Stock contests coming next year

12/12/2006

For adults only

The Blade and Smith Barney are again sponsoring an adult stock contest in 2007.

Interested readers will need to pick two New York Stock Exchange stocks and

two Nasdaq stocks by year s end, and the contestant whose hypothetical portfolio

increases the most by the end of 2007 will win a trip, and second and third finishers

will win cash. There is no fee to enter the Stock Market Game.

A set of the rules and entry forms will be published several times in the Business

section this month.

For students, teachers

The Blade, its Newspaper in Education program, and Fifth Third Bank are sponsoring a school stock contest in January.

The 16-week contest is open to classes from upper elementary to high school in

northwest Ohio and southeast Michigan.

Prizes will be given to the top three finishing teams. Teams entries must be submitted by their teachers.

Interested teachers should contact Debby Geyer at The Blade, 419-724-6157.