Value Microcaps Pick Six Lotto 09 (PSL9)

[nsomniyak]

Yes it is--I might be in 112th place by now if not saved by the bell...

[MSGI]

I haven't checked everyones stocks, but just looking at my list of 200 microcrap stocks, it looks like a sea of RED today. It has been that way most of the week too.

[Knowledge is King]

OK, I'll bite....why?

[MSGI]

It is a good thing that the PSL9 contest ended last Friday.

[beigledog]

Can we still throw out PSLs 1-4? :)


Beigledog
#board-6698

[lentinman]

Beigle:

"The huge returns in the first 2-3 contests skew the results and make it so that someone that did as sorry as I did in the first couple can never come back!"

Even if true, that's why I give the list both in terms of returns AND rankings. By rank, the disparity of returns between any PSL contests are negated.

Len






Bull markets may rise along a "wall of worry"; bear markets fall along a "slope of hope." -- John Markman, July 24, 2008

[beigledog]

I still can't make it into the top 40 despite an 11th in this contest. One of these days.

Can we just forget about the first 3-4 PSLs? At some point we should throw out the old numbers and start this over. The huge returns in the first 2-3 contests skew the results and make it so that someone that did as sorry as I did in the first couple can never come back!


Beigledog
#board-6698

[lentinman]

CHAMPIONS BOARD

The IBox has been updated to include THREE's write-up - which is excellent IMO.

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=4067

Len

[researcher59]

Special thanks to SSKILLZ1 and Lentinman for their hard work in running the contest and for providing all the interesting statistics.

I'm already looking forward to PSL10 !

[researcher59]

THREES: congratulations on your victory and impressive return in a challenging market !

I'll be eager to see your picks for PSL10 which starts in 11 days .....

[Jang-A-Lang]

Thanks for everything skillz. I know I enjoyed them.

[bbotcs]

lentinman: That is good to hear. The American Red Cross is back in my good graces. And they are going to need donations.

[lentinman]

Red Cross:

It is my understanding that all Red Cross shelters in those areas now have an affiliated animal shelter adjacent to them so that a person can check their pet into the animal shelter and themselves into the Red Cross shelter.

Len

[bbotcs]

KIK: OT

I'm not giving to the Red Cross until they accepts pets in their shelters. Salvation Army yes.

[timhyma]

Well, I think that is a great cause, and will contribute through our local chapter. Thanks for the challenge.

Looking forward towards Pick Six Lotto #10

[Knowledge is King]

re KIK challenge: as len surmised...

Nobody won (or lost) anything on the King's challenge. I should have had the foresight to bet I would come in first or second in PSL9 -- what was I thinking?!

As for charitable causes, I'm giving to the Red Cross today to help with their work with the poor folks facing Gustav...

[Mattu]

Congrats on the win! I've added a year to the end of your subscription. Enjoy! :)

[nsomniyak]

Congrats to Threes - a huge return in a tough market!

[swanlinbar]

Congrats to Three & thanks to all that work to make this a great contest & board . Jerry

[lentinman]

Cliff: Mr. Sheep:

Mr. Sheep would be 4th by average and 5th by rank.

I'm not surprised by his continual outperformance, but I continue to question whether he will ever win a contest based on my 7 part prediction (1 Million times I ran PSL1 on the computer) and the results. http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=6923727

Also, it is interesting to look at the Mr. Sheep rankings of the previous champions. I think PSL1 is an anomaly due to lots of things - not the least of which is that it wasn't blind. But since PSL1, only THREES (#9) has been anywhere near the top of the Mr. Sheep rankings.

PSL1: 1
PSL2: 28
PSL3: 77
PSL4: 27
PSL5: 54
PSL6: 61
PSL7: 27
PSL8: 59
PSL9: 9

Again, to summarize my 7 Part discussion from PSL1, the key to this is that if you share your stocks with a bunch of people, you are more likely to be relegated to the middle of the pack. If you don't share, you are more likely to get first OR last. Since Mr. Sheep is good, you are a lot more likely to do poorly than great, but #1 is more a function of someone (anyone) having a unique stock (or stocks) that outperform while sharing them with nobody else (or relatively few).

The best real-world example is KIK. Here are his Mr. Sheep rankings: 73, 73, 77, 80, 66, 87, 28, 44, 67 - extremely low average. The risk associated with that - meaning very high or very low returns is also evident. He has four top-5 finishes, but also has ranked 64, 68 and 72.

