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Question 1: Who warned CNBC Thursday about the "centipede market"?
Howard Davidowitz
Dave Bahoric --> CORRECT ANSWER
Clem Chambers
Jim Bianco
Question 2: In his Thursday Stock Blog post, Jon Najarian disclosed that he's long on which airline stock?
CAL
DAL
LCC
AMR --> CORRECT ANSWER
Question 3: Jane Wells reported that which footwear company threw a holiday beer party for employees of Adidas?
Etnies --> CORRECT ANSWER
Skechers
Vans
Doc Maarten
Question 4: CNBC Producer David Russell compared Christopher Cox's SEC actions to what classic Monty Python sketch?
Ministry of Silly Walks
The Killer Joke
The Spanish Inquisition --> CORRECT ANSWER (hey! you can see this sketch in the youtube video below!)
I'm a Lumberjack
Question 5 : In Thursday's CEOs Sound Off feature, who slammed "the U.S. government's business model" as "unsustainable"?
Richard Adkerson, Freeport-McMoRan
Bill Zollars, YRC WorldWide
David Walker, Peter G. Peterson --> CORRECT ANSWER
none of the above
Question 6: In our Harvard Business School CEO slideshow, who praises a "long-term passion for learning"?
Jeffrey Immelt of GE --> CORRECT ANSWER
Meg Whitman of eBay
Ann Moore of Time Inc.
Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase
Have a great weekend!
CNBC Bonus Bucks Answers - Friday December 5, 2008
Bonus Bucks Question 6 (Dec 4)
What does managing editor Allen Wastler call a "bad term" but a "good news story" for the economy?
Ted spread
contango
yield curve --> CORRECT ANSWER!!
backwardation
Questions 1 to 5 are in the previous posts below. That's it for today!
Bonus Bucks Question 5
Question 5: According to former Fed governor Frederic Mishkin, what tool can fight this market's "severe recession"?
aggressive monetary policy --> CORRECT ANSWER!!
deep tax cuts
robust infrastructure spending
comprehensive energy policy
Questions 1 to 4 are in the previous post below. Question 6 coming later.
CNBC Bonus Bucks Thursday December 4
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Question 1: In his CNBC interview Wednesday, who did Carl Icahn say he'd like for Yahoo's next CEO?
Jonathan Miller
Erik Jorgensen
Jonathan Schwartz
none of the above --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Question 2: According to The Christmas Tree Indicator, which item's sales grew 8.5% in the first holiday-shopping week?
wreaths
garland
trees
all of the above --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Question 3: What slang word for liquor appears in Darren Rovell's blog post on the invention of Gatorade?
booze
hooch
moonshine
firewater --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Question 4: Dennis Kneale predicted the possible 2009 downfall of which bank's CEO?
Goldman Sachs
Citigroup
HSBC
Bank of America --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Questions 5 & 6: Come back later
CNBC Bonus Bucks Wednesday December 3
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Question 1: What Hasbro goodie is seen in our Hot Holiday Toys slideshow?
Girl Gourmet Cupcake Maker
Bakugan
U-Dance --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Crayola Glow Station
Question 2: What omen will convince strategist Kevin Caron that "the worst will finally be over"?
dollar stays up vs. euro for a week
oil prices stable for a week
interbank spreads improve --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Treasury yields level off
Question 3: What is the "focus" of Cramer's Playing Defense Rules: Part 5?
making money
holding on to what you have --> CORRECT ANSWER!
the bigger picture
rational investing
Question 4: According to our Warren Buffet Watch, how many BUD shares did Berkshire Hathaway hold at the end of March?
35.6 million shares --> CORRECT ANSWER!
13,845,000 shares
$969,150,000 in current dollars
1 billion shares
Question 5: On Friday, why did Fast Money's Jeff Macke say "becoming socialist is good"?
because traders fear uncertainty
he's long Citi and GM --> CORRECT ANSWER!
he approves of collective farming
he's long HMO stocks
Question 6: By Black Friday's close of trading last week, where did financial stocks end?
down 31%
down 0.01%
up 5% (excluding Citigroup)
up 31% --> CORRECT ANSWER!
CNBC Bonus Bucks Tuesday December 2, 2008
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Question 1: On Friday, where did Matrix Asset Management's Dick Otto say oil would go?
