This morning right when the market opened I decided to have a contest to win a brand new ipod touch if you could guess the correct amount +/- the market would end up at the closing bell.
There were lots of guesses but only one winner! @toekneehip. Click here to congratulate him!
Here were all the guesses:
OW closes down 227 points
@John_Taylor (John_Taylor) says:@shoemoney -87 whatever that means! LOL I don’t even follow the footsie never mind the dow
@niessuh (niessuh) says:@shoemoney How could I predict if you’re not following me and I can direct message you
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@mloovi (mloovi) says:@shoemoney down 47 I reckon, I know nothing about it but that’s what figure popped into my head
@alandd (Alan Dayley) says:@shoemoney Complete and utter guess, not even reading the news yet this morning: +322 (unreasonable optimism, I guess)
@moneymatters (Money Matters) says:@shoemoney My guess is that there will be a 100 point gain in the market today.
@nicheblogging (nicheblogging) says:@shoemoney Although with the debate scheduled for tonight I doubt anyone will let it tank.
@billnad (Bill) says:@shoemoney Twitter contest for the DOW? I see +45 And let it be known I am the worlds worst stock picker
@eriqtan (eriqtan) says:@shoemoney: -26points. twitter contest… predict closest + or – gain in todays DOW win a cool prize
@askfrasco (Stephanie Frasco) says:@shoemoney @feedthebull I am going to say it is going to close at +100
@FeedTheBull (FeedTheBull) says:Markets starting off relatively flat. @shoemoney is giving away a prize to the person that predicts the closest + or – gain in the Dow today
October 7, 2008 at 4:29 pm
I tryed guessing but my message didn’t get through, may be because I was on private.
October 9, 2008 at 2:33 am
I don’t anything about stock market and I am wondering how they predict thing this much accurately.
October 7, 2008 at 4:33 pm
I knew it was going to be negative… but I was a little too conservative on the loss… oh well….
October 7, 2008 at 4:35 pm
LOL Doesn’t hurt to be optimistic
10k hahah
October 7, 2008 at 4:36 pm
Congrats man!
October 9, 2008 at 2:33 am
Yup, Congrats Toeknoohip.
October 7, 2008 at 4:41 pm
What a nerve-racking contest!!!! It was up, then it was down, and then it stayed DOWN!!!
Thanks Shoe!
October 7, 2008 at 4:41 pm
Congrats to the winner! Ipod Touches are pretty cool
October 7, 2008 at 4:44 pm
Maybe i should start use Twitter again. Hmm…
October 7, 2008 at 4:52 pm
There are many advantages of using twitter.. this was just one of them.
October 7, 2008 at 7:08 pm
Probably, all the cool kids are doing it
October 9, 2008 at 3:15 am
I just started using Twitter and it’s a really great way to update your status to users! It’s a really powerful tool for bloggers and webmasters.
October 7, 2008 at 4:51 pm
I decided when I saw the contest to not enter, but I guess I made the wrong decision, because my guess would’ve been down 500. Oh well, maybe next time.
October 7, 2008 at 4:51 pm
Looks like I was a little too optimistic… by about 600 points. Ouch.
October 7, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Hmm I was a bit too late on this one… Oh well, but I really hate seeing the market drop like it is, hopefully it turns around soon!
October 7, 2008 at 5:08 pm
Didn’t find out until too late…
October 7, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Hey Shoemoney: check out: http://www.google.com/search2001
It’s what Google looked like back in 2001 and do a search for “shoemoney”
Do one for “JOHN CHOW” lol! The result is hilarious:
Welcome To The Wired World Of John Chow
Skip Intro.
That’s what he looked like back then I guess.
October 8, 2008 at 10:24 am
I did a pot about some weird keywords you can type in. For instance try YouTube…. or even Shoemoney
October 9, 2008 at 3:13 am
LOL, great find! Google in 2001 was not so great.
October 7, 2008 at 5:24 pm
I just found the first disadvantage for not using Twitter, in my case. Congratulations to toekneehip!
October 7, 2008 at 5:28 pm
AH well congrats to him, I wouldn’t have know what to guess anyways.
October 7, 2008 at 5:28 pm
Wow I was so close!!!
October 7, 2008 at 5:56 pm
Depressing news, glad at least 1 person got something positive out of it.
October 7, 2008 at 6:41 pm
What a crap shoot!
October 7, 2008 at 6:57 pm
wow, whomever the winner, the day was bad…
October 8, 2008 at 7:06 am
Yes, the fall continues. But the winner in this is not to blame.
October 7, 2008 at 7:03 pm
Dang, didn’t even know about it.
I could’ve used an iPod touch.
Oh well, I’m subscribing to your twitter so I’ll know for next time.
October 7, 2008 at 7:07 pm
I saw this but didn’t participate, def should have!
October 7, 2008 at 7:18 pm
Can someone find the mean and variance of all the predictions?
October 7, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Congrats – you won a great prize.
October 7, 2008 at 9:41 pm
I have no head for the markets.
October 7, 2008 at 10:00 pm
Can anyone explain what’s that for?
October 7, 2008 at 10:27 pm
Hey Shoe, I didn’t know that you were a twitter user.
October 8, 2008 at 2:51 am
Check out the “friend me” section on his footer.
October 9, 2008 at 3:11 am
He has a twitter counter right on the top right sidebar of his Blog.
October 7, 2008 at 11:10 pm
oops, i missed it…
keep longer contests
October 8, 2008 at 1:30 am
Yes! I did it!
October 8, 2008 at 3:37 am
Something tells me I should stay away from the Stock Exchange. Missing the target by roughly 600 points can have this effect on people
Regards, George
October 8, 2008 at 4:51 am
Congratz to the winner
October 8, 2008 at 9:45 am
All I can say is….BUCKLE UP!!!! Strap on a parachute if you don’t like free-falling!!!!
October 8, 2008 at 10:23 am
The mad money guy said take your money out of the market for 5 years… Ill wait till everyone follows his advice then start buying stock like mad to ride out the wave
October 8, 2008 at 2:42 pm
Interesting blog and worth checking out more than once.
October 9, 2008 at 1:23 am
thanks mate really appreciate!
October 9, 2008 at 3:11 am
Congrats to the winner, you are a good guesser!
October 13, 2008 at 1:21 am
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October 14, 2008 at 4:55 am
congratulations to the winner. he must be proud
December 11, 2008 at 9:40 am
Wow thanks for that! This challenge is really cool
June 22, 2009 at 8:33 am
Thanks a lot!
Congrats you
Bye