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