The Sun’s Financial Diary

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 [...]

First, the question:
What’s your best estimate of the value of the Dow Jones one month from today? Next pick a high value such that you are 99% sure that the Dow Jones a month from today well be lower than that value. Now pick a low value such that you are 99% sure that the [...]