Vic: Mr. Median was 21st out of 51 contestents in DOG09. His picks and the final numbers are below. [pre] DOW OIL GOLD Picks 8775 60.00 962.00 Final 10428 79.62 1097.50[/pre]I wouldn't call that very close. I will try to update the IBox with the final numbers for the winners. Len