Replies to post #56435 on Biotech Values

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Update on Survey of 2008 Best/Worst Turnaround Stocks

[Here’s how the top vote-getters for best and worst
stocks in the survey performed during January.]


Top vote-getters for BEST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

     2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 MNTA    +2% 
 GTCB   +28% 
 JAV     -1% 
 RPRX    -5% 
 IDIX   +92% 
 DSCO   -12%

Top vote-getters for WORST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

     2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 DNDN    -0% 
 NFLD    +2% 
 DORB    +3% 
 PP     -67% 
 GENR   -14% 
 ENCY    -9%

[DewDiligence]

Update on Survey of 2008 Best/Worst Turnaround Stocks

[Here’s how the top vote-getters for best and worst
stocks in the survey performed during Jan-Feb.]


Top vote-getters for BEST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

     2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 MNTA   +42% 
 GTCB   -19% 
 RPRX   -10% 
 JAV    -24% 
 IDIX  +101% 
 DSCO    -3%

Top vote-getters for WORST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

     2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 DNDN   -15% 
 NFLD     0% 
 PP     -76% 
 GENR   -15% 
 ENCY  +171% (buyout announced)

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Update on Survey of 2008 Best/Worst Turnaround Stocks

[Here’s how the top vote-getters for best and worst
stocks in the survey performed during Jan-Mar.]


Top vote-getters for BEST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

     2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 MNTA   +53% (+139% since Nov) 
 GTCB   -41%  
 RPRX    +5%  
 JAV    -25%  
 IDIX   +86%  
 DSCO    +9% 

Top vote-getters for WORST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

     2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 DNDN   -23%  
 NFLD    -5%  
 DORB     0%  
 PP     -81%  
 GENR   -16%  
 ENCY  +176% (buyout announced)

[DewDiligence]

Update on Survey of 2008 Best/Worst Turnaround Stocks

[Here’s how the top vote-getters for best and worst
stocks in the survey performed during Jan-Apr.]


Top vote-getters for BEST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

     2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 MNTA   +96% (+205% from Nov low) 
 GTCB   -29%  
 RPRX    -4%  
 JAV    -29%  
 IDIX  +140%  
 DSCO   +33%

Top vote-getters for WORST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

     2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 DNDN   -15% 
 NFLD   -13% 
 DORB   -12% 
 PP     -84% 
 GENR   -31% 
 ENCY  +175% (buyout announced)

[DewDiligence]

Update on Survey of 2008 Best/Worst Turnaround Stocks

[Here’s how the top vote-getters for best and worst
stocks in the survey performed during Jan-May.]


Top vote-getters for BEST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

      2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 MNTA   +80% (+180% from Nov07 low) 
 GTCB   -41% 
 RPRX    +6% 
 JAV    -25% 
 IDIX  +142% 
 DSCO   -13%

Top vote-getters for WORST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

      2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 DNDN   -16%  
 NFLD   -13%  
 DORB    -9%  
 PP     -82% 
 GENR    +9%  
 ENCY  +176% (buyout announced)

Let’s talk biotech!
“The efficient-market hypothesis may be
the foremost piece of B.S. ever promulgated
in any area of human knowledge!”

[DewDiligence]

Update on Survey of 2008 Best/Worst Turnaround Stocks

[Here’s how the top vote-getters for best and worst
stocks in the survey performed during Jan-Jun.]


Top vote-getters for BEST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

 
       2008 %Chg 
        To Date  
 MNTA   +72% (+170% from Nov07 low) 
 GTCB   -53%  
 RPRX    +2%  
 JAV    -38%  
 IDIX  +169%  
 DSCO   -23%

Top vote-getters for WORST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

 
       2008 %Chg 
        To Date  
 DNDN   -29% 
 NFLD   -32% 
 DORB   -29% 
 PP     -85% 
 GENR    -9% 
 ENCY  +176% (buyout consummated)

[DewDiligence]

Update: Survey of 2008 Best/Worst Turnaround Stocks

[Here’s how the top vote-getters for best and worst
stocks in the survey performed during Jan-Jul.]


Top vote-getters for BEST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

 
      2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 MNTA  +132% (+262% from Nov07 low) 
 GTCB   -57% 
 RPRX    -7% 
 JAV    -42% 
 IDIX  +207% 
 DSCO   -17%

Top vote-getters for WORST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

 
      2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 DNDN    -5% 
 NFLD   -25% 
 DORB   -27% 
 PP     -85% 
 GENR   -15% 
 ENCY  +176% (buyout consummated)

Let’s talk biotech!
“The efficient-market hypothesis may be
the foremost piece of B.S. ever promulgated
in any area of human knowledge!”

[DewDiligence]

Survey Update: 2008 Best/Worst Turnaround Stocks

[With one month to go, here’s how the top
vote-getters in the survey have performed
during 2008 to date.]


Top vote-getters for BEST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

 
      2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 MNTA   +25% (+94% from Nov07 low) 
 GTCB   -86% 
 RPRX    -3% 
 JAV    -78% 
 IDIX  +114% 
 DSCO   -54%

Top vote-getters for WORST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

 
      2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 DNDN   -22% 
 NFLD   -33% 
 DORB   -47% 
 AEN*   -93% 
 GENR   -79% 
 ENCY  +176% (acquired by Pfizer) 
  
 *Formerly Pipex (PP).

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Final Results: 2007 Survey of 2008 Best/Worst Turnaround Stocks

Here’s how the top survey vote-getters for best and worst stocks, respectively, actually performed during 2008.

The 2007 picks for the best stock in 2008 were a mixed bag: IDIX and MNTA were big winners while JAV, GTCB, and DSCO were big losers.

The 2007 picks for the worst stock in 2008 were quite good insofar as all of the top vote-getters were down except ENCY, which was acquired by Pfizer.

AEN (formerly Pipex) was down a whopping 97% as the scam that the company itself has always been was exposed by the FDA’s Refusal to File letter. NFLD, on the other hand, eked out a single-digit percentage loss for the year with late-breaking news that the FDA did not issue the RTF letter that some investors expected.

Moral: In a bear market, avoid buying the stocks of bad companies unless they are going to be acquired! :- )

Thanks to all of the survey participants for participating.


Top vote-getters for BEST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

     2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 MNTA   +62%  
 GTCB   -63% 
 RPRX   +13% 
 JAV    -67% 
 IDIX  +114% 
 DSCO   -48%

Top vote-getters for WORST stock
(in descending order of survey votes):

     2008 %Chg 
       To Date  
 DNDN   -26% 
 NFLD    -5% 
 DORB   -65% 
 AEN*   -97% 
 GENR   -83% 
 ENCY  +176% (acquired by Pfizer) 
  
 *Formerly Pipex (PP).