Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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Underdog Superman Fund

Our motto comes from Horace: "Many shall be restored that now are fallen, and many shall fall that are now in favor."

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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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SMBL
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Geriatric Rehabilitation Fund

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Short RUTH ROSE
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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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It's been a very long time since I posted at BH, but I couldn't resist jumping into the fray.

The Quicker-Picker-Maybe-Upper Fund

Long:
LUV (SOUTHWEST AIRLINES CO)
ERII (ENERGY RECOVERY INC)

Short:
AA (ALCOA INC)
CTXS (CITRIX SYSTEMS INC)

These selections were made entirely at random via computer (like a lottery "quick pick"). I used Excel's RAND function to generate the results.
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Raging Mage wrote: These selections were made entirely at random via computer (like a lottery "quick pick"). I used Excel's RAND function to generate the results.
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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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Fund Mobius Holdings Inc
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KO
KMB

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AAPL
CSCO
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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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dad2000 wrote:Long:
ESI
APAGF

Short:
SSYS
SMBL
You forgot to give your hedge fund a name.
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The Full Spectrum Fund

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Green Mountain Coffee Roasters (GMCR)

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JetBlue Airways Corp. (JBLU)
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My CLF pick is going the wrong way badly.
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dmcmahon wrote:
Raging Mage wrote: These selections were made entirely at random via computer (like a lottery "quick pick"). I used Excel's RAND function to generate the results.
My team of skilled dart-throwing chimps says "It's on like Donkey Kong!"
Heh. Chimps versus computers? Sounds like fun. Or perhaps we're really on the same side if we made blind picks instead of trying to out-guess the market. =)
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AllBusiness Fund

Long Positions:
AMZN -- Amazon.com Inc
FB - Facebook.com Inc

Short Positions:
GRPN -- Groupon.com Inc
BBY -- Best Buy Inc
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Re: An educational exercise.

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Taylor Larimore wrote:
Snowjob wrote:Are we going to do another one again next year? This is always a fun exercise
It is also an educational exercise:

Vanguard's Total Market Index Fund Admiral (VTSAX) currently has a Year-to-Date return of 15.70%. Only 7 hedge funds in the contest did better; 26 hedge funds did worse.

Past performance does not guarantee future performance.

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That is interesting..isn't 7/33 better than the percentage of mutual funds that beat the market?. But am I right in assuming the "players" were locked in to two long and two short positions, and they were not allowed to trade all year? Not that people would do better if they had more flexibility, but they might, and it would be interesting to see.....
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protagonist wrote:That is interesting..isn't 7/33 better than the percentage of mutual funds that beat the market?. But am I right in assuming the "players" were locked in to two long and two short positions, and they were not allowed to trade all year? Not that people would do better if they had more flexibility, but they might, and it would be interesting to see.....
They're allowed to lock in their gains/losses at any point, right?
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STCM Fund

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CBEY CBeyond Inc.
TNAV Telenav Inc.

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CPRT Corcept Therpeutic Inc.
CERE Cerus Inc.
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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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If this and the "guess the year-end index" contests were held by WSJ, Fox News or Money Magazine, the winner surely would have nightly major national media appearances for at least the coming year, and probably have billions of dollars in assets flowing his/her way from those wanting to jump on the bandwagon.

It's too bad the winner chose a forum so unappreciative of his/her talents. ( :D )

OK:

Infidelity Contrabandista Fund.

SHORT:
TGT
PHM

LONG:
MA
RSH

I have no idea what these companies do, or even their names. But they are the opposite picks of last year's winner.
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protagonist wrote:If this and the "guess the year-end index" contests were held by WSJ, Fox News or Money Magazine, the winner surely would have nightly major national media appearances for at least the coming year, and probably have billions of dollars in assets flowing his/her way from those wanting to jump on the bandwagon.

It's too bad the winner chose a forum so unappreciative of his/her talents. ( :D )

OK:

Infidelity Contrabandista Fund.

SHORT:
TGT
PHM

LONG:
MA
RSH

I have no idea what these companies do, or even their names. But they are the opposite picks of last year's winner.
You mean you didn't see me all day yesterday on cnbc? I was getting the word out about my monthly financial newsletter. 8-)

By the way your longs are Mastercard and Radioshack. Shorts are Target and Pulte.
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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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Name: The Walking Hedge

Those characters who can hopefully make it to next season
Long: DRL, GLNG

Those characters who you thought were dead (but may yet come back to bite you) or should want a quick exit (now... please!)
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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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camper wrote: By the way your longs are Mastercard and Radioshack. Shorts are Target and Pulte.
(smiling....)

