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When I see all these predicitions I am reminded that the majority is usually wrong!! On that basis you will probably get trading ranges in most markets.
Interest Rates: moving up to over 3%
Gold: Maybe fall back somewhat but than will advance above $1,500
Oil: Will go beond the $120.00 mark
Not even a mention of silver, yet it has had further gains (percentage wise) here in 2009, and I believe will substantially higher gains in 2010 than gold will. Based on the fact that the supply is so much shorter than gold and we use so much industrialy.
While the Dow, as a leading indicator, should be up substantially by the end of 2010, I fear that unemployment will continue to be a problem, leading to a drag on the economy into 2011 when a slow recovery will continue.
While the Dow, as a leading indicator, should be up substantially, I fear that unemployment in the U.S. will continue to be a problem and a drag on the economy into 2011, leading to a continued slow recovery through 2010 and into 2011.
We will see a large December drop in the Dow as holiday sales really stink and businesses begin burning the furniture to keep warm – meanwhile everyone else will be dumping securities because of fear and for taxes.
From my view, I feel the DOW will just keep dancing up and down in the current range. Those with substantial positions will be using the ups to pull funds and move to real assets. Does anyone have data or a source of data showing how much the banks and brokerage houses are now able to borrow at no cost from the Fed to continue bailing themselves out from derivatives gone sour? Without the public exposure of the bail out funds, it scares me how much money is flowing to them, under the radar, with no information being given out to the general public.
The value of our dollar will continue to decline just at Larry Edelson and others have predicted. This, in turn, will force basic commodities such as gold, oil, and grains much higher – unproportionally higher than the Dow.
I believe in 2010 Gold will be around $1500-1700 and Oil will be around $120 -$150 a barrel.
I predict a breakthrough in batteries for electric only vehicles, and cost competitive solar power pushed by higher priced oil. The added electricity will burden existing utilities and I predict more Nuclear using Thorium fuel in 10 years. Hence better employment and environment.
DOW 11,120
OIL 125 @ PEAK
GOLD 1325 @ PEAK
Martin…I believe the automotive market concerning ELECTRIC vehicles will take off this coming year. Gen. Clark recently spoke at a major conference on electric powered autos. The government is also infusing billions into the industry. I wish I had the recent issue of Autoweek mag. There was an excellent article written about future outlook & investment. What do you think?
GOD bless…Joe M.
I think that with the actual inflation and the prices of oil we will start looking more into the green energy and solar power [www.greenenergy.com]
THE DOW JONES WILL GO TO 4,000 AND OIL TO $20 A BARRELL AND GOLD TO $200 AN OUNCE OR LESS.
Markets will remain fixed in areas they are on November 11, 2009
To Martin and all the other bloggers,
In my forecasting classes over the years, I used to run group forecasts on future trends. Trends included social, political and economic. Before asking the students to forecast the future, I gave them the trends of the past but not the present values and asked them to predict the present, usually one year ahead of the given trends. I also used various mathematical trend forecasts to see whether the math forecasts were better or worse than the group forecasts. What I found was astounding and repeated over many classes, years, groups….group forecasts were always more accurate than the mathematical methods. I also learned that I was a lousy forecaster but improved if I moved my forecasts closer to the group average. I hope this helps you plan your investments in the coming year. Best, Mitch Bloom
If the US is destroying it’s own dollar, I say it’s like an individual that knows it is going bankrupt, GO BIG!!!!!
My prediction is primarily politically driven. The current US administration will attempt to manipulate the economy, in order to continue the illusion of recovery past the mid-term elections.
The markets will precede them and the Dow will be 5,000 or lower by November.
Stay tuned. Everbank has one of the best inflation hedges. Gold, silver, and three curriencies.
Higher cost for oil,, for gold and hyper-inflation
Yes, gold and silver will probably continue to advance. Mostly due to dollar decline. But folks, from where I sit in the oil patch in the second biggest oil company, oil and gas is going to hobble because of poor demand from folks with little money to spend and the general slowing economy. #1 son works for one of the biggest energy equipment services and see the same thing from their own look ahead. Look for energy price increases in 2011. Then Katy bar the door.
hallo Martin, In the next week I will know if I’ve lost everything I’ve worked for all of my life. Your site has given me hope that I can start again at the ripe old age of 50 odd. In Australia property developers have been very hard hit. The banks are not lending to developers and a large portion of the society. At the same time the interest rates are rising , there are housing and rental shortages, and the press is reporting all is golden. This is all normal I guess. The art of subtefuge ! Thankyou you bless for sharing so candidly with all of us. Lynn
I see Gold rising by years end to $2500 -$3000 range with the dow dropping 4500 pts. The big advancer I believe due to screamingly obvious fundamentals will be physical Silver which could hit $ 60-$90/oZ.A huge opportunity for Joe Sixpack who as been marginalized from the physical Gold market.I believe we are now entering the SHTF phase which will become painfully obvious come March-April.
Believe energy stocks will do well especially if the myth of “global warming” is debunked. (Natural gas from U.S. sources and offshore drilling as well as “alternative” energy sources although wind and solar probably will not be as much of a help to us as many people think it will and they will invest in them because it is PC.)