Hubdub Hot Predictions This Week
Hubdub’s Hot Predictions this week, as decided by Hubdub users and staff, are selected based on their newsworthiness for the week. These stories are bound to be big news this week - and we have forecasts on how they’re likely to turn out.
The Superbowl
This Sunday the Arizona Cardinals and the Pittsburgh Steelers face off for the 43rd Superbowl. The favorites on Hubdub seem to consistently be the Steelers. Currently Hubdubbers give them a 62% chance of taking home the win on Sunday. Good luck to both teams!
Politics
With the easy part behind Obama, the new administration now has to govern. The first focus seems to be reaffirming Obama’s campaign promise regarding Guantanamo Bay. Pundits are already pointing out though that the rhetoric of change for Guantanamo Bay hasn’t yet been substantiated. So when will the first detainee depart Guantanamo Bay? Hubdub forecasts before May 1, 2009.
Entertainment
Yes sports is all important and stuff and the Superbowl’s a pretty big event, but what about The Office on NBC? The Office will have its postSuperbowl episode following the Superbowl on Sunday, but how many viewers will stick around to watch it? Hubdub forecasts there’s a 32% chance of less than 20 million viewers sticking it out.
Even if you don’t watch the Superbowl you’ll probably still find some way to watch the commercials. The cost of these commercials? Well $3 million gets you about 30 seconds. Budweiser is expected to put on the highest rated commercials this year.
Science
The Space Shuttle’s future is sketchy, NASA’s working on a new workhorse for space exploration and a strangled economy isn’t helping keep these billion dollar behemoths afloat. There are 6 scheduled launches in 2009, but even now Hubdub predicts the likeliness of all 6 launching in 2009 is sketchy….
Trading percentages given are at time of posting and may not match up with markets after the fact due to Hubdub users forecasting on said markets.