By John Collett
Money reader Joan Ponsford holds her lead of last week to win the six-week Shares Race with online retailer Kogan, aerial map company Nearmap and consumer credit solution Afterpay her standout performers.
Reflecting tough market conditions, Ponsford won despite her original $100,000 being worth just $102,861 after six weeks.
Second spot goes to Hina Chowdhary of Kalkine with her portfolio worth $100,851.
Third goes to Dinesh Gulati, senior analyst at Veye, who also holds Afterpay, his best performer, with his portfolio worth $99,139.
It has been a tough six weeks for share investors with the Australian sharemarket weighed down by fears of a full-blown trade war between the United States and China.
At the start of the Shares Race on August 2, the S&P/ASX 200 was at 6241 points. As at the close on Thursday, the end of the game, the index was down 1.8 per cent, to 6129 points.
Best-performing stock, Telix Pharmaceuticals, is developing radiopharmaceuticals that fight cancerCredit: Sherry Yates Young
Clinical-stage cancer-therapies company, Telix Pharmaceuticals, held by Chowdhary, is the best pick of all over the six weeks with her original $10,000 investment ending the race worth $13,095.
Kogan, picked by Ponsford, is the second-best pick of all and ends the race worth $12,895.
The worst performer is RCR Tomlinson, a diversified engineering and infrastructure company, which finished the race worth $3857.
It is held by Colleen Alderliesten, a Canadian who lives in Canada and follows the Australian sharemarket.
Shares Race is a fantasy share trading game. Players start with $100,000 divided equally among 10 ASX-listed stocks. This game started on August 2.