Monday is Monkey deadline
It's time to sharpen your investing skills. Enter the Sun-Times Monkey Manager stock-picking contest and see if you can top the performance of our peerless primate of portfolio performance, Mr. Adam Monk.
Send us your favorite stock, and we'll track it all year. You'll win if your stock has the greatest price appreciation of all entries.
The winner gets a fabulous prize. It's from Apple Vacations, America's Favorite Vacation Company: a seven-night trip for two to Gran Bahia Principe Tulum in Riviera Maya, Mexico!
Complete rules are at www.suntimes.com/monkeymanager. Here's an abridged version:
• Send us a pick of one stock via e-mail or regular mail. Your pick must be listed on a U.S. market and trade for at least $5 a share as of Dec. 29, 2006.
• The winner is the stock with the biggest price appreciation in 2007. Dividends don't count. If your stock stops trading, such as because of a merger, it's disqualified. Stocks that had their debut after Jan. 1, 2007, are ineligible.
• Tell us your name, the name of your stock and the ticker symbol. Provide your address, daytime phone number and e-mail address.
• For a tiebreaker (for multiple readers picking the same stock), tell us where the Dow Jones industrial average will close at the end of 2007. Closest guess wins.
• E-mail must arrive by 5 p.m. Jan. 22, 2007. Send it to monkey@suntimes.com, with "Monkey Manager" in the subject header. Regular mail must be postmarked by Jan. 22, 2007. Send to: Monkey Manager, Chicago Sun-Times Business Section, 350 N. Orleans, Chicago 60654.
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