| Result | Event |
Category
|
Settled Date | Pro Value | Con Value | Futures Owned | Value |
Con
Lose | Dick Cheney does not finish 2nd term. | US | 1/1/2009 | 4.87 | 1.26 | 10 PRO | 48.69 |
Con
Win | McCain will be elected president of the United States | US | 11/5/2008 | 1.79 | 2.27 | 200 CON | 453.04 |
Con
Lose | NYC Mayor Michael Bloomburg becomes Obama''s running mate. | US | 8/1/2008 | 5.56 | 1.22 | 100 PRO | 556.00 |
Con
Lose | Fidel Castro dies | World | 6/3/2008 | 4.14 | 1.32 | 100 PRO | 413.88 |
Con
Lose | Ron Paul stuns Republican opponents by winning New Hampshire Primary | General | 1/11/2008 | 13.65 | 1.08 | 100 PRO | 1,364.58 |
Pro
Lose | Barack Obama wins the Iowa Democratic Caucus | US | 1/10/2008 | 1.32 | 4.10 | 100 CON | 410.28 |
Con
Win | Zimbabwean leader Robert Mugabe or his followers publicly state that they have killed a catholic priest or other member of a catholic religious order. | World | 1/8/2008 | 332.00 | 1.00 | 200 CON | 200.60 |
Con
Win | The S&P 500 will be 1350 or lower on December 31, 2007 | US | 1/8/2008 | 8.64 | 1.13 | 100 CON | 113.10 |
Con
Win | Turkey will carry out a major offensive against the PKK, and cross the border into Iraq by end of August. | Iraq | 12/9/2007 | 3.42 | 1.41 | 300 CON | 424.09 |
Pro
Lose | The coup led by Fijian military commander Frank Bainimarama will succeed. | World | 8/6/2007 | 1.11 | 9.71 | 100 CON | 970.77 |
Pro
Lose | WTI Crude Oil will be trading at or between $55.00-$60.00 (USD) a barrel by 01/31/07. | World | 8/6/2007 | 3.48 | 1.40 | 200 CON | 280.80 |
Con
Lose | Ford Motor Co. will file for bankruptcy. | US | 8/6/2007 | 1.76 | 2.31 | 100 PRO | 176.10 |
Con
Win | Fidel Castro will be out of power by end of 2006. | World | 1/18/2007 | 4.32 | 1.30 | 200 CON | 260.23 |
Con
Lose | William Jefferson Clinton becomes the next Secretary General of the United Nations. | World | 1/18/2007 | 7.80 | 1.15 | 20 PRO | 156.00 |
Con
Win | Castro dead. | World | 1/18/2007 | 2.30 | 1.77 | 100 CON | 176.64 |
Con
Win | The Republicans maintain control of the House of Representatives in the 2006 elections | US | 12/30/2006 | 2.49 | 1.67 | 100 CON | 167.13 |
Con
Win | Democrat Bill Nelson will NOT be re-elected to the U.S. Senate representing Florida. | US | 12/30/2006 | 14.52 | 1.07 | 100 CON | 107.40 |
Con
Lose | Gold Reaches highest value in recorded history. When Iran announces their non-compliance with demands to stop enriching uranium.
| World | 6/1/2006 | 8.17 | 1.14 | 100 PRO | 816.76 |
Pro
Win | Samuel "Scalito" Alito will be confirmed by the Senate to the U.S. Supreme Court. | US | 3/12/2006 | 1.53 | 2.89 | 200 PRO | 305.58 |
Con
Win | Zarqawi will be captured with help from Al-Zwahiri | Middle East | 1/24/2006 | 901.50 | 1.00 | 200 CON | 200.22 |
Con
Win | The BCS snubs an undefeated team for the second straight year. | Sports | 1/24/2006 | 15.60 | 1.07 | 100 CON | 106.85 |
Pro
Win | Karl Rove will NOT be indicted in the Valerie Plume affair. | US | 1/24/2006 | 1.57 | 2.76 | 200 PRO | 313.73 |
Con
Win | Michael Jackson will not be found guilty of child molestation by January 1, 2006. | US | 1/24/2006 | 1.25 | 5.03 | 100 CON | 502.57 |
Con
Win | US Army will fail to meet its recruiting quotas for the next six months. | US | 12/10/2005 | 1.30 | 4.28 | 100 CON | 428.34 |
Pro
Lose | Kofi Annan is still U.N. Secretary General | World | 10/7/2005 | 1.03 | 34.26 | 30 CON | 1,027.93 |
Con
Win | Chief Justice Rehnquist will announce his retire before August 15. | US | 8/23/2005 | 3.75 | 1.36 | 100 CON | 136.36 |
Pro
Lose | NASA will launch Space Shuttle Discovery by July 31st. | Sci/Tech | 8/10/2005 | 1.50 | 3.01 | 100 CON | 300.71 |
Con
Win | When William Rehnquist retires, President Bush will nominate Antonin Scalia to be the next Chief Justice of the Supreme Court. | US | 8/10/2005 | 2.38 | 1.72 | 100 CON | 172.42 |
Con
Win | Chief Justice Rehnquist will step down in the next four weeks. | US | 7/6/2005 | 4.74 | 1.27 | 100 CON | 126.75 |
Con
Win | Osama bin Laden caught or killed | Terrorism | 7/6/2005 | 35.66 | 1.03 | 100 CON | 102.88 |
Con
Lose | The U.S. will conduct aerial eradication of Afghan poppy fields during the 2005 growing season. | World | 7/6/2005 | 9.97 | 1.11 | 10 PRO | 99.67 |
Con
Win | NASA will launch Space Shuttle Discovery by July 4th. | Sci/Tech | 7/6/2005 | 1.47 | 3.12 | 50 CON | 156.03 |
Pro
Win | The Vatican will have to appoint a new Pope. | World | 4/19/2005 | 1.22 | 5.51 | 100 PRO | 122.16 |
Con
Lose | The next Pope will be from a country of the former East Block(inc. old Soviet Union). | General | 4/19/2005 | 13.47 | 1.08 | 30 PRO | 404.00 |
Pro
Win | The Montreal Expos do NOT move to Washington D.C. in 2005. | Sports | 4/17/2005 | 6.99 | 1.17 | 50 PRO | 349.72 |
Con
Lose | Iraqi insurgents will conduct at least three major attacks causing major civilian casualties prior to the elections on 30 January 2005. | Iraq | 2/3/2005 | 1.33 | 4.07 | 25 PRO | 33.14 |
Pro
Lose | Death toll from Asia tsunami and related diseases exceeds 200,000. | World | 1/20/2005 | 1.19 | 6.18 | 100 CON | 618.13 |
Con
Lose | Fidel Castro dies, prompting a revolution in Cuba. | World | 1/4/2005 | 9.42 | 1.12 | 10 PRO | 94.20 |
