8th Annual March Madness Bracket Contest: Enter For Free

It's the most wonderful time of the year!  March madness is back with college basketball's championship tournament.  It's time for the 8th annual Market Folly Madness.  Entry is completely free, so sign up below!


Enter Market Folly Madness For Free

To join the free contest, click here: http://marketfolly.mayhem.cbssports.com

If it asks you for a group password, enter: folly

(If you don't have a CBS Sports account, simply create a free account to join the contest)


Contest Prizes

1st place:  1-year subscription to our Hedge Fund Wisdom quarterly newsletter ($300 value)

2nd place: A copy of the first season of Showtime's show about a hedge fund manager: Billions

3rd place:  Your choice of either a copy of Howard Marks' book The Most Important Thing or a copy of the recent financial movie The Big Short


To be eligible, you must fill out your bracket before the start of the main games on Thursday, March 16th.  Only one entry person.  Good luck!

7th Annual Free March Madness Bracket Contest

It's baaaaack!  College basketball's championship tournament is here and it's time for the 7th annual Market Folly Madness.  Get ready to fill out your bracket as entry is completely free.


Join Market Folly Madness

To join the free contest, click here: http://marketfolly.mayhem.cbssports.com/e?ttag=BPM16_cpy_invite_returning

(If you don't have a CBS Sports account, create one for free)

Group Password: folly


Contest Prizes

1st place: A 1-year subscription to our Hedge Fund Wisdom newsletter ($300 value)

2nd place: A copy of Michael Lewis' most recent book on Wall Street: Flash Boys

3rd place:  A DVD copy of the recent movie The Big Short when it is released


To be eligible, you must fill out your bracket before the start of the main games on Thursday March 17th.  Only one entry per person.  Good luck!

MarketFolly's 6th Annual Free March Madness Bracket Contest

College basketball's championship tournament, "March Madness," is finally here.  For the 6th year in a row, Market Folly will be hosting its annual free bracket contest for fellow college basketball fans.  Entry is completely free!


Join Market Folly Madness

To join the free contest, please click this link:
http://marketfolly.mayhem.cbssports.com/e?ttag=BPM15_paste_cbsinv

(If you don't have a CBS Sports account, simply sign up for free)

The password to join the group is: folly


Contest Prizes

1st place: A 1-year subscription to our Hedge Fund Wisdom premium newsletter ($300 value)

2nd place:  A copy of Michael Lewis' most recent book on Wall Street: Flash Boys 

3rd place: A copy of Howard Marks' popular book, The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor


To be entered into the contest, you must fill out your bracket picks before the main games start this Thursday (March 19th).  Only 1 entry per person allowed.  Good luck!

Join Market Folly's 5th Annual Free March Madness Bracket Contest

March madness is here again and for the 5th year in a row, Market Folly will be hosting its annual bracket contest for fellow college basketball fans.  Entry is completely free!


Join Market Folly Madness

To join the free contest, please click this link:  http://marketfolly.mayhem.cbssports.com/e?ttag=BPM14_paste_cbsinv
(If you don't have a CBS Sports account, simply register for free)

The password to join the contest group is: folly


Prizes

1st place: A free 1-year subscription to our Hedge Fund Wisdom premium publication (a $300 value).

2nd place: A free copy of Howard Marks' popular book, The Most Important Thing: Uncommon Sense for the Thoughtful Investor


To be entered into the contest, you MUST fill out your bracket before the main games start this Thursday!  Only 1 entry per person is allowed.  Good luck!

Market Folly's 4th Annual Free March Madness Bracket Contest

It's that time of year again: march madness.  This year marks Market Folly's 4th annual bracket contest for college basketball fans.

To join the free contest, please click this link:  http://marketfolly.mayhem.cbssports.com/e
The password to join is: mf


Prizes

1st place:  The winner of the contest will receive a free one year subscription to our Hedge Fund Wisdom premium newsletter (a $300 value).

2nd place:  A free copy of Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera's book: All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden Story of the Financial Crisis.


Only one entry per person.  You must fill out your bracket before games start this Thursday!  Good luck!

March Madness Contest Winners

March Madness has come to an end with Kentucky defeating Kansas in the finals in a battle of blue blood programs. You can view the final standings of the contest here.

Winners (Score):

1. Tommy M. (138) wins a 1-year subscription to our premium Hedge Fund Wisdom newsletter.

2. Brian M. (136) wins a copy of Bethany McLean & Joe Nocera's book: All the Devils Are Here: The Story of the Financial Crisis.


Winners please send us an email to claim your prizes. Thanks to everyone for participating and the contest will be back next year.

Join Market Folly's Third Annual FREE March Madness Bracket Contest

It's that time of year again: March Madness. This is MarketFolly's third annual free bracket contest for all college basketball fans.

>>> To join the free contest, just click the following link: http://marketfolly.mayhem.cbssports.com/e

The password to join is: mf


The winner of the contest will receive a free one year subscription to our Hedge Fund Wisdom premium newsletter (a $300 value). Second place will receive a free copy of Bethany McLean and Joe Nocera's book: All the Devils Are Here: The Hidden Story of the Financial Crisis.


You must fill out your bracket by 11:00 AM EST this Thursday! Only one entry per person, good luck!

2nd Annual March Madness Bracket Contest: Free Entry

It's that time of year again. We're pleased to announce the second annual Market Folly March Madness contest now that the NCAA Men's College Basketball Championship is here. So, fill out your brackets!

It is free to enter. To participate, you will need a free CBS Sports account. Click here to join our free contest.

Group Name: Market Folly Madness
Password: mf

If you signed up last year, your CBS Sports account should have automatically re-joined the contest for this year. You must submit your picks before Thursday, March 17th. Best of luck to everyone participating!

Market Folly March Madness: Fill Out Your Bracket!

We thought that it would be fun to start an annual contest amongst Market Folly readers now that the NCAA Men's College Basketball Championship is here.

This is one of the most exciting times of the year in the sports world and many of you are probably big fans like we are (Rock Chalk Jayhawk). So, it's time to fill out your brackets! We've setup a free group over on CBS Sports and feel free to invite anyone and everyone.

You will need to sign up for a free CBS Sports account in order to play so make sure you do that before trying to join our contest. Once you have an account, make sure to enter the group password & the link below will take you right to our sign-up page:

Group Name: Market Folly March Madness

Password: mf


Click here to sign-up for Market Folly March Madness @ CBS Sports for free!


Best of luck to everyone participating!

March Madness College Basketball Bracket Pool

Sorry for the offtopic post, but we here at MarketFolly are huge college basketball fans (Rock Chalk Jayhawk). I know it's last minute, but we just wanted to point out that some of us in the financial blogging/twitter community have all joined a March Madness CBS bracket pool (no entry fee). Abnormal Returns and Daily Options Report have teamed up to present you the: Abnormal Options Bracket Challenge. All the details you need are in that post, so definitely check it out. Hurry because the tournament starts this morning around lunch time!

Also, some other resources for those of you statistical in nature:

Pomeroy's 2009 rankings

Jeff Sagarin ratings

How to act like a hedge fund manager in your bracket pool

Let us know in the comments who you've picked to win it all. We'll be cheering for our Jayhawks even though there's no way they will win it back-to-back. We're taking either Memphis or Louisville to win it all in some of our brackets. This is one of the most wide open fields we've seen in a while, as we could easily see Pitt, UNC, UConn, Duke, Louisville, or Memphis winning it all. Tough to pick just one winner! Best of luck to everyone who participates!