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I've been contemplating the concepts
of this Microsoft sponsored contest

it would seem that what Microsoft (MSN)
would seem to be looking for
would be the next (CNBC) Jim Cramer

who, by the way, reportedly includes Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer
as being one of his old buddies back from their days at Harvard

it would seem to me that one of the things that Jim Cramer
is most criticized for is that his stock picks
enjoy a "pumping up" effect from the CNBC media they receive;

when his stock picks are
mathematically scrutinized over the longer term,
the mathematical facts seem to indicate
the most profitable investment strategy
would actually work out to be
shorting Cramer stock picks
at their media induced pumped up state

these Cramer facts being based upon the August 2007 scrutiny
of the folks of DowJones publishing (Barron's/Wall Street Journal)

there was also found to be some rather questionable
stock trading activity prior to Jim Cramer's stocks
being pumped by mega-CNBC

Jim Cramer has told reporters that he is not involved
in any personal stock trading benefit from
the CNBC media publicised stock selections

I was wondering if it is even possible to
run a "contest" such as this one
which would isolate stock analytic skills
from media induced pumping effects

for those who might not know who Jim Cramer is,
he would seem to answer the rhetorical question of
"hows the stock market doing?"
in one of the most popular YouTube videos:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=cYPtCmdFCrc
he starts winding up about the first minute into the video,
and really gets going about 2 1/2 minutes into the YouTube video;

you really gotta see it to believe it