It’s the last monthly update before a champion is crowned for the 2019 (and first) Fantasy Investing season. It looks like this season will come down to the wire as the gap between first and second has narrowed to under a single percentage point. Can I hold on for one more month or will Adrian eventually overtake me? Also, the S&P 500 is up around 28% year-to-date, so our three portfolios which are entirely individual stocks (as opposed to ETFs or index funds) are all still beating the market. Will this continue for the last month? There are a lot of interesting races to watch.

Here are the updated standings:

Paul (51.8%)

Ticker	Company	Starting Price	Current Price	Percent Change
AMZN	Amazon	1465.2	1800.8	22.9
IQ	iQiyi	14.56	19.15	31.5
MELI	MercadoLibre	285.61	580.58	103.3
SQ	Square	54.1	69.12	27.8
TDOC	Teladoc	48.19	83.74	73.8

Adrian (51.1%)

Ticker	Company	Starting Price	Current Price	Percent Change
AMD	Advanced Micro Devices	18.01	39.15	117.4
AMZN	Amazon	1465.2	1800.8	22.9
NFLX	Netflix	259.28	314.66	21.4
NVDA	nVidia	130.64	216.74	66.2
SQ	Square	54.1	69.12	27.8

Gurkie (34.7%)

Ticker	Company	Starting Price	Current Price	Percent Change
AMZN	Amazon	1465.2	1800.8	22.9
C	Citigroup	50.68	75.12	50.1
DIS	Disney	108.1	151.58	40.2
GE	General Electric	7.46	11.27	51.3
TCEHY	Tencent	38.865	42.15	8.7

Matt (23.8%)

Ticker	Company	Starting Price	Current Price	Percent Change
FZROX	Fidelity ZERO Total Market	8.79	11.18	27.2
TSLA	Tesla	306.1	329.94	7.8
VGSLX	Vanguard Real Estate	103.48	131.92	29.3
VTI	Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF	125.75	160.02	28.4
VTSAX	Vanguard Total Stock Market	62.15	77.89	26.5

Daniel (20.2%)

Ticker	Company	Starting Price	Current Price	Percent Change
VBTLX	Vanguard Total Bond Market	10.46	11.09	6.5
VFIAX	Vanguard 500	231.73	290.82	26.7
VFWAX	Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US	28.27	32.39	15.7
VIMAX	Vanguard Mid-Cap	170.59	216.65	27.8
VSMAX	Vanguard Small-Cap	63.17	78.09	24.3

The next Fantasy Investing season starts January 1st, 2020, so if you’re interested in playing please start submitting your portfolios now. You can leave a comment here with your name and 5 tickers, or you can email your submissions to: paulvsthemarket@gmail.com. Thanks, everyone. Looking forward to more participants for next year.