• 10 Mar 2009 at 12:58 PM

Guess The Close

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We couldn’t resist. With the Dow spiking 4.5% we had to run a contest.
Tell us, dear readers, where will it close?
You know the rules. Closest without going under. The betting window closes 10 minutes before the bell. In the event of a tie the first entry wins.
Go!

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  1. 1
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:01 PM

    6838

  2. 2
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:02 PM

    it’ll never last: 6603.46

  3. 3
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:07 PM

    6,745 CSWTF

  4. 4
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:07 PM

    6923

  5. 5
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    6850

  6. 6
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:10 PM

    Obama portfolio now up 2% in a week…way to go Commander in Chief

  7. 7
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:11 PM

    so does obama portfolio tie to S&P or dow?

  8. 8
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:14 PM

    6689

  9. 9
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:17 PM

    6869

  10. 10
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:18 PM

    Shit’s gonna fade, 5950.
    -Wildcard Bitches!

  11. 11
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:23 PM

    6750

  12. 12
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:23 PM

    6669, because the market is as confused as a lesbian in bed with a straight guy in a multi person encounter.

  13. 13
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:23 PM

    6728

  14. 14
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    7100

  15. 15
    Posted by ShortOil | March 10, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    6785

  16. 16
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    6702.35

  17. 17
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:24 PM

    5,000

  18. 18
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:25 PM

    6728

  19. 19
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:27 PM

    6767…

  20. 20
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    7040.55

  21. 21
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    6635

  22. 22
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:28 PM

    What is the profits to earnings ratio at today? Seems like this rally would have a large impact on valuation metrics.

  23. 23
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:29 PM

    6828

  24. 24
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:29 PM

    6744

  25. 25
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:32 PM

    Are there any Pick Four lotto winners here?

  26. 26
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:32 PM

    48billion

  27. 27
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:34 PM

    6789

  28. 28
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:34 PM

    6767.67

  29. 29
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:38 PM

    6901 – JH

  30. 30
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:40 PM

    6780.08

  31. 31
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:43 PM

    6422

  32. 32
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:44 PM

    6827
    - Mongo

  33. 33
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:45 PM

    6949….
    ~Ken Lewis’ barber

  34. 34
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:45 PM

    6969.69
    this the dumbest thread, ever.

  35. 35
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:46 PM

    47.9 Billion
    -Price as Right Watcher

  36. 36
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:50 PM

    too easy – 0

  37. 37
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 1:51 PM

    Bull market is back baby! The Chosen One called it! Buy,buy,buy! Frank wants the uptick rule! Bye bye bye shorts! It’s all settled! Mustard Seeds!!! Kudlow says to buy!
    Dow 36,000!!! (There’s an oldie but goodie).

  38. 38
    Posted by ShortOil | March 10, 2009 at 1:54 PM

    hope everyone got short on this move, volume doesn’t support this kind of move at all

  39. 39
    Posted by blndebnker | March 10, 2009 at 2:00 PM

    6874

  40. 40
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:02 PM

    6,675.83

  41. 41
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:07 PM

    7,000.00

  42. 42
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:11 PM

    6666.666

  43. 43
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:14 PM

    6851.4
    -Glick

  44. 44
    Posted by frankthetank | March 10, 2009 at 2:15 PM

    6777

  45. 45
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:22 PM

    6873

  46. 46
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:23 PM

    @39, I always wondered why the guy picked 36,000 for his number. Why not 35 or 40K? How did he get to 36?

  47. 47
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:23 PM

    6911

  48. 48
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:26 PM

    6820.49
    -IWIN

  49. 49
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:27 PM

    Dow 36,000: The New Strategy for Profiting From the Coming Rise in the Stock Market is a book by James K. Glassman and Kevin A. Hassett. It was published in 1999, shortly before the dot-com bubble burst, the Industrial Average reached a record high of 11,750.28 in January 2000
    In the introduction to the book, Glassman and Hassett wrote that the book “Stocks are now in the midst of a one-time-only rise to much higher ground–to the neighborhood of 36,000 on the Dow Jones industrial average.”[2]
    Glassman and Hassett believe that both investors and official commentators have misperceived stocks as a risky investment which should require a premium return, when compared to ‘safe’ investments such as government bonds.
    If stocks and bonds were treated as equally risky, Glassman and Hassett argue, the Dow Jones index would be around 36000. Hence, anyone who gets in now and stays for the long haul, can expect returns of around 300 per cent (in addition to the normal interest rate) as the rest of the market wakes up. Once this historic correction is over, the efficient markets hypothesis will hold sway.[3].

