Stock contest ready for entries

12/18/2001

The Blade is sponsoring a reader stock portfolio contest again in 2002, with top finishers winning a free trip or cash prizes.

Complete rules and the entry form are on Page B7. Entrants must select two New York Stock Exchange and two Nasdaq issues and mail the entry to contest co-sponsor Salomon Smith Barney by Dec. 31.

The participant whose hypothetical portfolio increases the most from Jan. 1 through Dec. 31, 2002, wins a trip for two to Disney World or Las Vegas, offered by another contest co-sponsor, Atlas World Travel. Second prize is $300 and third prize is $100.