Stanford Student Biodesign - Bioinvestment Competition 2008     Interested in healthcare, biotech, medtech, or pharmaceutical investments? Want to learn how to value investments in the biotech market? The SSB BioInvestment Competition aims to provide a learning environment for both novice and experienced investors. By narrowing the focus of investments to the healthcare market we hope to gain insights from investments by assessing general trends that occur in this market. -What events and forces make or break a company's success? -What information should investors look for to anticipate change in markets? -Does innovative research and development always correlate with company value? -Are there unique factors that play into the valuation of companies in the healthcare sector? -Does the best product line mean the best investment considering price to earnings ratios of stocks in this market? -What does the stock price measure and is it possible to infer whether it will go up or down? This competition leverages the power of MarketWatch's Virtual Stock Exchange to simulate trading to be as real as it gets without actually spending your own money. After participating, the competition should help you develop an intuition about which market forces will have what effects on healthcare companies. Free lunch discussion forums will help facilitate collaborative learning through the course of the competition. Look out for announcements about them! LATEST UPDATES: Check out the community forum here. Interested? 1) Email using your Stanford email address to sign up 2) Get the game ID and password to signup on the Virtual Stock Exchange website 3) Use your SUNETID (i.e. your @stanford.edu email name) as your screen name/nick name when you sign up 4) Begin trading on 4/16/2008! Remember to keep trades within the biotech / medtech / pharmaceutical / healthcare markets 5) Be sure to look out for announcements about free lunch discussion forums to be eligible for prizes! Eligibility: -You must be a current Stanford undergraduate or graduate student -You must attend at least ONE free lunch discussion forum to be eligible for prizes Rules: -Starting cash: $100,00.00 -Selling short is allowed -Buying on margin is not allowed -Limit orders are allowed -Stop loss orders are allowed -Commissions per trade are $10 -Credit interest rate is 3% -Minimum stock price: $2.00 -Trades must be kept within the biotech / medtech / pharma / healthcare markets. For a good idea of what companies fall under this criteria, see: Google Finance's Healthcare Sector page. If you have any trades outside of these markets you will be disqualified from the competition. If you have any questions regarding whether a particular company falls within these markets, email us at . Always ASK before you trade - you will be disqualified if you make an illegal trade. Decisions are final and are not contestable. Therefore please be very careful about following this rule. Duration: Begin date: 4/16/2008 End date: 5/23/2008 Competition duration: 6 weeks Judging: -The top 3 investors at the end of the competition period will be considered for prizes based on final returns (whoever has the most money). -The transaction histories of the winners will be reviewed – if any illegal trades were made then you will be disqualified and the next ranking player will be considered for a prize. Prizes: 1st place: $100 2nd place: $50 3rd place: $25 Prizes will be awarded at the end of the competition. Resources: If you are new to investing, here is a good introduction from Forbes Investopedia: -Stocks Basics -Stock-Picking Strategies To track and read about news in the healthcare market visit: Google Finance's Healthcare Sector page If you have any questions please feel free to ask us at: . © 2008 Stanford Student Biodesign. All rights reserved.