June 4: a fine day for making predictions

1. 201214th anniversary
   Said on this day

   Eric Jackson, June 2012: 'In Five to Eight Years' Facebook Will 'Disappear in the Way That Yahoo Has'

   Weeks after Facebook's shaky IPO, the Ironfire Capital founder said on CNBC that it would miss the shift to mobile and fade into a has-been by 2020.

   Facebook Fades Like Yahoo Within Five to Eight Years · Eric Jackson (founder, Ironfire Capital)

   Deadline set: Five to eight years from June 2012 (2017-2020) · status: Busted

   The clock started ticking here.

2. 20242nd anniversary
   Said on this day

   Harry Dent, June 2024: 'We're Going to See the S&P Go Down 86% From the Top, and the Nasdaq 92%'

   Still waiting on his 2024 crash, the forecaster raised the stakes: the 'bubble of all bubbles' would bottom between early and mid-2025, taking Nvidia down 98%.

   S&P 500 Falls 86% From the Top, Bottoming by Mid-2025 · Harry S. Dent Jr. (economist, financial author and newsletter publisher)

   Deadline set: Bottom between early and mid-2025 · status: Busted

   Every countdown starts somewhere; these started today.

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