2008 J.P. Morgan Portfolio Competition
(07 April - 30 May)
The 2008 Competition had 8,989 university students registering from across Australia.
The competition was held for eight weeks from 07 April to 30 May 2008.
With a virtual $200,000 to buy and sell from the ASX300 and share prices updated continuosly,
daily local and overseas market news feeds from J.P. Morgan and a weekly market wrap,
the 2008 J.P. Morgan Portfolio competition remains the most sophisticated of its kind in the southern hemisphere.
In 2008, there was a total prize pool of $22,000. The winners were split with
$7,500 for the winner;
$5,000 for 2nd;
$2,500 for 3rd; and
$1,000 each for 4th to 10th place winners.
Congratulations to the Grand Prize Winner!
Ryan Dimes
University of Queensland
"I used company announcements coupled with technical analysis to assist with stock selection. I chose resource companies which appeared economical and had commenced an upward trend. Towards the end of the competition I was motivated to maintain my lead and continued to hedge my portfolio against my competitors' by taking positions in their successful stocks.
Before the competition I had no idea what I really wanted to do career wise. Winning the competition gave me the opportunity to get an insight into the daily operations of J.P. Morgan. This has finally given me a clear directional goal of where I'd like to end up a couple of years from now, the trading floor of a bulge bracket investment bank."
Congratulations to the Top 10 Prize Winners
Rank
Name
Equity ($)
University
1
Ryan Dimes
322,983
University of Queensland
2
Danny Jez
316,248
University of New South Wales
3
Yimei Lin
308,932
Adelaide University
4
Steven Butler
305,383
Adelaide University
5
Brett Luscombe
302,811
University of Western Sydney
6
Greg Burke
302,335
University of Queensland
7
Zhao Jiongsheng
298,019
University of Sydney
8
Xichen Wang
294,598
University of New South Wales
9
Long Nguyen
293,317
University of Queensland
10
Jason Ho
289,439
University of New South Wales
Top Weekly Traders
Name
Equity Gained ($)
University
Week 1
Hong Hua Wang
21,771
University of New South Wales
Week 2
Chris Dinow
32,224
Adelaide University
Week 3
Alan Kovacs
50,682
Adelaide University
Week 4
Anita Poulos
48,619
University of New South Wales
Week 5
Kurtis Alaxander
36,450
University of Tasmania
Week 6
Agustinus Salim
46,839
Macquarie University
Week 7
Danny Jez
40,423
University of New South Wales
Week 8
Bret Luscombe
47,302
University of Western Sydney
Weekly Quiz Winners
Name
University
Week 1
Lorraine Hui
University of Sydney
Week 2
Elias Amini
University of New South Wales
Week 3
Navjit Kang
University of Queensland
Week 4
Thomas Donagan
University of Melbourne
Week 5
Christopher Cardell
University of Queensland
Week 6
Longzhen Han
University of Melbourne
Week 7
Andrew Tan
University of Melbourne
Week 8
Graham White
Macquarie University
Thank You
A big thank you to all the student society promoters and staff that helped promote the Competition this year.
Bonus Sign-up Prizes went to student societies from the following universities:
> University of NSW
> University of Sydney
> University of Melbourne
> Macquarie University
> Adelaide University
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BlueLake Partners is an equity trading and investment company based in Sydney, Australia, with active operations in Equities and Derivatives. The 2016 Bluelake Partners University Portfolio Competition allows Australian undergraduate university students the opportunity to showcase their trading and investment skills in a bid for potential career and networking opportunities, as well as great prizes.