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The Investor Challenge / Re: The challenge has begun
« on: April 23, 2013, 11:27:59 am »
jaDEB, now my screen's gone blank, what is your ranking again? 
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Shares / Re: So what are people buying
« on: April 23, 2013, 10:52:11 am »what is the % change for each company since start of comp
Wish I could tell you, but I don't record the price movements, just the price at purchase (which could be different for every user) and the current price. I thought since there are so many websites with price history I could just get that data there.
For example, here's CML's history since the comp started testing last monday, if you want something else, just edit the share code: http://markets.ft.com/research//Tearsheets/PriceHistoryPopup?symbol=CML:JNB
Day Date Open High Low Close Volume
Tuesday April 23 5,085 5,085 5,040 5,050 135,734
Monday April 22 5,100 5,139 5,005 5,068 916,397
Friday April 19 5,139 5,144 5,057 5,100 2,306,122
Thursday April 18 4,996 5,131 4,900 5,075 572,130
Wednesday April 17 5,090 5,090 4,960 5,013 515,068
Tuesday April 16 5,100 5,140 5,061 5,089 1,231,958
Monday April 15 5,061 5,159 4,978 5,105 1,196,708
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Shares / So what are people buying
« on: April 23, 2013, 10:14:03 am »
One of the cool things about running that competition is that I can do some data mining. Call me a geek, but I love data. The first interesting piece I thought I'd look into, is what are people putting their money into. So here's the list of the top30 shares, and how much money was sent their way. Looks like Orca has been promoting CML quite well 
Obviously we're working with a small set here, with 42 participants, there's a total of just under R17m that people could have spent.
CML 1085017.6000
SAB 851485.4400
SGL 820938.5400
MTN 590895.8000
APN 588954.7500
PNC 508734.8000
OML 439934.4000
CPI 428710.0000
BIL 409717.6800
ACT 345937.5000
LON 345760.2000
AVI 317433.6000
AGL 307071.0000
MTA 286474.5400
KIO 278594.4000
NED 266349.6000
SOL 228303.9000
CFR 226580.9000
HAR 221250.0000
WHL 220425.9400
DSY 216742.8000
KAP 205800.0000
ELI 203100.1600
STXDIV 175745.4400
NPN 170522.9000
JDG 168000.0000
ABL 166091.8000
OCE 165025.0000
MDI 162400.0000
OLG 159874.0000
Obviously we're working with a small set here, with 42 participants, there's a total of just under R17m that people could have spent.
CML 1085017.6000
SAB 851485.4400
SGL 820938.5400
MTN 590895.8000
APN 588954.7500
PNC 508734.8000
OML 439934.4000
CPI 428710.0000
BIL 409717.6800
ACT 345937.5000
LON 345760.2000
AVI 317433.6000
AGL 307071.0000
MTA 286474.5400
KIO 278594.4000
NED 266349.6000
SOL 228303.9000
CFR 226580.9000
HAR 221250.0000
WHL 220425.9400
DSY 216742.8000
KAP 205800.0000
ELI 203100.1600
STXDIV 175745.4400
NPN 170522.9000
JDG 168000.0000
ABL 166091.8000
OCE 165025.0000
MDI 162400.0000
OLG 159874.0000
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The Investor Challenge / Re: Ready to go tomorrow (update, it's live already) with a number of new features
« on: April 22, 2013, 03:33:04 pm »
Thanks Graham. I like the idea of avoiding speculation, but it'd be a ton of work. Like literally a ton! The R100k figure has been hardcoded all over the show, from pages, to my cron jobs etc.
I'll look into hat happens after December when we get closer to the time. Most likely we'll record the winners on the 31st dec and then start again.
Cheers.
I'll look into hat happens after December when we get closer to the time. Most likely we'll record the winners on the 31st dec and then start again.
Cheers.
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The Investor Challenge / Re: The challenge has begun
« on: April 22, 2013, 03:11:33 pm »
At the moment it's only the holdings page that charges up the account the very first time. I'll put a message on the purchase page to tell new users to first click on the my holdings page.
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Shares / Re: The Investor Challenge Competition begins Monday the 22nd April 2013
« on: April 22, 2013, 02:38:07 pm »
Good point, it's fixed, credited the amount back to you. I don't have a list I can scan though, so if anyone knows of other shares to remove from the list please let me know.
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The Investor Challenge / Re: The challenge has begun
« on: April 22, 2013, 01:03:59 pm »Think he just needs confirmation that he is in fact in the lead!
Yep, he got me... The last bit of code went live very late last night, so my excuse is a lack of sleep! I don't see your list yet, are you timing your entry?
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The Investor Challenge / Re: The challenge begins on the 22nd April 2013
« on: April 22, 2013, 12:43:58 pm »Patrick, my screen does not work. blank, just check who is in the lead please.
Weird, do the other screens work? Else send me the details in a pm and I'll figure out what's up from there.
Oh and well done! For now...
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Shares / Re: Ok all systems go with the challenge, please share, tweet, g+ etc.
« on: April 22, 2013, 09:54:54 am »
Any time, you could stay in cash till the day before year end if you like. The only issue is cash only portfolios won't feature on the leader-board.
I'll have a monthly leaderboard to go along with the overall after every month.
I'll have a monthly leaderboard to go along with the overall after every month.
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Shares / Ok all systems go with the challenge, please share, tweet, g+ etc.
« on: April 22, 2013, 09:29:26 am »
Ok let's go. I see jaDEB's taken an early lead with his 100% sibanye gold portfolio, followed by 100ways who holds 7 shares. I'll be joining in soon, hope to see the rest of you there.
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The Investor Challenge / Ready to go tomorrow (update, it's live already) with a number of new features
« on: April 21, 2013, 11:39:29 am »8577
The Investor Challenge / Re: The challenge begins on the 22nd April 2013
« on: April 20, 2013, 02:55:27 am »
I'll give each user the option, with the default being yes.
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Shares / Re: Today's Outlook
« on: April 18, 2013, 11:20:02 am »
I'm hoping to get into SAB in a couple of months. Hopefully at a good price.
As for today, I see UK retail is down and below expectation, while SA retail is up:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-18/u-k-retail-sales-decline-more-than-forecast-on-cold-weather-1-.html and http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/3-8-retail-sales-surge-a-good-sign-1.1502182#.UW-zyErcOaU
As for today, I see UK retail is down and below expectation, while SA retail is up:
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-04-18/u-k-retail-sales-decline-more-than-forecast-on-cold-weather-1-.html and http://www.iol.co.za/business/business-news/3-8-retail-sales-surge-a-good-sign-1.1502182#.UW-zyErcOaU
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Shares / Re: The new Investor Challenge Competition begins Monday the 22nd April 2013
« on: April 18, 2013, 09:26:17 am »In the "Your Holdings" section, maybe it would be nice if there was a field showing how much % each share makes up of your portfolio
Other than that looks pretty awesome!
Good idea, it's done.