re: Predict the 12/31/2013 prices. The winners for 2013 are listed on page 9.

The percentages are the average deviation in the poster's predictions from the actual prices as of 3 PM, 1/31/13.

PlanoPrivateer 3.18%
tigeraddict 3.26%
saving$ 3.91%
LSURussian 4.20%
acgeaux129 4.41%
ITNEVERRAINS 4.62%
OnTheBrink 4.91%
Lsut81 5.26%
C 5.94%
kaaj24 6.41%
GumboPot 7.02%
threeputt 7.11%
jso0003 7.39%
GeneralLee 7.527%
DNaquin 7.531%
buddhavista 7.60%
reb13 7.67%
BennyAndTheInkJets 7.79%
kennypowers816 7.89%
rmc 8.21%
white perch 8.37%
BigBoyTiger 8.53%
LSUtoOmaha 8.58%
Jed Zeppelin 8.73%
ProjectPat 11.27%
djmicrobe 11.94%
Lookin4Par 15.14%
CompanyMan 18.80%
LSU0358 40.79%

I'm dragging up the end in my predictions. Funny thing is is that this has been one of the best Years I've ever had, and February isn't even over yet.

Pretty sure my commodity predictions are killing me. I don't own a single commodity except for a little bit of a platinum ETF on a cash basis. The S&P and Dow futures trading has been $ though.

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12 Lsut81 7.063%

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I'll take a stab at these predictions

Dow Jones Industrials: 14,910.87
S&P 500: 1,478.32
Nasdaq: 3,225.57
EUR/USD: 1.26
10 year bond: 1.783%
30 year bond: 2.958%
Gold: $1,692.82/oz.
Silver: $32.388/oz.
Oil: $95.37/barrel
Natural gas: $3.156
Wholesale gasoline: $3.06/gallon

This is a complete shot in the dark with absolutely no thought put into it whatsoever

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have an entry which predicts the 12/31/13 prices to be the same as what the 12/31/12 ending prices were, right?

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Yes sir, exactly.

Interim update after yesterday's 200+ point drop on the DJ30. I've also added (thanks for the idea, PlanoPrivateer) another "entry" which is the deviation from 12/31/12 actual ending prices, shown in the list below as "Year to Date Deviation" which as you can see has the second lowest deviation from current prices.

1 PlanoPrivateer 2.533%
2 Year to Date Deviation 3.946%
3 LSURussian 4.293%
4 tigeraddict 4.320%
5 saving$ 4.502%
6 ITNEVERRAINS 4.944%
7 OnTheBrink 5.020%
8 acgeaux129 5.116%
9 buddhavista 5.438%
10 jso0003 5.731%
11 threeputt 5.943%
12 kaaj24 6.026%
13 C 6.310%
14 BigBoyTiger 6.356%
15 Lsut81 6.874%
16 rmc 6.894%
17 kennypowers816 8.245%
18 BennyAndTheInkJets 8.398%
19 DNaquin 8.600%
20 GumboPot 8.759%
21 reb13 8.886%
22 white perch 8.917%
23 Jed Zeppelin 9.505%
24 LSUtoOmaha 9.607%
25 GeneralLee 9.780%
26 ProjectPat 10.229%
27 djmicrobe 11.427%
28 Lookin4Par 16.394%
29 CompanyMan 17.600%
30 LSU0358 45.179%

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Wish I would have seen this a month ago.

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Me, too. Too bad you didn't see it.

We left this thread on the first page for the first 10 days of January so that everyone who came to the Money Talk Board during that time would have a chance to see it and participate.

Just remember we've done this type of thread at the beginning of each year for the past three years so please join in next January.

It's a great idea..........but I AIN'T doin' it!

1 PlanoPrivateer 2.490%
2 Year to Date Deviation 4.685%
3 LSURussian 4.875%
4 buddhavista 5.002%
5 tigeraddict 5.069%
6 saving$ 5.073%
7 acgeaux129 5.149%
8 jso0003 5.253%
9 ITNEVERRAINS 5.324%
10 OnTheBrink 5.509%
11 C 5.604%
12 threeputt 5.634%
13 rmc 6.388%
14 kaaj24 6.522%
15 BigBoyTiger 6.752%
16 kennypowers816 7.632%
17 Lsut81 7.758%
18 reb13 8.361%
19 DNaquin 8.678%
20 GumboPot 8.778%
21 BennyAndTheInkJets 8.896%
22 Jed Zeppelin 9.671%
23 GeneralLee 9.825%
24 white perch 10.087%
25 LSUtoOmaha 10.130%
26 ProjectPat 11.438%
27 djmicrobe 11.633%
28 Lookin4Par 16.128%
29 CompanyMan 18.140%
30 LSU0358 45.562%