The markets have reached new highs led by emerging markets.  Now is the most opportune moment to launch the "World TopInvestor", the first world investment competition for traders and investors in global financial markets, sponsored by DIF Broker and Saxo Bank.

This is the best moment to give the go ahead of the World TopInvestor as everything which goes up, must come down, and as such we are guaranteed a competitive year full of emotion, as investors scramble to catch the markets and try not to ignore the opportunities provided by volatility.

At the end of the first day, the winner of the competition of 2005-2006, Maria Helena Coutinho (a teacher of children with special needs) was ranking first position with gains of 8.8% on transactions done in Portuguese stocks EDP, Altri, Brisa and Cimpor. Following very close is Hungarian Ferenc Ujhelvi with gains of 8.7% and third another Hungarian with gains of 4.76%. Jacek Oskiera from Poland is in 4th place with a profit of 3.34%.

Of course the train is just leaving the station, participants have another 364 days to prove that their strategies are the best.