  50. 50
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:29 PM

    6820.49
    -IWIN

  51. 51
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:31 PM

    6853

  52. 52
    Posted by mrpink | March 10, 2009 at 2:39 PM

    6850, Bob
    -mrp

  53. 53
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:40 PM

    6769

  54. 54
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:46 PM

    7001 – how do i collect my prize

  55. 55
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:47 PM

    6915.66
    -js

  56. 56
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 2:49 PM

    Wins what? It this another Madoff run enterprise?

  57. 57
    Posted by Investorcluzo | March 10, 2009 at 2:56 PM

    6536…alas, yet another rally fades and investors are left scratching their heads thinking: what happened to the 30% rip?

  58. 58
    Posted by michange | March 10, 2009 at 3:02 PM

    6494
    This dead cat has legs

  59. 59
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:04 PM

    6941

  60. 60
    Posted by michange | March 10, 2009 at 3:04 PM

    6494
    This dead cat has legs…

  61. 61
    Posted by StillNoCouch | March 10, 2009 at 3:05 PM

    10 minutes before the bell ?
    Come on !

  62. 62
    Posted by Formerly FEPWJ | March 10, 2009 at 3:05 PM

    6814.73
    If I win I’m taking wideclops out to a $5.95 all you can eat sushi buffet, her and boots from ML enjoy it there….

  63. 63
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:12 PM

    6915.2
    (my favorite position, the age I lost my virginity and the duration of the encounter)

  64. 64
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:21 PM

    @57 (-js)
    #65 here
    Sorry about that… just saw your guess… my revised number is 6925

  65. 65
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:26 PM

    6870

  66. 66
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:27 PM

    6870

  67. 67
    Posted by blndebnker | March 10, 2009 at 3:30 PM

    OMG I’m winning. Hold steady!

  68. 68
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:32 PM

    6742

  69. 69
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:39 PM

    6860

  70. 70
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:42 PM

    6874

  71. 71
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:43 PM

    @65 from 57
    Don’t worry – good minds think alike -

  72. 72
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:45 PM

    6860
    -ENG

  73. 73
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:48 PM

    6870—DWP

  74. 74
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:48 PM

    6870—DWP

  75. 75
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:48 PM

    6870—DWP

  76. 76
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:49 PM

    6865.56

  77. 77
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 3:55 PM

    looks like guest is going to nail it.

  78. 78
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 4:00 PM

    I’m guessing on the Kudlow Report tonight the headline will be “2009 — Could this be the start of a new bull market?! Are the mustard seeds sprouting!?”

  79. 79
    Posted by Investorcluzo | March 10, 2009 at 4:07 PM

    looks like 65 wins due to the revision because of 57′s post. talk about a reach around/donkey punch!

  80. 80
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 4:13 PM

    @5

  81. 81
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 4:13 PM

    65/66 here… what did I win?

  82. 82
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 4:23 PM

    6924

  83. 83
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 4:43 PM

    @ 66 from 57 You owe me…I pushed you into the win! (:-))
    Any particular method you used or just guesswork?

  84. 84
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 4:46 PM

    @84 – 23 minutes after the bell and you still didn’t win?
    You are NOT Madoff Securities material.

  85. 85
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 5:01 PM

    @57/85
    You’re right, I owe you one… getting there was a little of both but primarily a (lucky?) guess.
    Now here’s the payback – buy 100 shares of SPH at the open and hold it for 2 days, then dump. You’re welcome!

  86. 86
    Posted by guest | March 10, 2009 at 5:09 PM

    “Closest without going under.”
    61 winner?

  87. 87
    Posted by guest | March 12, 2009 at 3:27 PM

    Hey #87
    For the hell of it, I took your advice and made a few hundred bucks off SPH for myself!
    Thanks dude, well done!

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