2025 Hedge Fund Contest

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Re: 2025 Hedge Fund Contest

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LadyGeek wrote: Thu Jan 16, 2025 7:57 am What's the differentiator in real-life (other than expenses)? Customer service, website interactions, convenience of nearby local office, etc.

In this virtual contest, we only have the fund name. Perhaps the best fund name could be the differentiator? That's highly subjective (just like real life) and I'll leave it up to you to decide if you want to do this (or not). Again, this is just a suggestion.

Of course, that assumes MSTR is on top at the end of the year.
One other possible differentiator is that any one of the MSTR-only hedge fund managers may decide to try to pick MSTR''s top and liquidate the position sometime during 2025.
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Re: 2025 Hedge Fund Contest

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LadyGeek has taken an early lead with strong performance of MicroVision, an autonomous driving technology play. MVIS is up +45% and has her Just Dink It fund similarly.

Current Standings - 2025 hedge fund contest

We may be in for a shakeup today, as the Nasdaq plunged -5% in early futures trading on fears that AI spending that has propelled many of the big tech stocks, especially NVDA, may be less necessary than previously thought with algorithmic improvements made by China in their AI software recently released.
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Re: 2025 Hedge Fund Contest

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Can't believe I'm in the top 10. Thinking of quitting my day job. :D
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Re: 2025 Hedge Fund Contest

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Tanelorn wrote: Mon Jan 27, 2025 5:20 am LadyGeek has taken an early lead with strong performance of her prior year’s pick, MicroVision, again this year. MVIS is up +45% and has her Just Dink It fund similarly.
I checked with my fund management team. Last year's pick was BHIL. Current Standings - 2024 hedge fund contest

OK, team. Get back to work (the basis of my fund's name).
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Re: 2025 Hedge Fund Contest

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We have a new leader this week, Chrono Triggered, who overtook LadyGeek's early lead with their space themed long portfolio. The To the Moon! fund is living up to its name so far, and is up +40%.

Current Standings - 2025 hedge fund contest

The broad market has been faltering lately, now only up +4%, due to geopolitical uncertainty around tariffs and trade which are likely to continue to capture the markets' attention this coming week. We'll see come tomorrow how our fund managers hold up in these tumultuous times.
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Re: 2025 Hedge Fund Contest

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Tanelorn wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 6:03 pm We have a new leader this week, Chrono Triggered, who overtook LadyGeek's early lead with their space themed long portfolio. The To the Moon! fund is living up to its name so far, and is up +40%.
So far so good, but so many more Moons to go to! 🚀
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Re: 2025 Hedge Fund Contest

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Chrono Triggered wrote: Mon Feb 03, 2025 10:00 am
Tanelorn wrote: Sun Feb 02, 2025 6:03 pm We have a new leader this week, Chrono Triggered, who overtook LadyGeek's early lead with their space themed long portfolio. The To the Moon! fund is living up to its name so far, and is up +40%.
So far so good, but so many more Moons to go to! 🚀
While you're on top, go out and raise money. :D
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Re: 2025 Hedge Fund Contest

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We have a new leader - congrats to chris conte. His 2025: An AI Odyssey has taken the lead with +53% gains.

Current Standings - 2025 hedge fund contest

Just this last week, one of its 3 long AI-themed stocks went on a tear, running up over 50%. Big Bear AI (BBAI) won a government contract for doing AI-related defense work and the stock reacted very favorably as you can see:


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