CNBC Squawk Box Challenge

[drbean]

my rank
Rank
36700
(Top 5%) Week to Date
0.00%Total Return
17.91%
Available Cash
$0.00Stock Holdings
$1,179,116.95Total Portfolio Value
$1,179,116.95

[FillTheGap]

Maybe in the real world but not in the CNBC contest. It's OTC and doesn't have a high enough cap. I will look at it for a penny play though.

Thanks

[lady*b]

OK- so I think it's best for me to now focus on one great week for the weekly challenge to gain a shot into the finals.
I wish our top 1% players the best here, but I imagine I will be up one week and down the next from here on out.
Hopefully next year it will allow trades during the day.
The folks here should be so proud. I don't know the exact number, but I believe there are over 400,000 people (or alias)
in this contest.
Getting closing costs every day has proved to be the challenge of the challenge, imho. GLTY!!

Rank:
(Top 4%)

Week to Date
5.45%
Total Return
20.60%
Total Portfolio Value
$1,205,987.54

[energymanNJ]

(ALRY)Do I need to reach through the screen and hit the buy button for you? $ALRY$ will double your money in three weeks time <<< That's right, I said that !!! Making bold statements to make bold Dollars ! Maybe sooner.........

[Bull Trader]

MY RANK!!! TOP 3%

As of Market Close Rank
22588
(Top 3%) Week to Date
3.19%Total Return
20.53%

[energymanNJ]

updated:Rank 44860 (Top 6%)
Week to Date
3.99%
Total Return
15.15%
Available Cash
$2.35
Stock Holdings
$1,151,528.46
Total Portfolio Value
$1,151,530.81

[energymanNJ]

Rank 53691 (Top 8%)
Week to Date
1.52%
Total Return
12.41%
Available Cash
$2.35
Stock Holdings
$1,124,092.86
Total Portfolio Value
$1,124,095.21

[FillTheGap]

Creeping back up again. I took two bad hits last week like I posted.

Rank
115
(Top 1%) Week to Date
1.47%Total Return
89.44%
Available Cash
$9,012.90Stock Holdings
$1,885,347.36Total Portfolio Value
$1,894,360.26

[lady*b]

how is it going?

[lady*b]

took a 20 Grand hit today on my all-in pick, missed the bonus and loading more before 3, lol......

the top 3% was sweet for a day. I'm toast for tomorrow. Ah well.

Hope your day got you and everyone else higher!!

[energymanNJ]

Rank 61647 (Top 10%)
Week to Date
1.37%
Total Return
12.25%
Available Cash
$4,002.36
Stock Holdings
$1,118,495.00
Total Portfolio Value
$1,122,497.36

[lady*b]

Ok, all updates now, except for the additional 3 grand that gets credited in the AM and changes the rank number a bit:

Rank
19839
(Top 3%)

Week to Date
5.16%
Total Return
20.27%
Available Cash
$0.72
Stock Holdings
$1,202,718.66
Total Portfolio Value
$1,202,719.38

[lady*b]

No new rank yet. The rest is updated:

Week to Date
5.16%
Total Return
20.27%
Available Cash
$0.72
Stock Holdings
$1,202,718.66
Total Portfolio Value
$1,202,719.38

[FillTheGap]

Everytime I get close to the top 20 (#26 last time) I have a bad pick.

Currently:

Rank
148
(Top 1%) Week to Date
-2.71%Total Return
81.63%
Available Cash
$3,012.90Stock Holdings
$1,813,243.68Total Portfolio Value
$1,816,256.58

[FillTheGap]

The answers are posted here everday by lunch time.

http://milliondollarportfoliochallenge.blogspot.com/

[lady*b]

lol, I'm NOT in the top 1 % like the other ones here!

[energymanNJ]

show off !!!! lol lol

[energymanNJ]

My bonus bucks suck, because I am to lazy to watch video.......so I always pick "C" just to get through it........

[lady*b]

Gives you a chance to load more in with the bonus bucks!!

[lady*b]

Rank
21046
(Top 4%)

[energymanNJ]

Rank 86334 (Top 14%)
Bummer...........secret weapon didn't fire today...lol
Week to Date
-1.44%
Total Return
9.13%
Available Cash
$2.36
Stock Holdings
$1,091,331.55
Total Portfolio Value
$1,091,333.91

[lady*b]

Up another 50 G's today for the challenge. Hope it makes a dent in my rank, lol:

Week to Date
4.41%
Total Return
19.41%
Available Cash
$3.72
Stock Holdings
$1,194,122.58
Total Portfolio Value
$1,194,126.30

[energymanNJ]

I sent a few recommendation e-mails to CNBC about next year maybe the possibility of making the contest with a day trading plattform. Get a major sponsor behind it to use it's trading software...It would be great to bounce in and out of stocks in course of the day....also be able to short sell.

