
86 JOB 21.54%
87 FRGB 20.63%
88 VSR 20.31%
89 GMOS.OB 20.00%
90 EMRI.OB 19.33%
91 USOO.OB 18.87%
92 SPOP.OB 18.64%
93 SYNA 17.28%
94 LBIX 15.57%
95 XWG 15.26%
96 HCAR.OB 14.78%
97 SDCO.OB 14.29%
98 XEC 13.90%
99 GFRP.OB 13.64%
100 BTN 12.41%
101 CVU 10.00%
102 ACRG.OB 9.70%
103 UCIA.OB 8.20%
104 MFCO 6.67%
105 ABMC 5.88%
106 SMTS 5.61%
107 TVIN 5.60%
108 CALM 4.13%
109 MIVA 4.09%
110 DOC 2.89%
111 STS 2.73%
112 CCEL.OB 2.56%
113 ACET 0.53%
114 AMOT 0.23%
115 S -0.56%
116 PLCC -1.26%
117 HAUP -1.54%
118 EXXA -1.96%
119 KMA -2.82%
120 GW -2.83%
121 FC -3.41%
122 ARIS.OB -3.85%
123 CPSX.OB -3.85%
124 MKRS.OB -4.00%
125 PAM -4.76%
126 IAGX.OB -5.13%
127 UBET -6.04%
128 NRCNA.OB -6.25%
129 TMFZ.OB -6.55%
130 DAAT.OB -6.67%
131 IPT -8.51%
132 PHST.OB -8.57%
133 AFPC.OB -8.57%
134 RIMS.OB -9.09%
135 TMR -9.21%
136 LTON -10.34%
137 MMRK.OB -11.11%
138 CSTL -12.77%
139 AMLJ.OB -12.88%
140 UTSI -12.95%
141 TGA -13.16%
142 IPII -13.83%
143 MDF -14.06%
144 GLMA.OB -14.40%
145 TASA.OB -14.67%
146 SPDV.OB -14.71%
147 FFH -15.43%
148 EYDY.OB -15.75%
149 ADGO.OB -16.08%
150 AID -16.36%
151 PXG -17.12%
152 ALVR -18.67%
153 BHIP -18.97%
154 IIG -19.81%
155 JMIH.OB -20.00%
156 ZYNX.OB -20.00%
157 IDWK -20.63%
158 NKBS -21.78%
159 JVA -22.28%
160 PIHC.OB -23.12%
161 CSPI -26.61%
162 SYXI -26.66%
163 HSTM -26.80%
164 THK -27.69%
165 CYD -28.01%
166 DRL -29.02%
167 ECGI -30.29%
168 ANII.OB -31.11%
169 CESV -31.53%
170 CXPI.OB -31.63%
171 DFNS.OB -32.29%
172 ETEC.OB -32.69%
173 IDSA -33.96%
174 IDIB.OB -34.29%
175 SCLD -35.43%
176 FONR -39.17%
177 VSYS.OB -40.51%
178 EKCS.OB -40.72%
179 DHB -42.13%
180 DGIT -42.50%
181 NMKT.OB -45.10%
182 MFIC.OB -46.00%
183 MCZ -46.85%
184 HSPR.OB -48.00%
185 SGRP -48.09%
186 SWTX.OB -51.54%
187 BPTR.OB -51.85%
188 AWRCF.OB -61.77%
189 CGNW.OB -68.37%
190 YIWA.OB -78.75%
191 DNDT.OB -85.20%
192 AMLS.OB -86.00%
193 ABRX -96.70%
194 WHAI.OB -97.81%

VMC PSL 1 Standings (The First Contest)

Commentary: These are the results of the first contest if they were continued up until this point so far. Once in a while I will update everyone on where the standings would be if the contest was still going on as of today. So without further ado the info is below.

