Join TheLion Stock Picking Contest!

Welcome to TheLion.com Stock Picking Contest. In honor of MLK (Martin Luther King, Jr), here is your chance to test your stock picking and market timing skills against our top traders here at TheLion! Stock picking is not black and white, it's about art and science combined. Market timing is about your gut feeling. To test your skills, cast your votes based on the following 6 set of questions to see if you really got the goods to become a smart and agile trader! Click here to view the results of the submissions.

Contest Rules:
No double entries and corrections allowed after entry. You must be a registered user of TheLion.com to submit your entry. One entry per account holder, family, home address, and IP address. TheLion.com reserves the right to make any entry ineligible due to violations. Entry deadline is 11:59pm PST, January 19th 2010. By submitting your entry, you agree to the rules and waive all claims. TheLion.com reserves the right to cancel this contest at any time and for any reasons.

Prizes:
First place - Win a 42" Sharp LCD TV
Second Place - A signed TheLion.com t-shirt

Please answer the following 6 questions and click the submit button to submit your entry. Good luck and may the best trader win!

QUESTION 1: GOOGLE (GOOG) vs BAIDU (BIDU) --- Due to the recent Google news regarding the cyber attack in China and with GOOG stock already down, which stock do you feel is a better stock to own (long) until month's end? January 29th closing vs 15th closing price?

GOOG BIDU

QUESTION 2: MANNKIND (MNKD) --- Assuming the FDA will cast their vote on the inhaled insulin device in the next several days, do you think the device will get the nod?

Approved Not Approved/Delayed

QUESTION 3: What do you think the Dow Jones (DJIA) index will do in the next couple weeks until the end of the end of January (Jan 29th closing vs Jan 15th close)?

Up Down

QUESTION 4: Do you think Amazon.com stock (AMZN) will gap up on the 29th opening price when they report their earnings afterhours on the 28th of January?

Gap Up Gap Down

QUESTION 5: Which direction do you feel the oil futures (Brent Crude) will go from the current $78.00 a barrel level until January 30th midnight? Higher or Lower?

Higher Lower

QUESTION 6: Assuming you answered all 5 questions above correctly and you are one of our top leaders, to find out the ultimate #1 winner, now enter your NASDAQ closing # on the 29th of January (the one who answered all 5 questions above correctly AND guessed the closest Nasdaq index # will win the First Place prize, the one who came in second closest wins the t-shirt)

NASDAQ Closing: Example: 2318.52

The winner of the Sharp 42" LCD TV will be notified by TheLin.com email. We are able to ship the item to anywhere in the continental USA. For shipment outside of USA, you are responsible for the postage due and shipping provider information. Good luck and thank you for participating.

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