[lady*b]

glty, that leaderboard nuts right now...omg lol

[lady*b]

I've played every position with all eggs, fwiw.

[energymanNJ]

I have a secret weapon stock this week for this contest....I have all the eggs in one basket !!! Looking for 40% FROM IT IN 3 WEEKS....I hope !!! I also own it in real life....tiny position though.

[lady*b]

The Leaderboard and Totals:
Name Portfolio Value
1. Parker Robinson $2,790,103.27
2. Deborah Taft 2,588,876.30
3. Ken Guillory 2,496,077.04
4. Chad Mazeika 2,433,347.81
5. Evan Scherer 2,300,624.35
6. Emmanuel Nogueira 2,269,175.73
7. James Kraber 2,257,242.52
8. George Lee 2,252,185.92
9. Joe Dondero 2,251,956.57
10. Barry Dressler 2,201,790.02
11. Chris Humphrey 2,158,211.77
12. Rob Bender 2,144,584.95
13. Maheshwari Gupta 2,104,565.91
14. Mark Dallas 2,103,758.36
15. Sacey Platte 2,097,165.63
16. Bob Stolzenburg 2,090,453.50
17. Jaems Meisner 2,083,660.01
18. Philip McKibbin 2,070,054.44
19. Doua Vang 2,069,450.59
20. William Garrett 2,067,786.42

[lady*b]

I went on vacation, and took some huge hits to my port, but still hanging in there I guess :)

Rank
36953
(Top 7%)
Total Return
14.37%
Available Cash
$1.26
Stock Holdings
$1,143,703.20
Total Portfolio Value
$1,143,704.46

[energymanNJ]

Rank 62811 (Top 12%)
Week to Date
0.00%
Total Return
10.73%
Available Cash
$2.36
Stock Holdings
$1,107,310.05
Total Portfolio Value
$1,107,312.41

[FinancialAdvisor]

I'm ranked right at 1,000... I've got some catching up to do!

[energymanNJ]

Rank (Top 10%)
47095
Week to Date
-0.57%
Total Return
9.89%
Available Cash
$1.08
Stock Holdings
$1,098,903.60
Total Portfolio Value
$1,098,904.68

[FillTheGap]

Rank
26
(Top 1%) Week to Date
5.68%Total Return
90.20%
Available Cash
$3,009.17Stock Holdings
$1,898,981.32Total Portfolio Value
$1,901,990.49

[FillTheGap]

Looking to move up tonight. Rode GPN up 5.34% today. Should put me just under 1.9 million. Wonder what the top players were on today. There were a couple losers out there.

[FinancialAdvisor]

Wow, very nice, let's see your name in writing by the end of this week, I'm at 415, I got some work to do.

[energymanNJ]

nice car........

[energymanNJ]

yea yea yea stop braggggging !...........lol lol lol

nice job man...............seriously

[FillTheGap]

Rank
38
(Top 1%) Week to Date
0.00%Total Return
79.98%
Available Cash
$19.53Stock Holdings
$1,799,798.52Total Portfolio Value
$1,799,818.05

[energymanNJ]

Rank ( top 8%)
33134
(Top 8%) Week to Date
6.44%Total Return
11.12%
Available Cash
$20,362.42
Stock Holdings
$1,090,800.80
Total Portfolio Value
$1,111,163.22

[FillTheGap]

Updated

Rank 48(Top 1%)
Week to Date 14.84%
Total Return 76.47%
Available Cash $3,020.05
Stock Holdings $1,761,710.00
Total Portfolio Value $1,764,730.05

[energymanNJ]

in the morning I suspect

[FillTheGap]

When are they going to update the ranks?

[energymanNJ]

Rank update on total value
65060
(Top 14%)
Week to Date
6.44%
Total Return
11.12%
Available Cash
$20,362.42
Stock Holdings
$1,090,800.80
Total Portfolio Value
$1,111,163.22

[FillTheGap]

Cool... I'm still at number 67. Played SNCR for a 2%+ gain yesterday and another 2% today.

[energymanNJ]

Rank
65060
(Top 14%)
Week to Date
2.63%
Total Return
7.13%
Available Cash
$1,912.42
Stock Holdings
$1,069,415.60
Total Portfolio Value
$1,071,328.02

[energymanNJ]

'Squawk Box' Trial Canceled Wed After Ex-Broker Arrested

Last Update: 3/29/2007 7:34:21 AM



By Chad Bray
Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES


(This article was originally published Wednesday)

NEW YORK (Dow Jones)--Timothy O'Connell, a former Merrill Lynch & Co. (MER) stock
broker on trial in federal court in Brooklyn for allegedly taking bribes to
provide improper access to the firm's "squawk box," was arrested Wednesday on
state charges in connection with a $30 million online gambling ring in Queens.

