It appears that comedian Auggie Smith’s reign as our resident financial whiz might have come to an end.  At the beginning of the year Auggie used the “blindfolded by a Mexican Wrestling-Mask ink blot” process to pick his ten best stocks for the year.  In the past, his controversial “throw darts or shoot the Wall Street Journal with a pellet gun” technique outperformed some of Wall Street’s best stock pickers, but this year he is actually at a loss!  Here are the standings:

Auggie’s value (based on an initial valuation of $10,000) – $9156.

Investor Place’s Ten Best Stocks – $13,037

Vanguard’s Growth – $11,125

Auggie’s portfolio had a few huge holes, including Tapinator, which lost over 90% of its value, and Xueda Education, which is down over 40%.  Disney is his best performing stock.

In contrast, Investor’s Place had several big winners, including Emerge Energy Services, up over 260%, and Tesla, up over 50%.

Of course there are several months left in the contest, but it is not looking good for Auggie.