After 64 games, being deafened by the previously unheard of vuvuzela, the World Cup has finally come to an end with Spain fending off the Dutch in extra time.
Of course it is difficult to resist blowing our own trumpet (or vuvuzela) here at IPIN after having correctly predicted the outcome by carrying out a survey of both the US and Spanish offices. Needless to say, we had no octopi to assist us, nor any Quant Methodology, and the public seemed to agree with us on our predictions poll throughout the competition.
Despite a possibly excessive use of all things noisy by the Spanish until the early hours of the morning, business is still as usual here at the IPIN Spanish HQ, no doubt though as the football heroes return to Madrid, another swathe of celebratory noise-making will begin country wide.
Other World Cup winner predictions from investment houses JP Morgan (England to win) and UBS (Brazil to win) were somewhat off the mark with England returning home far earlier than really anyone expected, and Brazil's shock exit in the quarters against the Dutch.
All in all, whilst no particular investment methodology was used here at IPIN for our prediction, it does go to show that when trying to predict the outcome of something (be that an investment or a football match), use the right tool for the right job. Tools in any business are designed for a purpose and here at IPIN we pride ourselves in perfecting what we know – providing innovative investment vehicles, with sensible returns, as reliably as possible.
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