The person whose prediction is closest to the FTSE100 at close of business on the last day of each month will win £50 in Marks & Spencer Vouchers, kindly donated by MoneyAM

Entries will be accepted for the following month from anyone (one entry per person) who wishes to take part. Duplicate "predictions" will be allocated to the first person. The next person with the same prediction will then be recorded as 1 point higher.

 - until market open 0800 first day of the month which is also the deadline if you want to change your entry

Holder of the yellow jersey:  lactics3

Previous Holders


December 2011:lactics3 November 2011:Orion October 2011:stable September 2011:2517GEORGE August 2011:Photomad July 2011:panic June 2011:Belinda May 2011:Richgit69 April 2011: Stan March 2011: Balerboy February 2011: Mr Turbot January 2011: bluedragon

December 2008: Elaine November 2008: Bristlelad October 2008: ExexLine September 2008: Bristlelad August 2008: little woman July 2008: ValueMax June 2008: Big Ted May 2008: johnc376 April 2008: fahelMarch 2008: Belinda February 2008: geoff444January 2008: Stan

December 2005: AdieH
November 2005: Stockbunny
October 2005: Splat
September 2005: predateur
August 2005: AdieH
July 2005: orion
June 2005: Paddington Bear
May 2005: Stable
April 2005: Richgit69
March 2005: patsym
February 2005: Skg83239
January 2005: petesteve

December 2010: smartyNovember 2010: prodmanOctober 2010: smartySeptember 2010: irlee57August 2010: seb190774July 2010: petesteveJune 2010: PhotomadMay 2010: ValueMaxApril 2010: SilvestJMarch 2010: unluckyboyFebruary 2010: BalerboyJanuary 2010: Richgit69

December 2007: fliperNovember 2007: geoff444October 2007: robertalexanderSeptember 2007: lanayelAugust 2007: lanayelJuly 2007: KEAYDIANJune 2007: PAPERMANMay 2007: neil777April 2007: squirrel103March 2007: GoalFebruary 2007: OrionJanuary 2007: Mitzy

December 2004: petesteveNovember 2004: KayakOctober 2004: seb190774September 2004: DouggieAugust 2004: LimbowagonJuly 2004: baffledJune 2004: FundamentalistMay 2004: owl April 2004: SueHelenMarch 2004: Ruth February 2004: optomistic January 2004: beardy

December 2009: ahoyNovember 2009: LimbowagonOctober 2009: ValueMaxSeptember 2009: required fieldAugust 2009: prodmanJuly 2009: stableJune 2009: Richgit69May 2009: robinhoodApril 2009: required fieldMarch 2009: XSTEFFXFebruary 2009: splatJanuary 2009: lizard

December 2006: Farmer KentNovember 2006: Big AlOctober 2006: Photomad September 2006: Starfrog August 2006: Sheba July 2006: prodman June 2006: apu May 2006: little woman April 2006: petesteve March 2006: Mega BucksFebruary 2006: Seb190774January 2006: Klal

December 2003:little woman November 2003: Iain October 2003: Iain September 2003: owl August 2003: 8 Ball July 2003: stable June 2003: Beeblebrox May 2003: kajman April 2003: Jeroo March 2003: bionicdog February 2003: bionicdog January 2003: Juzzle

Entries for Jan 2012 (Open)

Entries for Feb 2012 (Open)
Entries for Mar 2012 (Open)

4600 greekman

5020 mitzy

5100 55011

5160 Chris Carson

5172 2517GEORGE

5230 ValueMax

5300 Richgit69

5305 Orion

5325 PAPERMAN

5350 sutherlh1

5375 splat

5400 seb190774

5410 KEAYDIAN

5430 Limbowagon

5450 MightyMicro

5490 dreamcatcher

5510 Elaine

5520 farmer kent

5555 Balerboy

5556 irlee57

5575 patsym

5600 tyketto

5611 latics3

5614 robinhood

5627 little woman

5639 gibby

5650 petesteve

5675 apu

5680 required field

5697 stable

5707 colombo

5710 robinhood

5720 Greystone

5757 BAYLIS

5800 robertalexander

5815 Fred1new

5828 smarty

5850 ahoj

5888 johnc376

5896 blance

5950 bluedragon

6010 Plateman

6021 Roselea

 