---Place---Name---% Return
1 NILES CRANE 127.55%
2 CWS9 122.92%
3 EREHWONTIM 111.56%
4 BIGPIKE 106.23%
5 MR. SHEEP 92.82%
6 GUY 89.19%
7 HOGFAN 87.12%
8 ECHOS 85.94%
9 ELOHSSA 85.82%
10 RRUFFF 85.09%
11 CROCHNTR 84.82%
12 TMCAL6 77.62%
13 LENTINMAN 73.33%
14 SKEPTICALOPTIMIST 70.02%
15 BBOTCS 69.65%
16 MIKES97707 69.44%
17 MIKEO56 69.26%
18 PHIL (BULLRIDER) 66.29%
19 GILEAD23 66.28%
20 CLEVERROX 65.30%
21 PC 64.95%
22 LARRYBAZ 63.00%
23 10BAGGER 61.99%
24 COFFEE 221 61.54%
25 JOEINIOWA 61.07%
26 BUCFAN33617 59.75%
27 KIPP440 57.05%
28 STANU78 56.05%
29 RMIWA 55.05%
30 DANLC 50.14%
31 BOBWINS 49.50%
32 PLOP PLOP FIZZ FIZZ 48.66%
33 LINUSPOP 45.89%
34 AVANDALAY05 44.57%
35 MSGI 43.64%
36 TBONE 58X 43.29%
37 WORTHYLION 41.18%
38 KNOWLEDGEISKING 40.28%
39 VALUEMIND 39.04%
40 RAWNOC 38.51%
41 OTCBARGAINS 38.23%
42 KSUAVE 37.89%
43 ROGUEDOLPHIN 37.44%
44 PATENTLAWMEISTER 36.13%
45 NUTSABOUTGOLF2001 35.34%
46 MRDMRD 33.63%
47 KYK2001 32.36%
48 SLEESTACK76 30.02%
49 FOOTWEDGE 29.58%
50 MOBEONEADOBE 23.24%
51 ZEN LUNATIC420 22.55%
52 RJSADEY 22.50%
53 2MORROWSGAINS 18.97%
54 SWB173 18.46%
55 FINANCIALADVISOR 17.77%
56 SSKILLZ1 16.69%
57 RESEARCHER59 16.57%
58 CLIFFVB 16.55%
59 ARNIE70 15.57%
60 ABH3VT 14.76%
61 STEVENRISK 11.77%
62 ESTIMATED PROPHET 11.66%
63 THEALICEMAY 8.44%
64 HWEB2 7.65%
65 BEIGLEDOG 4.56%
66 YIELDDUDE 3.46%
67 STOCKPEEKER 3.09%
68 JIM WI 2.74%
69 SWANLINBAR 2.37%
70 DEATHTOTAXES 0.51%
71 SHMOLTON 0.35%
72 JERRY IN CT. 0.02%
73 C1001 -1.58%
74 SWAMPBOOTS -2.80%
75 SANDMAN777 -27.38%
76 RRAINMAN99 -30.28%
77 HOMERROMER -44.88%

VMC PSL 1 Contest Indexes as of today, versus year end.

Commentary: As of now we can see all the indexes are drastically better then where the were one month ago, and the top 25 index is approaching a 50% return in 7 months, the average portfolio return is approaching 47%, that is not too shabby to say the average contestant portfolio went up 47% in roughly seven months. Hope everyone enjoy these stats for PSL 1. My work is now done for today. Later.

As of Year End

VMC Contest Indexes (Week 27)

Note: All Indexes are equally weighted.

Top 25 Index: +25.72%
Top 74 Index: +23.99% (Stock Picked Twice Or More Index)
Top 194 Index: +22.40% (All Stocks Picked In Contest Index)

Average Portfolio Return:+28.26%

As of Now.

VMC Contest Indexes (Week 27)

Note: All Indexes are equally weighted.

Top 25 Index: +49.59%
Top 74 Index: +42.76% (Stock Picked Twice Or More Index)
Top 194 Index: +35.04% (All Stocks Picked In Contest Index)

Average Portfolio Return:+46.71%

SSKILLZ, Thanks for keeping tract of PSL1. My picks have always done better over a longer period of time. I see that I'm about to pass Bobwins. I figure that if you would keep records well into the future, I can take over 1st place in sometime in 2008. LOL.

Individual Stock Returns (VMC PSL 1 Contest)--- First Contest as of today.

