Stock Portfolio Competition
Begins: September 1, 2009 Ends: November 30, 2009
Sign up at http://vse.marketwatch.com
The Wall Street Trading Room will be sponsoring “The Hawk Portfolio Competition.” This competition gives participants an opportunity to learn about investing in a fun, risk-free way. Students will be able to take full advantage of the many resources at the university including the Wall Street Trade Room. Only students at Saint Joseph’s University are eligible to play. Directions will be posted at the beginning of each semester for how to set up your virtual portfolio.
Prizes |
| A T-shirt for students with the best 10 portfolios |
How to Sign Up for the Competition |
| Go to http://vse.marketwatch.com |
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Create a free account |
| Click “Find a Game” and enter the Game ID: SJUHAWK09
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| Enter Password: hawkfall09 |
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Follow the instructions to buy, sell, or short sell stocks |
| Monitor your portfolio’s performance |
Game Rules |
| Starting cash equity: $200,000. You can leverage your equity 2:1. |
| Transaction costs: $8 |
| Minimum price per share: $5 |
| Only stock purchases and short sales are available. |
Why Play |
| Win a T-shirt |
| Apply what you learn |
| Exciting, risk-free way to start learning about investing |
| Learn to use powerful research tools available in the Wall Street Trade Room |
| Stock Market Competition Winners Fall 2009 |
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| Winner | Return |
| Nicholas Condo (11/20/09) |
34.90% |
| Nicholas Condo (11/13/09) | 30.96% |
| Cory Hall (11/2/09) | 19.65% |
| Dan O'Connell (10/9/09) |
27.73% |
| Dan O'Connell (9/25/09) |
29.23% |
| Dan O'Connell (9/18/09) | 44.67% |
| Timothy O'Neill (9/11/09) | 22.36% |
| COMPETITON |
WEEKLY |
WINNERS |
| Week Ending | Winner | Return |
| 11/20/09 | Nicholas Condo | 34.90% |
| 11/20/09 | Cory Hall |
30.04% |
| 11/20/09 | Timothy O'Neill | 20.05% |
