Thanks so much for to all members who wrote a review for our Online Broker Guide last week. We had over 150 reviews submitted. Write a review now if you have a broker you’d like to educate the UpDown community about.
We gave away 6 randomly selected $25 iTunes Gift Cards. The winners were the following UpDown members:
eamundson
hobo123
stephaniec
TheDoc10
TheChartist
genral72
We really appreciate everybody’s participation.
Our friends at Geezeo offer a great personal bailout for you! The top prize is $6,000, but there are other prizes as well. Check it out at here.
Geezeo is a great site that helps you make “Educated Financial Decisions.” It’s a free web-based personal finance application that makes it easy to track all your finances, see where all your money is going, set financial goals and learn from others.
Congratulations to udfisher for outperforming over 6,400 top college and university students during the fall semester and winning the Fall 2008 $10,000 Student Contest!
Here are the final rankings:
Since udfisher has now won both the October 2008 $3,000 Monthly Performance Contest and the Fall 2008 Student Contest, he has truly established himself as one of the elite investors in the entire UpDown Community. If you want to improve your investing skills, let him be your guide!
Check out the story in the International Business Times today about YoungMoney magazine launching a stock market game powered by UpDown technology on their website. Both Michael, our CEO, and Ben Levy, YoungMoney’s CEO, are excited about the launch and are confident that it will increase engagement and financial literacy on YoungMoney’s site.
Stay tuned for many more cool updates as we enter the new year!
Brendan
UpDown Team
We hope that the cheer seen here on Wall Street reaches you, your family, and markets around the world this holiday season. May we all look forward to a very happy (and profitable) new year!
The UpDown Team
Here is the latest summary of the hottest stocks moving in and out of the portfolios of the top 100 investors in the UpDown Community:
Most Bought:
1. UAUA - UAL Corp.
2. SIRI - Sirius XM Radio, Inc.
3. QID - Proshares Ultrashort QQQ ETF
4. DXD - Proshares Ultrashort Dow 30 ETF
5. BGZ - Direxion Shares Large BR 3X
Most Sold:
1. MER - Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
2. TNA - Direxion Shares Small BLL 3X
3. LNC - Lincoln National Corp.
4. AIG - American International Group, Inc.
5. FNM - Fannie Mae
Many investors are enjoying small profits from the recent rally in the market. How long do you think it will last?
Keep making money!
Brendan
UpDown Team
The UpDown community has thousands of college students and alumni, but up until now it’s been difficult to see how you’re doing among members from your school.
Now this is easy with the first phase of our Networks feature. If you have a verified e-mail address from a college or university, you can join a network.
Once you’re in a network, you can:
Over 1,000 schools are represented so far. Searching is easier than ever.
Want some more stock tips from top UpDown members? Here is a list of the stocks bought and sold most by the top 100 investors on UpDown from market close on Friday, November 7th, through market close on Friday, November 14th.
Most Bought:
1. MS - Morgan Stanley
2. UYG - Proshares Ultra Financials
3. MER - Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc.
4. QLD - Proshares Ultra QQQ
5. GGP - General Growth Properties Inc.
Most Sold:
1. SPY - SPDR Trust, Series 1 ETF
2. C - Citigroup Inc.
3. POT - Potash Corp.
4. LVS - Las Vegas Sands Corp.
5. BGZ - Direxion Shars Large BR 3X
We are half-way through November. How is your portfolio holding up?
The UpDown Team
UpDown has crossed the important 100,000 member milestone! It’s been a rewarding journey since UpDown launched over a year ago. Welcome and congratulations to our 100,000th member, fopso01!
I am thankful to all members who have contributed to our fast growth by inviting many of their friends - moolanomy, lordelrond, darrenpa24, and aminash have invited the most.
We’re looking forward to improving the site and to adding exciting new features to make UpDown the best site to practice investing!
Michael, Co-Founder
Want some more stock tips from top UpDown members? Here is a list of the stocks bought and sold most by the top 100 investors on UpDown.com from market close on Halloween to market close this past Friday, November 7th.
Most Bought:
1. V - Visa Inc.
2. BAC - Bank of America Corp.
3. ABK - Ambac Financial Group
4. FXP - Proshares Ultra FTSE/X ETF
5. YHOO - Yahoo! Inc.
Most Sold:
1. SSO - Proshares Ultra S&P 500
2. WFC - Wells Fargo & Co.
3. QLD - Proshares Ultra QQQ
4. MGM - MGM Mirage Inc.
5. PMI - PMI Group Inc.
Also, if you have energy stocks on your mind, check out this insightful analysis from member “obns” on the future of First Solar (FSLR).
The UpDown Team
