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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4506 for September please.

Blimey, it looks like Fine One with a prediction of 2000 for Sept is even more pessimistic than I am.
World end, Armageddon!

FTSE closed up 34.12 points @ 5129.42

5200 greekman 70.58 < ----Current leader
5400 Photomad 270.58
5619 Stan 489.58
5530 SilvestJ 400.58
5580 fine one 450.58
5650 seb190774 520.58
5700 Richgit69 570.58
5721 2517GEORGE 591.58
5750 MightMicro 620.58
5775 Belinda 645.58
5777 catta 647.58
5800 robertalexander 670.58
5826 bluedragon 696.58
5850 panic 720.58
5858 Donald Duck 728.58
5895 midknight 765.58
5896 Just Jean 766.58
5899 colombo 769.58
5903 mitzy 773.58
5920 farmer kent 790.58
5926 little woman 796.58
5945 latics3 815.58
5954 leedslad 824.58
5960 Chris Carson 830.58
5961 privatesharedealer 831.58
5970 required field 840.58
5982 petesteve 852.58
5990 hutchins 860.58
6003 kimoldfield 873.58
6005 Limbowagon 875.58
6010 smarty 880.58
6011 Paddington Bear 881.58
6016 ahoj 886.58
6021 Roselea 891.58
6023 stable 893.58
6037 PAPERMAN 907.58
6040 Elaine 910.58
6050 Balerboy 920.58
6066 Gerbil6 936.58
6070 optomistic 940.58
6073 Orion 943.58
6081 robinhood 951.58
6085 dreamcatcher 955.58
6100 Johnc376 970.58
6125 KEAYDIAN 995.58
6126 Fred1new 996.58
6166 irlee57 1036.58
6200 cu2 1070.58
6202 ValueMax 1072.58
6220 blanche 1090.58
6250 prodman2 1120.58
6500 55011 1370.58

5667 for Sept please

5425 for September please

5850 please for sept. cheers BB

FTSE closed up 76.43 points @ 5205.85

5200 greekman -5.85 < ----Current leader
5400 Photomad 194.15
5619 Stan 413.15
5530 SilvestJ 324.15
5580 fine one 374.15
5650 seb190774 444.15
5700 Richgit69 494.15
5721 2517GEORGE 515.15
5750 MightMicro 544.15
5775 Belinda 569.15
5777 catta 571.15
5800 robertalexander 594.15
5826 bluedragon 620.15
5850 panic 644.15
5858 Donald Duck 652.15
5895 midknight 689.15
5896 Just Jean 690.15
5899 colombo 693.15
5903 mitzy 697.15
5920 farmer kent 714.15
5926 little woman 720.15
5945 latics3 739.15
5954 leedslad 748.15
5960 Chris Carson 754.15
5961 privatesharedealer 755.15
5970 required field 764.15
5982 petesteve 776.15
5990 hutchins 784.15
6003 kimoldfield 797.15
6005 Limbowagon 799.15
6010 smarty 804.15
6011 Paddington Bear 805.15
6016 ahoj 810.15
6021 Roselea 815.15
6023 stable 817.15
6037 PAPERMAN 831.15
6040 Elaine 834.15
6050 Balerboy 844.15
6066 Gerbil6 860.15
6070 optomistic 864.15
6073 Orion 867.15
6081 robinhood 875.15
6085 dreamcatcher 879.15
6100 Johnc376 894.15
6125 KEAYDIAN 919.15
6126 Fred1new 920.15
6166 irlee57 960.15
6200 cu2 994.15
6202 ValueMax 996.15
6220 blanche 1014.15
6250 prodman2 1044.15
6500 55011 1294.15

I think it's that greekman chappie that's causing the slump.

FTSE closed down 74.75 points @ 5131.10

5200 greekman 68.90 < ----Current leader
5400 Photomad 268.90
5619 Stan 487.90
5530 SilvestJ 398.90
5580 fine one 448.90
5650 seb190774 518.90
5700 Richgit69 568.90
5721 2517GEORGE 589.90
5750 MightMicro 618.90
5775 Belinda 643.90
5777 catta 645.90
5800 robertalexander 668.90
5826 bluedragon 694.90
5850 panic 718.90
5858 Donald Duck 726.90
5895 midknight 763.90
5896 Just Jean 764.90
5899 colombo 767.90
5903 mitzy 771.90
5920 farmer kent 788.90
5926 little woman 794.90
5945 latics3 813.90
5954 leedslad 822.90
5960 Chris Carson 828.90
5961 privatesharedealer 829.90
5970 required field 838.90
5982 petesteve 850.90
5990 hutchins 858.90
6003 kimoldfield 871.90
6005 Limbowagon 873.90
6010 smarty 878.90
6011 Paddington Bear 879.90
6016 ahoj 884.90
6021 Roselea 889.90
6023 stable 891.90
6037 PAPERMAN 905.90
6040 Elaine 908.90
6050 Balerboy 918.90
6066 Gerbil6 934.90
6070 optomistic 938.90
6073 Orion 941.90
6081 robinhood 949.90
6085 dreamcatcher 953.90
6100 Johnc376 968.90
6125 KEAYDIAN 993.90
6126 Fred1new 994.90
6166 irlee57 1034.90
6200 cu2 1068.90
6202 ValueMax 1070.90
6220 blanche 1088.90
6250 prodman2 1118.90
6500 55011 1368.90

4700 for Sept please ;-)

5660 for Sept please

6021 for October please and thank you.

5501 for Sept please.

5388 for Sept. please.

5480 for Sept,please

5427 for Sept, please

57530 for Sept

5050 for September please.

5389 for Sept, please.

6431 for september plse