 

5250 Richgit69

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FTSE closed up 157.20 points @ 5320.03

5200 greekman -120.03
5400 Photomad 79.97 < ----Current leader
5619 Stan 298.97
5530 SilvestJ 209.97
5580 fine one 259.97
5650 seb190774 329.97
5700 Richgit69 379.97
5721 2517GEORGE 400.97
5750 MightMicro 429.97
5775 Belinda 454.97
5777 catta 456.97
5800 robertalexander 479.97
5826 bluedragon 505.97
5850 panic 529.97
5858 Donald Duck 537.97
5895 midknight 574.97
5896 Just Jean 575.97
5899 colombo 578.97
5903 mitzy 582.97
5920 farmer kent 599.97
5926 little woman 605.97
5945 latics3 624.97
5954 leedslad 633.97
5960 Chris Carson 639.97
5961 privatesharedealer 640.97
5970 required field 649.97
5982 petesteve 661.97
5990 hutchins 669.97
6003 kimoldfield 682.97
6005 Limbowagon 684.97
6010 smarty 689.97
6011 Paddington Bear 690.97
6016 ahoj 695.97
6021 Roselea 700.97
6023 stable 702.97
6037 PAPERMAN 716.97
6040 Elaine 719.97
6050 Balerboy 729.97
6066 Gerbil6 745.97
6070 optomistic 749.97
6073 Orion 752.97
6081 robinhood 760.97
6085 dreamcatcher 764.97
6100 Johnc376 779.97
6125 KEAYDIAN 804.97
6126 Fred1new 805.97
6166 irlee57 845.97
6200 cu2 879.97
6202 ValueMax 881.97
6220 blanche 899.97
6250 prodman2 929.97
6500 55011 1179.97

6025 for Sept. please

5786 for Sept for me please.

How many Euro:Billions lost because of this ?

Source of rumour ?

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/money/markets/article-2024243/Soci-t-G-n-rale.html

FTSE closed up 30.55 points @ 5350.58

5200 greekman -150.58
5400 Photomad 49.42 < ----Current leader
5619 Stan 268.42
5530 SilvestJ 179.42
5580 fine one 229.42
5650 seb190774 299.42
5700 Richgit69 349.42
5721 2517GEORGE 370.42
5750 MightMicro 399.42
5775 Belinda 424.42
5777 catta 426.42
5800 robertalexander 449.42
5826 bluedragon 475.42
5850 panic 499.42
5858 Donald Duck 507.42
5895 midknight 544.42
5896 Just Jean 545.42
5899 colombo 548.42
5903 mitzy 552.42
5920 farmer kent 569.42
5926 little woman 575.42
5945 latics3 594.42
5954 leedslad 603.42
5960 Chris Carson 609.42
5961 privatesharedealer 610.42
5970 required field 619.42
5982 petesteve 631.42
5990 hutchins 639.42
6003 kimoldfield 652.42
6005 Limbowagon 654.42
6010 smarty 659.42
6011 Paddington Bear 660.42
6016 ahoj 665.42
6021 Roselea 670.42
6023 stable 672.42
6037 PAPERMAN 686.42
6040 Elaine 689.42
6050 Balerboy 699.42
6066 Gerbil6 715.42
6070 optomistic 719.42
6073 Orion 722.42
6081 robinhood 730.42
6085 dreamcatcher 734.42
6100 Johnc376 749.42
6125 KEAYDIAN 774.42
6126 Fred1new 775.42
6166 irlee57 815.42
6200 cu2 849.42
6202 ValueMax 851.42
6220 blanche 869.42
6250 prodman2 899.42
6500 55011 1149.42