---Place---Stock Symbol---% Return
1 RWC 404.76%
2 CXTI.OB 329.69%
3 HOM 289.71%
4 BTYH.OB 275.00%
5 FPP 224.60%
6 AOB 219.41%
7 VPHM 216.12%
8 CAMY.OB 212.77%
9 TGIS 209.90%
10 AVSO.OB 205.45%
11 FTK 191.05%
12 ALY 181.24%
13 LMIA 173.70%
14 ELTK 170.00%
15 TSTA.OB 163.78%
16 HRBN.OB 151.89%
17 ESCL 151.38%
18 KSWW.OB 146.88%
19 STRL 139.92%
20 ROBE.OB 135.48%
21 HURC 126.19%
22 CFK 125.24%
23 ITEX.OB 124.14%
24 GIGM 121.50%
25 URGI 119.09%
26 ERS 118.49%
27 WPCS 115.79%
28 ENER 113.09%
29 CHAR.OB 106.15%
30 ETLT.OB 104.80%
31 MPAD.OB 104.55%
32 SMID.OB 104.38%
33 BSM 103.20%
34 WMCO.OB 100.85%
35 EGY 100.00%
36 PDGE.OB 98.23%
37 NXG 97.30%
38 MVCO 92.11%
39 ASYS 87.55%
40 EPG 87.50%
41 OVTI 82.19%
42 CVV 79.81%
43 CMNN.OB 77.78%
44 GPOR.OB 73.91%
45 LPSN 73.53%
46 MCX 72.53%
47 ASPN.OB 69.12%
48 CTIB 67.02%
49 RIO 66.84%
50 EZEN.OB 65.85%
51 BGC 65.14%
52 JADE 64.32%
53 SYNX 62.79%
54 ANCX 60.71%
55 SNG 56.69%
56 NTO 56.33%
57 ORBT 52.81%
58 HPCO.OB 50.49%
59 PKZ 50.36%
60 ALDA 50.15%
61 DWSN 41.91%
62 NTST 41.67%
63 SYS 41.15%
64 TVOC.OB 40.68%
65 LINN.OB 40.00%
66 MAG 38.52%
67 TCHC 38.09%
68 CORG.OB 36.73%
69 SYNA 35.72%
70 CCOM.OB 35.62%
71 NMSS 34.97%
72 CWBS 32.66%
73 JOB 31.54%
74 SBUX 31.17%
75 UAHC 30.91%
76 WSTF 28.00%
77 GACF.OB 28.00%
78 MFCO 28.00%
79 FSTF 23.68%
80 GV 22.67%
81 USOO.OB 22.64%
82 PLUS 21.74%
83 XWG 20.90%
84 AVEE.OB 20.83%
85 CPE 19.96%
86 DY 19.64%
87 ABMC 18.82%
88 DYSL.OB 18.64%
89 SPOP.OB 18.64%
90 FRGB 18.00%
91 HAUP 16.92%
92 GMOS.OB 16.67%
93 MIVA 15.52%
94 UCIA.OB 14.75%
95 XEC 14.75%
96 LBIX 13.93%
97 HCAR.OB 13.91%
98 CALM 13.72%
99 GW 12.69%
100 ACRG.OB 12.04%
101 BTN 11.39%
