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Re: SSKILLZ1 post# 1415

Friday, 08/31/2007 11:34:21 PM

Friday, August 31, 2007 11:34:21 PM

Post# of 1538
VMC PSL 6 Indexes

Commentary: We have numerous indexes to present this contest. So without further ado let me give a brief explanation of them. The The Top 28 Index is made up of all stock being picked at least 5 times in the contest, this index is equally weighted. The Top 261 Index, is also equally weighted, and measures the average performance of all the stocks picked in this contest (Our stock universe). The Average Portfolio Return, measure the average performance of the 88 portfolios. These indexes or averages should be familiar to everyone, as I have presented these in past contest(s).

Other indexes to be presented: Average Wildcard Index this index measures the average performance of the 37 wildcards chosen in the contest, this index is equally weighted. Average Non Wildcard Index This index measures the average performance of the 224 non-wildcard entries, and this index is also equally weighted as well. Average Wildcard Index (Weighted Average) this index only difference from the Average Wildcard Index is this index uses a weighted average approach. What This basically means is there are 58 units in this portfolio, obviously the majority of stock only have 1 unit, but a stock like TRGD.PK has 5 units because it was picked 5 times in the contest. Average Non Wildcard Index (Weighted Average) this index only difference from the Average Non Wildcard Index is this index uses a weighted average approach. What this basically means is there are 470 units in this portfolio, obviously the majority of stock only have 1 unit, but a stock like CAGC.OB is weighted much more heavily and has 10 units because it was picked 10 times in the contest. Next, we get to the Average Portfolio (Original) the only difference between this index and the average portfolio return is it excludes the impact of transactions, meaning if no one could make transactions (Which is obviously not the case) this would be the average portfolio return. Finally, the Champions Index is an index that carries the 30 positions weighted equally of the 5 previous PSL Champions. If you have any questions don’t hesitate to ask, and I will answer them to the best of my ability. Hope you enjoy the info.

Top 28 Index: +1.03%
Top 261 Index: -6.81%
Average Portfolio Return: -1.91%
Average Wildcard Index: -19.76%
Average Non Wildcard Index: -4.79%
Average Wildcard Index (Weighted Average): -22.17%
Average Non Wildcard Index (Weighted Average): -1.76%
Average Portfolio Return (Original): -4.01%
Champions Index: -5.98%

---All above is just my humble opinion.
And I could always be wrong.
And as always do your own DD.---
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