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CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge - Friday, Week 6
[Scroll to the bottom for answers to today's Bonus Bucks trivia questions.]
Happy Boxing Day, everyone, and welcome back from the 1.5 day midweek market holiday. As things currently stand, we've still got our dear reader and last year's 3rd prize winner Bradford Pine in the top 15 overall (and behind only one member of the seemingly infinitely large Lewis family). I'm happy to report many more of you continue to write in with details of your own rarefied rankings hovering just beneath the leaderboard.
If you're one of those nearly-top-tier performers or you've been on a particular tear lately and plan to start burning up the leaderboard shortly, drop us a line and let us get a look at you.
We're into the final day of this abbreviated Week 6, which means that today marks the first allocation for Week 7. Traders with participating portfolios can return here this afternoon between 2:00 and 3:00 for that first set of allocations.
Update: For group strategy participants, let's split up between the ultrabull and ultrabear ETF baskets going into Monday of Week 7, according to ZIP code. If yours ends in an odd number, use the ultrabulls. For evens, use the ultrabears.
- Odd: URE, UWM, UYG, RFL (Financial/Real Estate Ultrabull)
- Even: SRS, TWM, SKF, RFN (Financial/Real Estate Ultrabear)
If you're using more than one portfolio, divide them evenly among ultrabulls and ultrabears, with any remainder allocated according to ZIP.
Have a great weekend!
Consider all of the above to be for entertainment purposes and not meant to be used as real-world investment recommendations. The goals and strategies of the Portfolio Challenge are not to be confused with those of sensible investing.
See all related posts in the CNBC Portfolio Challenge archive.
Week 6: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Week 5: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Week 4: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Week 3: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Week 2: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Week 1: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
Pre-game: CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge Is Back, Strategy Primer
Extra Stuff: The Biggest Loser, Interview With Bradford Pine
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Friday December 26th
Throughout the contest, each day's answers will be at the top of the CNBC Portfolio Challenge archive as soon as the questions are published, so bookmark accordingly.
Daily Trivia:
Squawk Box: Question: In our slideshow, The $54,000 Bottle of Whiskey, what other types of spirits did Christie's put up for auction?
Answer: all of the above
Squawk On the Street: Question: Darren Rovell reports that the NY Yankees' $423.5 million new-player expense could have bought 23% of:
Answer: General Motors
The Call: Question: In the Two-Way Street blog post entitled, Banks, Beat Reporters and Not Being Cozy, which news service is mentioned?
Answer: AP
Power Lunch: Question: In our blog post called "How to Tell the Madoffs From the Buffetts", which horrific Shakespeare work does a reader reference?
Answer: Macbeth
Street Signs: Question: In his article, Banks Sitting on $1 Trillion Cash, what abbreviation does Tony Crescenzi literally use?
Answer: ZIRP
Closing Bell: Question: This week, Michael Kovacocy praised which telecom stock(s) for making "great strides" in India?
Answer: Vodafone
Weekly Quiz:
Question: ETF's are based on
Answer: An Index or sector of stocks
Handcrafted by Flip on December 26, 2008 |
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