Temple B’nai Israel of White Oak

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Thank you for supporting our Temple!

The StockGame is a fun game and a way to test your stock market savvy. We hope that you will join us with this important fundraising project. Help us to preserve our treasured history…and have some great fun along the way.

AWARDS
First Prize
Second Prize
Third Prize
Greatest Weekly Value
AWARDS
$1000.00
$500.00
$250.00
$30.00

Here is how our StockGame fundraiser works:

  • The cost to invest is $30/certificate.
  • Select 5 of the 50 stocks listed (a random pick option is also available).
  • The Game will run for 8 consecutive weeks, from January 13 to March 7, 2025.
  • At the beginning of the Game each portfolio is valued at an imaginary $100,000 ($20,000/stock).
  • At the close of the market each Friday during the contest each purchased certificate will be revalued based on the closing prices. The certificate with the greatest weekly value each Friday (except the last) will receive $30.
  • At the end of the final week of the contest, the 3 portfolios that have the largest values will win $1,000, $500, and $250, respectively.
Dear TBI StockGame Participants,
Yesterday, I suggested that due to some market upheavals we were likely to see some changes in our rankings. Before sharing those specific details, I would like to fire several spitballs of nearly useless information at you….
17 stocks of our available portfolio have appreciated more than 10% in the 5 weeks that we have been up and running. 37 (74%) of our available stocks are worth more than their initial valuation at the start of this contest. 13 (26%) of our available stocks have lost value in the same period.  
271 (87.7%) of us are holding portfolios that are worth more than the imaginary $100,000.00 we all started with. 38 (12.3%) of us have selected portfolios that have depreciated in value. 
 
An astounding $25,460.70 separates our winning portfolio from the portfolio that is not doing so well at this time. 
 
The theoretical maximum spread for this week is $41,451.38 ($125,219.15 – $83,767.77). Once again showing that, Things could always be a bit better and simultaneously things could also be significantly worse.” 
 
Had you selected the following stocks, at the close of trading Friday afternoon, we would be writing about you.
Draftkings  DKNG
Caesars Entertainment CZR
Roku ROKU
Yum Brands YUM
Newmont Corp. NEM
Your portfolio would have been valued at $125,219.15
In all the years that we have been running the TBI StockGame, I do not believe that our weekly report which is presented both by rank and alphabetically has had the same individual at the top of both lists. 
Let’s say congratulations to Margie Adelmann, whose portfolio on certificate #1608 leads with an imaginary  value of $118,437.03 
Margie’s portfolio is comprised of the following stocks;
Draftkings DKNG
Jabil JBL
Royal Caribbean  RCL
Wesco WCC
Yum Brands YUM
 
Margie, you have been with us since we started so I am certain that you know the weekly winners check check is in the mail.
Keep in mind that a mere $298.90 separates the top 2 performing portfolios this week. As we have seen quite dramatically during this year’s TBI StockGame a lot can happen in any given week. 
Know that we have surrendered trying to control the amount of side wagering that is going on. My only request is that you do not tell me about it….
Stay tuned…more to follow in the coming weeks!

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Official TBI StockGame Rules

The StockGame begins when the Stock Market opens Monday, January 13, 2025, and ends when the Market closes on Friday, March 7, 2025.

Your object is to select a portfolio of five (5) different stocks listed on the front of this certificate which will appreciate as much as possible during the course of the StockGame. The 3 portfolios having the greatest value at market close on Friday, March 7, 2025 will be the winners.

Your donation of $30.00 entitles you to a (fictitious) $100,000 to invest in the common stock issue of exactly five (no more, no fewer ) of the 50 corporations listed. $20,000 will automatically be “invested” for you in each of the five stocks whose names or numbers you have checked from the official certificate form. The number of shares to be “purchased” of each of the checked stocks will be calculated based on the closing price of the issue on Friday, January 10, 2025. Fractional shares will be calculated in the purchase. On the opening day of the contest each portfolio will be valued at $100,000.

The 3 Certificates with the highest final values will win final prizes of $1000, $500, and $250. In addition, the Certificate which has the greatest value each Friday (except the last) will win a weekly prize of $30. In case of ties, prizes will be shared.

If fewer than 200 certificates are entered, Temple B’nai Israel reserves the right to award 20%, 10%, and 2% respectively of the gross receipts.

If any number but 5 stocks are checked, TBI will adjust the total to 5 selections at random. By checking the Random Select Box you instruct Temple B’nai Israel to check 5 stocks for you at random. You can wait until the Stock Market closes on Friday, January 10, 2025, to select your stocks, but if your entry is postmarked after the deadline of 11:59 pm, Sunday, January 12, 2025, TBI will ignore your choices and instead select five (5) stocks for you at random. Temple B’nai Israel is the sole computer and judge of the Stock Game and all of these rules.

DIRECTIONS: Please print your name, address, phone number and e-mail clearly on each of the Certificates you are entering and indicate the TBI Representative who sold it to you. Select 5 stocks by placing a check mark (✓) between the stock number and the stock symbol. Select your method of payment on the form. If you write a check, please make it payable to Temple B’nai Israel and identify your certificate number/s on the check. Send in the original certificate/s (white) and retain the copy (yellow) for your records. Weekly standings of all certificates will be posted on the Temple B’nai Israel website (http://www.tbiwhiteoak.org).