> It seems that the lowest you could go would be the price of the least valuable single stock, since there's no way to lose any more money than that, as far as I can see.

You are correct.

> Even then, there might be a tie-game unless the game is short enough, and we start with little enough cash, that most people don't make it down to the lowest possible score.

Preventing too many ties at the end of the game
is the main reason why I'm testing it out now
with the "loser" entry. I started him out with
200, which seems like a reasonable starting
amount for a two week game. We'll see how long
it takes me to reach a low score, and then I'll
adjust the starting amounts accordingly.

Unfortunately, I blew it last night, as my
regular "sam" entry lost money and my "loser"
entry gained money.

> And hey, what ever happened to Darien?

No idea.