By deviating from Mr. Sheep you are going to have a worse return (on average) in most cases, but you are going to increase your odds of actually winning.

Len






Bull markets may rise along a "wall of worry"; bear markets fall along a "slope of hope." -- John Markman, July 24, 2008

[cliffvb]

Len, I'm wondering where Mr sheep is in terms of average rank and return through the contests?

[nsomniyak]

I am more than happy to support Kik's charities.

I have made well more than $50 following up on picks I learned of, or was reminded of, or was finally to convinced to DD-up on, through the nsomniyak challenge in PSL9.

Coincidentally (or maybe not, given his track record and investing style--the former being outstanding and the latter being one I can relate to) one of them was from Kik...

[nsomniyak]

As far as I am concerned, I owe $50 to the charity of Kik's choice.

I interpreted it as KiK beating everyone who took his challenge.

In any case, I took the challenge, and Kik beat ME, so I have asked him for the name and address of his favorite charity!

[lentinman]

Timyhma: KIK Challenge:

Well, maybe you read this differently than me, but I don't think you owe anything - although don't let me discourage anyone anytime from contributing to any charity.

"Now, I'm also proposing a gentleman's side bet which is ENTIRELY OPTIONAL. If, and only if, I beat EVERYBODY (ie. I win PSL9), you have to send $50 to the charity of my choice."

Len

[bbotcs]

Congratulations to Threes and to all of the other top 10 contestants. Just coming out in positive terrority was an accomplishment this time, imo, and to do better than 50 percent is terrific!

Thanks as always to our gracious hosts Lentinman and SSKILLZ1, for another exciting contest. Your dedication and hard work is much appreciated! hip-hip, hooray! hip-hip, hooray! hip-hip, hoo-RAY!

[nsomniyak]

At least you didn't sell TGC in week2 and use the proceeds to double into a stock that then went down 40%...

[MikeDDKing]

Congrats Gilead!

Mike

[MikeDDKing]

Congrats THREES!

Mike

[SSKILLZ1]

Obviously the differential in negative terms this contest is most of us sold out of ZYXI.OB waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too early including myself.


---All above is just my humble opinion.
And I could always be wrong.
And as always do your own DD.---
http://www.investorshub.com/boards/board.asp?board_id=5316

[nsomniyak]

KiK - me too - $50 to the charity of your choice based on the King's Challenge.

[timhyma]

Knowledge: Looks like a few of us owe to a charity, please let us know where to send the check.

[lentinman]

AVERAGE RETURN vs AVERAGE RANK:

I posted this at the end of each PSL contest.

Average return is a better measurement than average rank in most cases. For example, let's say Person A had +200% in the first PSL contest and the next closest was Person B at +50%. Now, let's say the next two contests were shown below:

              Person A       Person B 
             Return Rank    Return Rank   
 Contest 1   200%    1       50%    2   
 Contest 2    45%    3       50%    2   
 Contest 3    45%    3       50%    2

If you use total return, Person A had an average return of 96.7%, while Person B had an average return of 50%. However, if you use rankings, Person A had an average rank of 2.33 compared to Person B's average rank of 2.00.

Clearly, IMO, average return is superior to average rank based on this example.

However, there is also a weakness in average return. Say, for example, that the Person C played only in Contest 1 and Contest 2, while Person D played in all three. Let's also say that the average return by all contestants in Contest 1 was 50%, the average return by all contestants in Contest 2 was 50%, but the average return by all contestants in Contest 3 was only 10% because the market had a major correction.

So, consider this possibility:

              Person C       Person D 
             Return Rank    Return Rank   
 Contest 1    70%    8       75%    6   
 Contest 2    70%    8       75%    6   
 Contest 3     -     -       30%    6

Using this example, Person C would have the higher return average (70% versus 60%), but a lower rank average of 8 versus 6.

Who is better? Well, IMO, clearly Person D is better. It wasn't because C was better that they missed Contest 3 and therefore, Person D should not be penalized.

So, there you have two perfect examples of why one is better than the other. Because of that, you can choose either one as your favorite method. I listed the top-40 in both.

