Stock Challenge May 2008

Posted on April 25th, 2008 in Stocks by Smarty

Last month, I started the first Stock Challenge in April. We had several participants in April, and hopefully we will have more participants this month. I will post the results and the winners for the April Stock Challenge by the end of next week.

The Challenge
Pick a stock that you think will have the most percentage gains from the open price of May 1st to the close price of May 30, 2008. In the case of duplicates, the first person to post will be declared the winner, so enter early.

Requirements
Pick a stock and reply to the comments of this post for the record with a link to your blog.
The company stock must have a minimum market cap of $50MM at the start of May 1st, 2008.
The company stock must have a minimum stock price of $5.00 at the start of May1st, 2008.
The contestant can only pick one stock.
The contestant must have a blog and post the pick on his/her blog and link back to this post.

Rules
Entries must be submitted by Sunday May 11, 2008. The winners will be announced here after May 31th, 2008.

Prizes
1st Prize - $20 Cash (Payment made by PayPal)
2nd Prize - Choice of book from my collection
*Prizes will be shipped to the winners free of charged. If you are the declared winner, please provide your address to me via email (growingmoney (at) gmail.com).

My pick for this contest
I will pick NVDA.

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  1. Carnival of Personal Finance #150 said,

    on April 28th, 2008 at 7:58 am

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    on April 28th, 2008 at 10:38 pm

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  4. Growing Money » Blog Archive » Smarty Wins May Stock Contest said,

    on June 1st, 2008 at 9:37 pm

    […] Nvidia (NVDA) was also my pick for my Stock Challenge May 2008. Since I was the only participant, I win by default and I deposited the $20 prize in my account. So, I won 2 stock contests and two prizes for May 2008. […]

  5. Growing Money » Blog Archive » Stock Challenge June 2008 said,

    on June 1st, 2008 at 9:40 pm

    […] The May 2008 Stock Challenge ended with only one participant, myself. I pick Nvidia (NVDA) and it netted a gain of 20.19% for the month. But since I was the only participant, I win by default anyway. I took the $20 cash and bought myself a lot of ice cream. […]

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