Football share league: week 9
Saturday, April 25th, 2009I didn’t update the table last week, because I was in New York.
So I was expecting some major changes at close of play on Friday – and that’s exactly what I got.
Manchester United are back on top – the value of shares in their sponsor, AIG, is now almost 2.5 times what it was when I invested just over two weeks ago.
But it’s not like the others are doing badly. Hertha Berlin (Deutsche Bank) slip back into second, but on 226 points – meaning their shares, too have more than doubled. As have those in Nottingham Forest’s sponsor, Capital One – they remain in third.
Elsewhere, a very good fortnight for JJB Sports sends Wigan soaring up the table, Chivas (Grupo Bimbo) are up again, and Inter Milan (Pirelli) continue their bounce-back.
Even the LA Galaxy’s sponsor, Herbalife, is in profit for the first time.
And the total value of my portfolio? £2,254. That’s a profit of £754 on an investment of £1,500 in just nine weeks. And remember – I picked these shares pretty much at random, and merely because the companies sponsored major football teams. Amazing.
WEEK 9 TABLE (WEEK 7 IN BRACKETS)
1 (2) Manchester United [AIG] – 247
2 (1) Hertha Berlin [Deutsche Bank] – 226
3 (3) Nottingham Forest [Capital One] – 210
4 (6) Wigan Athletic [JJB Sports] – 170
5 (4) Chivas [Grupo Bimbo] – 166
6 (7) Inter Milan [Pirelli] – 161
7 (9) Anderlecht [Fortis] – 159
8 (5) Nantes [Synergie] – 141
9 (8) Manchester City [Thomas Cook] – 133
10 (10) Sampdoria [ERG] – 119
11 (14) River Plate [Petrobras] – 110
12 (15) LA Galaxy [Herbalife] – 108
13 (13) Ajax [Aegon] – 103
14 (11) Sevilla [888.com] – 102
15 (12) Bayern Munich [Deutsche Telekom] – 99
Full graph here. It’s a bit cluttered but shows the performance of the top three quite well.
The league ends next Friday.
