Wynn Resorts (WYNN) just said it will pay a special cash dividend of $4 a share AND begin a $0.20 quarterly dividend in 2010.

Now don’t get me wrong — I’m happy to see another company begin issuing shareholder payments. But I’m just a little surprised to see this announcement coming from a highly cyclical hotel company …

What are your forecasts for 2010?
Where will the greatest profit opportunities be?
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I know it’s Sunday.

It’s a chance to put your feet up … share some quality time with friends and family … and recharge for the week ahead.

But I wanted to send you a friendly reminder that time is quickly running out …

The Weiss Forecast Contest for 2010 will be ending soon, and I’d hate for you to miss out on your opportunity to get a free, no-strings-attached subscription to any one of the FIVE wealth-building newsletters we publish.

Nearly 15,000 of our readers have now given us their forecasts for 2010 and are already winners. Plus, TEN lucky subscribers will also win one of three incredible prizes, including a luxury 7-day Caribbean cruise!

So if you haven’t done so already, why not take a few seconds now to click this link and use the handy form to tell us what you see ahead for key investments next year.

There is zero cost to enter … nothing for you to buy …
and no obligation whatsoever on your part.

Better yet, you win just by entering! Just for sharing your predictions for the year ahead, you get a complimentary three-month membership to any one of our flagship investment services:

You can choose my Safe Money investment service … Larry Edelson’s Real Wealth Report… Nilus Mattive’s Dividend Superstars… Tony Sagami’s Asia Stock Alert… or Bryan Rich’s World Currency Alert. And no matter which service you choose, you’ll also receive bonus profit guides worth hundreds of dollars.

Then, if your forecasts prove to be among the most accurate submitted by our readers, you could win one of ten valuable prizes:

Grand Prize (one winner): A luxury 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise for two aboard Royal Caribbean’s spectacular Liberty of the Seas.

First Prize (three winners): A Dell Studio 17 laptop computer with a 17-inch screen, loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium and Microsoft Works.

Honorable Mention (six winners): A 64GB iPod Touch that holds 14,000 songs or 80 hours of video, including earphones, remote control and microphone.

You can enter The Weiss Forecast Contest and reap the rewards in three, easy steps:

STEP #1: Click this link now and use the handy form to give us your forecasts for 2010. We’ve made it easy for you — participating only takes a few seconds.

STEP #2:Watch your email inbox on Monday for your free gift certificate and click the appropriate link to select the free service you prefer.

STEP #3: Click this link and leave a comment to join us in a lively and enlightening discussion on the financial threats and profit opportunities ahead.

Simply by participating, you’ll be taking a giant step towards preparing yourself for the greatest financial dangers and profit opportunities of 2010. And later, if you’re one of our contest winners, I’ll personally contact you to tell you what you’ve won.

Good luck and God bless!

Martin

For complete contest rules and regulations, please go to: http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/tc/rules.html.

What are your forecasts for 2010?
Where will the greatest profit opportunities be?
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I knew The Weiss Forecast Contest would be popular — but NOTHING could have prepared me for this!

After just three days, more than 10,000 of our readers have registered to win a 7-day Caribbean cruise, a Dell laptop computer or an Apple iPod Touch — and EVERY entrant has automatically won a free membership in one of the five wealth-building newsletters we publish.

How about YOU? Have you given us your forecasts for 2010?  If not, there’s no time like the present! Just click this link and use the handy form to give us your forecasts for 2010 now and we’ll rush your new complimentary membership materials to you … no strings attached!

Now, here’s an update on how your fellow investors are voting so far:

Interest Rates: The clear consensus is that they’re headed higher — maybe substantially higher. An impressive 21.8% of our readers say they’ll even blow through the 5% barrier in 2010!

Gold: Only 7.8% of you say the yellow metal could retreat significantly from today’s levels. The majority — a whopping 54.6% — say it’ll end the year as high as $1,499 per ounce. 

What’s more, 37.6% predict we’ll see gold even higher — soaring to $1,999 or even more!

Oil: Bad news for consumers here, but outstanding news for energy investors — crude is on its way to $149 per barrel, or so 40.8% of our contest entrants say. Plus, another 7.4% see energy going even higher — over $150 per barrel in 2010!  

The world’s most profitable global stock market: No surprises here; the #1 answer is China. Care to hazard a guess which country is winning second place? 

The answer, according to 27.5% of our contest participants is BRAZIL. That’s right, more than one-quarter believe that in 2010, the Brazilian Bovespa will be even more profitable than China’s Shanghai Composite!

Meanwhile, only about one in 20 — a mere 4.6% — predict that the Dow will lead the world in the year ahead.

So where IS the Dow headed in 2010? The vast majority are predicting that it will be flat to lower. Some are even saying it will go as low as 5000 … or even 4000. 

Who’s right? Well, in a few days, my team of professional analysts and I will give you our own, independent forecasts for 2010 as well as specific recommendations for the investments we believe will enjoy the best performance.

