Call the dow (5/1)!

[Up Y'oars]

DB is holding on through mid-day on the 30th!

 

[shorthairsrus]

Don't hold your breath freaky friday

 

[njsimonson]

In the final day, here is our top ten after the 4/30 close of 24,345.72. Good luck, futures are off 406 to start our Friday!

Name	Guess	Off By
db-2	24442.00	96.28
Brian Renville	24471.00	125.28
RANGER 1	24495.05	149.33
Kurtr	24509.23	163.51
AR-15	24107.00	238.72
3Roosters	24601.23	255.51
Uncle Jimbo	23963.26	382.46
Callem'In	24731.80	386.08
Greenrocks	24789.39	443.67
Browneye	23669.00	676.72
7mmMag	23627.88	717.84

 

[3Roosters]

In the final day, here is our top ten after the 4/30 close of 24,345.72. Good luck, futures are off 406 to start our Friday!

Name	Guess	Off By
db-2	24442.00	96.28
Brian Renville	24471.00	125.28
RANGER 1	24495.05	149.33
Kurtr	24509.23	163.51
AR-15	24107.00	238.72
3Roosters	24601.23	255.51
Uncle Jimbo	23963.26	382.46
Callem'In	24731.80	386.08
Greenrocks	24789.39	443.67
Browneye	23669.00	676.72
7mmMag	23627.88	717.84

Good luck all.. even though i am probably now out of the running nj, I'd still be interested in buying a dozen of those crappie jigs you speak of. You can PM me with details. Thanks!

 

[njsimonson]

With a late sell-off and a drop of more than 622 points for a 5/1 close of 23,723.69, Browneye gets the win!

Thanks everyone for playing! Final scores are below.

Name	Guess	Off By
Browneye	23669.00	54.69
7mmMag	23627.88	95.81
Uncle Jimbo	23963.26	239.57
HUNTFISHND	23412.69	311.00
ND 41 Hunter	23400.00	323.69
AR-15	24107.00	383.31
JayKay	23271.05	452.64
savage270	23201.46	522.23
eyexer	23175.00	548.69
db-2	24442.00	718.31
Brian Renville	24471.00	747.31
RANGER 1	24495.05	771.36
Kurtr	24509.23	785.54
Lapper	22874.63	849.06
3Roosters	24601.23	877.54
skywalker	22801.16	922.53
Callem'In	24731.80	1008.11
Bauer	22680.62	1043.07
Greenrocks	24789.39	1065.70
tigolbitties	22642.45	1081.24
Rowdie	22222.22	1501.47
PAIN	22187.61	1536.08
Sluggo	21917.00	1806.69
Lbrandt	25555.55	1831.86
Paddledogger	21885.45	1838.24
Lycanthrope	21695.75	2027.94
Migrator Man	25780.56	2056.87
wslayer	21636.00	2087.69
Ristorapper	21507.23	2216.46
MuskyManiac	21023.58	2700.11
CJR	26774.76	3051.07
Chas'n Tail	20316.17	3407.52
Flatrock	20000.00	3723.69
BotnoJoe	19917.31	3806.38
rapala_09	19876.23	3847.46
thecatwalker	27777.00	4053.31
martinslanding	19500.00	4223.69
Zogman	19471.20	4252.49
Brian Halse	19157.55	4566.14
Bob Erfish	19023.65	4700.04
mikef	18999.00	4724.69
duckman1302	18913.26	4810.43
WonderBread	18845.93	4877.76
Coalburner	18700.00	5023.69
Allen	18563.28	5160.41
Prairie Doggin'	18364.22	5359.47
Snapper	18212.88	5510.81
KiYi	18113.55	5610.14
gone_fishing	17887.41	5836.28
Maddog	17800.00	5923.69
espringers	17500.00	6223.69
Up Y'oars	17500.00	6223.69
Stinger	17344.69	6379.00
njsimonson	16645.32	7078.37
AaronJ	16321.44	7402.25
RNinND	15763.57	7960.12
Twitch	15332.36	8391.33
OO7	13721.57	10002.12
Meelosh	12500.00	11223.69
WormWiggler	11700.00	12023.69
guywhofishes	10500.00	13223.69
Grizzly Adams	1616.16	22107.53

 

[Sluggo]

My guess made on April 31 of 21,917 was the close on that day. My logic was that it would remain pretty flat. Glad to be wrong and see it recover a little bit.

PS - I think the negative Nellys at the bottom should get a booby prize.