FTSE closed up 7.05 points @ 5357.63

5200 greekman -157.63
5400 Photomad 42.37 < ----Current leader
5619 Stan 261.37
5530 SilvestJ 172.37
5580 fine one 222.37
5650 seb190774 292.37
5700 Richgit69 342.37
5721 2517GEORGE 363.37
5750 MightMicro 392.37
5775 Belinda 417.37
5777 catta 419.37
5800 robertalexander 442.37
5826 bluedragon 468.37
5850 panic 492.37
5858 Donald Duck 500.37
5895 midknight 537.37
5896 Just Jean 538.37
5899 colombo 541.37
5903 mitzy 545.37
5920 farmer kent 562.37
5926 little woman 568.37
5945 latics3 587.37
5954 leedslad 596.37
5960 Chris Carson 602.37
5961 privatesharedealer 603.37
5970 required field 612.37
5982 petesteve 624.37
5990 hutchins 632.37
6003 kimoldfield 645.37
6005 Limbowagon 647.37
6010 smarty 652.37
6011 Paddington Bear 653.37
6016 ahoj 658.37
6021 Roselea 663.37
6023 stable 665.37
6037 PAPERMAN 679.37
6040 Elaine 682.37
6050 Balerboy 692.37
6066 Gerbil6 708.37
6070 optomistic 712.37
6073 Orion 715.37
6081 robinhood 723.37
6085 dreamcatcher 727.37
6100 Johnc376 742.37
6125 KEAYDIAN 767.37
6126 Fred1new 768.37
6166 irlee57 808.37
6200 cu2 842.37
6202 ValueMax 844.37
6220 blanche 862.37
6250 prodman2 892.37
6500 55011 1142.37

FTSE closed down 26.03 points @ 5331.60

5200 greekman -131.60
5400 Photomad 68.40 < ----Current leader
5619 Stan 287.40
5530 SilvestJ 198.40
5580 fine one 248.40
5650 seb190774 318.40
5700 Richgit69 368.40
5721 2517GEORGE 389.40
5750 MightMicro 418.40
5775 Belinda 443.40
5777 catta 445.40
5800 robertalexander 468.40
5826 bluedragon 494.40
5850 panic 518.40
5858 Donald Duck 526.40
5895 midknight 563.40
5896 Just Jean 564.40
5899 colombo 567.40
5903 mitzy 571.40
5920 farmer kent 588.40
5926 little woman 594.40
5945 latics3 613.40
5954 leedslad 622.40
5960 Chris Carson 628.40
5961 privatesharedealer 629.40
5970 required field 638.40
5982 petesteve 650.40
5990 hutchins 658.40
6003 kimoldfield 671.40
6005 Limbowagon 673.40
6010 smarty 678.40
6011 Paddington Bear 679.40
6016 ahoj 684.40
6021 Roselea 689.40
6023 stable 691.40
6037 PAPERMAN 705.40
6040 Elaine 708.40
6050 Balerboy 718.40
6066 Gerbil6 734.40
6070 optomistic 738.40
6073 Orion 741.40
6081 robinhood 749.40
6085 dreamcatcher 753.40
6100 Johnc376 768.40
6125 KEAYDIAN 793.40
6126 Fred1new 794.40
6166 irlee57 834.40
6200 cu2 868.40
6202 ValueMax 870.40
6220 blanche 888.40
6250 prodman2 918.40
6500 55011 1168.40

Looks like greekman is still on track.

FTSE closed down 239.37 @ 5092.23

5200 greekman 107.77 < ----Current leader
5400 Photomad 307.77
5619 Stan 526.77
5530 SilvestJ 437.77
5580 fine one 487.77
5650 seb190774 557.77
5700 Richgit69 607.77
5721 2517GEORGE 628.77
5750 MightMicro 657.77
5775 Belinda 682.77
5777 catta 684.77
5800 robertalexander 707.77
5826 bluedragon 733.77
5850 panic 757.77
5858 Donald Duck 765.77
5895 midknight 802.77
5896 Just Jean 803.77
5899 colombo 806.77
5903 mitzy 810.77
5920 farmer kent 827.77
5926 little woman 833.77
5945 latics3 852.77
5954 leedslad 861.77
5960 Chris Carson 867.77
5961 privatesharedealer 868.77
5970 required field 877.77
5982 petesteve 889.77
5990 hutchins 897.77
6003 kimoldfield 910.77
6005 Limbowagon 912.77
6010 smarty 917.77
6011 Paddington Bear 918.77
6016 ahoj 923.77
6021 Roselea 928.77
6023 stable 930.77
6037 PAPERMAN 944.77
6040 Elaine 947.77
6050 Balerboy 957.77
6066 Gerbil6 973.77
6070 optomistic 977.77
6073 Orion 980.77
6081 robinhood 988.77
6085 dreamcatcher 992.77
6100 Johnc376 1007.77
6125 KEAYDIAN 1032.77
6126 Fred1new 1033.77
6166 irlee57 1073.77
6200 cu2 1107.77
6202 ValueMax 1109.77
6220 blanche 1127.77
6250 prodman2 1157.77
6500 55011 1407.77

Nicelly in the lead but would much profer 55011 to be in the lead instead as my portfolio is suffering as much as anyones.

