Five anonymised historical charts were dealt to every player. The Monkey Index returned +0.16% across the same tape.
44 desks completed all five charts.
Obamacare losses were mounting and UnitedHealth's exit from most state exchanges had just been announced, leaving the market wondering if the healthcare giant could still grow. This is the week the shares added another +1.7%.
As the Fed steadily hiked interest rates, income investors deserted defensive utility stocks for the sudden safety of bond yields. The sell-off showed no signs of stopping, knocking another 3.7% off the stock over the next five days.
The eurozone crisis was flaring and JPMorgan's London Whale trade had just rattled the sector, so half the street thought the banking recovery was finished. A surprise European rescue deal is the moment sentiment turned, driving the shares up +1.8% over the next five days.
Intel was struggling with CPU shortages while a resurgent AMD captured the headlines, but the year-end tech rally carried the legacy chipmaker along regardless. The momentum stalled in the first week of January, ending in a 1.9% slide.
Subprime mortgage anxieties were starting to spread and a massive global memory glut had the market convinced that the chip cycle was dead. A 1.8% slide over the next five days kept the sceptics happy, though the shares eventually climbed 7674.2% to today.