CNBC Week 10 Trivia Answer: Jobless Claims Are Reported?

Weekly Question for week 10:

• Jobless claims are reported:

Weekly Answer for week #10:

• Weekly
  

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CNBC Weekly Trivia: UltraShort S&P500 ProShares (SDS)

Warning: UltraShort S&P500 ProShares Not For Long Term Positions
The UltraShort S&P500 ProShares Fund (Ticker SDS) may strive for daily investment results, before fees and expenses, which correspond to twice the inverse of the daily performance of the S&P 500 index, but the expense drag to create the leverage makes the fund unsuitable for a long term "investment." The article shows why.

CNBC Weekly Trivia Question for week 9:

• If the S&P 500 goes down 1%, how much does SDS go up?

Weekly Answer for week #9:

• 2%
  
  
• Warning! Expense drag can be a real problem with SDS as this article explains:

SDS Warning: UltraShort S&P500 ProShares Not For Long Term Positions

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CNBC Weekly Trivia: "The term MACD is shorthand for" Week #8 Answer

Weekly Question for week 8:

• The term MACD is shorthand for:

Weekly Answer for week #8:

• Moving Average Convergence/ Divergence
  

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CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers - Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge

CNBC's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge is back. Trading started November 17th, 2008. Hours: Monday 6:00 a.m. to Friday 4:00 p.m. During the week, you can post your answers even after the market closes.

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12/30/08:

Squawk Box question: In Jon Najarian's Monday Stock Blog, which independent oil & gas company did he cite?

• Answer: Linn Energy
  
  

Squawk On The Street Question: In her introduction to "On the Money Thrival Guide for 2009", Carmen Wong Ulrich uses what euphemism for

• Answer: thrown a big monkey wrench
  
  

The Call Question: On Dec. 29, Marc "Dr. Doom" Faber recommended which trio of "hard assets" to investors?

• Answer: gold, silver, platinum

Power Lunch Question: According to our guide to international market holidays, whose markets were closed on Dec. 25?

• Power Lunch Answer: all of the above
  
  

Street Signs Question: In Bob Pisani's blog post from yesterday afternoon, what did he call the "real X-factor for stocks"?

• Best CD Rate: 5.00% at Washington Mutual - WaMu
  

• Street Signs Answer: the coming stimulus package
  

Closing Bell Question: According to the article "Best and Worst Ads: A Year the News Eclipsed..." whose ads reeked of "cultural imperialism"?

Closing Bell Answer : Burger King

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CNBC Weekly Trivia: NYSE tick indicator represents number of stocks with.. Week #7 Answer

Weekly Question for week 7:

• NYSE tick indicator represents number of stocks with:

Weekly Answer for week #7:

• last trade executed on uptick vs downtick
  

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CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers: Week 4

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Weekly Question for week 4:

• Standard expirations for US options occur on the _ of the month?:

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Weekly Answer for week #4:

• Third Friday of the month
  
  

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CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers: Week 3

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Weekly Question for week 3:

• Calls (as in "call options") give you the right to?:

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Weekly Answer for week #3:

• Buy the stock at the strike price
  
  

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CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers: Week 1

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Weekly Question for week 1:

• The Dow Jones Industrial Average consist of:

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Weekly Answer for week #1:

• 30 stocks
  
  

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CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge Final Results

How did you do in CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge? The contest ran for 10 weeks from May 12, 2008 to July 18, 2008. Contestants started with a million dollars in play money and they could earn "bonus bucks" by answering trivia questions which could be found at CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers.

My best performing portfolio, Core Conservative 1, was in the top 0.4%

My worst performing portfolio, Newsletter Explore 1, was in the top 0.8%

This chart shows the overall market did not do so well:

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Here is the total list of all five of my portfolios:

Game Rank	Name	Total Value*	Gain/Loss
6274	Explore 1	$1,505,106.14	505,106 (+50.5%)
4525	Explore 2	$1,541,633.08	541,633 (+54.2%)
3230	Explore 3	$1,581,312.32	581,312 (+58.1%)
3147	Conservative	$1,584,879.41	584,879 (+58.5%)
3470	Momentum	$1,572,000.00	572,000 (+57.2%)

* Value as of 7/18/08 at 4pm EST.

My successful strategy was to remain conservative in the bear market (200 day moving average is resistance rather than support in bear markets) by keeping a large cash position then buying the big dips and answer the daily trivia (answers here) questions. I was too busy to actively trade it so I did not "sell the pops." In my newsletter, I "buy the dips" then "sell the pops" to lock in quick profits on shares I trade around core positions. This strategy has worked out well for me this year as I am ahead of the market by about 8% YTD.

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CNBC Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge Results

CNBC announced the overall winner of their "Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge" today. Edward Burke of Shippensburg, PA is the $500,000 Grand Prize winner!

Congratulations Ed!

This is how my 5 portfolios fared:

Name	Total Value*	Gain/Loss, Overall
Newsletter Explore 1	$1,505,106.14	505,106 (+50.5%)
Newsletter Explore 2	$1,541,633.08	541,633 (+54.2%)
Newsletter Explore 3	$1,581,312.32	581,312 (+58.1%)
Core Conservative 1	$1,584,879.41	584,879 (+58.5%)
Momentum Stocks	$1,572,000.00	572,000 (+57.2%)

* Value as of 7/18/08 at 4pm EST.

Unfortunately, CNBC does now show how my portfolios ranked but I believe all five were in the top 1%.

CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers: Week 10

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Weekly Question for week 10:

• Forcing trades is sometimes referred to as ____-trading

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• over
  
  

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• Since 1/1/1999 through 6/31/08 my "explore" portfolio is up 175% while the S&P500 is only up 20% and Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway is only up 71%
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CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers: Week 8

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Weekly Question for week 8:

• In shorting, the difference between where you sell a stock and where you buy it back is called _____.
  
  

Weekly Answer for week #8:

• profit
  
  
• Technical Analysis Bible: Technical Analysis of Stock Trends
  
  

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CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers: Week 7

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Weekly Question for week 7:

• What tool did 17th century rice traders contribute to the financial markets?
  
  

Weekly Answer for week #7:

• candlesticks
  
  
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CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers: Week 6

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Weekly Question for week 6:

• A series of higher highs and higher lows signals what kind of trend?

Weekly Answer for week #6:

• Uptrend
  

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CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers: Week 5

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Weekly Question for week 5:

• Investors looking for stocks priced less than intrinsic value are referred to as ______ investors.

Weekly Answer for week #5:

• Value
  

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CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers: Week 4

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Weekly Question for week 4:

• A growth stock investor is primarily concerned with capital appreciation as opposed to:

Weekly Answer for week #4:

• dividend payouts
  

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My Results on the contest:

The above portfolio contain some of the stocks in my Newsletter Explore portfolio

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CNBC Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers: Week 3

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Weekly Question for week #3:

• An investors _______ size is the dollar value being invested into a particular security.

Weekly Answer for week #3:

• "position" .... duh... same as last week!
  

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CNBC's Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers: Week 2

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Weekly Question for week #2:

• An investors _______ size is the dollar value being invested into a particular security.

Weekly Answer for week #2:

• "position"

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CNBC's Bonus Bucks Trivia Answers: Week 1

CNBC's Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge. Contestants will have the opportunity to earn extra money for their portfolio by answering "Bonus Bucks Trivia Questions." Daily answers to the trivia questions will be posted when available at:

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Weekly Question for week #1:

• On the MACD indicator, a reading above _____ is considered to represent positive momentum.

Weekly Answer for week #1:

• zero "0"

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