With this in mind FORBES decided to help readers buy near the bottom this time by training our best buy rankingformula on one of the worst-performing categories of 2011: internationally focused mutual funds.
Our rankingformula ignores the original amount invested in a deal (as it is often undisclosed), instead weighing most heavily the market capitalization of a venture-backed company on the close of its first day of trading or the purchase price in an acquisition.
As in the downhill, the skiers decide their own starting position with a complex formula using the skiers' world ranking points determining the order they choose in.
Reynolds says, based on his analysis, the BCS ranking system does no better than a simple formula combining wins and losses with respect to the quality of opponents beaten.