Examples
Stock end dates range from a few months to several decades.
Example of a short-term stock:
- Will Transformers have the highest total box office in North America to date of all films that premiered in 2007 through Labor Day September 3, 2007?
Example of a long-term stock:
- Will a team of androids beat the human World Cup champions at a game of soccer by December 31, 2050?
Most stocks dealt with subjects featured in the Popular Science Magazine, such as SPOREQ2, a stock on whether the upcoming video game Spore would be released by the 2nd quarter of 2008. Others dealt with current events, such as DIETDRUG, a stock on the whether the new FDA approved Alli, a diet supplement, would be recalled in 2007.
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