Need advice on a bet

A friend who is a self proclaimed technical analyst feels the djia parallels a previous crash and we are in for bad times soon. I tend to disagree based on the macro effects of cheap money etc. keeping this boat afloat. So now I need to iron down the terms of a wager. What do you guys think? DJIA won't dip below 15,000 for 30 days sound good?

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No offense but your friend sounds like a sucker ripe for the picking. That chart only goes through, what, June/June of 2013? Just looking at the DJIA from that point on shows that it no longer follows the so-called parallel of 1928/1929. The DJIA not dropping below 15,000 in one month's time sounds like a pretty safe bet on your part. If I were you I'd choose something super embarrassing if he loses, just to take advantage of an easy mark.

 
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No offense but your friend sounds like a sucker ripe for the picking. That chart only goes through, what, June/June of 2013? Just looking at the DJIA from that point on shows that it no longer follows the so-called parallel of 1928/1929. The DJIA not dropping below 15,000 in one month's time sounds like a pretty safe bet on your part. If I were you I'd choose something super embarrassing if he loses, just to take advantage of an easy mark.

haha thanks, good to hear a similar view.

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