Portfolio Pro

**Portfolio Pro** is a challenge of logical intelligence on *Canada's Smartest Person*.

## Description

*Retrieved from CBC.ca*

On the screen, competitors see the purchase price of an investment and then a price it can be sold for, or the interest it pays. They need to dig out the profits from their change drawer and deposit them in the bank before time expires. The most correct answers takes the challenge.

## Episode 207

Portfolio Pro was the sole challenge of logical intelligence and the third challenge overall. Jessi Cruickshank explained to the contestants that the contestant in 1st place would earn 5 overall points, the contestant in 2nd place would earn 3, the contestant in 3rd place would earn 2, and the contestant in last place would earn 1. She then explained to the viewers the instructions and how they could play along with the contestants on the Canada's Smartest Person app.

For each round, the contestants had 15 seconds to determine the correct profits.

In the first round, the buy price and sell price of the share were $19.04 and $21.27, respectively, with the correct profits being $2.23. Anish Ahuja, Julie Francis, and Jason Vander-Hoek all determined the correct profits while Alex Pascuzzi erroneously determined that the profits were $2.26.

In the second round, the buy price of the share was $50 and its value increased by 11%, with the correct profits being $5.50. Both Anish and Alex determined the correct profits while Julie and Jason erroneously determined that the profits were $5.05 and $7.25, respectively.

In the third round, 52 shares were bought and they accumulated dividends of $0.05 per share, with the correct profits being $2.60. Both Alex and Jason determined the correct profits while Anish and Julie erroneously determined that the profits were $0.35 and $0.00, respectively. In Julie's case, her result was due to her not placing her coins in the coin counter on time.

In the fourth round, the buy price of the share was $125 and its value increased by 3%, with the correct profits being $3.75. Both Alex and Jason determined the correct profits while Anish and Julie erroneously determined that the profits were $3.25 and $4.00, respectively.

In the final round, 211 shares were bought and they accumulated dividends of $0.02 per share, with the correct profits being $4.22. Anish, Alex, and Jason all determined the correct profits while Julie erroneously determined that the profits were $1.06.

In total, Anish got 3 correct answers, Julie got 1, Alex got 4, and Jason got 4. The tie between Alex and Jason was settled by how quickly they answered. Since Jason answered faster on average than Alex did in the challenge, the former finished in 1st place and the latter finished in 2nd place. Therefore, Jason was awarded 5 overall points for finishing in 1st place, Alex was awarded 3 for finishing in 2nd place, Anish was awarded 2 for finishing in 3rd place, and Julie was awarded 1 for finishing in last place.

As for the public, the top performers, by percentage score, were Louisfelix Langevin of Quebec City, Quebec, with 97%, Mark Rogers of Ottawa, Ontario, with 97%, Neil Barbour of Crow Head, Newfoundland and Labrador, with 97%, Kevin Bower of London, Ontario, with 96%, Catherine Vogelaar of Edmonton, Alberta, with 96%, and Alex Doiron of Cap-Pelé, New Brunswick, with 95%. However, the scores for the public are calculated differently than the scores for the contestants.

### Summary of Results

 **1st**

 **2nd**

 **3rd** | **Anish Ahuja** | 3
 **4th** | **Julie Francis** | 1
 Maximum Possible

### Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Despite sharing a total score of 4, Jason answered faster on average than Alex did in the challenge. Therefore, Jason and Alex placed 1st and 2nd, respectively, for this challenge.

## References

1. ↑ https://www.cbc.ca/smartestperson/blog/testing-intelligences-season-2-episode-7