Family Stock Contest Update: Bouncy Week

After yet another wild week, I’m pulling ahead in the family stock contest. Translation: I suck less than my family members.

Me	$87,694.07	-12.31%
Niece-in-law-to-be	$85,331.46	-14.67%
Little Firebones	$84,163.55	-15.84%
Mrs Firebones	$82,892.81	-17.11%
Nephew	$70,340.52	-29.66%

Of the stocks selected, the only winners are my pick of Buffalo Wild Wings (BWLD: up 5.6%) and my wife’s pick of CVS Caremark (CVS: up 0.25%).

In terms of indices, I’m beating the following indices:

• NASDAQ Composite
• NASDAQ 100 Stock
• Russell 2000
• CAC 40 (France)
• DAX (XETRA) (Germany)
• Nikkei 225 (Japan)
• ASX All Ordinaries (Australia)
• Korea Composite

The “wisdom of the crowd” theory is not holding up well; the combined portfolio is down 17.92%, which ends up being closest in YTD performance to the NASDAQ 100 Stock index (which is down 17.71% YTD).