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How many of the following 12 Indices will close UP on Tue. Mar. 4?

Settled as 0 - 2

NASDAQ up
Nikkei flat
http://finance.yahoo.com/

Background:

Background: This suspends after the Asian markets have closed, half an hour before the European markets do, and early in the North American trading day.

Asia : Nikkei 225 (^N225), Hang Seng (^HSI), Straits Times (^STI) and BSE Sensex (^BSESN)
Europe: DAX (^GDAXI), CAC 40 (^FCHI), MIBTel (^MIBTEL) and FTSE 100 (^FTSE)
Americas: Dow Jones Industrial (^DJI), TSX (^GSPTSE), MerVal (^MERV), and NASDAQ (^IXIC)

The codes can be found/used at finance.yahoo.com

Initial odds set by approximating a gentle bell curve over the equal distribution for the 13 possible outcomes.

Settlement details:As reported by a major mainstream news source. Preferred source: finance.yahoo.com

Not settled until after all markets final reportings - ie 2:20 pm PST
If any index is not active because of holiday etc, then it does not count toward UP tally.

 
Forecast history %
0 - 2
80%
3 - 5
19%
6
1%
7 - 9
0%
10 - 12
0%
Settled as 0 - 2 on Tue 4th Mar 2008 1:20pm PST

Suspend date: Tue 4th Mar 2008 8am PST
Settlement date: Tue 4th Mar 2008 1:20pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 4th Mar 2008 8am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled

Initial likelihoods: 0 - 2: 20%, 3 - 5: 23%, 6: 14%, 7 - 9: 23%, 10 - 12: 20%

Action history:

Created Thu 28th Feb 2008 1:47am PST by infernalmachine[Power User]
Suspended Tue 4th Mar 2008 8am PST : Suspend date reached
Settlement requested Tue 4th Mar 2008 1:12pm PST by infernalmachine[Power User]: Answer "0-2"
The Nikkei (just) and the NASDAQ closed UP, all others DOWN
Settled as '0 - 2' Tue 4th Mar 2008 1:20pm PST by andrew: NASDAQ up
Nikkei flat
http://finance.yahoo.com/

Suspend date: Tue 4th Mar 2008 8am PST
Settlement date: Tue 4th Mar 2008 1:20pm PST
Prediction cut-off: Predictions on this question after Tue 4th Mar 2008 8am PST have been voided because they were made after the question could be settled details

 

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adal predicted 0 - 2 (H$20 at 41%)

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