Len

[lentinman]

TOP 40: PSL1-9: AVERAGE RANK:

Must have participated in at least 6 of the 9 PSL contests to qualify (75 QUALIFIERS)

  1 WYOBUFORD   20.00 
  2 SNAKEMAN84  22.00 
  3 GUY         23.33 
  4 ABH3VT      24.22 
  5 CLIFFVB     27.75 
  6 NILESCRANE  28.25 
  7 BIGPIKE     29.00 
  8 GILEAD23    29.44 
  9 RESEARCHER  29.44 
 10 KIPP440     29.50 
 11 NSOMNIYAK   30.13 
 12 KNOWLEDGE   30.33 
 13 LENTINMAN   30.67 
 14 DANLC       31.78 
 15 HWEB2       31.89 
 16 MIKES97707  34.44 
 17 TBONE58X    35.17 
 18 CL001       35.22 
 19 SSKILLZ1    35.56 
 20 TMCAL6      36.00 
 21 STEELEDGE   36.71 
 22 MIKEO56     37.00 
 23 10BAGGER    37.89 
 24 DIGITECH    38.38 
 25 STANU78     38.67 
 26 JIM_WI      39.33 
 27 ARNIE70     39.44 
 28 VALUEMIND   39.67 
 29 STEVENRISK  39.75 
 30 LINUSPOP    40.11 
 31 2MORROWS    40.11 
 32 SWANLINBAR  40.13 
 33 MICHAELT    40.33 
 34 ECHOS       40.67 
 35 SHMOLTON    41.00 
 36 BOBWINS     41.11 
 37 OLDPRO      42.29 
 38 MRDMRD      42.43 
 39 NETWORM     42.83 
 40 FIN.ADVISOR 42.88

Len

[lentinman]

TOP 40: PSL1-9: AVERAGE RETURN:

Must have participated in at least 6 of the 9 PSL contests to qualify (75 QUALIFIERS)

  1 KNOWLEDGE   34.39% 
  2 DANLC       28.55% 
  3 GUY         28.14% 
  4 BIGPIKE     23.62% 
  5 ABH3VT      22.91% 
  6 KIPP440     22.54% 
  7 SNAKEMAN84  21.59% 
  8 NILESCRANE  21.23% 
  9 LENTINMAN   19.82% 
 10 GILEAD23    18.56% 
 11 NSOMNIYAK   17.91% 
 12 CLIFFVB     17.65% 
 13 NETWORM     17.48% 
 14 RESEARCHER  16.97% 
 15 WYOBUFORD   16.93% 
 16 ECHOS       16.27% 
 17 TMCAL6      16.08% 
 18 STEELEDGE   15.31% 
 19 MIKES97707  14.35% 
 20 SSKILLZ1    14.17% 
 21 HWEB2       14.04% 
 22 STANU78     13.96% 
 23 DIGITECH    13.43% 
 24 VALUEMIND   12.06% 
 25 TBONE58X    11.60% 
 26 SHMOLTON    11.36% 
 27 BOBWINS     11.19% 
 28 10BAGGER    10.85% 
 29 MRDMRD      10.85% 
 30 STEVENRISK  10.83% 
 31 MIKEO56     10.73% 
 32 RRUFFF      10.41% 
 33 CL001       10.32% 
 34 LINUSPOP    10.07% 
 35 2MORROWS     9.59% 
 36 FIN.ADVISOR  9.23% 
 37 NUTS-GOLF    8.64% 
 38 ARNIE70      7.73% 
 39 JIM_WI       7.63% 
 40 MSGI         7.59%

Len

[lentinman]

NSOM CHALLENGE STATS:

It should be intuitive that those people who took the time to think through their picks enough to be part of the NSom Challenge would do better... on average.

There are exceptions, of course, but 3 of the top 4 were NSomniyaks despite only 24 of the 80 participating.

Clearly, spending the extra time to analyze the stocks to the point of being able to present your DD to the board, is likely to give you better returns.

Len

[lentinman]

KIK Challenge:

Looks like there were no winners either way on this deal since THREES didn't take the NSom Challenge. KIK beat everyone else who did, but did not win overall.

NEW CONTEST: KIK My A$$ and Take My Cash

This one's simple, if you:

1. Take the "nsomnyiak challenge" (ie. post to this board a brief description of why you like each of your 6 picks); and

2. Beat me in the final standings; I'll

3. Send $50 to the charity of your choice.

Now, I'm also proposing a gentleman's side bet which is ENTIRELY OPTIONAL. If, and only if, I beat EVERYBODY (ie. I win PSL9), you have to send $50 to the charity of my choice. Let's call this part the "the King's challenge"...when you make your nsomnyiak challenge post, indicate whether you accept or decline "the King's challenge".

