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Deciding this week · Nov 17

Nvidia reports Nov 17: sell some, or hold?

You are a pension fund's investment chief. Win trustee approval for one written plan on its biggest stock.

With Equity Portfolio Manager and 3 others (simulated) · 8 turns

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Today’s challenge · Nov 15 UTCCuban Missile Crisis: stop a Soviet ship, no shots?You are the destroyer captain. Get your officers to stop a Soviet freighter and board it, with no shot fired.Play today’s challenge

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Play: Baseball: can you stop a lockout before 1 December?You are the federal mediator in the baseball talks. Get both sides to sign a framework that avoids a lockout.
See the forecast: Will Starship fly again by Nov 30?Simulated 72% · settles Nov 30
Play: The Fed in December: raise interest rates or hold?You chair the Fed's rate committee. Win one December decision and one line of guidance, one dissent at most.
See the forecast: Will Nvidia's sales top $110B?Simulated 42% · settles Nov 30
Play: Can you stop a US government shutdown by 11 Dec?You lead the majority's talks. Get four players to back one funding bill with a topline and an end date.
See the forecast: Will OpenAI raise $10B+ by Nov 30?Simulated 35% · settles Nov 30
Play: Colorado River cuts: can three states make one offer?You convene Nevada, Arizona and California. Get one joint water-cut offer and a lawsuit stance signed.
See the forecast: Will Anthropic go public by Nov 30?Simulated 35% · settles Nov 30
Play: Can you keep a UN peacekeeping mission alive?You draft the UN renewal of the Central African Republic mission. Get four ambassadors behind one text.
See the forecast: Will a storm hit the US in November?Simulated 15% · settles Nov 30
Play: Climate summit: can you get a deal everyone accepts?You hold the pen at the UN climate summit in Türkiye. Win four blocs over to one final text tonight.
See the forecast: Will US interest rates be cut on Dec 9?Simulated 40% · settles Dec 9
Play: Recalled antibiotic: can you keep the wards stocked?You chair the hospital board at dawn. Get four officers to sign a supplier plan with a stock floor and audit.
See the forecast: Will OPEC+ change its oil output?Simulated 40% · settles Nov 30
Play: Offer at a third of your value: sell or fight on?You are the CEO of Parcelwise with 14 months of cash. Win the board's vote to cut costs, not to sell.
Play: Oil ministers meet: can you get a deal signed tonight?You chair the oil producers' meeting in Vienna. Win a signed first-quarter 2027 output plan tonight.
Play: Bike lane vs shop parking: can you win the vote?You chair Alder Bay council. Pass a six-month Fenwick Street bike-lane trial with a cost cap and review date.
Play: Wildfire heading for homes: do you order them out?You lead the Calder County call. Order the ridge out by 18:00: routes, shelter, rides.
See the forecast: Will the Supreme Court rule by Jan 14?Simulated 35% · settles Jan 14
From history
Play: Emancipation, 1862: can you convince Lincoln to act now?You are Lincoln's Treasury Secretary in July 1862. Win the Cabinet over to issue the proclamation this summer.
Play: Cuban Missile Crisis: can you stop the air strike?You are Kennedy's Special Counsel in 1962. Win his crisis team over to a deal, not a Monday air strike.
Play: Cuban Missile Crisis: stop a Soviet ship, no shots?You are the destroyer captain. Get your officers to stop a Soviet freighter and board it, with no shot fired.
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