2011 MARS Ratings After Round 24

A season-high 25.9 Ratings Points changed hands in Round 24, more than 7.5 of them as a result of the lopsided result between the competition front-runners. Still, none of the horse-trading of Points mattered at all for the rankings of teams 1 through 10, the first effects being felt by Adelaide, previously 10th, dropping two places and allowing Fremantle and Melbourne, both losers, to rise by a spot.

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2011 Round 24 Results: Good for the Competition; Bad for Investors

If you're an Investor, I can only hope that you read and independently acted on the Simulations blog, in particular this entry from 2 weeks ago in which I noted the value in the Suns for the Spoon at $3.75, because you certainly didn't get much value from your Portfolio investment this weekend.

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Smart Money Follows the Suns

Somebody knew something. Within 2 hours of the line market being posted on the TAB on Wednesday, the Suns, granted 75.5 points start by those who determine these things, had moved from $1.90 to $1.70. Meantime, the head-to-head market, frequented it seems by different money, ill- or un-informed and therefore unaware of the team announcements to come, steadfastly supported the Gold Coast's Monday assessment as $13 prospects.

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2011 Round 24: A Late Dive at the Line

Prior to running the Fund algorithms for this week I was concerned that they might both turn bet-shy which, coupled with the substantial possibility of pronounced inactivity during the weeks of the Finals, would have left Investors with a loss and no hope of mitigating it. I need not have worried.

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2011 MARS Ratings After Round 23

This week, four pairs of teams swapped ladder positions on the MARS Ratings Leaderboard, half of them teams from MARS' top 8.

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