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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 07:15 AM
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Poll question: Here's a 50/50 bet for you
Edited on Tue Aug-09-11 07:49 AM by ThomWV
Yesterday the DOW Jones Industrial Average, a closely watched stock price indicator, dropped by over 600 points.

What will it do today?

I will find this poll and bring it back up to the top when the market opens, later this afternoon, and then right after the market closes. It should be interesting to see how accurately DU can predict the day.
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LiberalEsto Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 07:15 AM
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1. It will be sideways. nt
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 07:17 AM
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2. Nope, that will be me laying on the couch watching reruns of Keith from last night.
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 08:31 AM
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3. The DOW is up 50 on the opening
Edited on Tue Aug-09-11 08:33 AM by ThomWV
With 36% saying up and with 64% saying it will go down at this time.
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onehandle Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 09:18 AM
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4. I guessed -250 yesterday. Today, before I saw this thread, I guessed it would hover around even.
An hour into trading it's up +191.
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ThomWV Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Aug-09-11 03:38 PM
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5. Well, it ended the day up 430 points - and 2/3 of DU thought it would be down today
At eight this morning two thirds of the people who had voted in this poll thought the market would be down at the end of the day. And here we are.
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William769 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-10-11 10:29 AM
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6. Half of DU was just a day late.
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