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
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I tryed guessing but my message didn’t get through, may be because I was on private.
I don’t anything about stock market and I am wondering how they predict thing this much accurately.
I knew it was going to be negative… but I was a little too conservative on the loss… oh well….
LOL Doesn’t hurt to be optimistic
10k hahah
Congrats man!
Yup, Congrats Toeknoohip.
What a nerve-racking contest!!!! It was up, then it was down, and then it stayed DOWN!!!
Thanks Shoe!
Congrats to the winner! Ipod Touches are pretty cool
Maybe i should start use Twitter again. Hmm…
There are many advantages of using twitter.. this was just one of them.
Probably, all the cool kids are doing it
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.
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.
Looks like I was a little too optimistic… by about 600 points. Ouch.
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!
Didn’t find out until too late…
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.
I did a pot about some weird keywords you can type in. For instance try YouTube…. or even Shoemoney
LOL, great find! Google in 2001 was not so great.
I just found the first disadvantage for not using Twitter, in my case. Congratulations to toekneehip!
AH well congrats to him, I wouldn’t have know what to guess anyways.
Wow I was so close!!!
Depressing news, glad at least 1 person got something positive out of it.
What a crap shoot!
wow, whomever the winner, the day was bad…
Yes, the fall continues. But the winner in this is not to blame.
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.
I saw this but didn’t participate, def should have!
Can someone find the mean and variance of all the predictions?
Congrats – you won a great prize.
I have no head for the markets.
Can anyone explain what’s that for?
Hey Shoe, I didn’t know that you were a twitter user.
Check out the “friend me” section on his footer.
He has a twitter counter right on the top right sidebar of his Blog.
oops, i missed it…
keep longer contests
Yes! I did it!
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
Congratz to the winner
All I can say is….BUCKLE UP!!!! Strap on a parachute if you don’t like free-falling!!!!
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
Interesting blog and worth checking out more than once.
thanks mate really appreciate!
Congrats to the winner, you are a good guesser!
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congratulations to the winner. he must be proud
Wow thanks for that! This challenge is really cool
Thanks a lot!
Congrats you
Bye
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