SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- MarketWatch.com, Inc. (Nasdaq: MKTW)
kicks off their CBS MarketWatch Survivor online investment competition this
week, giving investors the chance to test their financial savvy and win up to
$50,000.
Upon enrolling in the Web game, players receive $100,000 in fantasy money.
The winner amassing the largest virtual portfolio by May 14, 2001 wins the
$50,000 grand prize. Players can also compete to win thirteen weekly
$1,000 prizes, awarded after the end of each trading week.
To enter the individual CBS MarketWatch Survivor game, go to the special
contest website at http://survivor.marketwatch.com or click on the Survivor
contest box at the CBS MarketWatch.com news site, http://cbs.marketwatch.com.
Players must register for the online contest by March 5, 2001 to be
eligible for the $50,000 grand prize. Players can register at any time
through May 6, 2001 for the $1,000 weekly prizes. To be eligible for a weekly
prize, players must register before the Monday opening of the market and must
trade all five days of the trading week. Prizes will be awarded beginning the
week ending Friday, February 16, 2001, with the last weekly prize made after
Friday, May 11, 2001. The $50,000 grand prize will be awarded after the
contest closes on Monday, May 14, 2001.
"Our individual game will let you play along with the 'CBS MarketWatch
Survivor' group competition that started this week on the CBS 'Early Show',"
said Larry Kramer, Chairman and CEO, MarketWatch.com. "The CBS MarketWatch
Survivor solo contest is a great way for our readers to test the financial
savvy they've gotten from reading CBS MarketWatch.com."
In CBS' "The Early Show" game, 14 investment clubs face off to see which
one can make the best virtual investments for a top grand prize of up to
$500,000. As on the hit "Survivor" TV series, the televised game eliminates
one club each week until "there is only one Survivor."
The following 14 investment clubs are competing on the CBS MarketWatch
Survivor investment competition on CBS News' "The Early Show":
-- No Cents Investment Club of Chicago, IL
-- Hogback Investment Club of Golden, CO
-- Brookwood Investment Club of Phoenixville, PA
-- Circle City Investment Club of Indianapolis, IN
-- Good Success Investment Club of Brooklyn, NY
-- Laughing Stock Investment Club of Tempe, AZ
-- Coastal Stock Watchers of Carlsbad, CA
-- Foucheck Investment Club of San Francisco, CA
-- Investors 2000 Plus of Richmond, VA
-- Leon County Investment Club of Marquez, TX
-- Piggy Bank Investment Club of Spartanburg, SC
-- Mint Investors of Temple Hill, MD
-- Polaris Investment Club of Rivera Beach, FL
-- Forest Street Investors of Marlborough, MA
The progress of both the televised and online Survivor investment
competitions will be covered extensively through May in feature stories on
the special CBS MarketWatch.com competition Web page at
http://survivor.marketwatch.com.
CBS MarketWatch Survivor online competition is powered by
MarketPlayer.com, which offers real-life financial training to the individual
investor who wants to learn how to make money in the market.
About MarketWatch.com, Inc.
MarketWatch.com, Inc. a leading interactive financial media company,
provides fast, relevant information via the Internet, television, radio and
print to help people make and save money. The Company operates leading
financial Internet Web sites at http://cbs.marketwatch.com and
http://www.bigcharts.com, and, in a joint venture with the Financial Times
Group Limited, launched its first international site in June 2000 at
http://www.ftmarketwatch.com. MarketWatch.com's financial news and tools are
licensed in custom-designed formats by major brokerages and Internet sites.
The Company produces CBS MarketWatch Weekend, covering more than 80% of the
U.S. on 131 CBS television stations, and daily economic reports on CBS
Television and Radio Network news programming. The MarketWatch.com financial
news reports, distributed by Westwood One, are heard in the top 10 U.S.
markets on 154 stations. In addition, MarketWatch.com provides print content
for the Daily News Express, a daily commuter newspaper edition of the New York
Daily News, and the new San Francisco Examiner.
Founded in 1997 and headquartered in San Francisco, MarketWatch.com has
facilities and bureaus in New York City, Minneapolis, Washington D.C.,
Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston, Detroit, Atlanta, Dallas, Austin, Tokyo, Hong
Kong and London. The MarketWatch.com Web sites are ranked the number one
financial news destination, according to Media Metrix and Nielsen Netratings.
SOURCE MarketWatch.com, Inc.
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