Submit your predictions for 2012

Merry Christmas Eve.

In a separate blog I have posted my thoughts on GLD vs Gold, so if you are interested in my thoughts on paper gold versus physical gold, please click the link.

This post is about our 2012 predictions contest, for which I offer no prize; you simply get the satisfaction of knowing you were the best predictor of the bunch.

As you will recall, your predictions for 2010 were almost perfect. You can read review your 2011 predictions to see how you are doing; it would appear you were overly pessimistic on your predictions for the Dow (but with the volatility in the markets there’s lots of time left), and your gold prediction is looking remarkably accurate.

Here’s the plan for 2012: Cut and paste the following section into an e-mail (replacing the XXXs with your predictions):

My name (no-one uses real names here; your Buy High Sell Higher Username is fine, or make up whatever handle you want): XXXX

I predict the Dow will close at the following levels, on the following days:

March 31, 2012 XXX

June 30, 2012 XXX

September 30, 2012 XXX

December 31, 2012 XXX

I predict the price of gold, in US dollars (assuming US dollars still exist) will close at the following levels, on the following days:

March 31, 2012 XXX

June 30, 2012 XXX

September 30, 2012 XXX

December 31, 2012 XXX

Here are my other totally random predictions (optional; such as your stock picks, the Super Bowl winner, whether or not the Mayans will be right, or whatever): XXX

That’s it. The deadline for submissions is January 2, 2012, before the markets open. You can post your predictions on the Buy High Sell Higher Forum, or simply e-mail them to me at predictions2012@buy-high-sell-higher.com. May the best predictor win. Next week I’ll reveal the 2011 winner, and you can see how I did.

Finally, as noted last week , I have re-opened the ability to register as a member on the Buy High Sell Higher Forum. The Forum generates a fair amount of spam, posted mostly by new members who join, post a spam message (an advertisement of some sort) and then disappear, never to be seen again. So, to combat the spam, I simply de-activated the ability for new members to register. However, as requested, new member registration is active again, perhaps for a limited time, depending on how much spam I get hit with. I’ve tightened up the spam controls, so we’ll see how it goes. This past week we’ve averaged about one new spam message a day, so I suspect I’ll be closing new registration at some point in the new year.

You may also register and post comments below each blog post on this site.

Thanks for reading; Merry Christmas; Happy Holidays; see you next week.

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