First though, if you haven’t done so already, please do NOT forget to enter The Weiss Forecast Contest. 

There is zero cost to enter … nothing for you to buy …
and no obligation whatsoever on your part.
Better yet, you win just by entering!

Just for sharing your predictions for the year ahead, you get a complimentary three-month membership to any one of our flagship investment services:

You can choose my Safe Money investment service … Larry Edelson’s Real Wealth Report … Nilus Mattive’s Dividend Superstars … Tony Sagami’s Asia Stock Alert … or Bryan Rich’s World Currency Alert. And no matter which service you choose, you’ll also receive bonus profit guides worth hundreds of dollars.

Then, if your forecasts prove to be among the most accurate submitted by our readers, you could win one of ten valuable prizes:

Grand Prize (one winner): A luxury 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise for two aboard Royal Caribbean’s spectacular Liberty of the Seas.

First Prize (three winners): A Dell Studio 17 laptop computer with a 17-inch screen, loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium and Microsoft Works.

Honorable Mention (six winners): A 64GB iPod Touch that holds 14,000 songs or 80 hours of video, including earphones, remote control and microphone.

You can enter The Weiss Forecast Contest and reap the rewards in three, easy steps:

STEP #1: Click this link now and use the handy form to give us your forecasts for 2010. We’ve made it easy for you — participating only takes a few seconds.

STEP #2: Watch your email inbox on Monday for your free gift certificate and click the appropriate link to select the free service you prefer.

STEP #3: Scroll down and use this blog to join us in a lively and enlightening discussion on the financial threats and profit opportunities ahead.

Simply by participating, you’ll be taking a giant step towards preparing yourself for the greatest financial dangers and profit opportunities of 2010. And later, if you’re one of our contest winners, I’ll personally contact you to tell you what you’ve won.

Good luck and God bless!

Martin

For complete contest rules and regulations, please go to: http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/tc/rules.html.

What are your forecasts for 2010?
Where will the greatest profit opportunities be?
Click here to join the discussion!

When it comes to The Weiss Forecast Contest, everybody who enters is a winner!

Just for taking a few seconds to give us your forecasts for 2010, you get a free subscription to any one of the FIVE wealth-building newsletters we publish — and so far, more than 7,500 of our readers have taken the challenge and claimed their reward.

I sincerely hope that you’re one of them; but if not, there’s still time to enter:  Just click this link and use the handy form to give us your forecasts for 2010 now!

Not sure where you see the Dow, interest rates, gold, oil and other investments going in the year ahead?  Just take a look at the news:  The headlines could give you some important clues.

Take yesterday, for instance:  The big news was all about India’s purchase of 200 tons of gold and an announcement that the country is diversifying its reserves out of the falling U.S. dollar.

Unsurprisingly, gold exploded higher — hitting a new all-time record high of $1,092 per ounce. 

India made out like a bandit:  It spent $6.7 billion to buy its new gold hoard — and the value of that gold shot up to $7.4 billion almost immediately.  That’s a gain of $700 million in less than one day!

Most of the folks who entered The Weiss Forecast Contest weren’t the least bit surprised at yesterday’s historic move in gold.  So far, only 8.5% of our contestants see gold closing at below $999 in 2010. 

The majority — a whopping 53.1% — expect the yellow metal to go as high as $1,499.

Plus, an impressive 29.5% say you’ll see gold prices surge as high as $1,999 per ounce … and 8.9% predict gold will at least double in 2010 to over $2,000 per ounce!

If they’re right, you’d expect select gold stocks to more than double your money in the year ahead.  After all — if history proves anything, it’s that the stock of companies that control vast amounts of gold in their reserves can rise up to five or ten times faster than gold bullion prices!

In a few days, my team and I will give you our own, independent forecasts for 2010 — not just for gold, but also for the Dow, oil, tech stocks, emerging markets and more — as well as specific recommendations for the investments we believe will enjoy the best performance.

First though, if you haven’t done so already, please do NOT forget to enter The Weiss Forecast Contest. 

There is zero cost to enter … nothing for you to buy …
and no obligation whatsoever on your part.

Better yet, you win just by entering!  Just for sharing your predictions for the year ahead, you get a complimentary three-month membership to any one of our flagship investment services:

You can choose my Safe Money investment service … Larry Edelson’s Real Wealth Report … Nilus Mattive’s Dividend Superstars … Tony Sagami’s Asia Stock Alert … or Bryan Rich’s World Currency Alert. And no matter which service you choose, you’ll also receive bonus profit guides worth hundreds of dollars.

Then, if your forecasts prove to be among the most accurate submitted by our readers, you could win one of ten valuable prizes:

Grand Prize (one winner): A luxury 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise for two aboard Royal Caribbean’s spectacular Liberty of the Seas.

First Prize (three winners): A Dell Studio 17 laptop computer with a 17-inch screen, loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium and Microsoft Works.

