| Result | Event |
Category
|
Settled Date | Pro Value | Con Value | Futures Owned | Value |
Pro
Win | End of World fails to materialize | World | 12/21/2012 | 1.11 | 9.98 | 50 PRO | 55.57 |
Con
Win | Iraq will become a weak Federal Republic with a strong Kurdish area, a Shi'a area under Iranian domination and a Sunni area that is in chaos. | Middle East | 1/1/2011 | 2.24 | 1.81 | 100 CON | 180.93 |
Con
Win | Obama makes diplomatic accomodation with Taliban allowing the US to disengage in Afghanistan without immediate loss of face. | US | 1/1/2011 | 26.97 | 1.04 | 50 CON | 51.93 |
Con
Win | Arlen Specter will be re-elected to the Senate in 2010. | US | 1/6/2010 | 6.03 | 1.20 | 100 CON | 119.87 |
Con
Lose | Us Treasury Secretary Geithner resigns. | US | 1/2/2010 | 4.87 | 1.26 | 50 PRO | 243.33 |
Con
Win | China is unable to maintain its rate of economic growth, and slides into recession. This causes massive riots, and a state of civil disorder that results in another "Tianamen Square" massacre. | China | 1/2/2010 | 5.13 | 1.24 | 200 CON | 248.45 |
Con
Lose | Formation of a Arab Gulf Treaty Organization. Any two or more of the following Iraq, Kuwate, Barain, Qutar, UAE treaty with the United States to suport each others defence. Formal name may varie. | Middle East | 1/2/2010 | 17.00 | 1.06 | 10 PRO | 170.00 |
Con
Win | The Dow closes below 6,000. | US | 1/1/2010 | 3.21 | 1.45 | 250 CON | 363.37 |
Con
Win | Sri Lanka will break into another civil war between the Sinhalese and the Tamilians. | General | 7/30/2009 | 20.91 | 1.05 | 411 CON | 431.64 |
Con
Win | The OAS expels Honduras as a result of the "coup." | World | 7/4/2009 | 1.37 | 3.73 | 100 CON | 372.73 |
Con
Win | Roland Burris resigns his recently appointed Senate seat. | US | 6/30/2009 | 2.15 | 1.87 | 50 CON | 93.62 |
Con
Win | The Chinese Navy will lose a warship or submarine due to a major accident by 12/31/2008 | China | 1/1/2009 | 10.57 | 1.10 | 25 CON | 27.61 |
Con
Win | Dick Cheney does not finish 2nd term. | US | 1/1/2009 | 4.87 | 1.26 | 25 CON | 31.46 |
Con
Lose | Republican nominee Senator John McCain handily defeats Democrat nominee Senator Barack Obama in the 2008 Presidential Election. | US | 11/5/2008 | 1.38 | 3.64 | 62 PRO | 85.52 |
Con
Lose | Strategic Military Alliance between USA and India. Other participants such as Japan and Australia may be part of agreement | US | 11/2/2008 | 2.97 | 1.51 | 10 PRO | 29.73 |
Con
Win | Rudolf Guilianni will be elected president of the United States, | US | 10/15/2008 | 5.75 | 1.21 | 150 CON | 181.60 |
Con
Win | Sarah Palin drops out as McCains runnning mate. | US | 10/5/2008 | 1.00 | 1.00 | 300 CON | 300.00 |
Con
Lose | Sarah Palin resigns as McCains VP candidate. | US | 10/5/2008 | 5.62 | 1.22 | 300 PRO | 1,684.50 |
Con
Win | Rudolf Giuliani will be nominated as the Repeblican candidate for President | US | 9/9/2008 | 3.07 | 1.48 | 150 CON | 222.62 |
Pro
Win | Hillary Clinton in 2008 primaries to be Dem Presidential candidate but loses out to another Dem candidate | US | 8/31/2008 | 2.00 | 2.00 | 100 PRO | 199.93 |
Con
Win | Democrats will convince Senator Joe Lieberman they need him to be the Democratic presidential standard bearer for the 2008 presidential race. | US | 8/31/2008 | 25.59 | 1.04 | 100 CON | 104.07 |
Pro
Win | Obama is nominated as the Democratic candidate for President | US | 8/31/2008 | 1.33 | 4.00 | 200 PRO | 266.71 |
Con
Lose | Senator Obama selects Bill Richardson as his VP running mate. | US | 8/31/2008 | 1.19 | 6.37 | 36 PRO | 42.71 |
Con
Lose | C. RICE will be nominated as V.P. for Republican Party August 2008 | US | 8/1/2008 | 3.19 | 1.46 | 10 PRO | 31.90 |
Con
Win | China puts US economy in spin by demanding payment in Euros abandoning the US dollar | China | 6/3/2008 | 5.69 | 1.21 | 50 CON | 60.65 |
Con
Win | The Democrats will nominate Hillary Clinton and Barak Obama as the presidential ticket for the 2008 election. | US | 3/31/2008 | 8.57 | 1.13 | 20 CON | 22.64 |
Con
Win | The New England patriots win the Super Bowl and complete a perfect 19-0 season. | Sports | 2/3/2008 | 2.57 | 1.64 | 25 CON | 40.97 |
Con
Lose | A Najif type battle occurs in Basra when Muqata Al-Sadar again defies the iraqi government. | Iraq | 1/8/2008 | 8.77 | 1.13 | 30 PRO | 263.22 |
Con
Win | Saddam Hussein regains dictatorial power in Iraq | Middle East | 1/8/2008 | 31.62 | 1.03 | 10 CON | 10.33 |
Con
Win | After winning re-election for a second term, the Bush administration will successfully lobby Congress to repeal the 22nd Amendment restricting a President to two terms. | US | 1/8/2008 | 23.50 | 1.04 | 10 CON | 10.44 |
Con
Win | Iran will test a nuclear weapon, either openly or without acknowledging it, before 2008 | Middle East | 1/8/2008 | 2.70 | 1.59 | 10 CON | 15.88 |
Con
Lose | U.S. military will deploy Arabic language translation computer. | Middle East | 8/6/2007 | 23.06 | 1.05 | 10 PRO | 230.64 |
Con
Win | Illinois will approve public funding for stem cell research. | US | 1/18/2007 | 1.81 | 2.24 | 50 CON | 112.00 |
Con
Win | Malaysia the victim of a large-scale Islamic fundamentalist movement resulting in the overthrow of the current government. | World | 1/18/2007 | 9.54 | 1.12 | 20 CON | 22.34 |
Con
Win | A civil insurrection requiring regular armed forces troops will occur in a US city before Bush leaves office. | US | 1/18/2007 | 14.01 | 1.08 | 100 CON | 107.69 |
Con
Lose | Target Florida: Florida will experience at least one Category 3+ hurricane (i.e., sustained 1 minute surface winds of 111+ mph) somewhere over the state's landmass during the 2006 hurricane season. | US | 12/30/2006 | 1.82 | 2.22 | 50 PRO | 90.87 |
Con
Win | Venezuela attacks Colombia | General | 12/30/2006 | 10.99 | 1.10 | 100 CON | 110.01 |
Con
Win | The three U.S. soldiers charged with murder will be convicted and handed over to an Iraqi courts for sentencing. | Middle East | 12/30/2006 | 67.77 | 1.01 | 100 CON | 101.50 |
Con
Win | Hamid Karzai will be overthrown in a coup or assassinated. | Middle East | 12/30/2006 | 10.94 | 1.10 | 100 CON | 110.06 |