102 SDCO.OB 10.71%
103 EMRI.OB 10.08%
104 CCEL.OB 7.95%
105 APES.OB 6.67%
106 CVU 6.11%
107 GFRP.OB 4.55%
108 MKRS.OB 4.00%
109 STS 3.83%
110 VSR 3.75%
111 SMTS 3.38%
112 EXXA 2.94%
113 AMLJ.OB 1.52%
114 TVIN 1.27%
115 AFPC.OB 0.95%
116 AMOT 0.68%
117 CBBT.OB 0.00%
118 TASA.OB -1.33%
119 ACET -1.47%
120 TMR -1.88%
121 PHST.OB -2.29%
122 IAGX.OB -2.56%
123 CPSX.OB -3.85%
124 MDF -3.91%
125 KMA -4.53%
126 IECE.OB -4.62%
127 PAM -4.76%
128 TMFZ.OB -5.17%
129 NRCNA.OB -6.25%
130 FC -6.82%
131 PLCC -7.09%
132 S -7.39%
133 AID -7.73%
134 FFH -8.25%
135 LTON -8.83%
136 IPII -8.86%
137 TGA -8.93%
138 RIMS.OB -9.09%
139 DAAT.OB -9.58%
140 UTSI -9.88%
141 MMRK.OB -10.12%
142 ALVR -10.24%
143 ZYNX.OB -11.11%
144 JVA -11.52%
145 UBET -11.87%
146 GLMA.OB -12.00%
147 EYDY.OB -12.09%
148 PIHC.OB -12.25%
149 DOC -12.37%
150 THK -12.69%
151 SPDV.OB -12.94%
152 IPT -14.89%
153 PXG -15.08%
154 CSTL -15.49%
155 JMIH.OB -16.67%
156 ADGO.OB -18.88%
157 BHIP -18.89%
158 ARIS.OB -19.23%
159 NKBS -20.00%
160 IDWK -21.00%
161 CESV -21.18%
162 CXPI.OB -22.45%
163 CSPI -22.96%
164 IDSA -24.72%
165 ECGI -25.96%
166 SYXI -26.30%
167 HSTM -26.55%
168 ETEC.OB -26.92%
169 IDIB.OB -28.57%
170 CYD -29.00%
171 DFNS.OB -30.63%
172 DRL -30.71%
173 SCLD -31.10%
174 ANII.OB -33.33%
175 EKCS.OB -34.13%
176 DGIT -35.00%
177 FONR -36.67%
178 MCZ -38.74%
179 DHB -42.01%
180 VSYS.OB -43.04%
181 NMKT.OB -43.14%
182 MFIC.OB -46.00%
183 SWTX.OB -46.15%
184 BPTR.OB -48.15%
185 IIG -50.94%
186 SGRP -51.16%
187 HSPR.OB -52.00%
188 CGNW.OB -65.10%
189 YIWA.OB -75.00%
190 AWRCF.OB -75.23%
191 DNDT.OB -82.00%
192 AMLS.OB -88.00%
193 ABRX -95.40%
194 WHAI.OB -97.53%

