2017 Predictions Contest

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My Entry:

I'm fairly bullish and I wanna say an 8% rise for the two indexes...
DOW: 21,500
TSX: 17,000
GOLD: 1400
OIL: 65
CAD: 80
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LadyGeek wrote:I assume it's the prices quoted here: Yahoo Finance
Yes and gold/oil futures are from the CME Group (30 day).
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Happy New Year to all !

I peered into the crystal ball and ...

DOW: 20980
TSX: 17541
GOLD: $1262
OIL: $68.23
CAD: $0.7865
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My guestimates:

DOW: 21150
TSX: 16150
GOLD: 1200
OIL: 58.25
CAD: 0.7150
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DOW: 20002
TSX: 16002
GOLD: 1147
OIL: 58
CAD: 0.73
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:idea:
Going for a combination of LadyGeek's "recommend[ation of] using the same precision as kcowan uses in his spreadsheet. It's a close contest, the extra places are needed to avoid a tie..." and a quasi-loopy-binary? modification of adrian2's inspirational repetition of a single digit:

DOW 18181
TSX 15151
GLD 1212
OIL 47.47
CAD .7878
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Good one :lol:
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Rather than throwing darts, I'm primed with another approach :lol:

Dow: 21397
TSX: 17783
Gold: 1141.1
Oil: 53.23
CAD: .6983
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After a respectable 8th in 2015, I really sucked at this last year, finishing a dismal 34th (and far off on every prediction). Good thing I didn't base my investments on that (and won't this year either). I'll try again...
DOW: 18365
TSX: 13946
GOLD: 1290
OIL: 65
CAD: .765

One thing missing in the contest, probably mentioned by others over the years, is a bond metric. That's probably because the numbers do not vary much. But predicting up, down, or sideways might be interesting.
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I have had a request for S&P in the past and I said that I would include anything that there was widespread support for by the group. So I am open to what and how the participants suggest we include. Remember that anything included gets into the winning average as well.
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kcowan wrote:I have had a request for S&P in the past and I said that I would include anything that there was widespread support for by the group. So I am open to what and how the participants suggest we include. Remember that anything included gets into the winning average as well.
The S&P 500 is a far better benchmark than the Dow so better represents the US equity market. That said, it's probably too late to change for 2017 as everyone would have to do careful analysis and recalculation throw darts again :lol: to update their predictions. Defer to the 2018 contest?
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DOW: 21800
TSX: 16540
GOLG: 1280
OIL: 58.40
CAD: 73.80
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Peculiar_Investor wrote:
kcowan wrote:I have had a request for S&P in the past and I said that I would include anything that there was widespread support for by the group. So I am open to what and how the participants suggest we include. Remember that anything included gets into the winning average as well.
The S&P 500 is a far better benchmark than the Dow so better represents the US equity market. That said, it's probably too late to change for 2017 as everyone would have to do careful analysis and recalculation throw darts again :lol: to update their predictions. Defer to the 2018 contest?
I don't think it's too late to change. Here's why the DOW should be replaced: Why the Dow Jones Industrial Average Is Useless
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I'm for S&P500. :thumbsup:
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poedin wrote::idea:
Going for a combination of LadyGeek's "recommend[ation of] using the same precision as kcowan uses in his spreadsheet. It's a close contest, the extra places are needed to avoid a tie..." and a quasi-loopy-binary? modification of adrian2's inspirational repetition of a single digit:

DOW 18181
TSX 15151
GLD 1212
OIL 47.47
CAD .7878
S&P500 2020
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We have a week to make the change. All in favour?
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Peculiar_Investor wrote:Rather than throwing darts, I'm primed with another approach :lol:

Dow: 21397
TSX: 17783
Gold: 1141.1
Oil: 53.23
CAD: .6983
S&P 500: 2393
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I'm against changing it for this year, because some people who have already entered may not revisit this thread in time to find out.
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I'm against too, it's a free choice.
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LadyGeek wrote:I assume it's the prices quoted here: Yahoo Finance

DOW: 21,201
TSX: 16,789
GOLD: 1,234
OIL: 56.78
CAD: 0.7890

I recommend using the same precision as kcowan uses in his spreadsheet. It's a close contest, the extra places are needed to avoid a tie.

OIL is to 2 decimal places (56.78), CAD to 4 (0.7890).
S&P 500: 2345.67

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Spudd wrote:I'm against changing it for this year, because some people who have already entered may not revisit this thread in time to find out.
Good point. If we don't get everyone, I agree that deferring until next year is appropriate.
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schmuck wrote:DOW: 2180
TSX: 16540
GOLG: 1280
OIL: 58.40
CAD: 73.80
That'd be a helluva drop on the DOW. Maybe you lost a digit ? :?


In terms of the contest choices, I'd vote for sticking with the "DOW for NOW" :lol:
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DOW: 16919
TSX: 11919
GOLD: 919
OIL: 69.19
CAD: .6919

I will call this "The Year Where Nothing Made Cents"

Congrats on winning the 2016 contest, Nisser.

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Koogie wrote: That'd be a helluva drop on the DOW. Maybe you lost a digit ? :?
Thanks
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Last chance! You have until 9:30 EST Monday to make your wild guesses. I notice a few obvious omissions.
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kcowan wrote:Last chance! You have until 9:30 EST Monday to make your wild guesses. I notice a few obvious omissions.
Thanks for the reminder :thumbsup:

I hereby pledge that I will do much better then I did in 2016 but not as good as 2015

DOW: 21010
TSX: 16450
GOLD: 1205
OIL: 61
CAD: .7575

And I vote "yes" for S&P to be used over the DOW in the 2018 contest
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