03-06-2009, 11:09 AM
Grieve Wrote:Vanraw Wrote:For fun, I actually took everyone's suggestions back on the original thread and build a portfolio on Google. For every stock mentioned, I pseudo bought $1000 worth of the stock on the day it was mentioned in the forum.A couple of years back, a bunch of us (including me, Dustie, Slamz, Veraphim, and Thudz) at the company we all work at (although it will soon be down to one of us...) did a stock picking game with $100k of virtual money each. I thought it was pretty interesting to see how everyone's different styles worked out.
Since there seem to be a few active investors here, might be fun to try the same thing. Easy to track with a Yahoo/Google portfolio, and it would be a good experiment to see who picks the right approach (Cash? Gold? Beaten down financials? Tech? Gun manufacturers??)
Several of the Personal Finance classes in my school did this at the start of the year. The only kid who had a positive investment was the one who bought alot of Walmart stock...(only smart kid in class).
[should not have shot the dolphin]