Investment Dartboard Portfolios

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Here is a rundown on how the pros, the darts and the amateur investors are faring in the Investment Dartboard contest that runs from April through September 2001. To join the next contest, send your best stock pick to [email protected].

The Pros' Picks

% Gain/ Purchase Latest Day's Loss Name Symbol Price Price Change To Date Constellation Brands Inc. Cl A STZ 72.45 41.66 ... -42.5% International Game Technology IGT 47.35 42.50 ... -10.24% Maverick Tube Corp. MVK 17.30 9.06 ... -47.63% Stewart & Stevenson Services Inc. SSSS 20 7/8 24.08 ... +15.35%

Average gain/loss since the start of the contest: -23.06%

Kenneth A. Shea, who chose Constellation Brands Inc., research director at Standard & Poor's Corp.'s Investment Advisory Services; Nick P. Calamos, who chose International Game Technology, is with Calamos Asset Management in Naperville, Ill.; Peter Ricchiuti, who chose Maverick Tube Corp., is director of research for Burkenroad Reports -- a stock-research service of the A.B. Freeman School of Business at Tulane University in New Orleans; Jim Kaplan, who chose Stewart & Stevenson Services Inc., is president of J.L. Kaplan Associates in Boston.

The Darts' Picks

% Gain/ Purchase Latest Day's Loss Name Symbol Price Price Change To Date Durect Corp. DRRX 5 5/8 9.68 ... +72.0% Hi/fn Inc. HIFN 12.70 9.85 ... -22.44% PerkinElmer Inc. PKI 42 3/4 26.24 ... -38.62% Westcorp Inc. WES 17.01 17.15 ... +0.82%

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Average gain/loss since the start of the contest: +2.94%

Selected by Journal staffers flinging darts at the paper's stock tables.

The Amateurs' Picks

% Gain/ Purchase Latest Day's Loss Name Symbol Price Price Change To Date Amazon.com Inc. AMZN 8.40 5.97 ... -28.93% Corvis Corp. CORV 5 1/8 1.52 ... -70.34% Deutsche Telekom AG ADS DT 23.55 15.50 ... -34.18% Waste Management Inc. WMI 23.01 26.74 ... -14.04%

Average gain/loss since the start of the contest: -36.87%

Mark Gieske of Sioux Falls, S.D. picked Amazon. com; Jeff Bessling of Columbia, Md. picked Corvis Corp.; Harvey N. Holzman of Rockport, Texas picked Deutsche Telekom AG; Barry N. Voorn of Orland Park, Ill. picked Waste Management Inc. Results are based on capital gains or losses only, measured from the market close on April 4 (the day before the contest picks were announced in the Interactive Journal) through September 28, 2001. See the story announcing this contest.

NYSE and AMEX stock prices are delayed 20 minutes or more, Nasdaq prices are delayed 15 minutes or more.

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