By the way, will you let us in on the secret to your success? How did you pick them? I need a new system. By investing in low-cost index funds all these years I can't even beat the market.
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protagonist wrote:
camper wrote: By the way your longs are Mastercard and Radioshack. Shorts are Target and Pulte.
(smiling....)

By the way, will you let us in on the secret to your success? How did you pick them? I need a new system. By investing in low-cost index funds all these years I can't even beat the market.
I chose one of the best performing from 2011 which was Mastercard as a reversion to the mean pick.
I had a feeling home builders would do well so I picked Pulte.
I drive by a Radioshack everyday on my way to work and there is never anyone shopping there.
I chose Target just because I like to shop there.
The Pulte and Radioshack picks is what won it. The others weren't that great.
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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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My Labs Are Better Stock Pickers

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Long #2 CTGX - Computer Task Group Inc
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Short #2 CATY - Cathay General Bancorp
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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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Free Lunch Fund, now in its 4th year --

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HedgeTrimmer Equity Fund
Where Fees Come First

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BAC (Bank of America)

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FB (FaceBook)
ZNGA (Zynga)
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LOP Strategic Inverse Fund

Note: LOP - Leverage Other People,. Selections based on shorting previous game participants highest performers and going long on the losers....uh, except for that one ticker that went to 0......

Short
PHM
BAC

Long:
RSH
NKE
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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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The posted portfolios have been recorded. I've done an initial run of the software, the result of which is here. Please verify your own portfolio and post a message if you see a problem.

There is one problem portfolio, grok87's. As far as I can tell SDRL is not in the Russell 3000.

New entries may be made, or existing entries modified, up until the market opens tomorrow morning.

I'll announce the winner of the 1% bonus for the best name, and adjust opening prices accordingly, sometime tomorrow.
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Rannumgen Capital is back.

Longs:
BBBY (Bed, Bath, and Beyond)
TEX (Terex Corp)

Shorts:
RAIL (Freightcar America)
CTGX (Computer Task Group)

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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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Ok, I'll play!

Manbaby Mama Hedge Fund

Long: Disney (DIS)
Target Corp (TGT)

Short: Garmin Ltd. (GRMN)
United Continental Holdings (UAL)

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The Long On Excuses Short On Results Fund.

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The Betting It All On PE Fund
Leave sorting valuations columns to the pros!

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SFLY (Shutterfly)
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4 Iron Capital LLC

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No Idea What I'm Doing

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LNG

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HLF
JCP
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Contrary to Reason

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Long: Apco Oil & Gas Intl Inc (APAGF)

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I'm taking all portfolios up through Fred's NIWID Fund. kenyan's fund was posted 40 minutes after the market opened, and with APAGF up 20% from the Dec 31 close as I write, IMHO it's an unacceptable leg up on the field.
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Norbert Schlenker wrote:I'm taking all portfolios up through Fred's NIWID Fund. kenyan's fund was posted 40 minutes after the market opened, and with APAGF up 20% from the Dec 31 close as I write, IMHO it's an unacceptable leg up on the field.
Fair enough. I just picked names off a list I read of the Russell 3000's best and worst performers from 2012; I didn't check any return for today. I also read the rules from 2012 posted early in the thread, which stated the cutoff as 9 am on January 3. Obviously, that doesn't make complete sense for 2013. Best of luck.
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kenyan, I didn't mean to post anything that sounded like an accusation of impropriety and I apologize if you took it that way. It just wouldn't be fair to the other participants in my opinion.

49 entries plus the (inappropriate but dead easy) benchmark this year. That's up 50% from last year, so there's clearly a bull market in this subject among Bogleheads. :shock:

Best name is deemed to be madpunster's Reversion to the Meme, which gets a 1% advantage on all opening prices.

The first performance table will be available around 6 pm EST today at http://libra-investments.com/hf/bh.html.

Good luck, all.
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Norbert Schlenker wrote:kenyan, I didn't mean to post anything that sounded like an accusation of impropriety and I apologize if you took it that way. It just wouldn't be fair to the other participants in my opinion.