Len




Bull markets may rise along a "wall of worry"; bear markets fall along a "slope of hope." -- John Markman, July 24, 2008

[lentinman]

Individual Tournament Final Results

PSL1: No tournament
PSL2: Lentinman over Digitech
PSL3: Cl001 over MikeS
PSL4: Cl001 over Bobwins
PSL5: Cliff over Kipp
PSL6: TMCal over Valuemind
PSL7: Stevenrisk over Bobwins
PSL8: Swick over SWB
PSL9: Gilead over MikeS

Len

[lentinman]

All 6 Units Positive:

Here are the people who have had all six units positive for each contest to date. No one had all six positive in PSL9. 10 Bagger leads having done it four times.

ALL SIX UNITS POSITIVE

PSL1: 10Bagger, SkepticalOptimist

PSL2: Kipp, Lentinman, Linuspop, Pattydady, Pnnymn, Researcher59, RRainman

PLS3: Cl001, Mike056

PSL4: 10Bagger (2), BlueBear, Cliff, Kipp (2)

PSL5: 10Bagger (3), Nelson, Southacres, Arnie, Cliff (2), Roguedolphin, SWB173, CRKranz, JustForFun, Rsadey, WillLyons

PSL6: None

PSL7: 10Bagger (4), Fructose, Gilead, Lentinman (2), MichaelT

PSL8: Researcher (2)

PSL9: None

Len

[lentinman]

Wild Card :

Only once (PSL8) were Wild Cards better than non-WCs.

                                         PSL3  PSL4  PSL5  PSL6  PSL7  PSL8   PSL9  
 Average Wildcard Index (unweighted)     -16%  +10%  +15%  -20%  - 1%  + 4%   -30% 
 Average Non Wildcard Index (unweighted) - 6%  +14%  +19%  - 5%  + 3%  - 6%   -12%                                     ----------------------------   
 DIFFERENTIAL IN FAVOR OF NON WILDCARD   +10%  + 4%  + 4%  +15%  +18%  -10%   +18%

Len


Bull markets may rise along a "wall of worry"; bear markets fall along a "slope of hope." -- John Markman, July 24, 2008

[lentinman]

THREE'S PSL HISTORY:

         PSL1  PSL2  PSL3  PSL4  PSL5  PSL6  PSL7  PSL8  PSL9  
 Rank     DNP   25    DNP   DNP   DNP   32    DNP   63     1  
 Return        +35%                    +4%         -12%  +55%

Len

[lentinman]

All Eight PSL Winners:

 PSL1: Winner: CWS9      (+ 95.16%)   
 PSL2: Winner: Networm   (+111.44%)   
 PSL3: Winner: KIK       (+ 45.32%)    
 PSL4: Winner: Bobwins   (+ 57.95%)    
 PSL5: Winner: DanLC     (+156.22%)    
 PSL6: Winner: Niles     (+ 35.69%)    
 PSL7: Winner: Gilead    (+ 68.11%)   
 PSL8: Winner: R59       (+ 40.49%) 
 PSL9: Winner: THREES    (+ 54.52%)

Len

[lentinman]

High to Low Ranges:

Shown are the best and worst returns for each PSL and the range.

         BEST    WORST    DIFF   
 PSL1   95.16%  -44.88%  140.04%   
 PSL2  111.44%  - 9.42%  120.86%   
 PSL3   45.32%  -32.03%   77.35%   
 PSL4   57.95%  -24.05%   82.00%   
 PSL5  156.22%  -27.99%  184.21%   
 PSL6   35.69%  -31.45%   67.14%   
 PSL7   68.11%  -29.28%   97.39%   
 PSL8   40.49%  -33.21%   73.70% 
 PSL9   54.52%  -56.07%  110.59%

Len

[lentinman]

PSL1 - PSL9 PERCENT RETURNS:

      MEAN  MEDIAN 
       AVG%   AVG%  WINNER  #5   #10   #20   #40 
 PSL1   28     28     95    68    62    48    25 
 PSL2   26     22    111    89    64    44    26  
 PSL3   -4     -5     45    21    12     5    -5     
 PSL4   15     14     58    44    39    24    15 
 PSL5   23     19    156    61    54    34    20 
 PSL6   -2     -1     36    27    20    11     1 
 PSL7    8      4     68    49    39    22     4 
 PSL8   -3     -5     40    21    12     3    -4 
 PSL9  -12    -14     55    22    10    -2    -1

Len

[lentinman]

FINISHING POSITIVE:

Shown below are the contestants that have the best records (minimum 6 contests) in terms of finishing each contest with a positive return versus a negative return.

