Recently I posted a Geeklist which is also doubling as a Geek Gold contest with 70
in prize money. You can see that here: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/15291. But now, a Geek Gold contest with an even bigger payout! Read on...Just announced is The Great BGG Take Stock Giveaway Contest which you can enter here:
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geekstockmgr.php
(See also, this thread: http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/118820)
In conjunction with that contest I am running a GeekGold Sweepstake, in which you could win an unspecified1 amount of GeekGold.
The Rules
Add to this thread's tip jar a minimum of 1 . Post your answers to the following questions, below. The percentage (%) in parentheses after the question number is the portion of the tip jar that will be awarded to the entrant with the closest answer to that question. In the case of ties, the award will be divided equally. Entries will be accepted up until BGG-midnight on Sunday 7/30. Only one entry per user will be accepted.The Questions
1. N-USER (15%) How many users will enter the Take Stock Giveaway contest?
2. S-GAIN (20%) What will be the biggest gain2 made by one of the available stocks3?
3. S-LOSS (20%) What will be the biggest loss2 made by one of the available stocks3?
4. U-MORE (15%) What percentage of users4 will finish with more than $10,200?
5. U-LESS (15%) What percentage of users4 will finish with less than $9,800?
6. U-ZERO (15%) How many users will buy no stocks and submit $10,000 cash?
The Answers
Please post your entry using the following format. (The numbers shown here are just for example).
1. N-USER = 1003
2. S-GAIN = $5.35
3. S-LOSS = $4.00
4. U-MORE = 55.3%
5. U-LESS = 31.9%
6. U-ZERO = 7
Happy Speculating!
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1 unspecified at the time of writing, but will be fixed percentages of the tip jar.
2 in dollars and cents.
3 over the duration of the contest.
4 who have entered the giveaway contest.
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For the record, opening stock prices were:
AAPL : 60.72
AXP : 50.62
BP : 68.19
DELL : 19.91
DO : 69.32
DWA : 21.91
ERTS : 44.94
GOOG : 390.11
HAS : 17.49
HPQ : 30.52
JBX : 38.71
MCD : 34.70
MSFT : 23.87
MWY : 8.66
PALM : 14.45
SHFL : 27.05
XOM : 63.93
Last edited on 2006-07-31 00:43:47 CST (Total Number of Edits: 4)
Posted Sun Jul 23, 2006 10:57 pm