49 entries plus the (inappropriate but dead easy) benchmark this year. That's up 50% from last year, so there's clearly a bull market in this subject among Bogleheads. :shock:

Best name is deemed to be madpunster's Reversion to the Meme, which gets a 1% advantage on all opening prices.

The first performance table will be available around 6 pm EST today at http://libra-investments.com/hf/bh.html.

Good luck, all.
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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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Thanks for the opportunity to get this type of gambling out of my system without risking my ability to retire.

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Hey Norbert, do you have the historical results from the last 3 years? would be interesting to see how our portfolios have done over time =)
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The annual results are (and will stay) online for 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.

I suspect that's not your intention in asking though. You probably want those tables updated with closing prices as of today. I can do that pretty easily but there will be some significant holes because of the cumulative effects of takeovers and delistings.

@mptness: Your entry is too late. Next year ...
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Mudpuppy wrote:
dad2000 wrote:Long:
ESI
APAGF

Short:
SSYS
SMBL
You forgot to give your hedge fund a name.

Sorry. We'll call it "The Fund without a Name"
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Norbert Schlenker wrote:The posted portfolios have been recorded. I've done an initial run of the software, the result of which is here. Please verify your own portfolio and post a message if you see a problem.

There is one problem portfolio, grok87's. As far as I can tell SDRL is not in the Russell 3000.

New entries may be made, or existing entries modified, up until the market opens tomorrow morning.

I'll announce the winner of the 1% bonus for the best name, and adjust opening prices accordingly, sometime tomorrow.
oops, sorry.
please replace SDRL with Exelon (EXC).
thanks
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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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I haven't followed stocks or bought a copy of the WSJ since I switched to indexing in '99.

Now I will have to buy a WSJ subscription and a pile of financial software so that I can follow my portfolio. I will have no more time for my friends and family. My sax playing will surely suffer. Damn.

(btw, are those expenses tax-deductible if used exclusively to follow hypothetical portfolios?)
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Fund Name: Eat Your PEs

Long:
TJX Companies (TJX)
Take-Two (TTWO)

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Best Buy (BBY)
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (BKS)
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If only I

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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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Hang on, the contest is already running - no entries are accepted after the market opened on 2-Jan.

grok87 submitted before the deadline but has a problem with one position. It's up to Norbert Schlenker to decide if grok87 can participate or not.
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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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Norbert Schlenker wrote:The annual results are (and will stay) online for 2009, 2010, 2011, and 2012.

I suspect that's not your intention in asking though. You probably want those tables updated with closing prices as of today. I can do that pretty easily but there will be some significant holes because of the cumulative effects of takeovers and delistings.

...
Nope, just putting together some literature to attract more capital =P


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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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Am I Doing This Right?

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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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49 entries plus the (inappropriate but dead easy) benchmark this year. That's up 50% from last year, so there's clearly a bull market in this subject among Bogleheads. :shock:


Hmmm...Methinks there are a few closet day traders among us. :wink:
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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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kenyan wrote:
Norbert Schlenker wrote:I'm taking all portfolios up through Fred's NIWID Fund. kenyan's fund was posted 40 minutes after the market opened, and with APAGF up 20% from the Dec 31 close as I write, IMHO it's an unacceptable leg up on the field.
Fair enough. I just picked names off a list I read of the Russell 3000's best and worst performers from 2012; I didn't check any return for today. I also read the rules from 2012 posted early in the thread, which stated the cutoff as 9 am on January 3. Obviously, that doesn't make complete sense for 2013. Best of luck.
Looks like I can just follow wshang's portfolio anyhow, as he did the same thing I did. The only exception is that I dumped KITD for EDMC, as the former had become a penny stock and I didn't know if it was going to stay in the index.
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Re: Bogleheads 2013 Hedgefund Contest

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Shorting Netflix was disastrous, lol. :D I went from first place last night to middle of the road. The Black Hole Capital Fund was crushing the market but now its sucking all the investors money. Black Hole Capital Fund will stay the course and continue shorting NFLX, ignoring this "bubble."

I'm busy Friday and won't be able to post but on 1/25/13 the Black Hole Capital Fund will end the short position on BKS taking whatever the market close will be(freezing it).
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