tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37619266316828415192011-04-21T19:16:18.671-07:00Somnambulistnoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3761926631682841519.post-72860880859088218872008-10-13T07:53:00.000-07:002008-10-13T08:04:58.037-07:00The initial invitations have been circulated to the twelve prospective inaugural club members. Their acceptance and predictions are eagerly awaited.<br /><br />These are the rules....<br /><br />The proposition:<br />We make independent predictions for five markets on 9th October 2009:<br /><a href="http://www2.standardandpoors.com/portal/site/sp/en/us/page.topic/indices_500/2,3,2,2,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0.html">S&amp;P closing price</a><br /><a href="http://www.lbma.org.uk/stats/goldfixg">Gold/$ 3pm London fix</a><br /><a href="http://www.nymex.com/lsco_fut_pso.aspx">WTI Crude Nov 09 session last </a><br /><a href="http://www.federalreserve.gov/fomc/fundsrate.htm">Fed Funds Rate close </a><br /><a href="http://www.ecb.int/stats/exchange/eurofxref/html/index.en.html">EUR/USD ECB Fix </a><br /><br />We will convene for dinner on Saturday 10th October, 2009, at (-location disclosed to members only-)<br /><br />We will compare the percentage differences from our predictions to the actual market levels on a combined basis.<br /><br />The person with the highest percentage (furthest away) from the markets will pick up the wine bill.<br /><br />The person second furthest away will pick up the food bill.<br /><br />The person closest to the market will decide on the venue for the following year (2010).<br /><br />(Partners, friends, etc. are of course more than welcome but will need to take care of their bills separately)<br /><br /><br />When all participating predictions have been received they will be posted here. We will endeavour to post periodic mark-to-markets!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/3761926631682841519-7286088085908821887?l=f-o-m-c.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Somnambulistnoreply@blogger.com5