The Sun's Financial Diary

So the Christmas holiday is almost over, but our Make a Guess Win a Prize Daily Giveaway will continue for two more contests that bring us to the new year.
This Friday, on the fourth day of the contest, Andrew made the winning guess of the Dow’s closing number at 8,510 when the index actually closed [...]

Are you looking for a quick reference card that explains the basic concepts of personal finance?
I received a deck of NURU Personal Finance cards from the publisher a while ago, but have been putting off taking a look at it until now. Actually, I think this, putting some basic concepts of personal finance on 2.5″x3.5″ [...]

Here’s the question for this Friday December 26th:
What’s your guess of the closing number of the Dow Jones Industrial Average on December 26, 2008?
Today’s contest will remain open till 9:00 am EST December 26th.
Yesterday, Steve made another near perfect guass of the S&P 500. His guess was 864 when the index’s acutal close was 863.16. [...]

Time for  today’s Make a Guess Win a Prize Daily Giveaway question:
What’s your predication of the closing number of the Nasdaq tomorrow December 24rd?
Yesterday, Jay from Market Folly won the first day’s contest by making almost a perfect guess of the Dow. As far as I can remember, this is the first perfect guess since [...]

Here is today’s Make a Guess Win a Prize Daily Giveaway question:
What’s your predication of the closing number of the S&P 500 Index tomorrow December 23rd?
There were a few invalid entries in the first contest because the participants guessed the wrong index. So please make sure you only enter what is asked for. The contest [...]

To celebrate the holiday and show my appreciation for everybody who participated on this blog, whether by reading, linking, or commenting, I am going to run my annual holiday giveaway next week, on 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 26th, 29th, and 31st. For the first five days, I will give one lucky winner who correctly predicts the [...]

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From the comment list of the original giveaway post, they are George (comment #19) and Kay (comment #10). Congratulations! And also thank everyone who participated in the giveaway. I hope there will be more giveaways like this in the future
And if George or Kay decides to use SmartyPig for their saving goals, it [...]

So the holiday is almost over and  it’s time to wrap up the giveaway started before the Christmas. Winners of the second part of the giveaway are selected randomly from 151 participants including email subscribers who automatically entered the contest. The two recipients of the two $50 Amazon.com gift cards were chosen by Random.org today [...]

and we have our last two winners!
It was a fun week and the volatile market made the guess game even more fun. Yesterday, Chuck made a perfect a guess of the closing number of the S&P 500, 1460.  Then today, when everybody least expected it, the Dow surged 200+ points. However, Steve did give his [...]

Well, the week-long daily giveaway is winding down and this is your last chance to win a $20 Amazon.com gift certificate. Yesterday, Chengdi Bao won the contest by making the closest call so far: 1 point from the actual closing number of the NASDAQ at 2601! Amazing. Maybe I should hire him to predict the [...]