StockGame | Temple B'nai Israel

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,

Sadly for me, this is our last TBI StockGame Report. My thanks to you for your participation which made this endeavor so worthwhile for Temple B’nai Israel and at the same time so personally satisfying. In addition, I would like to say thanks to Ron and Lindi Kendal, Karen Mann and Gary Gaal, our TBI StockGame Committee that made this exciting final contest possible this year.

My wife and best friend, Debbie Iszauk and I have been like stone faced gargoyles withholding some information from you for the many years we have been reporting on the StockGame. In my last report I mentioned that I would make a confession. That confession will be shared at the conclusion of this final report.

As you undoubtedly know this has been a week of market turmoil. On the final day of the contest, we did see some recovery, however over the 8 weeks of the contest only 18 of our 50 available stocks (36%) concluded in positive territory.

Yum Brands (YUM) appreciated 31.9% over the 8 weeks.

Block (XYZ) Depreciated (27.3%) over the same 8 week period.

Of our 309 participants only 79 of us (25.5%) are holding portfolios that are worth more than the imaginary $100,000 we all started with. Unfortunately 74.5% of us lost imaginary money.

A spread of $29,957.12 between our top performing portfolio and the portfolio that did not perform so well. Nearly $30,000 in just 8 weeks is staggering…..

We have some degree of rachmonas, (compassion or empathy) for the holder of that portfolio that did not perform so well and are awarding a special consolation prize of $30 to Mark Simon. Please note that several years ago, Mark was the holder of our winning certificate. As my beloved Grandmother said so many times, “Sometimes you Win and Sometimes you Lose.”

Our third place finisher Molly Mayer, will receive a check for $250. Molly M’s picks on certificate #1973 which was valued at $110,625.05 were

The Walt Disney Co. (DIS)

Hershey (HSY)

Kraft Heinz (KHZ)

Royal Caribbean (RCL)

Yum Brands (YUM)

Our second place finisher, Mollie Goldstein, will receive a check for $500. Molly G’s picks on certificate #1476 which was valued at $110,658.14 were

Baker Hughes Co. (BKR)

Kroger (KR)

Newmont (NEM)

Toast (TOST)

Yum Brands (YUM)

This year’s first place finisher, Beatrisa Wolf-Oakes, will receive a check for $1,000. Beatrisa’s picks on certificate #4056 which was valued at $115,033.19 were

The Walt Disney Co. (DIS)

Hershey (HSY)

Kraft Heinz (KHZ)

Kimberly Clark (KMB)

Yum Brands (YUM)

Congratulations to our youthful finishers who were successful holding on for the final turbulent week! Nice work!

Now for that confession….

Many years ago, long before the StockGame, I was president of another congregation and did a significant amount of public speaking. For one of my High Holy Day appeals, Debbie challenged me to include a seemingly off topic word into my address which she gave me moments before I was to speak. I successfully completed the challenge. Since that time, a day or so before I spoke anywhere publically, Debbie would give me the “Secret” word. The concept expanded to the StockGame reports. Today’s word was “GARGOYLE.” Last week, she gave me two words “ROOSTER and PEACOCK”. The week before that the word was “Novocaine“and before that “SPITBALL”.

You get the idea, Debbie and I confess and we do feel so much better getting that weight off our chests.

I wish I could say “stay tuned we’ll be back next year”, but this is the wrap. Hope you have had as much fun as we did!

Know that your participation, good wishes and continued support are truly appreciated!

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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).