The Industry Standard - Prediction - Comments

Barring some incredible

Eric Hill812251 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:12:19 -0700

Barring some incredible announcement, this seems impossible. Even after all of the market mayhem, NFLX is standing solidly at $25.

@Bradley, I had to base it

Eric Hill812251 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:51:41 -0700

@Bradley, I had to base it off of something. My main concern was to not have this judged from a range after trading began. For instance, the market could open at 8k, then drop 200 points, then close at +8,800. I didn't want that to be the +1,000 swing.

I chose the open price because, from a layman's perspective, it's what I look at for any given market/stock. Open, High, Low. It's easy to calculate.

What's incredible is how incredibly close we got today. I'm still in a bit of shock. And now, after the Feds have injected $250B into 9 banks tonight, I honestly have no idea what will happen on Tuesday. Will people cash out? Invest (gamble) more?

It all feels like one crazy night at the casino.

Why does this measure off of

Bradley Baker — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:35:38 -0700

Why does this measure off of the opening price, rather than the previous-day close?

As this is currently written there could be a 1,000 point gain for the day and still have this prediction fail (today, for example, the market opened at 8,462.42, 9 points above the 10/10 close of 8,451.19. Those 9 points came very close to mattering here).

And another thing... McCain

Chris — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:51:04 -0700

And another thing... McCain will most likely not even live through one term as president, which would in turn leave palin.. i don't think i need to say anything else.

If obama is president we

Chris — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:49:14 -0700

If obama is president we need to move to canada?? Get it right bro, if McCain is president and we have 4 more years of republican government we need to move to canada. Look at our economy now and compare it 8-16 years ago... Was the best economy the u.s. had seen in decades. So tell me honestly that you want another republican and his dimwitted sidekick in office.

Not wanting my bet to be

David Kuan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:41:31 -0700

Not wanting my bet to be frozen unnecessarily, I am now cashed out. I am still of the opinion that this will end with an unfavorable judgment though.

Good Article

ryan peters — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 14:25:05 -0700

Good Article Update:

http://legalpad.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2008/10/10/google-and-yahoo-fight-...

Microsoft feels the squeeze.. And is using psychology analogies, to express the situation they are in to the Feds.

History be damned. This

Eric Hill812251 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:48:58 -0700

History be damned. This almost happened. Thank you, England (and Europe)!! Let's hope this restores some confidence and the markets settle.

+950 ...

Jeff — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:04:37 -0700

+950 ...

Wow! Wow! Wow! It got to

David Kuan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:02:50 -0700

Wow! Wow! Wow! It got to +973! at the very last 5 secs! So very close ....

Dow closed up 960+ pts, more

Jordan Golson882676 — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 13:02:04 -0700

Dow closed up 960+ pts, more than 11%, but those numbers aren't final yet.

Looks like mainstream news

David Kuan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:58:06 -0700

Looks like mainstream news is confirming the report of the 1.5M numbers as well. This can now be judged!
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/10/tmobile_presel...
http://gizmodo.com/5062688/t+mobile-sells-15-million-g1-pre+orders
http://androidcommunity.com/15-million-t-mobile-g1-handsets-already-sold...
http://www.electronista.com/articles/08/10/13/t.mo.g1.preorders.top.1.5m...
http://www.mobileburn.com/news.jsp?Id=5478
http://www.boygeniusreport.com/2008/10/12/t-mobile-g1-pre-orders-15-mill...
http://news.techwhack.com/9024-google-g1-soldout
http://htcsource.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=401&Itemi...
and many others

Wow! Over +800 pts ... under

David Kuan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:52:42 -0700

Wow! Over +800 pts ... under 10 mins to go.

+685 with 30 mins to go

David Kuan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:33:40 -0700

+685 with 30 mins to go before close. Doesn't look like it is gonna make +1000 today.

Looks like this one is for

David Kuan — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 12:02:50 -0700

Looks like this one is for the record books as the highest point gain in a day +622.61 @ 3:01pm ET. Close but yet so far from +1000. With 1 hr to go, does it have enough momentum to continue or will traders cap their profits before close?