TheNiche Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 Maybe we should just call you Bear Stearns.The way it works in an ETF, these are the top ten holdings that I basically have a stake in as of today:JPMORGAN CHASE & CO COM 8.82% BANK OF AMERICA CORP COM 7.67% WELLS FARGO & CO COM STK 6.54% CITIGROUP INC COM STK 4.96% US BANCORP DELAWARE COM 3.35% GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 3.11% BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON 2.31% AMERICAN EXPRESS CO COM 1.74% CME GROUP INC COM STK 1.61% MERRILL LYNCH & CO INC 1.54%But:Ultra Financials ProShares seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to twice (200%) the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Financials Index. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Judah Posted October 22, 2008 Share Posted October 22, 2008 That's a quote you know?Haha....now that I think about it underdog is the wrong term. I'm just going to wait until the competition is over and then I will reveal my results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Hey Highway6 Secret Sally, looks like you have been working overtime on your Google Spreadsheet and did not mention anything.VERY nice touch with the updated graph, I did not think this could get any more data detailed than it already has.All joking aside, you put in a real nice effort into this HAIFinance Challenge Tracker.Everyone check out the updated sheet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Thanks Puma.No mas though.. It's done....unless i think of something else cool and pointless to add. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted October 23, 2008 Share Posted October 23, 2008 Thanks Puma.No mas though.. It's done.. ..unless i think of something else cool and pointless to add. LOLcat Icons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted October 23, 2008 Author Share Posted October 23, 2008 LOLcat Icons! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 Owie. Owie. Owie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Owie. Owie. Owie. I guess had the cut off been today we'd have a better bottom starting point. Wow, maybe the contest will be "Who is least in the hole?" LINK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Chenevert Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 You might want to add interest to the cash holdings.In this particular contest, 3% interest on $1,000 might be the big winner! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 I see Highway6 is an optimist, the graph is new margined heavily on the negative side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 HAIF Challenge Weekly Update - One week down, 10.5 weeks to go. Champ of the week - BryanS for managing to hold on to the most money thus far while the majority of us had terrible starts. Goat of the week - native_houstonian who led the charge into the red losing 25% of his portfolio. Let's hope his Sirius radio picks up plenty of Blues stations. Till next week.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 HAIF Challenge Weekly Update - One week down, 10.5 weeks to go. Champ of the week - BryanS for managing to hold on to the most money thus far while the majority of us had terrible starts. Goat of the week - native_houstonian who led the charge into the red losing 25% of his portfolio. Let's hope his Sirius radio picks up plenty of Blues stations. Till next week.. Well, at least I am in the middle of the bunch. If it were a weekly reality show, I'd be safe still Nice pun with the Blues joke HWY6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Subdude Posted October 28, 2008 Share Posted October 28, 2008 What do you think that he would've done differently that would've so completely changed the outcome?BTW, don't forget that the chairman of the board of governors is only one of seven members. They may set the tone, but they aren't exactly dictatorial. They all have 14-year terms, and all of those currently holding a position have been appointed by George W. Bush...although that certainly wasn't always the case.As with most things political, this issue is more complex than the notion that a single figurehead controls everything that happens.Reported thread. Keep it on topic please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted October 28, 2008 Author Share Posted October 28, 2008 I've split the discussion about the Fed chairman into its own thread. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted October 29, 2008 Share Posted October 29, 2008 We should have put into the rules that you could sell at any point before the end of the year.You gotta know when to hold'em and when to fold'em kinda thing.Instead of having everyone selling on the last day of the year, it would have been cool to have the option of selling early and locking in that price.. and then we compare at the end of the year when those that haven't yet sold are forced to. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted October 29, 2008 Author Share Posted October 29, 2008 Too complex for the first round. Maybe at some point in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Update?!?!flipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Update?!?!flipper Updates?!?!? We don't need no stink'n updates! No actually, you must have missed this, Highway6 created this spreadsheet. Look as his signature. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flipper Posted November 4, 2008 Share Posted November 4, 2008 Updates?!?!? We don't need no stink'n updates! No actually, you must have missed this, Highway6 created this spreadsheet. Look as his signature. sweet fancy Moses! thanks! flipper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 The Market has not been nice to the players lately. Hang in there it's still early. Once they get the volumes back up, the Market should stabilize some. Too much money on the sidelines lately, and small things bring big swings with these low volumes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chamo Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 The Market has not been nice to the players lately. Hang in there it's still early. Once they get the volumes back up, the Market should stabilize some. Too much money on the sidelines lately, and small things bring big swings with these low volumes. Another tough week. Two players on the green. I could have been better off taking my $1000 and going to Vegas. There is still time though..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted November 12, 2008 Share Posted November 12, 2008 The Market has not been nice to the players lately..... We're roughly 1/3 of the way through this challenge. Are we having fun yet? I know I sure am. I feel your pain Chamo.. You and I have had the biggest freefalls in in the past week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N Judah Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 Once they float the kr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedScare Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 We're roughly 1/3 of the way through this challenge. Are we having fun yet? I know I sure am.I feel your pain Chamo.. You and I have had the biggest freefalls in in the past week. Given the fact that I am actually waiting to buy in real life the stocks that I have in the challenge, I am disappointed to be doing so well. But, the Asian markets are tanking again tonight, so maybe I can buy in the next few days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BryanS Posted November 13, 2008 Share Posted November 13, 2008 C'mon DOW 7,000... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
editor Posted November 13, 2008 Author Share Posted November 13, 2008 I should have created a dummy entry that buys a lottery ticket each day to see how it would have compared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pumapayam Posted November 14, 2008 Share Posted November 14, 2008 Given the fact that I am actually waiting to buy in real life the stocks that I have in the challenge, I am disappointed to be doing so well. But, the Asian markets are tanking again tonight, so maybe I can buy in the next few days.Highway6 is at $250 now.Yikes!I should have created a dummy entry that buys a lottery ticket each day to see how it would have compared.You should take your $1000 and deflate it from when you started to what the dollar values holds in the end, but at this rate, you still may come out on top. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 News Flash Highway 6 is the CHAMP!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Until the data glitch caught up with him......... NYSE To Suspend BearingPoint NYSE Regulation, Inc. announced today that it determined that the common stock of BearingPoint, Inc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark F. Barnes Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Nice try H6...............looks good though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Highway6 Posted November 17, 2008 Share Posted November 17, 2008 Nice try H6...............looks good though Dammit.. I have no idea whats going on with the stock price there. The spreadsheet automatically pulls the current stock price from google. I even tested it in another cell... still pulling 9.25, even though if you go to google's BE page.. that obviously isnt the right price. [ Type in =GoogleFinance("BE"; "price") in any google doc cell.. you'll get the same wrong data ] It's a google error.. not a highway6 error... and i'm sure it will clear itself up by the end of the day... unfortunately. It would appear I'm officially the first financial trader booted off the island though if my stock has been delisted. I Am the weakest link... the biggest loser.... Goodbye !! ----------- NYSE to kill sub-penny rule, relist stocks http://www.reuters.com/article/ousiv/idUSTRE4AD63P20081114 Maybe i'll get lucky.. honestly.. i have no clue what the hell is going on. ---------- From http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=be Changed Ticker Symbol 'BE' is no longer valid. It has changed to BRGP.PK. Can i just have my $1000 back ?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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