VMC PSL 1 (First Contest) Standings. If results were as of today.

Commentary: Niles would be in first as of today. There would be an amazing 74/77 contestants in positive territory, and 66 of them would be up positive double digit returns. The results in the first contest only look more spectacular, then when we looked at it roughly just 1 month ago. So without further ado the results are below, they will be posted here, and in VMC PSL Lotto 1.

---Place---Name---% Return
1 NILES CRANE 138.15%
2 CWS9 130.56%
3 BIGPIKE 110.17%
4 LENTINMAN 102.71%
5 MR. SHEEP 102.09%
6 GUY 99.96%
7 ECHOS 99.44%
8 HOGFAN 92.43%
9 GILEAD23 89.33%
10 RRUFFF 89.17%
11 TMCAL6 88.81%
12 EREHWONTIM 87.87%
13 MIKES97707 81.26%
14 ELOHSSA 80.39%
15 MIKEO56 79.12%
16 BBOTCS 78.93%
17 CROCHNTR 76.95%
18 SKEPTICALOPTIMIST 75.56%
19 PC 73.52%
20 PHIL (BULLRIDER) 71.60%
21 CLEVERROX 71.15%
22 LARRYBAZ 67.83%
23 KIPP440 66.79%
24 DANLC 65.98%
25 COFFEE 221 65.77%
26 10BAGGER 64.24%
27 JOEINIOWA 64.23%
28 RMIWA 61.11%
29 BUCFAN33617 60.70%
30 BOBWINS 59.18%
31 MSGI 59.00%
32 NUTSABOUTGOLF2001 58.16%
33 PLOP PLOP FIZZ FIZZ 54.65%
34 STANU78 53.44%
35 LINUSPOP 49.91%
36 AVANDALAY05 48.79%
37 TBONE 58X 47.23%
38 MRDMRD 47.13%
39 WORTHYLION 46.34%
40 RAWNOC 45.20%
41 OTCBARGAINS 43.86%
42 ROGUEDOLPHIN 42.75%
43 KSUAVE 40.36%
44 KNOWLEDGEISKING 40.18%
45 VALUEMIND 37.55%
46 KYK2001 35.79%
47 PATENTLAWMEISTER 33.51%
48 RJSADEY 33.26%
49 SWB173 32.20%
50 FOOTWEDGE 30.55%
51 ZEN LUNATIC420 29.14%
52 MOBEONEADOBE 27.94%
53 RESEARCHER59 21.91%
54 2MORROWSGAINS 21.89%
55 FINANCIALADVISOR 20.52%
56 SSKILLZ1 20.03%
57 STEVENRISK 18.84%
58 CLIFFVB 17.81%
59 ABH3VT 17.21%
60 SLEESTACK76 17.20%
61 THEALICEMAY 14.32%
62 ARNIE70 13.26%
63 HWEB2 13.12%
64 ESTIMATED PROPHET 12.56%
65 SWANLINBAR 12.24%
66 STOCKPEEKER 10.78%
67 SHMOLTON 6.68%
68 JERRY IN CT. 5.33%
69 BEIGLEDOG 4.90%
70 SWAMPBOOTS 2.69%
71 C1001 2.38%
72 YIELDDUDE 1.50%
73 DEATHTOTAXES 1.11%
74 JIM WI 0.57%
75 SANDMAN777 -23.85%
76 RRAINMAN99 -27.51%
77 HOMERROMER -40.41%

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Thought I might have one belated day on top, but it wasn't to be:

CWS9 133.86%
NilesCrane3 132.70%


I should have painted some tape.

Guy, From Dec 31:

VPHM ditto (10.3%)
FTK from 18.65 to 26.6 (42.6%)
ALY from 12.77 to 17.25 (35.1%)
CFK from 13.89 to 13.75 (-1%)
CASM from 8.65 to 9.46 (9.36%)
WHAI from .035 (?) to .07 (100%?)

End effect from June 30- from 80% to 116%

Looks like WHAI did the best.

Niles, i can only help you with the
6 stocks that are in my PSL1 portfolio:

VPHM was @18.5 and now @20.4
NKBS was 1.93 now 1.77
CHAR was 5.08 now 5.8
PDGE was 1.83 now 2.01
CMNN was 1.35 now 1.27
GIGM was 2.85 now 4.62

What is going on in your PSL1 portfolio?

As of a few days ago, mine had gone from 80 to 113. RWS was around 130 and is probably higher now.

What I was wondering was, if stocks were given their Dec 31 point as a starting value, if the top stocks would still outperform the ones that sold off for tax loss purposes. I think if we judge them on their June 30 start, the leaders have a huge advantage as small moves are magnified.

I can tell you that my PSL1 portfolio is
now up 90.91% after i ended the contest 5th with 68.19%.
It'll be interesting to see all the data if/when
there will be an update.

That's a good idea. I will do it, although they were posted on this board.

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=9073923

Len

It'd be easier to tell if the complete list of the stocks' performances during this contest period were posted in the ibox ;)

I wonder if the top 25 stocks from the contest are having a better January than the bottom 25. Is there a correlation of contest position and the January effect?

PLEASE VISIT THE VMC PSL CHAMPIONS BOARD:

http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=4067

Len

4 DAYS TO GO FOR PSL2:

Please get your picks in. Thanks.

Len

both of you are right. we don't care. too little, too late.

it is a tough world, but there is an old Russian folk saying that applies here...


...tough-ski, s**t--ski

Post One Week-

CWS9 110.71
Niles Crane 100.75
Bigpike 100.31
Erehwontim 96.81

Don't know if anyone else is in the pack. Mr. Sheep will have to calculate his own.

FTK and ALY are running too, if anyone cares <g>.