The trial, before U.S. District Judge I. Leo Glasser in Brooklyn, was canceled
Wednesday as a result of O'Connell's arrest, said Robert Nardoza, a spokesman for
the U.S. Attorney's office in Brooklyn. The trial is expected to resume Thursday.

Mildred Whalen, a public defender representing O'Connell in the federal case,
didn't immediately return a phone call seeking comment late Wednesday.

O'Connell, a former broker in Merrill Lynch's Garden City, N.Y., office, was
charged Wednesday with enterprise corruption, several counts of promoting
gambling in the first degree and conspiracy in the fifth degree, said Kevin R.
Ryan, a spokesman for Queens County District Attorney Richard A. Brown.

Seventeen people, including two former New York City police officers, a law firm
secretary, a postal worker and a sanitation worker, have been charged in the
matter, Ryan said. Sixteen have been arrested and one is still being sought, he
said.

According to an indictment, O'Connell, 42 years old, allegedly worked as an
agent/runner for the ring, recruiting new bettors, collecting gambling losses and
paying out winnings.

The gambling operation allegedly took more than $30 million in wagers on a
variety of sporting events, including football, baseball and horse racing,
between May 2006 and this March, state prosecutors said.

The bookmaking operation was allegedly run out of a Long Island City strip club
and a Jackson Heights restaurant, with a nontraditional wire room in Costa Rica,
state prosecutors said. Bets were placed by calling a toll-free telephone number
or through the Internet.

The offshore wire room and Web site were used in an effort to evade law
enforcement detection, prosecutors said.

O'Connell was arraigned in state court in Queens late Wednesday and released on
his own recognizance into the custody of U.S. postal inspectors. Judge Glasser
issued a bench warrant for O'Connell's arrest after he didn't appear in court
Wednesday.

Nardoza, the U.S. Attorney's spokesman, said O'Connell will remain in custody
overnight and will appear before Judge Glasser on Thursday morning.

Three ex-securities brokers, including O'Connell, and four former executives at
day-trading firm A.B. Watley Inc. have been accused of engaging in a scheme to
misuse information broadcast over brokerage firm squawk boxes to improperly jump
ahead of stock orders by large institutional investors between January 2002 and
February 2004. Watley allegedly bribed the brokers with cash or by engaging in
so-called "wash trades" - trades made between two brokerage accounts simply to
generate a commission.

They face a variety of charges, including conspiracy, securities fraud, witness
tampering and making false statements. They have denied wrongdoing.

The ex-brokers on trial are O'Connell; Kenneth E. Mahaffy Jr., a former broker at
Merrill Lynch and Citigroup Inc.'s (C) Smith Barney unit who worked with
O'Connell at one time; and David G. Ghysels Jr., a former Lehman Brothers Inc.
(LEH) broker in Palm Beach, Fla.

The former A.B. Watley executives accused of wrongdoing are Robert F. Malin, the
firm's president; Linus Nwaigwe, A.B. Watley's director of compliance; Michael A.
Picone, the company's one-time chief operating officer; and Keevin H. Leonard,
who supervised and trained the firm's day traders.

Malin and Nwaigwe continue to work at A.B. Watley Group Inc. (ABWG), the
broker-dealer's holding company. Watley Group continues to operate an online
broker-dealer.

[energymanNJ]

Rank
137402
(Top 30%)
Week to Date
2.63%
Total Return
7.13%
Available Cash
$1,912.42
Stock Holdings
$1,069,415.60
Total Portfolio Value
$1,071,328.02

[energymanNJ]

Rank
122213
(Top 28%)
Week to Date
0.57%
Total Return
4.98%

Available Cash
$3,012.42
Stock Holdings
$1,046,807.54
Total Portfolio Value
$1,049,819.

If (FCEL) was aloud in this I would have won.......lol

[FillTheGap]

Rank 36 (Top 1%)
Week to Date 13.35%
Total Return 74.18%
Available Cash $6,000.29
Stock Holdings $1,735,823.82
Total Portfolio Value $1,741,824.11

[energymanNJ]

Rank
119156
(Top 29%)
Week to Date
0.00%
Total Return
4.39%
Available Cash
$39,177.40
Stock Holdings
$1,004,730.45
Total Portfolio Value
$1,043,907.85

[FillTheGap]

Nice job. I got back under 200 after having a slow gain on Wed and Thursday. It's nice to see that the top 100 is not too far away. I wish they would show certain level values (ie 50, 100, 250, 500) That way you could at least know how much you're actually behind.

Rank 171 (Top 1%)
Week to Date 3.19%
Total Return 53.97%
Available Cash $6,000.29
Stock Holdings $1,533,659.60
Total Portfolio Value $1,539,659.89