With six months of 2009 complete, here are the standings in the first "Smarter than a Monkey" contest. I have yet to factor in any dividends, and I assumed even investments in all three stocks picked. If we assumed $100 were invested in each, here's where each contestant would be today:
1st Place: Shannon McRobb (BHP, POT, CERN), $418.10
2nd Place: Corey Carpenter (SNE, GOOG, HRL), $355
My retirement account, $338.40
3rd Place: The random selection (COA, MTXX, NSU), $337.10
4th Place: Brandon Long, $306
Addendum: June 30 would, of course, be the half-way point in the year. My bad...
