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He’s got 100-large for whoever delivers AQR the right stuff. Continue reading »

  • 22 Sep 2011 at 1:21 PM

Call The Close

Hey, look, we’re down over 400 points. Think we’ll hit 1,000 or will a shirtless and face-painted Bob Pisani spark a rally? Continue reading »

  • 18 Aug 2011 at 10:07 AM

Call The Close (UPDATE)

Update: And “Excited for $2 gas” is our winner with 10990 at 12:30! EF2G, get in touch to claim your prize.
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Hey look, we’re down over 500. Think we can double that or will Maria Bartiromo, from her desk at the stock exchange, bring us back through sheer force? Continue reading »

If your name does not appear here, you have not be asked, but there’s still hope. Continue reading »

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  • 14 Oct 2009 at 10:50 AM

You Tell Us: Dow 10,000

So that we’re all prepared for the balloons, streamers, and Maria Bartiromo, jumping out of a cake on the floor of the stock exchange, please predict when, down to the minute, this thing is happening. Is today at 12:47? Tomorrow at 3:15? Look into your crystal balls and let us know. The first to guess correctly will win either the last pair of Money Crocs we have left, or the opportunity to accompany me when I interview Christine Mancision, the girl who was nearly danced to death (I left her a voicemail at Luxor Capital and I’m confident she’ll want to discuss this thing further).

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  • 06 Aug 2009 at 4:41 PM

Take The Plunge

abbyd.jpgProfiling Abby Joseph “The Oracle” Cohen’s fall out of the financial cheerleading tree, CNBC’s JeeYeon Park managed to hit (and break) every metaphoric branch on the way down. Between the two of them, no rhetorical equity booster is left unbowed, including:

“…held up during the difficult portion of the recession.” (It being all behind us now, this is clearly a safe observation, right?)
“…new bull market.” (a/k/a “It’s different this time.” a/k/a “A new paradigm.”)
“…stocks should likely perform better than bonds.” (Should likely).
“…not only good, but fabulous by comparison.” (Thanks for asking!)
“…staircase pattern.” (Stairway to heaven, one assumes).
“…job losses were slowing.” (The precious second derivative decline. Thank the maker!)
“…unlikely to turn all at one [sic] or on a dime.” (Bit dangerous to put Titanic references in an otherwise positive pump job, but we digress…)

Being the aesthetics that we know you to be, we’ve decided to give you a chance to hone your literary and poetic skills in the comfort of your own deskchair. Yes, a contest.
Best haiku using as much of Cohen’s unique vocabulary as syllapossible gets to vote on our new fall intern. Scoring will be completely arbitrary, unfair and primarily focused on creative use of words and phrases like “fabulous” and “V-Shaped.”
Go!
Stocks in ‘New Bull Market,’ But Climb Will Be Slow: Cohen [CNBC]