No flame greekman but I hope 55011 wins.

greekman you win going back in time when the english used to deal in stones
can i have 2000 in sept please

Looks like were getting a rise in the FTSE now 5031 more suckers needed before 14.30

5555 for sept please

FTSE closed down 51.47 points @ 5040.76

5200 greekman 159.24 < ----Current leader
5400 Photomad 359.24
5619 Stan 578.24
5530 SilvestJ 489.24
5580 fine one 539.24
5650 seb190774 609.24
5700 Richgit69 659.24
5721 2517GEORGE 680.24
5750 MightMicro 709.24
5775 Belinda 734.24
5777 catta 736.24
5800 robertalexander 759.24
5826 bluedragon 785.24
5850 panic 809.24
5858 Donald Duck 817.24
5895 midknight 854.24
5896 Just Jean 855.24
5899 colombo 858.24
5903 mitzy 862.24
5920 farmer kent 879.24
5926 little woman 885.24
5945 latics3 904.24
5954 leedslad 913.24
5960 Chris Carson 919.24
5961 privatesharedealer 920.24
5970 required field 929.24
5982 petesteve 941.24
5990 hutchins 949.24
6003 kimoldfield 962.24
6005 Limbowagon 964.24
6010 smarty 969.24
6011 Paddington Bear 970.24
6016 ahoj 975.24
6021 Roselea 980.24
6023 stable 982.24
6037 PAPERMAN 996.24
6040 Elaine 999.24
6050 Balerboy 1009.24
6066 Gerbil6 1025.24
6070 optomistic 1029.24
6073 Orion 1032.24
6081 robinhood 1040.24
6085 dreamcatcher 1044.24
6100 Johnc376 1059.24
6125 KEAYDIAN 1084.24
6126 Fred1new 1085.24
6166 irlee57 1125.24
6200 cu2 1159.24
6202 ValueMax 1161.24
6220 blanche 1179.24
6250 prodman2 1209.24
6500 55011 1459.24

4876 tack

5111 for Sept please.

5459 for Oct please.

FTSE closed up 54.54 points @ 5095.30

5200 greekman 104.70 < ----Current leader
5400 Photomad 304.70
5619 Stan 523.70
5530 SilvestJ 434.70
5580 fine one 484.70
5650 seb190774 554.70
5700 Richgit69 604.70
5721 2517GEORGE 625.70
5750 MightMicro 654.70
5775 Belinda 679.70
5777 catta 681.70
5800 robertalexander 704.70
5826 bluedragon 730.70
5850 panic 754.70
5858 Donald Duck 762.70
5895 midknight 799.70
5896 Just Jean 800.70
5899 colombo 803.70
5903 mitzy 807.70
5920 farmer kent 824.70
5926 little woman 830.70
5945 latics3 849.70
5954 leedslad 858.70
5960 Chris Carson 864.70
5961 privatesharedealer 865.70
5970 required field 874.70
5982 petesteve 886.70
5990 hutchins 894.70
6003 kimoldfield 907.70
6005 Limbowagon 909.70
6010 smarty 914.70
6011 Paddington Bear 915.70
6016 ahoj 920.70
6021 Roselea 925.70
6023 stable 927.70
6037 PAPERMAN 941.70
6040 Elaine 944.70
6050 Balerboy 954.70
6066 Gerbil6 970.70
6070 optomistic 974.70
6073 Orion 977.70
6081 robinhood 985.70
6085 dreamcatcher 989.70
6100 Johnc376 1004.70
6125 KEAYDIAN 1029.70
6126 Fred1new 1030.70
6166 irlee57 1070.70
6200 cu2 1104.70
6202 ValueMax 1106.70
6220 blanche 1124.70
6250 prodman2 1154.70
6500 55011 1404.70

What a bunch of optimists we were. Early Sept entries betray further optimism.