 

[LBrandt]

Missed it by $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ that much.:;:rockit

 

[7mmMag]

Damn, close but no cigar. If you ain't first, you're last!

 

[db-2]

Just got back with the wife after having two Old Mills at the local pup. Wife won 65 dollars at pull tabs but for some reason the machine got all but $10 back. One day off for me and do not understand how it can drop 600 and some points. Would of been happeir to see it go up 600 points.
But son and wife are coming over along with one other daughter to eat supper, a few more cold ones on the deck and maybe a smore over the fire place if the wind goes down.
There were eight at the bar and has a sign once it hits 50 will lock the door. May need to go down later to see how it goes.
Not sure if this is the right thing to do, restraunts will open on Monday in this town.

Time will tell and tomorrow is another day and I am one day closer to my time to go at 102. db-2

 

[RANGER 1]

Nj, thanks for putting this on. It was a fun game to play in this crazy time. Congrats to brown eye, well done. I also think GUYWHO and GRIZZY should each get one jig so they can fish to survive instead of play the market

 

[Maddog]

My guess made on April 31 of 21,917 was the close on that day. My logic was that it would remain pretty flat. Glad to be wrong and see it recover a little bit.

PS - I think the negative Nellys at the bottom should get a booby prize.

I would gladly take a pair

 

[Davey Crockett]

For those who pulled out, Any opinions of when is a good time to roll back in ? I've been pondering on this for a while and dragging my feet waiting for a good time but the turmoil looks to be with us for a while and the upcoming election scares me. Part of my brain keeps telling me a bird in the hand is better than two in the bush but I am a gardener and I realize how much produce you can get off a well placed seed.

My way of thinking is roll back in with baby steps , Can do it for free 3 times a month if I remember right. Right or wrong/smart or dumb ?

What ever you guys say, I'll do the opposite. Haha just funnin with ya and in a good way. ;:;popcorn

- - - Updated - - -

When things were going south we rolled out early and thought a lake cabin was in our future due to people having to make tough decisions and creating a buyers market. Turned out they are holding their value. From what I gather is working at home is the new normal for quite a few people that are thinking if I am going to work from home we might as well make this fun.

 

[Petras]

I never pull out... just ask my wife.... all jokes aside, I stayed in and even put more in my brokerage link account to to buy individual stocks throughout this whole thing. My personal rate of return for my 401k accounts is around 48% for the year.... ifni would have sold all the new stocks I bought when they spiked way up, my PRR would be around the 80% mark. Its ok though as they are still way down from their normal prices and I know they will eventually go way back up. I'm young, I can wait.

 

[guywhofishes]

when I participate in games like this I like to get away from the pack where there’s lots of competition - that’s why I lowballed hard

I moved my 401k into a Vanguard $1/$1 in January, realizing if this was deadly we were in for chaos

I rolled half back into stock-based funds six days before it bottomed. I rolled the rest back in a month later.

I got very lucky and figured I should get defensive for a while - about a week ago I took a more conservative position (medium risk)

 

[eyexer]

I took a 30% profit on a stock I’ve held for quite some time. Reinvested it in some others

 

[49994]

I never pull out... just ask my wife.... all jokes aside, I stayed in and even put more in my brokerage link account to to buy individual stocks throughout this whole thing. My personal rate of return for my 401k accounts is around 48% for the year.... ifni would have sold all the new stocks I bought when they spiked way up, my PRR would be around the 80% mark. Its ok though as they are still way down from their normal prices and I know they will eventually go way back up. I'm young, I can wait.

what mutual funds are your 401k accounts in? 48% has me very interested.

 

[Petras]

My retirement plan is through Fidelity. The funds that I'm in are
Fidelity Growth Fund (47% up YTD)
Fidelity Diversified INTL (this ones not done real great at only about 7%ytd)
Fidelity OTC Portfolio (28% up YTD)
Fidelity Total Market Indes (only 7% YTD)
Fidelity International Index (actually down 5% YTD)
Fidelity Puritan (11% ytd)

Those are the funds I'm in, and the growth fund and the OTC portfolio hold a majority of my fund investments. Where I've made a lot of my gains is my brokeragelink accounts which are tied to my 401k. I invested a fair amount of money in some oil stocks like EOG, Targa, and Oasis (at the right time). These stocks have made me roughly 63% so far and are actually way down from their highs for the year.... at one point I was up about 360% in those brokeragelink accounts, but my dumb ass didn't sell one of my stocks when it spiked waaaaay up... then it dropped.... and now oasis has filed for bankruptcy.... needless to say, I've sold all my oasis stock now...