No one has finished all nine contests positive. Snakeman and Guy have finished all contests they have entered positive, but they have not entered all nine.

 Snakeman   8-0 
 -------------- 
 Guy        6-0 
 -------------- 
 ABH3VT     8-1 
 HWeb       8-1 
 Researcher 8-1 
 Mr. Sheep  8-1 
 -------------- 
 Cliff      7-1

Len

[lentinman]

BENEFIT OF TRADES:

SSK shows the original portfolio average return as well as the average return of a portfolio (meaning with trades) each week in his Indexes report.

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.aspx?message_id=31839713

Here are the results and the differential (all in favor of trading) since PSL3 with one exception - PSL9. We have no separate stats for PSL1 and PSL2, although I did another type of analysis after PSL2.

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/read_msg.asp?message_id=10886067

Therefore, I'm showing the differential for each PSL contest except PSL1.

       Trades  No Trades  DIFF   
 PSL2  26.00%   16.03%   +9.97%   
 PSL3 - 4.12%   -6.13%   +2.01%   
 PSL4  14.54%   14.40%   +0.04%   
 PSL5  22.70%   18.84%   +3.86%   
 PSL6 - 1.91%   -4.01%   +2.10%   
 PSL7   8.19%    5.36%   +2.83%   
 PSL8 - 3.00%   -3.94%   +0.94% 
 PSL9 -12.19%   -9.55    -2.64%

Keep in mind that it is harder to get the full benefit of trading in the contest vs real life because you have to do it as of a closing price versus during a day when a stock may have spiked up or down.

Len

[lentinman]

ROOKIE OF THE CONTEST (ROTC):

 Manny       # 9  +11.96% 
 EdJohnson   #24  - 4.14%  
 JangALang   #34  -13.05% 
 IDD582      #60  -24.06% 
 Canric      #66  -25.74% 
 Teomax      #69  -26.98% 
 BigProfit   #78  -32.86%

Here are the ROTC's for each of the contests after PSL1.

 PSL2: Networm        # 1  +111.44%   
 PSL3: StyleCounciler # 5  + 21.23%   
 PSL4: Bluebear       # 4  + 44.23%   
 PSL5: Just4Fun       # 4  + 61.20%   
 PLS6: Skidos         #22  +  8.69%   
 PSL7: Northernlight  # 7  + 45.31%   
 PSL8: Littlefish     # 2  + 25.24% 
 PSL9: Manny          # 9  + 11.96%

What I find interesting is that just about every contest has had a Rookie place very high. That would have seemed highly improbable, but there it is.

In any event, anyone considering PSL who has not participated in PSL1-9 need not be intimidated. Simply apply the fundamental values that we adhere to and you should have a good shot a doing quite well.

Len

[lentinman]

PSL10:

http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards/board.aspx?board_id=13244

Deadline: September 12
Start date: September 15

Len

[lentinman]

Stocks per price group:

It is clear that the $5-$9.99 range is superior to other price groups - especially the one right below it ($3.00-$4.99). Also, the sample size is hundreds for each group, so there isn't much doubt left.

We've speculated on this before, but the most logical explanation is that more people are willing to buy a stock when it breaks $5.00 than before it does.

Shown below are the 9 contests and the returns for each price group in each contest.

