Kansas business professionals predict the S&P 500 Index Kansas business professionals predict the S&P 500 Index

The first challenge to Kansas' businesses to predict next year's S&P 500 index has closed for submissions. The Center for Economic Development and Business Research (CEDBR), part of the W. Frank Barton School of Business at Wichita State University, collected these predictions from business professionals across Kansas following the Kansas Economic Outlook Conference on Oct. 5.

The winner will be announced at next year's conference and will receive a complimentary registration to that event. Overall results of all the predictions are shown below and at www.KansasEconomy.org/local-forecasts/sp500-forecast. For more information, go to:

http://www.wichita.edu/thisis/wsunews/cnews/?cnid=29683