CVV up 14% this morning, but I doubt anyone cares <g>

CWS9 after the usc game, I think you should quit while you are on top and focus on running your state (your PSL1 winner board)

unless you have matt leinart attitude ("we're still a better team than them") then you come back and play again for another trophy..

jk...

we'd love to have you in the #2...

no matter what happen you are still the winner/champ.

congrats by the way

Stan

What is the appropriate time of day to submit entries? Is it Ok if we have to make a few changes by the deadline? Would you rather we waited?

Just a PSL2 reminder:

The deadline for your 6 picks is January 13th at 4PM EST.

Remember the earnings rule.

PSL2 Board link. Please make this a favorite. http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=4811

MODIFICATIONS FROM PSL1 TO PSL2:

1) IT WILL BE 3.5 MONTHS INSTEAD OF 6. We think interest waned after the first few months of PSL1. Part of that is because the placement didn't change a lot after the first few months, but that is likely to be commonplace in the future. By going with 3.5 months, we can get 3 contests per year instead of 2 and we can have 2 weeks between each - which we think is ideal. Also, it is probably more reflective of recent trading. The survey results were 6 months on average for the time a stock is held by VMCers, however, that was probably during the glory days of 2003 and 2004. Most stocks MUST be traded nowadays to make money, so 3.5 months does a better job of reflecting our trading.

2) THERE WILL BE 1 OPPORTUNITY IN THE CONTEST FOR EACH PERSON TO MAKE A TRADE. Unlike PSL1 where you could not trade, this will allow someone to dump a WHAI and replace it if they think the bottom is going to fall out. Or, if a stock went wild like CXTI, maybe you trade it for something that hasn't risen.

3) THERE WILL BE 1 OPPORTUNITY IN THE CONTEST FOR EACH PERSON TO "FREEZE" A STOCK. Once frozen, always frozen. It means if a stock like CXTI went to the moon and you believed it was going to crash back down to earth (or at least the stratosphere), you could freeze it at that return. That is where it stays for the rest of the contest.

4) THERE WILL BE A CHOICE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT TO HAVE 1 OF YOUR 6 PICKS BE A CASH POSITION. If you don't believe in the markets, you may want to have cash for 1/6 of your portfolio. If you choose cash as an initial position, you will be rewarded with a 1% return on it.

5) FOREIGN STOCKS WILL BE ALLOWED UNDER CERTAIN CONDITIONS. a) The stock must be daily trackable on Yahoo Finance in US dollars. b) It is the responsibility of the picker (not Len or SSK) to provide a link to prove that the stock has earnings and reports quarterly.

Len

Special thanks to SSKILLZ1 and Lentinman for all their hard work in running the contest. It was very worthwhile and stimulates all of us to hunt for bargains, thereby enhancing our investment results in the 'real world'.

Congratulations to CWS9 on Victory in our contest ! It's poetic justice that the most 'sheepish' of us should win the contest, given the many outstanding stock pickers that are among us. It certainly shows that not all stocks have an equal chance of outperformance.

As Lentinman's analysis and computer simulation proved, in a world of 'equal' stocks with a random distribution of returns, it would be disadvantageous to be a 'sheep'. But in our select group, the opposite was true.

However, I think it will be more difficult to get 'super sized' returns in the 2nd contest, given more fully valued o&g microcaps, and generally fewer bargains to be found in the microcap sector.

SSK, It might be interesting to see how everyone's PSL1 picks do for January. Will the back of the pack provide the best "January Effect" or will leader's picks remain strong?

Congrats CWS and thanks to all that made it possible. Despite trailing the lead pack it was heartening to hang out in the middle of such an august group. VMC has certainly been profitable to me and I look forward to continued positive returns. I was far better prepared for PSL1 than PSL 2, but I plan to roll the dice.


Mat

Niles: Re: Pike:

That's a really good point. He got second despite no O&G. It shows that you don't have to have a bunch of popular picks to place high. As I mentioned in an earlier post, the #2, #3 and #4 people were all way down the sheep list.

Len

Bigpike, Congrats on holding me off. I thought I had you there for most of the day, but my luck finally ran out.

