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STOCK MARKET
BINGO
Tap squares when you hear Wall Street buzzwords on CNBC, earnings calls, or Fed press conferences. Get 5 in a row. “Soft landing” is basically a free space.
How to Play
Generate Your Card
Each card randomly selects 24 buzzwords from a pool of 75+. No two cards are the same.
Watch & Listen
Turn on CNBC, join an earnings call, or watch a Fed press conference. Tap squares when you hear the phrases.
Get Bingo!
5 in a row (horizontal, vertical, or diagonal) wins. Share your card and challenge friends.
Pro Tips for Faster Bingo
- 1.Fed press conferences are the fastest way to fill a card. “Data-dependent” and “soft landing” appear in every single one.
- 2.Earnings calls are goldmines for “synergies,” “headwinds,” and “cautiously optimistic.” Bonus: every single CFO is “pleased with results.”
- 3.Market sell-offs accelerate gameplay. “Capitulation,” “unprecedented,” and “flight to safety” all show up within 10 minutes of a 2% drop.
- 4.Jim Cramer segments can fill half your card in under 5 minutes. This is not an exaggeration.
I've been on so many earnings calls that I can fill a bingo card in my sleep. The phrase “we're pleased with our results” has been said by every CFO in history regardless of whether the results were actually pleasing. If you played this during a Berkshire meeting, Buffett would just drink a Cherry Coke and say something actually useful. He's the only one who doesn't speak in buzzwords.
Frequently Asked Questions
How does Stock Market Bingo work?
Click 'Generate New Card' to get a random 5x5 bingo card filled with Wall Street buzzwords, analyst cliches, and financial news phrases. The center square is a free space. Tap squares to mark them as you hear the phrases during earnings calls, CNBC segments, or Fed meetings. Get 5 in a row to win!
When should I play Stock Market Bingo?
The best times are during: Federal Reserve press conferences (guaranteed 'soft landing' and 'data-dependent'), quarterly earnings calls (expect 'headwinds' and 'synergies'), CNBC market coverage ('unprecedented' appears every 4 minutes), and Jim Cramer segments ('buy buy buy' is basically a free space).
Are these real phrases people use on Wall Street?
Every single one. If anything, we had to leave out hundreds of equally cliche phrases. Wall Street has perfected the art of using 15 words to say nothing. 'Going forward, we're cautiously optimistic about our robust pipeline' is a sentence that contains zero information, and it gets said in every single earnings call.
Can I share my bingo card?
Yes! Copy your card URL or share directly to X/Twitter. Each card is randomly generated, so you can create different cards for different people watching the same earnings call. Whoever gets bingo first wins bragging rights and a deeper understanding of corporate doublespeak.
Who made this?
Glen Bradford, an investor who has sat through enough earnings calls to recognize that every CFO says 'we're pleased with our results' regardless of what the results actually were. His options record is 1-8, so he's heard a LOT of earnings calls while hoping for different outcomes.
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