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Prediction on "Predictions" thread vs. Dow "2008 WINNER ANNOUNCED!"

renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
I was inspired by a recent post on GS's thread.

What will be highter on December 31, 2008, poster count on "Predictions" thread or the Dow?

Ren



Winner - Predictions thread at 9712
Loser - Dow at 8776ish

Ren

Comments

  • WalmannWalmann Posts: 2,806
    I had predicted we'd see a thread such as this one.
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    It should be a pretty close race.

    I pick DOW.
    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭
    i say thread...it's a frickin' rollercoaster over "there"

  • cohodkcohodk Posts: 19,187 ✭✭✭✭✭
    The post count we have control over, the stock market not so much.
    Excuses are tools of the ignorant

    Knowledge is the enemy of fear

  • I'll go with the Predictions thread.
    Pecunia in arbotis non crescit.
  • My guess - Holiday Rally will push the Dow over the prediction thread, but just barely.
    imageQuid pro quo. Yes or no?
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    The extreme range is caused by out of control

    fear, fighting with optimistic greed. As economic

    uncertainty settles down the wild swings will

    moderate.
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What a day! 900+ points and now the Dow retook the lead by 480 points.

    Ren
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I'm still waiting for 850 Google!

    roadrunner
    Barbarous Relic No More, LSCC -GoldSeek--shadow stats--SafeHaven--321gold
  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    the P-thread(8,931) took the lead again when the Dow dropped 733 to 8,577.

    That is all.

    Ren
  • mhammermanmhammerman Posts: 3,769 ✭✭✭
    "the P-thread(8,931) took the lead again when the Dow dropped 733 to 8,577."

    Woah, baby...we have stumbled upon the key technical indicator for betting the DOW index fund; excellent!!!
  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭


    << <i>"the P-thread(8,931) took the lead again when the Dow dropped 733 to 8,577."

    Woah, baby...we have stumbled upon the key technical indicator for betting the DOW index fund; excellent!!! >>



    So how do we monetize the P-thread so we can all benefit?image
  • One month to go, and the Prediction thread is running away so far!
    imageQuid pro quo. Yes or no?
  • BearBear Posts: 18,953 ✭✭✭
    If you truly understand the market,
    then you are truly tottering on the very
    edge of madness.image
    There once was a place called
    Camelotimage
  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    9438 vs 8149 (Dow)

    Maybe I should edit this thread to compare Nanney's thread count to the Dow?!image

    Ren
  • storm888storm888 Posts: 11,701 ✭✭✭
    Still a good chance that it will be "close."
    Folks Who Bite Get Bitten. Folks Who Don't Bite Get Eaten.
  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    9516 vs. 8781
  • ttownttown Posts: 4,472 ✭✭✭


    << <i>I'm still waiting for 850 Google!

    roadrunner >>



    I thought the bet with Lloyd was Google $500 or Gold. He didn't fair well on that one and lost a $100 bet to boot. Of course he didn't pay or even send a note.


  • << <i>

    << <i>I'm still waiting for 850 Google!

    roadrunner >>



    I thought the bet with Lloyd was Google $500 or Gold. He didn't fair well on that one and lost a $100 bet to boot. Of course he didn't pay or even send a note. >>




    No, it was gold at $625 versus the DOW at 12500, or something close to that for the DOW.

    CU frowns on betting on open threads. Let's just say that Lloyd was a man of his word and you aren't close to the $ numbers.

    I needed to correct that important misunderstanding regarding Lloyd.

    "Lenin is certainly right. There is no subtler or more severe means of overturning the existing basis of society(destroy capitalism) than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and it does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose."
    John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
  • 57loaded57loaded Posts: 4,967 ✭✭✭
    S& P 500 vs google?


  • << <i>S& P 500 vs google? >>



    No, I described it. I was part of it!

    Roadrunner can confirm it.

    I just don't remember the DOW number exactly.

    You guys gonna make me go back through all my PMs with Lloyd?
    "Lenin is certainly right. There is no subtler or more severe means of overturning the existing basis of society(destroy capitalism) than to debauch the currency. The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and it does it in a manner which not one man in a million is able to diagnose."
    John Marnard Keynes, The Economic Consequences of the Peace, 1920, page 235ff
  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Gold 809
    Plat 838

    ...getting close to parity. Doesn't mean anything when it does. However, platinums crash does mean the Big 2.5 will not be making 16 million cars next year.

    Ren
  • Almost there, and the Dow needs to make up 1000 points for me to have a chance..... Oh well, I have never claimed to be Nostradomus. image
    imageQuid pro quo. Yes or no?
  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    9685 vs. 8515

    rg, that would have to be one heck of a rally!

    Ren
  • roadrunnerroadrunner Posts: 28,303 ✭✭✭✭✭
    No, I described it. I was part of it! Roadrunner can confirm it. I just don't remember the DOW number exactly.

    The "discussions" were always on Dow vs. gold. Google was never a part of it. Yes, Lloyd was a man of rare integrity. We couldn't settle on a Dow number and finally went with just a figure on gold.

    The question now is if we will end the year with a Dow/gold ratio <10. I believe we will.

    roadrunner


    Barbarous Relic No More, LSCC -GoldSeek--shadow stats--SafeHaven--321gold
  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Survey says....
  • renman95renman95 Posts: 7,037 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Winner - Predictions at 9712
    Loser - Dow at 8775ish

    Although not on the original post
    S&P500 at 903
    Gold at 880

    Ren
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