Stock Market Game – Yalicoo
Competitions and Stock Market Highlights

By Yinon Arieli | November 19, 2007

Yalicoo players continue doing pretty well this week despite the stagnant behavior of the market. genibus (6.7%) continues to lead the quarterly competition, while FortuneTeller (5.1%) and Fred (4.9%) are closing the gap. In a smart move, genibus bought Garmin Ltd. (GRMN) on the 15th, just one day before the navigation gadget maker extended its contract with Navteq (NVT), the provider of digital map information for navigation systems. The contract was extended through 2015 with an option to continue through 2019. The extension of the mapping data supply agreement with Navteq ends a troublesome period for Garmin and its stock surged approximately 17% during last Friday's trading. The quarterly competition already passed its mid point, but the returns of the leaders are still in the reach of newcomers. This is why I think the quarterly competition is the most attractive choice for new players to join.

This week we are starting the second half of the monthly game and the status quo is kept, as Fred (9.7%) is still in the lead. genibus (8%) is currently ranked second, close to Fred, and BULLitPROOF (3.7%) is a little bit further behind. These are phenomenal returns compared to the 5-6% drop in the Dow and the other main indexes since the beginning of November. The bottom line is that Yalicoo players are continuously beating the market every week, month and quarter. Those who monitor the moves made by the leaders could join in beating the main indexes.

What’s New on Yalicoo

We are continuously improving the functionality of Yalicoo’s trading system and the educational and support content, making it easier and more convenient for you to trade. Here are the main new features that were recently added:
1. A ‘MAX’ button was added in the trading window. Clicking this button after you have already chosen a stock, automatically calculates the maximal amount of money that could be traded from this stock, with respect to Yalicoo’s rules and limitations.
2. Execution of partial order. If you choose to allow partial execution (by checking the partial execution box in the trading window), the system will execute your order partially. For example, if you place an order to buy 10 shares of Google and due to a diversification limit you can only buy 5 shares, the system will execute the order partially and buy 5 shares for your portfolio.
3. A stock can now be searched by its related sector (according to Reuter’s definition).
4. The complete list of 750+ companies that can be traded on Yalicoo has been added to the Y academy (click here to see the full list, available in Excel format).

Is it Easy to be a Stock Master Genius?

According to the famous investor Joel Greenblatt, you can definitely be a stock master genius, but it’s not an easy task. Unfortunately, in his book ‘You can be a stock market genius’, he writes that being a stock market genius requires doing some extra work; and not just a little work, but a lot of work. Before reaching the point were you read the financial sheets of companies you are interested in, you must read many financial newspapers, such as the Wall Street Journal or the Financial Times (including financial sites), on a daily basis in order to find those great stock trading ideas for investing. I am doing that for my own portfolio, and believe me it is not an easy task.

Fortunately, with Yalicoo you don’t have to do all this hard work in order to succeed. You don’t need to work that hard to be a stock market genius; instead, you can just follow genibus (and other Yalicoo geniuses…). genibus is one of the more successful traders among Yalicoo players, otherwise how can one explain his phenomenal returns? We are all familiar with genibus' achievements in the past, but he still continues to surprise us again and again. He currently leads the quarterly competition, ranked second on the monthly, and just won the last weekly competition, gaining a return of more than 10% (ten!) while the entire market hardly moved up (around 0.5%).

So, why not get assistance from Yalicoo experts such as genibus for your own Yalicoo portfolios? Well, Let me tell you a secret: after I joined Yalicoo, I started doing just that - I am following genibus and other Yalicoo geniuses to improve my own Yalicoo portfolio returns (although I can’t win cash prizes since I am part of Yalicoo). And that’s not all; these stocks can also be used for your real portfolio. Obviously, no one can guarantee that all of the leaders picks are (or will be) successful 100% of the time, and that’s why you still have to do additional research on them. But, using ideas from Yalicoo’s leading portfolios can save you many hours of reading through financial newspapers and Internet sites. It can also direct you to some of the more profitable stocks in the market. For example, imagine the profits that you could have made if you had bought GRMN on November 15th, when genibus bought it? It would have yielded 17% for your portfolio – in one day. What if you bought the financial services company E-Trade on the 13th when Fred bought it? It could have yielded more than 34% for your portfolio – in only one day…!

The bottom line is that watching the moves of Yalicoo’s leaders will save you a lot of stock market research time. For an entrance fee of only a few dollars, you can get a lot of new investment ideas every day; ideas that have the potential to increase your portfolio’s value by thousand of dollars every year. Therefore, I strongly encourage you to copy my strategy and watch the trading of the geniuses participating in Yalicoo competitions. It might not make you a stock market genius yourself, but you will improve your trading skills and view great ideas that can possibly increase your portfolios returns.

Have a good Yalicoo trading!


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