What was amazing was, you did well despite having absolutely no energy :)

CWS, Congrats on a great job. You carry a lot of responsibility now :)

Great Contest, Great People, Great Picks, and a BIG Thank You for those that made it all possibly.. This contest helps many who dont have the time, and or dont have the ability to find 6 stocks threw the 1000's of company's out there to invest in, you can't believe what it does to peoples live's when they can make a few extra bucks in the stock market some can turn their whole lives around .....looking forward to # 2
ALL I CAN SAY IS THANK YOU

CWS9 - Ditto on Congrats.

I was glad to just make it into the Top 10, and I am glad to be a cardholding member of the Sheep Club. I believe it is the nature of the board that there will always be a Sheep Club in future PSLs even with blind picks because of the ongoing discussion/focus on value stocks that exists on this board. I started to gravitate toward this investment theme in March, 2003, and I have been well rewarded and I am thankful in the new year. I hope everyone does well in the new year and in future PSLs, because that would add up to another good year for members of this board.

Tmcal

Congrats - to CWS and to close runner up BigPike. I love that the excuses have already started before the next contest, but you guys "showed us the money!!!" amd deserve to be called guru kings of VMC.

I don't care if you sleep with a sheep as long as you make money and you did!!

CWS: Congratulations:

I want to make sure that there is no doubt about whether you deserve it or not. You took some of the boards best picks, but as I recall you were the first or near first to bring up FPP back in RB days. You went with what you believed in and that won. Please give us a target on PSL2!

To bad you have to be from Missouri! JUST KIDDING.

Len

CWS9, ditto what he said. Congrats. I hope you do enter the next contest. I am starting my list of excuses already.
Thanks again to sskillz and lentinman for running this one.

Thank you yielddude. It was a lot of fun. Question is now.......do I quit while I'm ahead? Go out a winner? Or try again and hope for alot of luck?

Since I was the original Mr. Sheep it is a testament to the great stock pickers that frequent these boards.

cws9, Congrats on a great job. I am anxiously awaiting to see what you pick in PSL2.

CWS9, congrats on your great picks, and winning the contest!

yield

MSGI: The 3-month time frame will make the contest a lot more exciting, imo. You are right--MDF will still be asleep in 3 months. The way to get ahead in the next contest is to pick stocks of companies that will be reporting good Q4 numbers in February.

bbotcs

bbotcs, Happy New Year. This is just my opinion and since last year was my worst year since 2001 should be taken with a grain of salt. My thinking is that since the contest is only for 3 months, you will need to have a stock that has momo going into the new year and not a longer term stock like MDF. I have two stocks that I think have hot technology for 2006, but will they perform in the first 3 months is another question.

Stan:

The fact that 7-9 pick stocks are -9% is nothing more than coincidence - that same as the fact that the top 4 picks are +96% is a coincidence in my opinion. To average out the extremes, see my last post.

Len

Niles:

I agree that the sample size issue would be better if I simply did 1 pick, 2 picks and 3+. However, that doesn't really tell you all that much. You only have 3 groups separated by 1 pick in most cases.

There are 120 one pick stocks, 30 two pick stocks and 44 3+ pick stocks. I suppose I could go 1, 2, 3 and 4+. That would be 120, 30, 19 and 25. It doesn't give you a feel for the 10+ like my other grouping, but at least the sample sizes are better.

If I did that, here are the returns.

20.71% 1 pick stocks (120)
33.10% 2 pick stocks (30)
14.35% 3 pick stocks (19)
25.86% 4+ pick stocks (25)

If you simply look at this grouping, you see almost no sheep value at all. I haven't been making the argument that "Sheepish is best" anyway except for the top 4 picks.

Len

MSGI:

More like a "heard" mentality.
When you consider the fact that the VM boards have lots of savvy and seasoned investors, it makes sense that a stock chosen by 10 or more participants is probably a winner.

By the way, I'm "agonizing" over whether to pick MDF again.
When things start to fall in place, it should take off. But how long does it take to get an HMO up and running successfully. My better judgment tells me years.

Also, knowing from long experience that patience is rewarded, I am tempted to pick the same 6 stocks again.

Decisions, decisions.

Nappy Yew Hear, MSGI.