Playboy Chicks Crush Legg Mason

By John Carney

deannabrooks2.jpgWe’re a few days late on this. And we totally apologize it took us so long to check-out the year-end standing in the Trading Markets/Playboy 2006 Stock Picking Contest. We were waiting for a slow news day, and, well, now we’ve got it.
The winner (pictured left) was Deanna Brooks, aka Miss May 1998. Brooks picked Yamana Gold, Hauppauge Digital, IBM, Petroleo Brasiliero and Pfizer. Her portfolio was up a whopping 43.43%. Most of her gains came from bets on oil and gold. Overall, however, the Playboy models underperformed the S&P, with a total return of just 8.56%. Still, that’s still better than Legg Mason Value Fund’s 6%.
Exactly half the participating women saw gains and half losses. The biggest loser was Amy McCarthy, sister of Jenny McCarthy, whose imaginary portfolio was down 36.95% for the year.
Final Standings: Playboy 2006 Stock Picking Contest [TradingMarkets.com]

Comments (10)

  1. 1
    Posted by T. Howell | January 4, 2007 at 3:25 PM

    Miss May 1998′s portfolio may be up a whopping 43.43%, but mine is up an enormous 400% (wink wink).

  2. 2
    Posted by Zbignew | January 4, 2007 at 3:33 PM

    Woo, I would love to churn her accounts.
    Mr. Carney, you are forgiven.

  3. 3
    Posted by Abner | January 4, 2007 at 3:58 PM

    Man, I would love to play the spread on her commodities!

  4. 4
    Posted by xyz | January 4, 2007 at 4:27 PM

    I’d love to be the counterparty to her liquidity swap.

  5. 5
    Posted by Matt | January 4, 2007 at 5:58 PM

    I’d love to bang her.

  6. 6
    Posted by Dave | January 4, 2007 at 6:15 PM

    Nice leggs. And her masons ain’t bad either. Hey-oooooooh!

  7. 7
    Posted by Anonymous | January 4, 2007 at 8:33 PM

    Gosh, what a gorgeous brain.

  8. 8
    Posted by Erik | January 5, 2007 at 12:43 AM

    No shock here – Deanna is as smart as she is beautiful. The money she won is going to a VERY worthy cause which makes it even better.

  9. 9
    Posted by Texas Energy | January 5, 2007 at 10:14 AM

    Thanks for that one, Erik. Really.

  10. 10
    Posted by Christopher "Tiff" Carter III | January 5, 2007 at 11:59 AM

    Erik, dude, don’t be a DB. If Deanna honestly wants to spend her gains on a worthy cause, she can start by meeting me for dinner at Nobu. It would be worth her while.

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