Tuesday, April 29, 2008

CNBC's Million Dollar Portfolio Trivia Answers

The CNBC $1M Portfolio Challenge runs from May 12, 2008 to July 18, 2008. Contestants will have the opportunity to earn extra money for their portfolio by answering "Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers." Daily answers to the trivia questions will be posted when available at

Important Links:

  • Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge Home Page

  • Portfolios: Create New and Manage

  • Prizes
    Wk1 World Series Tickets
    Wk2 The Cloister at Sea Island Weekend Getaway
    Week 3 Sony Style HD Home Entertainment Makeover
    Week 4 Blue Star Jets - Jamaica Getaway
    Week 5 Set of two TAG Heuer Timepieces
    Week 6:



  • Rules: " The Contest is a simulated stock and currency trading game that provides Participants with up to five fictional trading accounts (“Portfolios”), one million (1,000,000) fictional dollars (“CNBC Bucks”) per Portfolio, and the fictional ability to trade individual stocks on the NYSE, NASDAQ and/or AMEX exchanges and certain currency pairs. Participants can compete in the Contest by creating up to five separate Portfolios to compete against all other Portfolios. At the conclusion of each trading week of the Contest, the Participant with the individual Portfolio with the highest percentage gain in its aggregate value during such week will be declared the potential prize winner for such week and such Participant may be announced (where permitted by law) on CNBC television and/or CNBC.com (such prizes, collectively, the “Weekly Prizes”). Additional weekly prizes will also be awarded as described in detail in Rule 16 below. At the end of the Contest Term, each of the six (6) eligible Participants with one of the individual Portfolios that has the highest total Portfolio value at the conclusion of the Contest will be declared a potential winner of the overall Contest and will be awarded a Prize described in Rule 16 below (the “Overall Prizes”)." More CNBC Portfolio Challenge Official Rules

This video explains how it works including how you can make an extra $12,000 each day answering trivia questions on the web site.