$76 to $80 in the near term
approx. $20 in 3 months
to the 2001 bottoms in 3 months
all of the above --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Question 2: On Friday, value stock picker Alan Lancz recommended which tech name?
Apple --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Research in Motion
Nokia
all of the above
Question 3: According to the story "Scenes From The Mall: Picky, Picky, Picky" what was K-B Toys' discount on Barbie items?
35% off everything
35% off with purchase of GI Joe
70% off (except Malibu Dream House)
buy 2, get 1 free --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Question 4: On the Dot-Com Bubble photo in the Market Mayhem slideshow, which stock appears to be gaining?
IAC/InterActiveCorp. --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Garmin
Pets.com
DoubleClick
Question 5: Name the most expensive product in Carmen Wong Ulrich's "Loser List" blog:
Dirt Devil IM130000
Ecoquest Fresh Air Purifier
Kenmore Elite Dishwasher 1134(2) --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Debbie Meyer Green Bags
Question 6: What does Phil LeBeau call "the biggest question" about the Big 3's "Show and Tell Time"?
Is $25 billion enough? --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Are the automakers really revamping?
Do the CEOs understand the market?
Will Congress feel obligated to help?
CNBC Bonus Bucks Weekly - December 1
Weekly CNBC Bonus Bucks Questions: Calls give you the right to?
Buy the stock at the current price
Buy the stock at the strike price --> CORRECT ANSWER (too easy!)
Sell the stock at the current stock price
Sell the stock at the strike price
CNBC Bonus Bucks Monday December 1, 2008
Question 1: CNBC Guest Blogger Tony Crescenzi knows the bond market inside and out. Who is his employer?
Pimco
Miller Tabak + Co. --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Soleil Securities Group
Soleil Moon Frye
Question 2: According to Jim Goldman, what is HP blaming for its Q1 revenue shortfall prediction?
sales slowdown
market softness
currency conditions --> CORRECT ANSWER!
all of the above
Question 3: How many Yahoo shares did billionaire investor Carl Icahn buy last week?
75.6 million shares
6.8 million shares --> CORRECT ANSWER!
all of them
5.5 percent of the company
Question 4: In his blog post, Obama’s Pro-Growth Economic Team, Larry Kudlow refers to which pagan notion?
midnight moon worship
dormant animal spirits --> CORRECT ANSWER!
gods of war
reading tea leaves
Question 5: What day did Berkshire Hathaway shares close below $100K for the 1st time in 2 years?
Monday, Nov 17 --> CORRECT ANSWER!
Friday Nov. 21
Monday Nov. 24
none of the above
Question 6: According to Jane Wells, Saddam Hussein's yacht, the Basra Breeze, was maligned as
typical tyrant schlock
a shrine to bad taste --> CORRECT ANSWER!
surprisingly comfortable
loaded with extras
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Bonus Bucks Answers Friday, November 28
Question: In our Spirits of the Holidays slideshow, how does Gary Vaynerchuk describe Connemara Irish Single Malt?
the Scotch drinker's Irish ---> CORRECT ANSWER!
tad more oak than the Woodford
tastes primarily of oak and caramel
really picks up the peat
Question 2: Which strategist told CNBC on Wednesday that investors ought to start buying into the 2009 recovery surge?
Randall Eley of The Edgar Lomax Co.
Nick Massey of Householder Group
Prof. Bjorn Hanson of the Tisch Center
Allen Sinai of Decision Economics ---> CORRECT ANSWER!
Question 3: At the Financial Follies this year, how much did water cost during the cocktail hour?
$6 ---> CORRECT ANSWER!
$11
free with a dinner voucher
water not available
Question 4: In Daryl Guppy's blog post about "Identifying Capitulation", what World War II metaphor does he use for the market?
Pearl Harbor
D-Day
Stuka dive bomber ---> CORRECT ANSWER!
U-boat wolf pack
Market closes early today (1pm EST). Come back Monday for the next lot of bonus bucks questions!
Bonus Bucks Answers Wednesday, November 26
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There were no bonus bucks questions. This is what CNBC had to say:
"Because trivia questions were not available on Wednesday, November 26, $12,000 CNBC Bonus Bucks will be credited to your account. The bonus bucks will count towards your final portfolio value for Week 2 of Trading. "
