REGISTRATION FOR THE 2014 BOGLEHEAD CONTEST

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2099

:)
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My guess is 1976.

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I guess 2014.
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My guess is 1732.

My birth year is already crowded with guesses. I'll go with George Washington's, 1732 (also the square root of 3). I expect this will break my 4 year above average streak. One way to look at it is that I win either way (rank high in guesses or do well in the market).
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2080.11
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I'm "sure" it will be 2124
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Greetings,

2156
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1975.51
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1652
again
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1999.99
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My guess is 2010.09 Let's see if I'm right this year.
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2146!
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2,000 - exactly
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1719.1
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I say 2023.
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2040.20
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2212 8-)
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2071.0
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1987.7

A good new year to all.
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2160.
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1979.
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2157.58

:sharebeer
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2020 vision
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1984

Cheers!
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"Never make predictions, especially about the future." ~Casey Stengel

1860.
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1969..
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1922.5
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Up 8.5% to 2005.08

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My usual 5% guess this year is

1940.78
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I will go with 1933.34
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1983.78 for 2014
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1805.
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1,988
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Apparently I must enter 5 characters

1892
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For 2014 S/P 500, guess is: 2042
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1967.85
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2060.52
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Blind monkey throwing darts.............. 1955 for the S&P
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Oracle says 2310!
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2101.18
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1742.1
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2008.3
16% cash 49% stock 35% bond. Retired, w/d rate 2.5%
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1747.
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1488 - roughly a 20% correction
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1999.58
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2012, my son's birth year
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1732.17
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1973.11

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2044.4946!
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