Honorable Mention (six winners): A 64GB iPod Touch that holds 14,000 songs or 80 hours of video, including earphones, remote control and microphone.

You can enter The Weiss Forecast Contest and reap the rewards in three, easy steps:

STEP #1: Click this link now and use the handy form to give us your forecasts for 2010. We’ve made it easy for you — participating only takes a few seconds.

STEP #2: Watch your email inbox for your free gift certificate and click the appropriate link to select the free service you prefer.

STEP #3: Scroll down and join us in a lively and enlightening discussion on the financial threats and profit opportunities that you see ahead.

Simply by participating, you’ll be taking a giant step towards preparing yourself for the greatest financial dangers and profit opportunities of 2010. And later, if you’re one of our contest winners, I’ll personally contact you to tell you what you’ve won.

Good luck and God bless!

Martin

For complete contest rules and regulations, please go to: http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/tc/rules.html.

The New York Times just put up a great story on the whole “free credit report” phenomena. I’ve emphasized the importance of obtaining your credit reports from the official government website before, but this story is an important reminder that:

A. Yes, you should monitor your info as you are now entitled to

But

B.  You need not pay for that info, nor obsess over your score on a monthly basis.

I do personally receive monthly updates on my FICO score, but that’s provided as a free service from my credit union. If you have access to a similar service, by all means take advantage. But for most people, it isn’t worth paying for. 

Nilus

P.S. And if you missed my criticism of the FICO system, see this Money & Markets column.

What are your forecasts for 2010?
Where will the greatest profit opportunities be?
Click here to join the discussion!

The response to The Weiss Forecast Contest is off the charts!

Thousands are already giving us their forecasts for 2010 … receiving free subscriptions to their choice of our investment newsletters … and taking their shot at winning one of the ten valuable prizes.

The forecasts are fascinating. Some say the Dow will close at over 15,000 in 2010 — and a handful say it will absolutely crater to 1,000 or below. Plus, it’s clear that you have very strong opinions on where interest rates and gold are heading and also where the hottest global stock markets will be in the year ahead.

Oil prices are of particular interest. Given the plunging dollar and exploding demand from China, India and other Asian countries, only 16.7% of you see oil closing lower in 2010.

Meanwhile, 37.6% of you predict that oil prices will end the year pretty close to where they are now — between $80 and $99 per barrel.

But an impressive 38.2% are expecting oil prices to surge to as much as $149 — nearly a double from today’s prices …

And a significant 7.5% say you’d better hang onto your hat: Oil is going to $150 per barrel or even HIGHER!

Think of it: Altogether, nearly half of our readers — a remarkable 45.7% of you — say we’ll see oil prices explode or even double in just over 12 months!

That’s important: Clearly, if you’re right, it means that select oil stocks could rise even faster.

Right now, my team and I are burning the midnight oil, formulating our own independent forecasts for 2010 and also our recommendations for the investments we believe will enjoy the best performance. We’ll be sharing them with you shortly.

First though, if you haven’t done so already, we want to give YOU the chance to enter The Weiss Forecast Contest … to tell us what you see ahead for key investments next year … to engage in a lively discussion with me … and to win some great prizes.

There is zero cost to enter … nothing for you to buy …
and no obligation whatsoever on your part.

To thank you for entering The Weiss Forecast Contest, we’ve reserved a complimentary three-month membership to any one of our flagship investment services for you:

You can choose my Safe Money investment service … Larry Edelson’s Real Wealth Report … Nilus Mattive’s Dividend Superstars … Tony Sagami’s Asia Stock Alert … or Bryan Rich’s World Currency Alert. And no matter which service you choose, you’ll also receive bonus profit guides worth hundreds of dollars.

Then, if your forecasts prove to be among the most accurate submitted by our readers, you could win one of ten valuable prizes:

Grand Prize (one winner): A luxury 7-day Eastern Caribbean cruise for two aboard Royal Caribbean’s spectacular Liberty of the Seas.

First Prize (three winners): A Dell Studio 17 laptop computer with a 17-inch screen, loaded with Windows 7 Home Premium and Microsoft Works.

Honorable Mention (six winners): A 64GB iPod Touch that holds 14,000 songs or 80 hours of video, including earphones, remote control and microphone.

You can enter The Weiss Forecast Contest and reap the rewards with three, simple steps:

STEP #1: Click this link now and use the handy form to give us your forecasts for 2010. We’ve made it easy for you — participating only takes a few seconds.

STEP #2: Watch your email inbox for your free gift certificate and click the appropriate link to select the free service you prefer.

STEP #3: Scroll down to join us in a lively and enlightening discussion on the financial threats and profit opportunities ahead.

Simply by participating, you’ll be taking a giant step towards preparing yourself for the greatest financial dangers and profit opportunities of 2010. And later, if you’re one of our contest winners, I’ll personally contact you to tell you what you’ve won.

Good luck and God bless!

Martin

For complete contest rules and regulations, please go to: http://www.moneyandmarkets.com/tc/rules.html.