# Deadline - Stock Market Game **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [March 12, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadline-stock-market-game/57653 "2001-03-12T15:16:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadline-stock-market-game/57653/1 "2001-03-12T15:16:08Z")
[SHAMELESS PLUG] Just a friendly reminder - The **Teeming Millionaires 3.0** begins tomorrow morning at the opening of the US Markets. All Dopers are invited to participate. But, to play, you must register today. [/SHAMELESS PLUG] [sub]Yes, I know it’s a lame reason to start a new thread, but I promise it will only be around for a day.[/sub] ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadline-stock-market-game/57653/2 "2001-03-12T15:18:01Z")
DOH! The link is in my sig. ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [March 12, 2001, 9:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadline-stock-market-game/57653/3 "2001-03-12T21:50:36Z")
Bump for the afternoon crew. ::bump!:: ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadline-stock-market-game/57653/4 "2001-03-13T02:25:51Z")
…and again for the night shift… _bump!_ That’s the last one - I promise. Of course, if some kind soul were to re-bump during the wee hours, while I’m getting my beauty rest, that would be sweet. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Rich\_G7subs](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85e7bf/32.png) [@Rich\_G7subs](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rich_G7subs)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadline-stock-market-game/57653/5 "2001-03-13T03:12:16Z")
I work as a vendor for PaineWebber…oops soorry make that UBS PaineWebber.The Swiss just bought us out. A few years back we had a similar contest.ALL the brokers played.Know who won? A guy from the mailroom. A local newspaper had a chimp pick 5 stocks (don’t ask me how they got him to chose , maybe he picked Chiquita) and matched those stocks up against one of the “hottest” analysts on Wall Street. Know who won? You got it…THE CHIMP. Just my two cents on Stock Market games.Why are we paying brokers to invest for us.I want that damn chimp! ---
**Author:** ![sdimbert](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sdimbert/32/20204_2.png) [@sdimbert](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sdimbert)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2001, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/deadline-stock-market-game/57653/6 "2001-03-13T15:12:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Rich G7subs \* > \*\*I work as a vendor for PaineWebber…oops soorry make that UBS PaineWebber.The Swiss just bought us out. > > A few years back we had a similar contest.ALL the brokers played.Know who won? A guy from the mailroom. > > […] > > Why are we paying brokers to invest for us.I want that damn chimp! \*\* I have a good buddy who is a broker. His firm has a contest also: all the brokers pick 4 stocks each. Then they hold them for a year. 12 months. No selling, no more buying. In all the years Greg (my bud) has been there, he’s never lost money in the game. As a matter of fact, when you look at the numbers, the group averages over 35% gain in that contest. I just had an argument with another friend who like to say that he makes more informed picks than the brokers. I don’t believe him; Greg and people like him get paid good money for making good picks and don’t do anything all day except investigate companies. That’s why we trust brokers to invest for us.