Percent gain/loss per contest:

 
             PSL1   PSL2   PSL3   PSL4   PSL5   PSL6   PSL7   PSL8    PSL9  CUMULATIVE  
 $0.25-0.99  14.43  31.23 -16.07   8.12  37.20 -11.09  -9.15  -4.11  -20.36   4.18% 
 $1.00-2.99  26.29  12.84 - 6.73  11.40  13.73 -14.74  -2.96  -6.46  -12.27   3.68% 
 $3.00-4.99  12.90  11.52 - 9.74   6.30  13.62 -10.28   7.82  -8.49  -17.96   0.51% 
 $5.00-9.99  34.02  19.54 - 2.66  23.08  13.43   0.97  -0.54  -7.31  -13.15   7.29%  
 $10.00+     16.42   5.49 - 0.12  16.41  10.17   3.76   2.53  -0.18  -11.51   3.98%

Len

[lentinman]

VICTORY MARGIN:

This is the largest margin of victory by percentage of any PSL contest. Ironically, second place in PSL9 is also second place on this list ... KIK.

 PSL9 THREES     +17.17%   
 PSL3 Knowledge  +16.52%   
 PSL8 Researcher +15.25%   
 PSL1 CWS9       +11.14%   
 PSL4 Bobwins    + 6.63%   
 PSL6 NilesCrane + 5.09%   
 PSL7 Gilead     + 3.75%   
 PSL2 Networm    + 3.24%   
 PSL5 DanLC      + 1.61%

Len




Bull markets may rise along a "wall of worry"; bear markets fall along a "slope of hope." -- John Markman, July 24, 2008

[lentinman]

PSL9 vs WILSHIRE 5000:

Spacing
For
Freebies
So
That
Ads
Won't
Interfere
With
The
Table.

PSL DIFF% is the difference between each PSL's average portfolio return and the W5K.

                      PSL9    PSL8    PSL7    PSL6    PLS5    PSL4    PSL3    PSL2    PSL1 
 Wk  #   PSL9%  W5K%  DIFF%   DIFF%   DIFF%   DIFF%   DIFF%   DIFF%   DIFF%   DIFF%   DIFF% 
 Wk  1   1.17 - 3.25  +4.42   +1.35  + 2.67  + 1.30  + 1.93  + 0.16  + 1.84  + 5.35  - 0.92 
 Wk  2   1.46 - 1.13  +2.59   -0.41  + 9.09  + 1.66  + 6.32  + 0.18  + 3.63  + 7.84  + 3.65 
 Wk  3   0.50 - 3.46  +3.96   +1.01  +15.02  + 1.32  + 6.46  - 0.24  + 1.98  +15.12  + 3.06 
 Wk  4   1.45 - 3.70  +5.15   +3.59  +18.58  + 0.96  +10.97  + 1.92  - 0.81  +11.34  + 5.68 
 Wk  5   0.40 - 6.30  +6.70   +1.36  +21.31  + 4.86  +12.14  + 3.44  + 1.90  +12.77  +13.48 
 Wk  6  -2.07 - 9.31  +7.24   +1.88  +21.99  + 5.88  +15.32  + 4.72  + 1.90  +15.88  +21.25 
 Wk  7  -5.89 -11.15  +5.26   +5.70  +22.29  + 6.58  +12.88  + 4.87  + 2.42  +15.27  +20.53 
 Wk  8  -6.22 -12.40  +6.18   +3.64  +20.52  + 7.91  +12.67  + 5.72  + 2.06  +12.45  +16.31 
 Wk  9  -4.48 -10.96  +6.48   +0.00  +13.85  + 9.65  +13.78  + 1.61  - 0.37  +12.41  +21.27 
 Wk 10  -6.15 -11.00  +4.85   -7.08  + 9.47  + 8.51  +13.21  + 4.36  - 0.75  +14.37  +32.43 
 Wk 11  -5.76 -10.65  +4.89   -2.55  +10.71  + 9.41  +14.02  + 5.60  + 0.49  +17.73  +36.89 
 Wk 12 -10.96 - 8.50  -1.46   -5.61  + 9.18  + 3.89  +13.34  + 5.11  - 2.46  +19.70  +35.43 
 Wk 13 -11.50 - 7.99  -3.51   -2.31  + 9.09  + 0.06  +15.19  + 5.88  - 5.83  +21.16  +40.91 
 Wk 14 -11.97 - 8.59  -3.38   -2.58  ------  + 0.19  +16.14  ------  - 4.99  +23.82  +36.49 
 Wk 15 -12.19 - 9.01  -3.18   -3.33  ------  + 1.08  +17.97  ------  - 6.59  +24.35  +29.17* 
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*Final DIFF% for PSL1 was +23.40% (27 weeks)
The W5K began on May 16th at 14,423.80.

Len