Comments on: Squawk Box Portfolio Challenge Update 4 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/05/23/squawk-box-portfolio-challenge-update-4/ Personal Finance and Wealth by the Penny Wed, 07 Jan 2009 11:58:22 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: thatedeguy http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/05/23/squawk-box-portfolio-challenge-update-4/comment-page-1/#comment-105 thatedeguy Mon, 05 Jun 2006 14:12:30 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/05/23/squawk-box-portfolio-challenge-update-4/#comment-105 I believe that ESCL probably had a larger market cap at the beginning of the game. As long as it was over $500 mil at the beginning, it was included. I believe that ESCL probably had a larger market cap at the beginning of the game. As long as it was over $500 mil at the beginning, it was included.

]]> By: jim http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/05/23/squawk-box-portfolio-challenge-update-4/comment-page-1/#comment-104 jim Mon, 05 Jun 2006 13:52:59 +0000 http://www.penny-saved.com/2006/05/23/squawk-box-portfolio-challenge-update-4/#comment-104 7. * Trading * - Each Participant begins the Contest with One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) of "Squawk Bucks" to create and manage a fictional portfolio of NYSE, NASDAQ and/or AMEX-traded stocks. To be eligible for trading in the Contest, stocks must have a market capitalization of $500 million as of the close of the markets on March 31, 2006. Stocks cannot gain eligibility for the Contest after March 31, 2006. Stocks that are deemed eligible for the Contest on March 31, 2006 and subsequently fall below $500 million of market capitalization will not lose eligibility for the Contest. Initial Public Offerings that take place after March 31, 2006 will not be gain eligibility for the Contest. Limit orders, open orders, short selling, margin buying, and the trading of derivatives, options, bonds, mutual funds, exchange traded funds or other securities is not permitted. The Contest reserves the right to suspend trading in certain stocks or certain types of trades not specified in these rules due to unusual trading situations, computer system errors or situations beyond the control of the Contest. Each Participant can make a maximum of twenty-five (25) trades per Week. Except as described below, a "Week" is defined as Monday 12:00:00 Midnight to Sunday 11:59:59 p.m., based on the time the trade is entered by the Participant on the Site, not the time the trade is executed. For the first week of trading in the Contest, the Week will commence on Tuesday, April 4, 2006, at 12:00:00 Midnight and conclude on April 9, 2006 at 11:59:59 p.m. For the final week of trading in the Contest, the Week will commence on May 22, 2006 at 12:00:00 Midnight and conclude on May 26, 2006 at 4:00 p.m. This is the rules, the guy won with ESCL which has a Market cap of 228 MIL HOW can this be??????? 7. * Trading * - Each Participant begins the Contest with One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) of “Squawk Bucks” to create and manage a fictional portfolio of NYSE, NASDAQ and/or AMEX-traded stocks. To be eligible for trading in the Contest, stocks must have a market capitalization of $500 million as of the close of the markets on March 31, 2006. Stocks cannot gain eligibility for the Contest after March 31, 2006. Stocks that are deemed eligible for the Contest on March 31, 2006 and subsequently fall below $500 million of market capitalization will not lose eligibility for the Contest. Initial Public Offerings that take place after March 31, 2006 will not be gain eligibility for the Contest. Limit orders, open orders, short selling, margin buying, and the trading of derivatives, options, bonds, mutual funds, exchange traded funds or other securities is not permitted. The Contest reserves the right to suspend trading in certain stocks or certain types of trades not specified in these rules due to unusual trading situations, computer system errors or situations beyond the control of the Contest. Each Participant can make a maximum of twenty-five (25) trades per Week. Except as described below, a “Week” is defined as Monday 12:00:00 Midnight to Sunday 11:59:59 p.m., based on the time the trade is entered by the Participant on the Site, not the time the trade is executed. For the first week of trading in the Contest, the Week will commence on Tuesday, April 4, 2006, at 12:00:00 Midnight and conclude on April 9, 2006 at 11:59:59 p.m. For the final week of trading in the Contest, the Week will commence on May 22, 2006 at 12:00:00 Midnight and conclude on May 26, 2006 at 4:00 p.m.

This is the rules, the guy won with ESCL which has a Market cap of 228 MIL HOW can this be???????

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