Seven has long been regarded a lucky number, and it certainly proved to be lucky in our annual contest to name the stocks Warren Buffett (Trades, Portfolio) bought in the fourth quarter.
We received nearly four dozen entries, and seven of our subscribers were a perfect three for three. That’s a pretty impressive accomplishment, and it deserves to be recognized so, rather than use a tiebreaking procedure to name a single winner, we’ve decided to honor all seven as winners of our contest. Congratulations!
As promised, the winners will receive a book of their choice on investing. It can be one of the books we listed in our contest announcement, or it can be another book if you have something else in mind.
The seven winners are: Blogging About Money, Didigame, Astakwa, Fkw1979, Anands26, Dwu and Richday101. To claim your prize, just click on the “Contact Us” link at the bottom of the home page, and let us know the book you pick, and the address where the book should be shipped.
Five of the seven correctly identified International Business Machines (IBM, Financial) as one of the stocks Buffett bought, making it the most popular pick. The second most popular pick was General Motors (GM, Financial), which was named by three of the winners. Three stocks were tied for the third most popular pick – DaVita HealthCare Partners (DVA, Financial), MasterCard (MA, Financial) and Visa (V, Financial). Each was named by two of our winners.
Thanks to everyone who participated in our contest – and congratulations again to our winners!
