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Background:
The Dow. DJIA. By far the most quoted stock index (even though it's not actually an index).Here they are.Will it still be the same group by the end of '09. At least a couple are looking a little shaky.
Alcoa Inc. AA
American Express Company AXP
AT&T Corp. T
Boeing Co. BA
Caterpillar Inc. CAT
Coca-Cola Co. KO
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours DD
Eastman Kodak Co. EK
Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM
General Electric Company GE
General Motors Corp. GM
Home Depot Inc HD
Honeywell International Inc HON
Hewlett-Packard Co. HWP
International Business Machines Corp. IBM
Intel Corp. INTC
International Paper Co. IP
Johnson & Johnson JNJ
McDonald's Corp. MCD
Merck & Co. Inc. MRK
Microsoft Corp. MSFT
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. MMM
J. P. Morgan & Company JPM
Philip Morris Companies Inc. MO
Procter & Gamble Co. PG
SBC Communications Inc. SBC
Citigroup Inc. C
United Technologies Corp. UTX
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT
Walt Disney Co.
Alcoa Inc. AA
American Express Company AXP
AT&T Corp. T
Boeing Co. BA
Caterpillar Inc. CAT
Coca-Cola Co. KO
E.I. Du Pont de Nemours DD
Eastman Kodak Co. EK
Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM
General Electric Company GE
General Motors Corp. GM
Home Depot Inc HD
Honeywell International Inc HON
Hewlett-Packard Co. HWP
International Business Machines Corp. IBM
Intel Corp. INTC
International Paper Co. IP
Johnson & Johnson JNJ
McDonald's Corp. MCD
Merck & Co. Inc. MRK
Microsoft Corp. MSFT
Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. MMM
J. P. Morgan & Company JPM
Philip Morris Companies Inc. MO
Procter & Gamble Co. PG
SBC Communications Inc. SBC
Citigroup Inc. C
United Technologies Corp. UTX
Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT
Walt Disney Co.
Settlement details:
As reported by a major mainstream news source.
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At least one goes by end March 09 |
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........... one goes by end June 09 |
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........... one goes by end Sept 09 |
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Same 30 at 31 December 2009 |
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Suspend date: Thu 24th Dec 11:59pm PST (50 weeks to go)
Initial likelihoods: At least one goes by end March 09: 20%, ........... one goes by end June 09: 20%, ........... one goes by end Sept 09 : 20%, Same 30 at 31 December 2009: 40%
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Created Fri 21st Nov 2008 11:30am PST by petefin
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Voided Sat 22nd Nov 2008 5:55am PST by bayoubear: Question recreated with improved options THANKS!!!
bayoubear: Question recreated with improved options THANKS!!!
Changed Description Sat 22nd Nov 2008 5:55am PST by bayoubear: show details
bayoubear: show details ... are looking a little shaky. <.<br/> Alcoa Inc. AA <<br/> American Express Company AXP <<br/> AT&T Corp. T <<br/> Boeing Co. BA <<br/> Caterpillar Inc. CAT <<br/> Coca-Cola Co. KO <<br/> E.I. Du Pont de Nemours DD <<br/> Eastman Kodak Co. EK <<br/> Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM <<br/> General Electric Company GE <<br/> General Motors Corp. GM <<br/> Home Depot Inc HD <<br/> Honeywell International Inc HON <<br/> Hewlett-Packard Co. HWP <<br/> International Business Machines Corp. IBM <<br/> Intel Corp. INTC <<br/> International Paper Co. IP <<br/> Johnson & Johnson JNJ <<br/> McDonald's Corp. MCD <<br/> Merck & Co. Inc. MRK <<br/> Microsoft Corp. MSFT <<br/> Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. MMM <<br/> J. P. Morgan & Company JPM <<br/> Philip Morris Companies Inc. MO <<br/> Procter & Gamble Co. PG <<br/> SBC Communications Inc. SBC <<br/> Citigroup Inc. C <<br/> United Technologies Corp. UTX <<br/> Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT <<br/> Walt Disney Co.
Changed Description Sat 22nd Nov 2008 5:55am PST by bayoubear: show details
bayoubear: show details ... are looking a little shaky.<. <br/> Alcoa Inc. AA< <br/> American Express Company AXP< <br/> AT&T Corp. T< <br/> Boeing Co. BA< <br/> Caterpillar Inc. CAT< <br/> Coca-Cola Co. KO< <br/> E.I. Du Pont de Nemours DD< <br/> Eastman Kodak Co. EK< <br/> Exxon Mobil Corp. XOM< <br/> General Electric Company GE< <br/> General Motors Corp. GM< <br/> Home Depot Inc HD< <br/> Honeywell International Inc HON< <br/> Hewlett-Packard Co. HWP< <br/> International Business Machines Corp. IBM< <br/> Intel Corp. INTC< <br/> International Paper Co. IP< <br/> Johnson & Johnson JNJ< <br/> McDonald's Corp. MCD< <br/> Merck & Co. Inc. MRK< <br/> Microsoft Corp. MSFT< <br/> Minnesota Mining & Mfg. Co. MMM< <br/> J. P. Morgan & Company JPM< <br/> Philip Morris Companies Inc. MO< <br/> Procter & Gamble Co. PG< <br/> SBC Communications Inc. SBC< <br/> Citigroup Inc. C< <br/> United Technologies Corp. UTX< <br/> Wal-Mart Stores Inc. WMT< <br/> Walt Disney Co.
Suspend date: Thu 24th Dec 11:59pm PST (50 weeks to go)
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6 predictions
growthy
predicted At least one goes by end March 09 (H$100 at 21%)
ianochaye
craig814
predicted Same 30 at 31 December 2009 (H$100 at 40%)
gtown
predicted ........... one goes by end June 09 (H$20 at 20%)
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score: 10
CNN Money 7 weeks ago
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score: 10
Morningstar.com 7 weeks ago
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score: 10
Reuters UK 7 weeks ago
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score: 10
Reuters 7 weeks ago
automaker retains its status as one of the powerhouses in the best-known measurement of U.S. stocks, the Dow Jones Industrial Average. Its market capitalization as of Thursday is $1.8 billion, making it by far the smallest Dow member. Even on a day when
score: 10
CNN Money 7 weeks ago
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So it is very likely that in these 'troubled times' there may be one or more changes in the next year.
As to adjusting (or fixing) the problem with the options, once a question is created, and particularly once wagers have been made, there's no way I can add or delete options. I can change an option itself but in this case that might still not fix the issue at hand.
So Petefin can either create the question again with the improved selection of options, or we can let this run to see if it will be settled before hitting the problem later next year.
I'm going to leave it suspended until I get word back from the creator.
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